© Frances Pinnock 2022
b. 1990, Bristol, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
MA Sculpture - Royal College of Art, 2023
BA Hons Modelmaking - Arts University Bournemouth, 2014
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design - Arts University Plymouth, 2010
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Material Beings - Lavery Studio, Cromwell Place, London, UK London Craft Week
MATERIAL BEINGS is an artist-led exhibition pushing the conceptual nature of craft practice through a radical rethinking of materiality. Curated by studio collective Forest + Found, the exhibition brings together artists Max Bainbridge, Chloé Rosetta Bell, Abigail Booth, Marlène Huissoud, Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer, Francisca Onumah, Frances Pinnock and Marcin Rusak.
Exhibition : 9th - 14th May
Past Exhibitions
2023 Hung, Drawn and Quatered - Standpoint Gallery, London, UK
2022 Formed with Future Heritage - Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London, UK
2022 Art of the Exceptional - Fortnum & Mason x QEST, London, UK
2022 Collect Art Fair - Somerset House, London, UK
2022 Crafted Collectables - Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Online
2022 FOG Design + Art Fair - Sarah Myerscough Gallery, San Fransisco, USA
2021 Future Heritage - Decorex, London, UK
2021 Welding Cultures - SoShiro Gallery, London, UK
2021 Artefact - Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London, UK
2019 Messums - Messums, London & Wiltshire, UK
2014 New Blades - Degree Show - Holborn Studios, London, UK
2013 World of Wearable Art - Wellington, New Zealand
Scholarships & Awards
2023 Gilbert Bayes Award - Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust / Royal College of Art
2022 Leverhulme Art Scholarship - Leverhulme Trust / Royal College of Art
2022 Leathersellers’ Academic Grant - The Leathersellers’ Company
2021 Developing your Creative Practice - Arts Council England
2020 The Leathersellers’ Company Award - Cockpit Arts
2017 QEST Scholarship - Garfield Weston Foundation
2017 The Arts Society Scholarship - Heritage Crafts Association
2013 Design in Excellence Award Finalist - World of Wearable Art, New Zealand
Collections
Museum of Leathercraft, UK
Press
Print
2022 Crafts Magazine - ‘Hide and Seek’ - Issue 295
2022 Selvedge - ‘Keeping Warm’ - Issue 104
2021 Ateliers d’Art - ‘Tirer le fil d’Ariane’ - Issue 155
2021 House and Garden - ‘The Future In their Hands’
2021 Crafts Magazine - ‘New Talent’ - Issue 289