Frances Willoughby

Education

New Platform Art, Professional Development Programme 2021.

Arts University Bournemouth, BA (hons) Fine Art (First Class).

Work, Placements and Internships

2021-2022 Trustee, PAPER Arts, Bristol, UK.

2018 - 2020 Assistant, Ginkgo Projects, Bristol UK.

Awards

2023

Artist Bursary, a-n (Artist Network)

Research and Development Bursary, West of England Visual Arts Alliance (WEEVA).

2021

Developing Your Creative Practice, Arts Council England.

Artist Bursary, The Eaton Trust.

Residency Funding, Francis W Reckitt Arts Trust.

Artist Bursary, The Gane Trust.

Solo Exhibitions

2023

Telling Tales, The Phoenix Gallery, Athens, Greece.

Dream House, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, UK.

2022

The Sky Which Is Beyond, CURIO, Bristol, UK.

2021

Memories Go Astray, TOD Gallery, Kent, UK.

2019

When Things Fall Apart, Helmut Gallery, Leipzig, Germany.

2017

Showroom 1600, Arts University Bournemouth, UK.

Group Exhibitions

2023

Glasgow International Photo Competition, Sogo Arts Gallery, Glasgow, UK.

2022

Glitch, Fringe Arts Bath, 44AD Artspace, Bath, UK.

Alone/Together, The Station, Bristol, UK.

2021

Reignite Festival, The Island, Bristol, UK.

The Absurd, Fubar Collective, The Crypt, London, UK.

Text Me When You Get Home, The Impulse Movement, Oxfordshire, UK.

Co.Curation: Distanced Domestic, MKII (Formerly The Old Dairy), London, UK.

Threshold, D Contemporary, London, UK.

The Playful Turn, Espacio Gallery, London, UK.

Saturation, Cultivate, Online Exhibition.

Art as a Response to Mental Health, Doncaster Art Fair, Online Exhibition.

2020

WHY?, Cultivate Gallery, London, UK.

Assemblage, Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath, UK.

REALLY//REAL, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath, UK. ​

2019

CurAte, Les Fetes Galantes, London, UK.

167 Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol, UK.

The Contraband Collection: Bristol Edition, The Latch, Bristol, UK.

Art Meets Play, Thought Foundation, Gateshead, UK.

Eye of the Lens, Unit 6 Studio & Gallery, North Yorkshire, UK.

36 Exposures, Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath, UK.

2018

Red Room Experience, The Bristol Improv Theatre Bar, Bristol, UK.

5ft Tall Capsule Vending Machine, VANDEL/. UK.

Chapter 1, The Old Biscuit Factory, London, UK.

FBA Futures, Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, UK.

2017

The V. Serious Art Show at Free Range, The Truman Brewery, London, UK.

The V. Serious Art Show, Northlight Studios, Bournemouth, UK.

2016

Unbound, Espacio Gallery, London, UK.

467 Characters Long, BUMF, Bournemouth, UK.

Glenside Hospital Museum, Bristol, UK.

Dada Lives!, The University of Cincinnati’s Blue Ash Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

SÉANCE : A Family Collection Revisited, Russell Cotes Museum and Gallery, Dorset, UK.

Curatorial Projects

2021

Co-, Studio Based Creative Development Project., St Anne’s House, Bristol, UK.

2019

Artist Residency, Helmut Gallery, Leipzig, Germany.

2016

SÉANCE : A Family Collection Revisited, Russell Cotes Museum and Gallery, Dorset, UK.

Artist Residencies

2023

Artist Residency, The Phoenix Gallery, Athens, Greece.

2021

Artist Residency, Hawkwood, Stroud, UK.

Co-Studio Based Creative Development Project, St Anne’s House, Bristol, UK.

2019

Artist Residency, Helmut Gallery, Leipzig, Germany.

Publications

2023

Presence: Performance and the Self Portrait, Aldobranti Fosco-Fornio, (2023), September,

2022

soft core, Rebecca Orr, (2022), December,

2021

Artful Memories: How to create unique art with old photographs, Jane Chipp and Jack Ravi, (2021), December,

Forget Me Not Press #1 (2021), October.,

Superpresent (2021), June. Texas, USA,

The Working Artist: V, (2021), June,

2020

Haus-a-rest Zine, Issue 7 - The Mental health issue, (2021), November,

Penny Thoughts, (2020), November,

Average Art, (2020), February,

2019

Art Reveal Magazine, (2019), December,

2017

Wotisart? #9, (2017), December,