Sarah Francis

Sarah Francis works with sculpture and photography exploring ideas of reality and representation. Fascinated with the uncanny duality of identity, the artist gathers and relocates particular events that were once lost, forgotten or left behind. Francis concentrates on intertwining traces of dreams and memories to create physical landscapes and portraits. This manifests itself through artworks that intrude into the exhibition space using both playful and darker aspects that are a catalyst for audience interactions.



Francis’ work centres around her neuro-diverse and queer identity, building her own language and worlds to explore and understand ‘how I made me’ a reference to an early body of work that investigated her inner trauma and re-articulation of her current self.


Her work has been shortlisted for the Saatchi Gallery’s Art of Giving Prize, selected by Richard Billingham for Curator’s Choice Noise Young Talent 2009, and recognised in Aesthetica’s 100 Best Contemporary Artists in Europe.

ILM Level 3 Award, Effective Coaching, Leeds Beckett University. 2022 onwards.

Distinction Masters in Fine Art, Leeds University. 2009 - 2011.

1st Class BA(Hons) Photography, De Montfort University. 2004 - 2007.

HND Television and Film Design, Lincoln University. 2002- 2004.

Selected Exhibitions - Full CV on request

Landshapes, Solo Show, May 2021, Bowery, Leeds

Let us eat cake, March 2021, Pineapple Black Art Space
Possible All Along, December 2021, DISrupt, Leeds

Queer Contempory, August 2020, Short Supply, Manchester

Leeds Summer show, July 2020 1st-30th, Leeds

Aesthetica, Art Prize Exhibition, March 2013, York

Reigning Cats & Dogs Exhibition, January - March, 2013 - RWA, Bristol

Matt Roberts Salon Art Prize 2011, 6 - 29th October 2011, London

Bowery Gallery, Exhibition, January 7th - April 8th 2011, Leeds

National Open Art Competition, Exhibition, October 30th – November 2010

Leeds City Art Gallery, 8th Aug-19th Sep 2010, Leeds City Gallery

Lauderdale House, 20 Jul- 2 Aug 2010, Lauderdale House London.

Not Part Of, 16 Jan 2010, Dance House Theatre, Manchester
Noise Creative Fair, 17 - 18 July 2009 Manchester Hall

Open 20 Exhibitions, 15 Nov – 10 Jan 2009, Leicester City Gallery

Nottingham Castle Museum Open, 11 Oct- 30 Nov 2008, Nottingham

Art in Woodstock, 25 Oct – 15 Nov 2008, Oxford.

BBC Noise Virtual Showcase, 26 Sept 2008 Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
Pride in The House, 5- 7 Aug 2008, Lauderdale House, London.
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