Francesca Currie
Works
Biography
Francesca is a full-time artist based in Worcester. Francesca studied
at The University College of the Arts in Norwich where she achieved a
B.A. Honours in Fine Art. She went on to study at the London Atelier
of Representational Art. She moved home in 2015 to set up full-time as
an artist. Since then, she has exhibited across the country including
in London, Broadway and York. She became an associate to the Royal
Birmingham Society of Artists in 2017 and was elected (their youngest)
full member in 2018. She has had numerous private and public
commissions including The Budworths, owners of the Lady Magazine,
SENSE charity, Dr John Inge the Bishop of Worcester, and Frank
Southam, the Sword Bearer of Worcester. She has been on Sky Arts
Portrait Artist of the year 2021 and had the wonderful opportunity to
paint Sir Trevor McDonald, who chose her portrait to take home as his
personal favourite. In January 2023 Francesca was asked by Ruth
Millington to be part of The London Art Fair/Sotheby’s as part of Ruth
Millington’s curated exhibition ‘Reframing the Muse’. The exhibition,
based of Ruth’s recently published book ‘Muse’ (Penguin, 2022). In
September 2023 Francesca was asked to paint Amanda Holden nude for the TV show ‘Sex a bonkers History’ on Sky History.