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; Cupola Gallery, Sheffield; Linden Hall Studio, Deal; Ironbridge Fine Arts, Shropshire; Phoenix Gallery, Brighton; Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable; St Barbe Museum & Gallery, Lymington; Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol.

Winner of the Ironbridge Fine Arts Award for Creative Excellence Printmaking 2025, No Place Art, Edition One.

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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