Holly Frean

London born artist Holly Frean began her formal training as an architect and draughtsman at Oxford Brookes University. She moved to study Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School where she graduated in 2002. Her studio practice has since grown to include picture-making in all its forms, typically oil paintings on canvas, collages and printmaking, sometimes supported by 3D work (bronzes and maquettes) and ceramics. Infused with witty observational humour, Frean's work often draws on the lives of her artist heroes and uniquely documents the subtleties in a face, body or movement. Over the past decade she has evolved a highly personal and technically accomplished style. Frean's work has been exhibited extensively in the UK and America with Rebecca Hossack Gallery until 2016. She has won numerous accolades including the 2012 National Open Art Competition Painting Prize (awarded by Grayson Perry) and regularly shows at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the ING Discerning Eye at Mall Galleries in London as well as high-profile charitable events and auctions. Frean's imagination and versatility have recently led to coveted textile, ceramic and wallpaper collaborations with Anthropologie, Burberry, Andrew Martin and Paul Smith....

Camberwell College of Art 1997-1998
Oxford Brookes University 1998-1999
City & Guilds of London Art School 1999-2002

Upcoming group exhibition: CURIOS @ Green & Stone 18-30 November - https://www.thegalleryatgreenandstone.com/exhibitions/curios-artworks

Works held at Air Contemporary, Ham Yard, London - https://www.air-contemporary.com/artists/50-holly-frean/

Works held at Grandy Art on Savile Row, London - https://grandyart.com/artists/51-holly-frean/works/

Works on sale at The Kit Kemp Shop online -https://shop.kitkemp.com/collections/holly-frean