Frances Richardson

Frances Richardson (b. 1965, Leeds, UK) 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. On return to London she met Robert Loder the art collector, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Triangle Network, and in 1994 Richardson initiated his founding of Gasworks in Vauxhall, London, for the purpose of providing artists studios and for hosting international artists in residence. In 2006 she received her MA in Fine Art Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London. 

Key solo exhibitions include: Still attached at all four corners, Bobinska Brownlee, London, If I measure it must exist, Karsten Schubert London 2021, Hunter Gatherer, Kartsen Schubert, London, 2020, Not even nothing can be free from ghosts, Standpoint Gallery, London 2018. 

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).