Deborah Frank is a young, artist in training living in West Essex, England. Currently completing a BA in contemporary portraiture at The Art Academy London, she works primarily in oils but has also experimented in steel, clay and film. Having had a love for drawing and photography from a young age, a lot of her work begins from documentational responses to her surroundings and narrational stories she interweaves from reality and dreams. Her recent body of work narrates the figure within landscape. Her work has been showcased at The Mall, ROI and local exhibitions and art trails.
EDUCATION
2023-26 Art Academy London BA Contemporary Portraiture, Winner of the Miriam Waterman Scholarship
EXHIBITIONS and PRIZES
2025 - crossing A bridge, solo exhibition, Mezzanine Gallery, Walthamstow Wetlands, London Wildlife Trust
2025 - Beyond the Prize, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Mall Galleries
2025 - Will We Be Taken Into The Future? group exhibition, Nolias gallery
2024 - Print and Ceramics Showcase, The Art Academy London
2024 - 2nd place prize, live painting challange, The Royal Institute of Oil Painters
2024 - Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Mall Galleries
2024 - Past, Present and Future Art Academy Bankside
2024 - Conceal and Reveal, collaborative exhibition, Nolias Gallery
2020 - Botanical artist, Cordwainers Grow
2019 - workshop assistant, London Borough of Culture
2018 - The Rotary Club exhibition, Epping St Johns
2018 - E17 art trail
2018 - The Mall Galleries
2017 - Lopping Hall exhibition, 1st prize
2017 - The Mall Galleries
PRESS
2024 - Portrait booth artist Blending wih Arts The African Centre
2024 - Portrait booth artist National Portrait Gallery
2022 - Eleanor Lang ‘The Brokenshire Building’
2020 - The Citizen Gardener: ‘Even if pesticides don’t kill a bee, they impede its ability to navigate’