Frances Disley-Evans
Liverpool School of Art and Design
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: F.DisleyEvans@ljmu.ac.uk
Frances Disley is a multidisciplinary artist based in Liverpool with a practice that spans sculpture, participation, performance and installation. In collaboration with others (plants, trees and people) she uses her practice as a vehicle to explore
networks of solidarity and mutual support.
Disley has exhibited widely including 2020 solo show at the Bluecoat, Liverpool and a 2021 commission with Invisible Dust for UnNatural History at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum as part of Coventry City of Culture 2021. She recently completed a sculptural comission for Liverpool Cathedral which was exhibited in 2024. Her work has been acquired by The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and the Arts Council Collection (ACC). Recent projects and commissions responding to people, plants and place include cwrdd a mi wrth yr afon/meet me by the river (Mostyn Gallery, North Wales), Chamomile Circle (At the Library, Sefton Libraries) and a new trail of sculptural artworks for Halewood Triangle Park in collaboration with residents from Halewood (Heart of Glass, St Helens).
Degrees
University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, BA Hons Degree Fine Art
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom, MA Fine Art
Certifications
Croydon College, United Kingdom, Post Compulsory Certificate in Education
Research Grants Awarded:
ACE Arts Council England, Developing Your Creative Practice - research grant, Grant value (£): £10,000. 2021
ACE Arts Council England, Project Grant - Tripleflex Performance work presented at Bluecoat, Grant value (£): £15000. 2019
External committees:
Castlefield Gallery Board of Trustees, Castlefield Gallery, Trustee. 2018
Teaching qualification:
Cert Ed Post Compulsory Certificate in Education. 2006