I am an artist printmaker who uses copper etching, monotype printing and paper manipulation to explore personal emotional responses relating to identity and ancestry. Through abstract printmaking and largescale mark-making I look to portray a complex environmental identity alongside personal familial connections and childhood memories.  I make intimate, short edition etchings that use a repertoire of repeated symbols and images, and these explore my interest in time and place, and my position within an ancestral chronology. I aim to diarise my thoughts and contribute to an historic continuum through the placement of my print work in personally significant locations within the natural and built environment.

I work in print and drawing, using 2D and 3D installations in both formal and nonformal settings and galleries. I am currently exploring the use of film to record outdoor, temporary installations as a means to capture and preserve specific, transient moments. This reflects my particular interest in portraying the importance of place and self as part of my surrounding environment.

I am based on the Isle of Wight, UK.

As a recipient of a DYCP Award (2024-2025) I have been funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England to assist in further developing my film and print installation practice.

I am a member of The Printmakers Council, TRAC  (The Ryde Art Collective), and a founding member of IW Creative Network. 

I am a member of the IW Open Studios programme. (By appointment)

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Fran holds BA (Hons) Expressive Arts and MA Community Education. She has a significant previous history as a senior qualified youth work practitioner with particular interest in youth participation and involvement in the Arts nationally.

Fran regularly exhibits across the UK. Recent exhibitions include Guildford House Gallery; Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester; Linden Hall Studio, Deal; Ironbridge Fine Arts, Shropshire; The Old Parcels Office Artspace, Scarborough; Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable; St Barbe Museum & Gallery, Lymington; Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol.

If you’re interested in purchasing work, please feel free to contact Fran via the contact page or via Instagram @fran_farrar or Facebook @franfarrarartist

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 Life on the Isle of Wight – Fran Farrar (Artist Printmaker) 2023, Vincent Dupont-Blackshaw Photographer & Editor

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