Frances Pinnock

© 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