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Frankie Fathers is a London-based multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker whose practice weaves between sculpture, drawing, installation and film, using textile to explore identity, myth and loss through a feminist and absurdist lens.
She stitches debates around the female body and identity into the very fabric of her work. Playful and profound, flippant and forceful, her practice engages the language of fibres and dichotomies to create a visual juxtaposition of the familiar and the fantastical. She creates enigmatic characters that draw on ancient mythology to exist forcefully between states; both in their own body and in that of a mythical animal. This duality adds a complex dimension to her work, inviting viewers to contemplate the dynamics between personal and ancient myth.
The artist chooses to source donated clothing from friends and family for its intimate connection with the human body and her commitment to a sustainable practice. The morphing of the clothes into fantastical forms is influenced by numerous tales of metamorphosis which lie at the heart of myth.
Frankie is also co-founder of the Campervan Collective, a group of international experimental artists who met at the Royal College of Art, who are committed to public art practice and collaboration. The Campervan Collective explores the concept of boundaries by staging interactive performances and public workshops from a blue vintage campervan. Parking on the margins, borders, and edges of the art world, the Collective’s aim is to make art accessible to all and question the visibility, nature, and impact of boundaries.
The artist is a graduate of the Royal College of Art’s Contemporary Art Practice MA 2024.
Alongside her art practice, Frankie is also a BAFTA-winning documentary producer/director.
Contact:frankiefathers@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
2024: Future Archaeologies, Camden Art Centre, London
2024: Textile Junction, Electro Studios, Hastings, UK
2024: Ode to She Monster (video), Tate Lates, Tate Modern, London & Genesis Cinema, London
2024: Everything Must Go, Cookhouse Gallery, London
2024: Make Do & Mend, Take Courage Gallery, London
2021: I didn’t Lick it, Bruton Museum, UK
2021: I didn’t Lick it, Bruton Museum, UK
PUBLIC ART
2024: Founded Camper Van Collective to democratise art and make and show art in public spaces
2024: Camper Van Collective: After Judy, Hyde Park, London, UK
2024: Camper Van Collective: Art Picnic, Battersea Park, London, UK
2015-2021 Pasted street art all over London with the tag @Tape_Geek