Fran Giffard

Artist Fran Giffard has long been captivated by the intricate beauty of natural illustrations, and over the last three years she has begun to amass an incredible body of ornithology-inspired artwork. Fran started to work directly onto her personal Moleskine diaries using aquarelle, gouache and graphite pencil, capturing the wonder of exotic and more commonplace birds. The result is a vivid collection of work with an intriguing personal slant.

Fran studied Fine Art Drawing at Camberwell College of Art, graduating in 2010. Since then she has exhibited internationally, as well as throughout the UK.
She has had a number of solo exhibitions, most notably:
A Parliament of Drawings, Northcote Gallery Chelsea, 2013.
Foyles Book Shop, Charing Cross, 2012.
O for Ornithology, Mayfair, 2012.
Aviary, Northcote Gallery Battersea, 2012.

Most recently Fran was shortlisted for The Threadneedle Art Prize, BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year and David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year. She has also won a place to exhibit with the Society for Wildlife Artists in 2013.
In 2014, Fran will travel to Bermuda where she will enjoy a three month artist residency with Masterworks. She will continue to draw birds, but over diary pages that...

Camberwell College of Art, London, GB, BA Drawing,

Solo Exhibitions

Birds of Gibraltar - Sacarello's, Gibraltar. December 2015 - January 2016
A Gift from Paradise - Maker Gallery, Brighton. November
All My Beautiful Boys - Northcote Gallery, 253 King's Road, London. March 2015
A Flourish - Cornerhouse, Manchester. November 2014 - January 2015
A Myriad of Birds - Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, The Bermuda Botanical Gardens, Bermuda . May 2014
Thirty-Seven Birds - Sloupe, 83 Nightingale Lane, London . February 2014
A Parliament of Drawings - Northcote Gallery, 253 King's Road, London. June 2013
Sixty-Seven Birds - Foyles, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London. January 2013
My Drawings at the Taproom - 163 Upper Street Islington, London. December 2012
O for Ornithology - 10 Grosvenor Street, London. Septmeber 2012
Aviary - Northcote Gallery, 110 Northcote Road. May 2012
A Collection of Drawings - The Curlew, Battle. January - April 2012
60 Birds from Hong Kong, 4 Creatures from My Room - Four Communications, Leicester Square, London. March 2011