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

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Honey Ant, 2021

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Plot of Land III, 2021

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Sandie, 2021

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Maintenance 03, 2017

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If you cannot keep a rhythm how will you know when you are next fed? (for Dieter), 2019

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Hard cases, 2021

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Selected Exhibitions

Frances Drayson

If you cannot keep a rhythm how will you know when you are next fed? (for Dieter), 2019

Polymer plaster, steel, fibreglass, pigment, wax, mica powder, hay, wood glue, polyurethane foam, anodised aluminium

Dimensions variable


Photos: Dirk Tacke