Louise Westerhout

Louise is a queer, disabled performance artist, curator, writer, activist, therapist and educator based in Cape Town, South Africa. Their work is dedicated to exploring themes of illness, body, consciousness, post-humanism, anti-speciesism, trauma, healing, and social justice. They hold a BA (Hons) from the University of Cape Town.

Their critically acclaimed performances have been featured on numerous South African platforms, including the National Arts Festival, Infecting The City, ICA Live Art Festival, Artsability Festival, Vrystaat Kunstefees, FADA Gallery University of Johannesburg, as well as the IntegrArt Festival in Switzerland. Westerhout is an artist-in-residence in the University of Johannesburg’s Arts & Culture artist in residence programme for 2024.