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

On Paint. At ecArtspace.com, London, 2022 

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

Radikale Expressie. De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium, 2023

Disquiet. Susan Stockwell and Frances Aviva Blane. At ecArtspace, London, 2023 

Sea of change part 2. With Susan Stockwell and Jason Oddy. At ecArtspace, Lemnos, Greece, 2023

Fired. With Claudia Clare. Gallery 286, 286 Earls Court Road, London, SW5, 2022

Brave Truth. Zuleika Gallery, Woodstock, 2022

Basil Beattie + Frances Aviva Blane. At ecArtspace.com, London, 2022

Temporary group show including Frauke Wilke. De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium, 2021 

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021

Moi et Les Autres with Daniel Enkaoua and Eric Monbel. De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium, 2021

Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize, 2021

Sea of Change with Susan Stockwell & Jason Oddy. Lemnos Greece and ecArtspace.com, 2021–2022

Fragmented with Claudia Clare. Zuleika Gallery, London, 2020

Intermezzo. Including Paula Rego and Daniel Enkaoua. De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium, 2020

Distancing. With Basil Beattie, John McLean and Susan Stockwell. At ecArtspace.com, online, 2020

The Desire of Looking. With Daniel Enkaoua, Paula Rego, Marcelle Hanselaar. De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium, 2020

Age Is Just A Number. Summer Show. Zuleika Gallery, London, 2019

Abstract Allies. Curated by Tim Sayer MBE with Naum Gabo, Nigel Hall, Howard Hodgkin. Zuleika Gallery, London, 2019

Ikonoclash #01. With Anton Kannemeyer, Roel Goussay, Marcelle Hanselaar. De Queeste Kunstkamers, Abele/Watou, Belgium, 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. At ecArtspace, London, 2001

Painting with John McLean. At ecArtspace, London, 2000

Chora. Curated by Sue Hubbard. Group show including Susan Hiller, Helen Sear Edward Chell. London, Bath, Bracknell, Kendall, 1999–2000

 

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

 

Film

Post-Covid Studio Visit. Directed by Penny Woolcock, 2022

Who is Frances Aviva Blane? Directed by Penny Woolcock, 2021

Fragmented. Directed by Penny Woolcock, 2020

She Paints Like a Bloke: Penny Woolcock in conversation with Lizzie Collins, 2020

Two Metres Apart with Susie Orbach. Directed by Penny Woolcock, 2020

Studio Visit in COVID Time. Directed by Penny Woolcock, 2020

 

Publications

AUGUST. 

Essay by Susie Orbach

 

ON PAINT. 

Essay by Sacha Craddock

 

FRANCES. 

Essays by Eddy Frankel, Susie Orbach and Corinna Lotz

 

COVID. 

Essay by Susie Orbach

 

WHO IS FRANCES AVIVA BLANE?

Frances Aviva Blane, Susie Orbach, Penny Woolcock

 

FAB. 

Essay by Susie Orbach

 

BROKEN HEADS BROKEN PAINT.

Essay by Diana Souhami

 

MORE. 

Essay by Mark Gisbourne 

 

EMBASSY. 

Essays by Tess Jaray RA and Dr Peter Ammon

 

NOTHING.

Essay by Diana Souhami

 

FRANCES AVIVA BLANE DRAWINGS 

Essay by Doris Lockhart Saatchi

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