Louise Boruque is an artist based in Chicago whose practice often utilizes personal artifacts and their own body and bodily fluids in their work to investigate sex(-uality), gender and American values.
Through photography and found sculpture, they make wry commentary the portrayals of gender & sexuality in American media—all the while dissecting their own identity and experience as a queer American.
Portrait by MP Brandt
Boruque graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2020 with a BA in marketing while assisting various artists in Chicago and working as a commercial model. In 2019, they studied at L’ESÄ in Tourcoing, France where fine art took a humanities forward approach and emphasized the questioning of classifications and categories.
Early career experience as a product photographer resulted in the approach to their condom series. Their still life and self portraiture practices submit to natural or environmental lighting for candid and intuitive self-expression.
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Publications
November 2024 - THE OPÉRA, Volume XII. ÆTHERUM
Group Exhibitions
March 2026 - Adobe Winter Works Showcase, Chicago, IL
October 2025 - “Their Thresholds” Chicago Therapy Collective, Chicago, IL
November 2023 - “POP!” Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
June 2023 - “Kastle Krusade” Lielstraupe Castle, Latvia
February 2023 - “COLOR” ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL