Frances Murray is a London based artist specialising in print making
Born in Uruguay and lives in the UK.
Studied at Oxford University ( BA Modern History), and Fine Art at:
1998-99 Camberwell College of Arts: MA Printmaking
1996-98 Wimbledon School of Art Postgraduate Diploma
1994-95 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada
1991-96 London Guildhall University BA (Hons) Fine Art
1989-91 The School of Art, Architecture and Design
Work is held in the public collections of the Bank of England, Merrill Lynch, the Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Scott Bennett NYC, Rosenberg and Estis NYC, with site specific work for Independent Franchise Partners, London, Helengreendesign.com, Artefact, Inside Space, Collett-Zarzycki, Workplace Arts, Fox Linton, Studio Mark Ruthven, Clifton Interiors and commissions for private collectors in the UK, USA, Japan, Jordan and Switzerland.
Selected exhibitions
2019
Marking the Land Westwards, Harbour House, Devon
Land Sea and Sky, Ropewalk Gallery
Festival Of Print, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
Space Open, Ilford
2018
SPACE 50th Open Studio, Hackney
London Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2016
Pushing Boundaries, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
Project Gallery, Contemporary Art, Arundel, West Sussex
A New Home, Art Pavilion, Mile End, London
20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
Printmakers Council, 50:50 On- Line show
50 Years Anniversary, Printmakers Council, Bankside Gallery, Southbank, London
2015
2014
i-contemporary, Hampstead Affordable Art Fair, London
20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2013/2012
Works on Paper, Science Museum, London (Best Contemporary Award)
Bite, RE Open, Bankside Gallery, London (selected by Colin Harrison Ashmolean Museum; Elisabeth Harvey-Lee print specialist)
Printathon, Smokehouse Gallery, Olympic Park, London
London Group Draw, Cello Factory, London
Anniversary Exhibition, Shirley Crowther Contemporary, Sussex
London Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2011
Dreams, Freud Museum, London
Untitled, Vyner Street Gallery, London
London Group Open, Cello Factory, London
Auction, Freud Museum, London
East London Printmakers Open, Space Gallery, London
East London Printmakers,V&A archive, London
2010
London Art Fair, Islington, Shirley Crowther Contemporary Art
New York Affordable Art Fair, NYC
Pushkin House, London
2009
Space Open Studios, Triangle, East London
Affordable Art Fair, 10th Anniversary Show, London
2008
Koridoor, Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair, Turkey
Ten, Bankside Gallery, East London Printmakers, London
2007
Form, Shirley Crowther Contemporary Art, London
Printroom, Monica Petzal, London
Multiple Views, Ropewalk Gallery, Lincolnshire
Bridge Art Fair, Trafalgar Hotel, London
2006
Bircham Contemporary Art, Norfolk
Travel in Time, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf ,London
Surface and Object, Morley Gallery, London
2005
Art London , Chelsea, London
Monoprint Show, Jill George Gallery, Soho, London
2004
Art on Paper, Royal College of Art, London
Workplace Art, Shoreditch, London (artist of the month)
Transformations, Marmara University, Istanbul
Originals, Mall Gallery, London ( RE Award)
2003
Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel
Space Open, London
London and New York Affordable Art Fair
2002
Europ’Art, Paris
New York Affordable Art Fair, NYC
PM Gallery, London
Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Long Island, New York.
2001
National Theatre, South Bank, London
Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London
2000
Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
Lemon Street Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Thing, Garrett Centre, Bethnal Green, London
1999
Art 99, William Jackson Gallery, Bedales Centenary Hampshire
London Contemporary Print Show, Barbican , London
Open Print Biennale, Atrium Gallery, London
Plateaux Gallery, Butler’s Wharf, London
East London Design Fair
Camberwell College of Art, (Peter Simor Award)
Affordable Art Fair, London Inaugural Show
1998
International Print Triennale, Lahti Art Museum, Finland
Exhibition of Women Artists, Will's Art Warehouse , London
Artichoke Print Workshop Open, London
Whitechapel Open, Space Open Studios, London
Salon des Graphiques, Curwen Gallery, London
Morley Gallery, Printmaker’s Council, London
1997
Making an Impression, Pitshanger Gallery, London
Innovations and Transformations, Mappin Gallery, Sheffield
Indigo Arts, Hyde Park Gallery. London
Chichester Open Art Exhibition, Sussex