Frances Disley lives in Liverpool, UK. Disley seeks to expose the thought processes of the artist when wrestling with form and colour. She uses her own body to animate the crude painted objects and surfaces that she creates.
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Recent projects and solo exhibitions include the performance Roll Fix Slip, Bluecoat Performance Space, Liverpool, UK (2015); SSSS, White Wizard, Liverpool, UK (2015); Exchange Rates, a collaboration with Patte Loper, Schema Projects, New York, USA (2015). Recent group shows include SCOUSE HOUSE, Syson Gallery, Nottingham, UK (2015); Art Copenhagen (with Paper Gallery), Copenhagen, Denmark (2015).
Frances Disley is a Liverpool Biennial Associate Artist. Disley has been paired with Rachel Cook, (Associate Curator at DiverseWorks in Houston, USA).
Blaze, 2016
Painted Arriva bus
Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial in partnership with Arriva
On view at select Arriva Bus routes around the city
I’m a really good dancer, 2016
Single channel video
Exhibited at the India Buildings
Liverpool Biennial 2016
'Blaze' (2016)
Three double-decker buses had been transformed by artists and children in a major new commission by Liverpool Biennial and Arriva North West. The buses can be seen driving on routes through the City Centre, South Liverpool, North Liverpool and the Wirral.
Frances Disley’s Blaze is inspired by the success story of Liverpool-born Eunice Huthart, the only contestant on 1990s TV action game-show Gladiators to become a ‘Gladiator’ herself. Blaze depicts the artist as a painted character with the power to blend into her own artwork.
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Left to right – Frances Disley, Blaze, 2016; Hato with Childwall Academy, Hello Future Me, 2016; Ana Jotta, Mrs. Muir, 2016. Liverpool Biennial 2016. Photo: Niall Lea
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Frances Disley, Blaze, 2016. Courtesy HGM Paints
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Frances Disley, Blaze, 2016. Courtesy the artist
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Frances Disley, Blaze, 2016. Courtesy HGM Paints
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Frances Disley, Roll Fix Slip, 2015. Photo courtesy of the artist. -
Frances Disley, rrr release video still, 2018. Photo credit George Ellis. -
Frances Disley, Roll Fix Slip, 2015. Photo courtesy of the artist. -
Frances Disley, Roll Fix Slip, 2015. Photo courtesy of the artist.
