Frances Richardson
Working directly in a wide variety of materials, Frances Richardson works to convey 'a thought that encompasses both a memory of the real and a projection of the imagined.'
Frances Richardson (b. 1965, Leeds, UK) received her MA in Fine Art Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London in 2006. Previous to this she studied BA (Hons) Fine Art at Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich. Following this course, Richardson received a Commonwealth Foundation Fellowship and trained as a Yoruba carver under Master Carver Segun Faleye in Nigeria. Later studies brought her to the Sculpture MA at the Royal College of Art.
Richardson exhibits both nationally and internationally. Key solo exhibitions include: Not even nothing can be free from ghosts, Standpoint Gallery, London 2018, In times of brutal instability, Chiara Williams Contemporary Art, London Art Fair 2018, Performed object: Fig.090616, Concrete Canvas, Treforest Industrial Estate, Cardiff 2016, Loss of object and bondage to it Fig.2, Bermondsey Square Sculpture Commission, Vitrine Gallery, London 2015, Loss of object and bondage to it, Lubomirov-Easton, London 2014 and Ideas in the Making: drawing structure, Trinity Contemporary, London 2011.
In 2021 Richardson received the prestigious Bryan Robertson Trust Award. Other recent awards include the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award and Chiara Williams Contemporary Art SOLO AWARD (both 2017). She was nominated for the Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2015-17 in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery.
Next year, Frances Richardson will give the Courtauld Institute of Art Sculptural Processes Group’s Annual Artist’s Talk.
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Frances RichardsonAtropos, 2021Redwood burr (Sequoia sempervirens), burr veneer on birch plywood, copper
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Frances RichardsonClotho, 2021Pale moon ebony (Diospyros malabarica) veneer on birch plywood117 x 40 x 8 cm | 46 1/8 x 15 3/4 x 3 1/8 in (approx)
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Frances RichardsonIf I measure it must exist, 2021Pinewood, leather15 x 147 x 3.5 cm | 5 7/8 x 57 7/8 x 1 3/8 in
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Frances RichardsonIn an attempt to deny their mortality I, 2021Chinese ink on paper76 x 56 cm | 29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in
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Frances RichardsonIn an attempt to deny their mortality II, 2021Chinese ink on paper76 x 56 cm | 29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in
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Frances RichardsonIn an attempt to deny their mortality III, 2021Chinese ink on paper76 x 56 cm | 29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in
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Frances Richardson
If I measure it must exist 25 Oct - 25 Nov 2021 Room 2Karsten Schubert London is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Frances Richardson. Central to the exhibition are themes of balance and counterbalance, real and phantom, be...Read more -
Frances Richardson and Peter Dreher
Hunter/Gatherer 9 - 27 Nov 2020 OnlineHunter/Gatherer brings together Frances Richardson's recent ink drawings with a selection of work by Peter Dreher. An exercise borne from the solitude of our current moment, Richardson's new works on...Read more -
London Original Print Fair 2020
New prints and editions 1 - 31 May 2020 OnlineLondon Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, Alison Wilding, Tess Jaray, Bridget Riley, Sarah Kogan, Frances Richardson, Ann-Marie James, Cathie PilkingtonRead more
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Frances Richardson: ‘A sculpture can do what a ruler can not’
The Courtauld Lecture April 22, 2022Thursday 5 May, 5.30–7pm Free, booking essential The Courtauld Institute of Art Vernon Square, Lecture Theatre 1, London And streaming online Taking her recent...Read more -
Frances Richardson
Bryan Robertson Trust Award June 4, 2021Frances Richardson has received a Bryan Robertson Trust Award.Read more -
Room 2
November 12, 2019Karsten Schubert is pleased to announce the opening of Room 2, our new viewing space in Soho. Room 2 provides a domestic interior space to...Read more -
Frances Richardson
New Represented Artist November 1, 2019We are delighted to announce that Karsten Schubert London now represents artist Frances Richardson. We were first introduced to Richardson by Alison Wilding, and got...Read more