Fran Norton is an artist, writer and university lecturer specialising in drawing practice and theory. She has recently passed the viva (subject to corrections) of a practice-based PhD in which drawing is used to articulate the concept of home in the context of increasing human migration and mobility. Alongside her own art practice, Fran is an Associate Lecturer on MA Drawing at Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL and a regular Visiting Tutor on MA Fine Art and MA Illustration at the Arts University Bournemouth. Her extensive professional experience of working in creative industries includes theatre, film, photography and ten years of music management. Originally graduating in Design, Fran studied Fine Art as a postgraduate and gained distinctions on both her PgDip at Byam Shaw, Central St Martins and her MA at AUB.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD                         Fine Art                                        Pass                       University of the Arts London 

MA                          Fine Art                                        Distinction             Arts University Bournemouth 

PgDip                      Fine Art                                        Distinction             Byam Shaw, St Martins, UAL 

BA (Hons)                Design: AV with Photography        2:1                         Staffordshire University 

BTEC                       Graphic Design                             Pass                       Somerset College of Arts & Tech

 

ACADEMIC POSTS

MA Drawing             Associate Lecturer                        Since 2015      Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL 

BA Drawing              Visiting Tutor                               Since 2018      Arts University Bournemouth 

MA Fine Art              Visiting Tutor                               Since 2011      Arts University Bournemouth 

MA Illustration         Visiting Tutor                                Since 2011      Arts University Bournemouth 

MFA                          Visiting Practitioner                      2018                Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL 

MA Drawing             (Acting) Course Leader                  2017                Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL 

BA Graphic Design   Visiting Tutor                                2015                Arts University Bournemouth 

BA Fine Art               Visiting Tutor                               2011-2014       Arts University Bournemouth 

BA Illustration          Visiting Tutor                                2012-2013       Arts University Bournemouth

 

EXHIBITIONS

2018                  Drawing Strength, Monstalvat, Melbourne, Australia. 

2017                  The Home I Carry With Me: Documentation, BUMF Gallery, Arts University Bournemouth. 

2015                  The Home I Carry With Me, The Centre For Drawing, Wimbledon College of Art, London 

2015                  Drawn 2015, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 

2015                  Consider the Lilies, 27 Cork Street, London 

2013                  Drawn 2013, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 

2013                  160 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 

2012                  In The Making, Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport 

2012                  MA & Other Post Graduates 2012, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield 

2011                  Unbound, David West Gallery, Lyme Regis 

2011                  Shaping Light, The Gallery, The Arts University College at Bournemouth 

2011                  Walking Through the Veil, Grant Bradley Gallery, Bristol 

2011                  Shift, The Arts University College at Bournemouth 

2011                  Dorchester Arts Open 2011, Dorchester Arts Centre Gallery, Dorchester 

2011                  You Can Do It With Plastics, The Museum of Design in Plastics, Bournemouth 

2010                  ABC Artists Books and Chairs Exhibition, The Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport 

2008                  Postgraduate Show, Byam Shaw School of Art, London 

2008                  Binocular Kingsgate Gallery, West Hampstead, London 

2008                  The Third Bicycle, The Long Gallery, Lauderdale House, Highgate, London 

2008                  Concerning the Great Staircase of Black Marble, Byam Shaw School of Art, London 

2007                  Postgraduate (Fine Art) Show, Byam Shaw School of Art, London 

2007                  The Concourse Show, Byam Shaw School of Art, London 

2007                  The Honeymoon Phase, The Long Gallery, Lauderdale House, Highgate, London 

2007                  Love Me, Love Me Not, Onefourone Gallery, Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London 

2004                  Real Art for Real People, Coningsby Gallery, Tottenham St, London 

2003                  Photography Tomorrow, Florians, Crouch End, London