Frances Drayson
Frances Drayson
born 1986 in London, lives and works in London
Frances Drayson's multifaceted practice spans drawing, sculpture, sound design, text and installation. Drayson explores possibilities of expression within rigid systemic frameworks through the use of ciphers and analogy. References to Medieval churches, animal crypsis, industrial farming and fascist architecture weave through works, evoking overlapping sites of production, commune, evasion and control. Material is worked towards distortion: sounds, faces or gestures are subjected to escalating stages of repetition, replication and modification.
Vita
Post-Graduate Degree in Fine Art, Royal Academy of Arts, UK
Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
Natural History, Galerie Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
Crypsis Pairing, Art Lacuna supported by Arts Council England, London, GB
Lathe of Heaven, Lily Brooke, London, GB
Bare Mountain show with Sara Knowland at Royal Academy of Arts, London, GB
Reading at Objects In The Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear finissage at Royal Academy of Arts London, GB
Merry Widows, White Cubicle, London, GB
Iterare! Iterare!, URBANEK, London, GB
Alto Refix, GAP Glurns Art Point residency, IT
Maresklepy online in Form IV, published 2016
HYPO, Coleman Projects, London, GB
Residency at Troy Town Art Pottery, London, GB
Group exhibitions (selection)
MELTDOWN, Ridley Road Project Space, London, GB
Arcadia, Bold Tendencies, London, GB
A Land of Incomparable Beauty, Collective Ending, London, GB
MODE, 55 Great Marlborough Street, London, GB
Class of 2019 at Royal Academy of Arts, London, GB
1+1=3 [in the bubble], Museion, Italy, IT
No Place To Spit, Set Space, London, GB
The Hive Mind, Koppel Project, London, GB
Addams Outtakes, Roaming Projects, London, GB
Awards / Grants
Arts Council England 2020
Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac Travel Prize
Gilbert Bayes Grant
Salaman-Seelig Art Prize
Art Collecting Society Award
Elephant Trust Grant
Residencies
Peripheral Alliances, Residency at Kunstverein Munich / Ammersee, DE
Artist in Residence GAP Glurns Art Point, Glorenza, IT
Troy Town Art Pottery, London, UK
Selected Works
Frances Drayson
Plot of Land III, 2021
Frances Drayson
Sandie, 2021
Frances Drayson
Maintenance 03, 2017
Frances Drayson
If you cannot keep a rhythm how will you know when you are next fed? (for Dieter), 2019
Frances Drayson
Hard cases, 2021
Selected Exhibitions
Frances Drayson
Natural History
13 11 2021 – 31 12 2021
