FRANCESCA OWEN
A British female painter of the contemporary and fine arts
Exhibitions
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2024 St Ives Society, Members Exhibition, St Ives
2024 Between Worlds (solo) The Crypt Gallery, St Ives
2024 Commission for The Limited Edition, Mayfair, London
2024 Painting in India, Kerala and Rajasthan
2024 Work sent to Saudi Arabia
2023 Hampstead Art Fair, Autumn, London​
2023 Affordable Art Fair, Spring, Battersea, London
2023 Sacred Garden (solo) Livingstone Gallery, Cornwall
2023 Verdant Temple, solo show, The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2023 Hampstead Art Fair, London, Iona House Gallery
2023 Hampstead Art Society, People's Choice Award, The Mall Galleries, London
2023 New English Art Club shortlisted prize, The Mall Galleries, Fitzrovia, London
2023 Selected official member of St Ives Arts Society, Cornwall
2022 Livingstone Gallery,Kings Road, Chelsea, London
2022 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
2022 Sacred Garden, Livingstone, Clifton Village, Bristol
2022 The Triumph of Love, Solo show,Tremenheere Gallery,Cornwall
2022 Work selected for Iona House Gallery, Oxfordshire
2022 Work selected for Livingstone Gallery, St Ives
2022 Work selected for Hampstead Art Society Summer Shows, London
2022 Open Studios, Trewidden Gardens, Penzance
2022 Monumental Flowers, solo show, The Crypt Gallery, St Ives
2021 Residency, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens and Gallery, Penzance
2021 Painting the way, Artist Talk, Porthmeor Studios, St Ives
2021 Solo Show, Tales Untold, Showcase studios, St Ives
2021 Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens and Gallery, Penzance
2021 Open Studios, Cornwall, Trewidden Gardens, Penzance
2021 Solo Show, New Landscapes and Story Telling, The Crypt, St Ives
2021 Paintings on show, Oakham Contemporary, Oakham
2020 Open Studios, Cornwall, Trewidden Gardens, Penzance
2020 Little Buckland Gallery, the Cotswolds
2020 Paintings on show, Porthilly Galery, Rock, Cornwall
2020 Solo Show, New Landscapes and Story Telling, The Crypt, St Ives
2019 Art of Gathering, The Newcraftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2018 Open Studios, Cornwall, Trewidden Gardens, Penzance
2017 Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, Chelsea, London
2017 Pairadeaza Feast, Broomhill Art Hotel, Muddiford, Norh Devon
2017 Prize Winner, Green Hill Open, Greenhill Arts, Dartmoor, Devon
2017 New Year- New Work, North Devon Arts, Broomhill, North Devon
2016 Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society Annual Open Exhibition
2016 Soil Culture: Deep Roots, Plymouth University, Devon
2015 Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society Annual Open Exhibition
2015 Soil Culture, Exeter University, Exeter, Devon
2015 Soil Culture: Deep Roots, Falmouth Art Gallery, falmouth, Cornwall
2015 Painting Together, White Moose Gallery, Barnstaple, North Devon
2014 Soil Culture, Falmouth University, Cornwall
2012 In the Dark Times, CMR Arts Space, Redruth, Cornwall
2012 MA Degree Show, University College Falmouth, Cornwall
2012 A Cultivation Field, Symposium and Exhibition, in association with the Arts Council England and PhD researcher Kate, Corder, The Keep, Reading
2011 The Colour Garden, Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
2010 In the Midst of Wonders, The Royal Polytechnic Society, Falmouth, Cornwall
2009 Solo Show, Ock Pop Tok, Living Crafts Centre, Luang Prabang, Laos
2009 On Land, Fulham Palace Gallery, Bishop’s Avenue, London
2009 The Slade BA Summer Shows, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London
2007 Turtle, Woburn Studios, Woburn Square, London
2006 Eating Under Water, The Thomas a Becket, Old Kent Road, London
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Projects
2019 Tutor at St Ives School of Painting, Landscape Painting and Natural Pigments
2018 Trewidden Garden Studio, Design and Making of a Dye Garden
2017 Selected artist at Greenhill Arts and Article in Devon Life
2017 Pairadeaza Feast, Broomhill Art Hotel, Muddifrod, Norh Devon
2015 eARTh moves to Hele Corn Mill, Hele, North Devon
2015 Painting Together, collaborative painting projects
2014 eARTh, workshop, ideas and project space officially opens
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Education
2010-2012 University College Falmouth, MA
2005-2009 The Slade School of Fine Art, BA
Awards/ Scholarships
2010-2012 University College Falmouth Bursary Award
2010 Creative Enterprise Cornwall Award
2009 The Jeremy Cubitt Prize
2005-2009 The Euan Uglow Memorial Scholarship
2005 The Worshipful Company of Painter’s Stainers Prize
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Residencies
2022 Tremenheere sculpture gardens and gallery, Cornwall
2012 Trebah Garden, Mawnan Smith, Cornwall, U.K
2010 Ock Pop Tok, Living Crafts Centre, Luang Prabang, Laos
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Other information
Award in Teaching
Public liability insurance
Enhanced CRB check
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