Mary-Louise Browne (born 1957) is a New Zealand artist, best known for her public word ladders, and other works using text.
[1][2][3] Browne graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1982 with an MFA.
[3][4] Browne has exhibited widely in New Zealand and internationally, and is known for her public commissions including the award-winning Byword, a series of nine stone benches running the length of Lorne Street in Auckland.
[5] Browne has had a text-based conceptual practice and uses text in lieu of imagery to convey social and political commentaries.
[6] Browne was the first director of Auckland artist-run gallery space Artspace, opened in reaction to the direction Auckland Art Gallery was taking with its move towards high-end imported historical shows of artists like Claude Monet.