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The Host & the Symbiont

May 24, 2024 by Frances Disley

The Host and the Symbiont Commissioned by Liverpool Cathedral exhibited as part Of Infinite Encounters May 10th to June 2nd, 2024 The sculpture for the Lady Chapel at Liverpool Cathedral was conceived to serve multiple functions, aiming to address the potential overwhelm often experienced in public spaces while also embodying elements of the natural world. […]

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Following the roots

June 16, 2023 by Frances Disley

Following the Roots: Stories of Halewood Commissioned by Heart of Glass and Knowsley Borough Council 1st Dec 2022 — 31st Dec 2025 Artist Frances Disley has created a new trail of sculptural artworks for Halewood Triangle Park in collaboration with residents from Halewood. Project Details The forest is a place that enriches and supports the community – […]

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Talk to the Garden

June 16, 2023 by Frances Disley

Launching in 15 July 2023 at Lakeland Arts Abbot Hall Available to buy here £12 + postage and packaging Talk to the Garden is a project initiated by artist Frances Disley with The Turnpike CIC that was seeded with a community garden in Leigh, Greater Manchester. This book is an invitation to get to know […]

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Getting to Know You – Nature Cure Spode Rose Garden

June 16, 2023 by Frances Disley

Getting to Know You Comissioned by Airspace Gallery and Spode Rose Garden. Installed June 2023 We’re really pleased to unveil – Getting To Know You – a brand new permanent installation by Frances Disley in the Spode Rose Garden – this piece is the result of an extensive long term residency – Nature Cure, exploring the health and […]

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Chamomile Circle

April 8, 2023 by Frances Disley

Comissioned by At The Library with Sefton Borough Council. Chamomile Circle was the result of a 12 month residency based in Bootle Library Sefton exploring provision for parents and carers of young children. Chamomile Circle is a suite of sessions built around a set of native trees selected because of their historic set of connections […]

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cwrdd a mi wrth yr afon (meet me by the river)

July 14, 2022 by Frances Disley

Comissioned by Mostyn Gallery LLandudno Inspired by networks that occur in nature which enable communities of plants and wildlife to thrive, share nourishment and send cross species alerts, cwrdd â mi wrth yr afon aims to intersect, overlay and highlight connecting threads between art, the land and people living in North Wales. Gradually taking shape […]

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New things appear where the goddess walks

July 13, 2022 by Frances Disley

Disley’s work is rooted in an ongoing interest in the subject of self-care. This solo presentation of work at Abingdon Studios is conceived as a herbal spell for a 14-year-old girl; by which sculpture, painting, drawing, and video combine as devices intended to be useful, necessary, or pertinent to the needs of a young person […]

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Turnpike Centre Garden

July 13, 2022 by Frances Disley

Artist Frances Disley has been working with The Turnpike CIC and members of the Leigh community to establish a healing and sustainable garden for Leigh’s town centre. Using the local ecology as inspiration, Frances has developed a series of planting schemes that occupy the existing 1971 flower beds outside of The Turnpike Centre on Leigh’s […]

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UnNatural History

August 18, 2021 by Frances Disley

  Frances Disley – UnNatural History Artist Commentary from Invisible Dust on Vimeo. Comissioned by Invisible Dust Frances Disley’s sculptures and film-works are a response to her local municipal park, which has offered sanctuary and inspiration to test ideas around the psychological benefits of being around plants, and in particular plants with medicinal properties that […]

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Epic Luxe

December 14, 2020 by Frances Disley

Documentary Epic Luxe single channel video Epic Luxe collaboration with Fallen Angels Dance Theatre 2019/20 comissioned by Turnpike Gallery as part of their Activations programme video work by Carl Davies and photography by Livia Lizar Artist Frances Disley has been working with the Leigh branch of Fallen Angels Dance Theatre to enhance the experience of […]

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