Frances Carlile

Sculpture and Print

My work is concerned with notions of quietness, solitude. The sculpture is often connected with the landscape, either made for a specific place or containing elements of the landscape itself. Sometimes these elements are transformed and located and fixed through casting. I think of landscape as an enclosure, where there are traces or memories of people and events. It could also be seen as an arena or stage, where something is about to happen.

My printmaking practice has enabled me to develop the narrative strand running through the work. I use the idea of imaginary fairytales as a way of exploring narrative space. The techniques of sculpture and printmaking can influence each other and even become part of the same work.

I work in series with one piece leading on to the next. Stills from a fairytale is an ongoing series of small format prints which can stand alone or form part of a larger group.

1995 MA Sculpture, Chelsea College of Art and Design

1992 BA Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts

Solo Exhibitions

2007 20 Years On, Country Works Gallery, Montgomery

2005 Tabula Rasa, Glansevern Gallery, Powys

2003 Surrounded by Weather, Old School Gallery, Bleddfa, Powys

2000 Memento, Oriel 31, ( Oriel Davies) Davies Memorial Gallery, Powys

Group Exhibitions

2010 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

2009 State of the Estate, Penpont, Brecon

2009 Fresh Air, Sculpture at Quenington

2009 Printout, Yale Memorial Gallery, Wrexham