b. Lancashire 1984
Lives and works in London
NEW! Limited edition print available at The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) for the DIVA exhibition. Please click HERE to purchase.
I am currently working on my Developing Your Creative Practice Grant from Arts Council England (2023) so taking a break from exhibitions.
Work available through Alveston Fine Art. Please contact the gallery for details.
Please email freyapocklington@gmail.com if you would like any information or to ask any questions about commissions etc.
Qualifications and training
2009 MA Drawing, Wimbledon College of Art, London
2006 BA Fine Art, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Collections
The British Museum, The Royal Scottish Academy, Victoria and Albert Museum, Apex Hotels, Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow Airport, Chichester Cathedral, West Dean College
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Once Upon a Time curated by Flora Fairbairn and Katie Heller, 23-25 Chiltern Street, London
2022 The Cat Show. “The Cat’s Meow” Alveston Fine Arts, 285 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London
2022 Solo Show: Ostara, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth, UK
2022 TBWDP at Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge
2021 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London
2021 Correspondence 01, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth and Exeter Phoenix, Uk
2021 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, UK
2020/2021 V&A Select Prints, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2019 November: Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, Mall Galleries, London
2019 November: Discerning Eye, selected by Gill Button, Mall Galleries, London
2019 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile Kings Place, London
2019 Solo Show: Behind the Blue Curtain: Motherhood, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals
2018 Solo Show: Patients and Pets, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals
2017 Daybreak, Royal College of Art Research Show, AMP Gallery, London
2017 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile Kings Place, London
2016 Solo Show: Women’s Work: Women in The Rural Landscape, Hill Top Farm, National Trust, Cumbria (17th September – 20th October) 4 Portraits Displayed
2016 Solo Show: Women’s Work: Women in The Rural Landscape, Acorn Bank, National Trust, Cumbria (1st September – 27th November) 8 Portraits Displayed
2015 The Florence Trust at Sluice Art Fair, Bargehouse, London
2015 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile Kings Place, London
2015 And Quickly Turn to Myth, Joint show with Robert Nicol, James Freeman Gallery, London
2014 Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, Mall Galleries, London
2014 Drawing Live, National Open Art Competition, Somerset House, London
2014 Library of Lost Books, Richard Hamilton Building, Oxford Brookes University
2013 Mirror of The Open Road, Wilding Festival, St Georges, London
2013 Solo Show: Wolves Find Dogs Delicious, Breese Little, London
2012 Art Below for Frieze, Regents Park Underground Station
2012 Maggs beneath the covers, Maggs Bros, Berkeley Square, London
2012 BITE: Artists Making Prints, Mall Galleries, London
2011 Twenty-Five of One, KK Outlet, London
2011 Summer Exhibition, The Florence Trust, London
2010 Curated & Exhibited Drawing Artists, West Dean College, West Sussex
2010 Solo Show: Drawing on the Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex
2009 Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, Mall Galleries, London
2008 Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008, Jerwood Space & Touring, London
2007 Solo Show: Drawings and Stories, Convento São Francisco de Mértola, Portugal
2007 181st Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2007 The Drawing Gallery, London
Residencies
2023 The Bothy Project, Scotland
2023 Cove Park, Scotland
2016 National Trust New Art: Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Artist Fellowship at Acorn Bank
2014 West Dean College
2014 Somerset House with The National Open Art Competition
2011 Wimbledon College of Art Alumni Residency
2011 The Florence Trust Studios
2010 Chichester Cathedral and West Dean College
2007 Scottish Arts Council funded residency; Convento São Francisco de Mértola, Portugal
2006 The Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence
Competitions, prizes and awards
2023 DYCP from Arts Council England
2019 Regional Prize Winner, Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2019 Shortlisted for Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, Mall Galleries, London
2019 Shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize
2015 Shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize
2015 Visitors’ Choice Award at Brighton Fringe for National Open Art
2014 Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary: Shortlisted
2009 Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary: Runner-up, Mall Galleries, London
2007 Scottish Arts Council Funding for residency in Portugal
2006 John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence, The Royal Scottish Academy, Italy
2006 The James Cumming Award for Draughtsmanship, The Royal Scottish Academy
2006 Andrew Grant Travel Award, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
2005 The Alexander Flynn Bequest, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Publications / Articles / Press / Features
2020 Wunderdog Magazine
2018 PROVA 4, Royal College of Art Arts & Humanities Research Journal edited by Dr Chantal Faust
2017 Matches Fashion, The Style Social, Self Portrait
2016 Countryfile (24th July) 150 Year Beatrix Potter Anniversary for National Trust
2015 You Want To, So Let’s. Be Naughty (And Quickly Turn To Myth at James Freeman Gallery), SQWZLED: The Photographic Journal
2015 4 Star Review (Hot Dogs and Problem Pets), The Upcoming
2015 Review (Hot Dogs and Problem Pets), The Flaneur
2015 Review: New Painting (Hot Dogs and Problem Pets), Because London
2015 Review (Hot Dogs and Problem Pets), Art Daily
2014 Amelia’s Magazine 10th Anniversary Edition, That Which We Do Not Understand
2014 Interview with Cass Art for NOA/Somerset House Residency
2014 ‘Old tin cutlery before the invention of the fork’ review, Wall Street International Magazine
2014 ‘Where to buy…’ The Week
2014 ‘Lost and Found’ (Library of Lost Books) Printmaking Today
2013 In pictures: The Library of Lost Books, BBC News
2013 100 Years of the Suffragettes (Mirror of The Open Road), Portia Pettersen, artlyst
2013 Review (Wolves Find Dogs Delicious), Susan Heywood, Platform 505
2013 Agenda (Wolves Find Dogs Delicious), Urban Junkies
2013 The Very Best Art to See in January (Wolves Find Dogs Delicious), Mary Miers, Country Life
2013 Review (Wolves Find Dogs Delicious) Ruthie Carlisle, Trebuchet
2013 Open Files (Wolves Find Dogs Delicious), Exhibition Preview ELEPHANT Magazine
2012 Printmaking Today, Pocklington Press
2011 The Florence Trust Catalogue, London Edited By Colin Perry
2011 MISC Magazine Summer Issue, USA
2008 Jerwood Drawing Prize Catalogue
2005 The Herald, Scotland, ‘The creatures down below In the midst of a show of good manners and good taste’ By Moira Jeffrey