Francis Upritchard
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Here Comes Everybody, 2022
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Paper, Creature, Stone, 2022
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A Loose Hold, 2022
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Brilliant Italian Idea, 2022
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Psychic Pusher, 2022
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Hurrying Sisyphus, 2021
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Buey, 2017
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Camouflage, 2020
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Eels in Mud, 2021
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Four Armed Figure for Yoga, 2020
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Murlongo Mountain Jar, 2018
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Orange Love, 2021
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Polyphemus Carpet, 2022
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Hatched Glass, 2022
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2017
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A Hand of Cards, 2012
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Children's Commission, 2014
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Dark Side, 2015
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Grumpy Grumpy Grumpy, 2019
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Moon Monkey and Dancing Monkey Urn, 2016
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Potato Poem, 2013
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Save Yourself, 2009
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Shy Japanese Octopus, 2018
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Sun Cabinet, 2010
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Waving, not Drowning, 2022
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Traveller’s Collection, 2003
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Wetwang Slack, 2018
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Wetwang Slack; table 2, 2018
Francis Upritchard was born in 1976 in New Plymouth, New Zealand and lives and works in London and New Zealand. Upritchard’s work draws on figurative sculpture, blending references from literature to ancient sculptures, and burial grounds to science fiction. Her installations showcase a wide variety of materials; her distinctive figurative sculptures are made using polymer plastic, amorphous mythological figures in balata - a natural rubber, bronze dinosaurs, glass vessels and ceramic urns. ‘Upritchard questions how we construct a vision for the future through our fractured, partial and often conflicted understanding of the past. She creates a place where histories and archives can be viewed anew through playfully exploring aspects of partiality, misreading and uncanny coincidences. Upritchard’s mini worlds are anti-imperial and non-hierarchical - there is no dominant culture.’ Heather Galbraith.
Francis Upritchard was selected by the Art Gallery of New South Wales to undertake a large-scale commission, Here Comes Everybody, unveiled in 2022 outside the new Sydney Modern, Australia. Solo exhibitions include Any Noise Annoys an Oyster, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (2024); A Loose Hold, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland (2022); Wetwang Slack, The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK (2022); Surf’n’Turf, Kate MacGarry, London, UK (2022); Paper, Creature, Stone, Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand (2022); Big Fish Eat Little Fish, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium (2020); Francis Upritchard, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA (2014); Potato Poem, Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan (2013); A Long Wait, Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Ohio (2012) and A Hand of Cards, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK (2012).
Francis Upritchard’s Save Yourself represented New Zealand in the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009) and Viva Arte Viva at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017). Other group exhibitions include DAUWRAUW: A Bruegelian Landscape, Bornem Castle, Bornem, Belgium (2024); The Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (2023); The Inner Island, Villa Carmignac, Porquerolles Island, France (2023); Human Conditions of Clay, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK (2022); A Thousand Doors, collaboration between NEON and Whitechapel Gallery, The Gennadius Library, Athens, Greece (2014) and Lilliput, New York High Line, New York, USA (2012).
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Francis Upritchard
Surf ‘n’ Turf 13 May - 11 June 2022 -
Things That Soak You
Laura Aldridge, Rana Begum, Francis Upritchard, Bethan Laura Wood 2 June - 15 July 2017 -
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Echo 7 September - 16 October 2011 -
Feierabend
Francis Upritchard, Martino Gamper, Karl Fritsch 16 January - 22 February 2009 -
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Diamonds for Workers
Anat Ben David & Jet, Josh Blackwell, Chicks on Speed, Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Alexander Petlura, Francis Upritchard, Karl Fritsch 3 June - 10 July 2005 -
Francis Upritchard
5 June - 13 July 2003
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Francis Upritchard
Monkeys and Sloth 2014Boardbook, 13 pagesRead more
Publisher: Whitechapel Gallery and Garden Press on the occasion of the exhibition: Francis Upritchard: Do What You Will
ISBN: 978-085488-231-1
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Francis Upritchard
Save Yourself Jenny Harper, Rhana Devenport, Francesco Manacorda, Melanie Oliver, 2009Hardcover, 104 pagesRead more
Publisher: Francis Upritchard, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth District Council, New Plymouth, New Zealand
ISBN: 9780908848348
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Francis Upritchard
A Loose Hold 2022Hardcover, 112 pagesRead more
Publisher: Kunsthaus Centre d'art Pasquart & Dent-De-Leone
ISBN: 978-1-907908-76-7
Dimensions: 26.5 x 22 cm
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Francis Upritchard, Any Noise Annoys an Oyster, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
28 September 2024 – 16 February 2025 27 September 2024Presenting more than 100 works, Any Noise Annoys an Oyster is Francis Upritchard's first Scandinavian exhibition. Upritchard references ancient art, folklore, 20th century European sculpture...Read more -
Francis Upritchard: DAUWRAUW: A Bruegelian Landscape, Bornem Castle, Belgium
30 June - 30 September 2024Francis Upritchard's Swamp Creature (2022) and Inhabited Stone (2024), are included in DAUWRAUW: A Bruegelian Landscape at the Castle Estate Marnis de Sainte Aldegonde in...Read more -
Francis Upritchard: Here Comes Everybody at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Opened 3 December 2022The transformation of the Art Gallery of New South Wales – the Sydney Modern Project – opens to the public from 3 December 2022. Three...Read more
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Art Basel
Rana Begum, Marcus Coates, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Dawn Ng, Renee So & Francis Upritchard 13 - 16 June 2024Booth L3Read more -
Frieze London
Peter Liversidge, Goshka Macuga, Peter McDonald, Florian Meisenberg, Grace Ndiritu, Dawn Ng and Francis Upritchard 11 - 15 October 2023 -
Art Basel | Art Basel Unlimited
Chou Yu-Cheng, Marcus Coates, Goshka Macuga, Lisa Milroy and Francis Upritchard 15 - 18 June 2023Kate MacGarry is delighted to be participating in Art Basel Unlimited 2023 with a work by Francis Upritchard.Read more -
Art Basel
Rana Begum, Helen Cammock, Goshka Macuga & Francis Upritchard 16 - 19 June 2022