I am a non-binary trans person (pronouns: they/them) from Cardiff & based in rural Carmarthenshire, West Wales.

I mostly work as a printmaker, with occasional pieces created with oils, collage and mixed media.

My work has been exhibited in London and Cardiff several times, among other places. Many of my works are held in international private collections; nevertheless it’s important to me to have pieces available that are accessible to people with a range of incomes.

I want my artworks to provoke questions about what we are socially conditioned to believe to be normal, and by extension morally correct, especially when we think about the gender binary, neurotypicality and sexuality.

I am interested in the desire for certainty, and in the way that strange, uncertain and liminal spaces and behaviours often provoke discomfort.

My feeling is that allowing ourselves space for the unknown, the shifting, the weird, and for death, we can begin to see how the things considered to be normal are actually harmful to us, as well as being fundamentally weird themselves.

Turning away from certainty also allows us to view life with wonder and curiosity. I am an animist and am enchanted with the world, and I try to share this perspective in my work, hence the witchcraft and folklore themes.

I received a Master’s Degree with Distinction from Falmouth University in 2018 in the subject of Illustration: Authorial Practice.

I am also a professional graphic designer and illustrator. with a wide list of high-profile clients.

See more of Frank’s work at their website here.