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 brough her to the Sculpture MA at the Royal College of Art.
Richardson exhibits both nationally and internationally. Key solo exhibitions include: Not evennothing 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 2017 Richardson was awarded the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award and Chiara Williams Contemporary Art SOLO AWARD and nominated for the Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2015-17 in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery.
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Frances Richardsonstill thinking, 2020Copper and abalone
Diametre: 5 cm | 2 in
Perspex plate: 7.5 x 7.5 cm | 3 x 3 in -
Frances RichardsonStill thinking 1 (Bucket I), 2020Chinese ink on paper37.5 x 55.9 cm | 14 3/4 x 22 1/8 in
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Frances RichardsonStill thinking 1 (Bucket II), 2020Chinese ink on paper37.5 x 55.9 cm | 14 3/4 x 22 1/8 in
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Frances RichardsonStill thinking 1 (Bucket III), 2020Chinese ink on paper37.5 x 55.9 cm | 14 3/4 x 22 1/8 in
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Frances RichardsonStill thinking 2 (Bucket II), 2020Chinese ink on paper37.5 x 55.9 cm | 14 3/4 x 22 1/8 in
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Frances RichardsonStill thinking 2 (Bucket I), 2020Chinese ink on paper37.5 x 55.9 cm | 14 3/4 x 22 1/8 in
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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 2020London 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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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 -
What isn't here can't hurt you
Alison Wilding and Frances Richardson March 7, 2019The work of Alison Wilding and Frances Richardson creates an exciting dialogue, with unexpected materials and intriguing forms in What , opening 7th March at...Read more