Frances Aviva Blane

Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (University College London), 1991 – 1993 Byam Shaw School of Painting and Drawing, London, 1988 – 1991 Chelsea College of Art, London, 1987

Selected solo shows:

‘dark’ De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium. 2018 BLANE. Broken Heads, Broken Paint, 12 Star Gallery at Europe House, London 2018 TWO FACES. Painting/HEADS, The German Embassy Belgravia, London 2016 – 2017 DECONSTRUCT. solo show alongside exhibitions of Louise Bourgeois and Francis Bacon. De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium, 2014 BIG BLACK PAINTINGS. Bay Hall, Kings College, London, 2014

Selected group shows:

Moi et Les Autres, De Queeste Kunstkamers Abele/Watou Belgium, 2021 Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize, 2021 Sea of Change, with Susan Stockwell & Jason Oddy, Lemnos Greece and online at EcArtspace.com, 2021-2023 ‘Fragmented’, with Claudia Clare, Zuleika Gallery, London, 2020 ‘Distancing’, with Basil Beattie, Susan Stockwell, Dryden Goodwin, ECARTSPACE online, 2020 The Desire Of Looking, with Daniel Enkaoua, Marcelle Hanselaar, De Queeste Kunstkamers Abele/Watou Belgium, 2020 Age is just a number, Summer Show, Zuleika Gallery, London. 2019 Abstract Allies, Zuleika Gallery, London. Curated by Tim Sayer MBE with Naum Gabo, Nigel Hall, Howard Hodgkin, 2019 IKONOCLASH #01, De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium, with Roel Goussay, Mercelle Hanselaar, 2019 John Moores Painting Prize 2018, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2018 No Man is an Island, with Susan Stockwell and David Connearn, Art Dialog, Bonn, 2018 HUMAN, The German Embassy, London 2017 Creekside Open, selected by Jordan Baseman, 2017 Liquid Thought, with Daniel Enkaoua and Chris Stevens, De Queeste Kunstkamers Abele/Watou Belgium, 2016 Impact, with Marthe Zinc, Louise Bourgeois, Mark Anstee, De Queeste Kunstkamers Abele/Watou Belgium, 2016 De Vage Grens, with Frank Auerbach, Reniere & Depla, De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium, 2015 Jerwood Drawing Prize London and tour 2015 Drawing Breath, Jerwood Anniversary Exhibition, Award Winners London, Sydney, Bristol, 2006 – 2008 Annely Juda, a Celebration, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 2007 PRIME TIME, German and English Painting, Berlin, 2006 London Gallery Swap, sponsored by the British Council and Goethe institut, 2002 Drawing with Basil Beattie, ecArtspace, London, 2001 Painting with John McLean, ecArtspace, London, 2000

Awards:

Jerwood Award for Drawing, 1999 Cheltenham and Gloucester, Open Drawing Show (award winner) 1999 Mid-America ART Alliance Fellowship for Visual Arts, 1998 Residency at Djerassi Artists’ Foundation, California, 1998 Graham Hamilton Drawing Prize, 1991 Collections Blind Art, London - Jesus College, Cambridge - The London School of Economics Moorfields Eye Hospital, London - The Sternberg Centre, London The Usher Gallery, Lincoln - The Faith and Belief Forum, London The Tim Sayer Collection London - The Doris Jean Lockhart Collection

Publications:

FRANCES Eddy Frankel, Susie Orbach, Corinna Lotz COVID. Essay by Susie Orbach Who is Frances Aviva Blane? Penny Woolcock, Susie Orbach, Tess Jaray FAB. Susie Orbach and Frances Aviva Blane BROKEN HEADS BROKEN PAINT MORE. Essay by Mark Gisbourne. EMBASSY. Essay by Tess Jaray RA. NOTHING. Essay by Diana Souhami.

Film:

Who is Frances Aviva Blane? Directed by Penny Woolcock, 2021 Two Metres Apart with Susie Orbach Directed by Penny Woolcock, 2020 Studio Visit in COVID Time Directed by Penny Woolcock, 2020 Frances Aviva Blane

For more information on Frances visit: www.avivablane.com