Francis Upritchard
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A Loose Hold, 2022
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Here Comes Everybody, 2022
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Paper, Creature, Stone, 2022
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Polyphemus Carpet, 2022
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Ram Head, 2022
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Eels in Mud, 2021
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Orange Love, 2021
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The Mother and Children, 2021
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Four Armed Figure for Yoga, 2020
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Grumpy Grumpy Grumpy, 2019
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Murlongo Mountain Jar, 2018
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Pruitt Igoe, 2018
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Shy Japanese Octopus, 2018
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Stretching Long Legs Long Arms, 2018
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Wetwang Slack; table 2, 2018
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2017
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Makiko, 2016
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Moon Monkey and Dancing Monkey Urn, 2016
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Dark Side, 2015
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Children's Commission, 2014
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Potato Poem, 2013
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A Hand of Cards, 2012
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Sun Cabinet, 2010
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Save Yourself, 2009
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Traveller’s Collection, 2003
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 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 SYMPHONY OF ALL THE CHANGES, Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (2023), 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 -
Francis Upritchard
14 March - 26 April 2014 -
Francis Upritchard
Echo 7 September - 16 October 2011 -
Feierabend
Francis Upritchard, Martino Gamper, Karl Fritsch 16 January - 22 February 2009 -
Francis Upritchard
22 September - 28 October 2006 -
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 2014 Boardbook, 13 pages
Publisher: Whitechapel Gallery and Garden Press on the occasion of the exhibition: Francis Upritchard: Do What You Will
ISBN: 978-085488-231-1
Dimensions: 17.7 x 12.4 cm Read more -
Francis Upritchard
Save Yourself Jenny Harper, Rhana Devenport, Francesco Manacorda, Melanie Oliver, 2009 Hardcover, 104 pages
Publisher: Francis Upritchard, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth District Council, New Plymouth, New Zealand
ISBN: 9780908848348
Dimensions: 16 x 22.5cm Read more -
Francis Upritchard
A Loose Hold 2022 Hardcover, 112 pages
Publisher: Kunsthaus Centre d'art Pasquart & Dent-De-Leone
ISBN: 978-1-907908-76-7
Dimensions: 26.5 x 22 cm Read more
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Francis Upritchard: SYMPHONY OF ALL THE CHANGES, Guangzhou Triennial at Guangdong Museum of Art, China
Until 10 April 2023 3 March 2023The seventh Guangzhou Triennial, 'SYMPHONY OF ALL THE CHANGES', organised by the Guangdong Museum of Art, focuses on a landscape of transformations brought about by...Read more -
Francis Upritchard: Here Comes Everybody, Sydney Modern Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Opened 3 December 2022 30 November 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, Helen Cammock, Goshka Macuga & Francis Upritchard 16 - 19 June 2022 -
Art Basel
JB Blunk, Goshka Macuga, John Smith, Patricia Treib, Francis Upritchard 13 - 16 June 2019 -
Art Basel
Samson Kambalu, Goshka Macuga, Francis Upritchard, B. Wurtz 14 - 17 June 2018 -
Frieze Art Fair London
Solo presentation with Francis Upritchard 6 - 9 October 2016