Art Portfolio

About

Rhiannon Frances is a BVA student at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, with a specialization in sculpture through mixed-media art, exploring philosophical and essential aspects of the human experience, embracing the human condition and experimenting with artistic expression.

Ice and Steel, 2023

A sculpture consisting of a melting ice pyramid made of holy water enclosed in a cage-like steel pyramid structure.

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Steel as a harsh, machine-made resource enables a cage-like, emotionless feel, working together with the temporary ice as a juxtaposing and contrasting pair. Mirrors were placed underneath the ice and on the wall around to create reflective light off of the ice as it melted.

Representational of memory.

Faith, 2023

Shot on a FujiFilm Camera with tripod

Edited and sequenced on Premiere Pro

Playing Cards, 2023

Three playing card necklaces produced out of copper, aluminum and brass.

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Thinking In Black and White, 2023

2/3 gallery abstract ink paintings; (exhibited)

Candle wax, indian ink, acrylic, rain and snow residue

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Life drawing, 2022 - 2023
Charcoal on paper.

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I'm so lucky, 2022

Embroidery on textile.

Back to life, 2022

Screen-print mark-making ink design.

Back to life, 2022

Screen-printing collage/image ink designs on paper and textile.

Aramoana, 2023

Performance consisting of pouring water over my head.

Medusa, 2022

An early film project in response to Theodore Gericault's, The Raft of the Medusa. 1818. This film was to objectively compare and relate to this story and painting with our Catholic upbringing.

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Cargill's Castle, 2023

A collaborative film project created in response to the historic site, Cargill's Castle, in Dunedin.

Narcissus and the Lake, 2023

Exhibited sculpture consisting of screen-printing, chlorophyll staining and digital media/video projection.

Based upon the old legend of Narcissus and the Lake, exploring themes of identity through the study of psychology, childhood and brain patterns of an average human in the modern day.