2026
National Portrait Gallery, London
Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award Exhibition
25 June – 7 October 2026
Selected Work: Madonna and Child (Oil on linen)
Frances Featherstone’s painting 'Madonna and Child' was selected for the prestigious Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award Exhibition (formerly known as the BP Portrait Award). Widely recognized as the world’s foremost open-submission portrait competition, the exhibition showcases the vanguard of contemporary international portraiture.
Royal Society of Arts, London
Solo Exhibition: From the Perspective of the Angels
7 May – 3 July 2026
A landmark institutional presentation showcasing Featherstone's major cycle of figurative oil paintings exploring flattened domestic spaces, human intimacy, and aerial spatial theory.
Status: Fully Acquired / Sold Out
Expo Chicago
International Art Fair | Represented by Arcadia Contemporary
9–12 April 2026
Exhibition of signature work at Navy Pier, presented alongside leading international contemporary galleries.
2025
Arcadia Contemporary, New York
Solo Exhibition: From the Perspective of the Angels
11 December 2025 – 3 January 2026
The international debut solo exhibition of Frances Featherstone's compressed aerial figurative works.
Status: Fully Acquired / Sold Out
Royal Academy of Arts, London
The 257th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
17 June – 17 August 2025
Awarded: The Maire Ragnhild Hollingsworth Prize for Oil Painting
Selected Works: Two Paintings Exhibited
Awarded the premier oil painting prize at Burlington House. The selection and studio trajectory were documented nationally by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on The One Show with Nick Grimshaw.
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London
Annual Exhibition
27 November – 13 December 2025
Juried institutional group exhibition celebrating excellence in contemporary oil painting at the Mall Galleries.
The Almenara Art, Spain
The Almenara Collection Exhibition
Awarded: The Fine Art Connoisseur Publication Prize
Distinction: Honourable Mention
International juried recognition and publication award
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2025
Status: International Finalist (Sponsored by Raymar Panels)
Selected as a global finalist in the prestigious contemporary painting competition celebrating vanguard figurative art.
BBC One Show Feature
Broadcaster: BBC One
Co-Host: Nick Grimshaw
Featured Project: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025
National broadcast feature documenting the artist's studio preparation and the successful selection of two works for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Selection: Two Paintings Exhibited
Dates: 17th June – 17th August, 2025
Media Feature: Featured on BBC's The One Show with Nick Grimshaw
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
Solo Exhibition
May 2025
A dedicated solo showcase of original paintings.
Status: Fully Acquired / Sold Out within 30 minutes of opening
LA Art Fair
International Art Fair | Represented by Arcadia Contemporary
19 - 23 February 2025
Exhibition of signature work at Los Angeles Convention Center, presented alongside leading international contemporary galleries.
London Art Fair
Represented by Blue Shop Galleries I Business Design Centre, Islington
22 - 26 January 2025
2024
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London
Annual Exhibition | November 2024
Awarded: Certificate of Commendation
Awarded an official institutional commendation recognising an exceptional figurative work selected for display at the Mall Galleries.
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral
WAC Annual Exhibition | August 2024
Awarded: The Nicky Ginsberg Artist Residency Prize
Recipient of a three-week international artist residency in Provence, France, following a competitive juried selection.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
RBSA Portrait Prize Exhibition | May, 2024
Awarded: Second Prize
Selected Work: 'Motherly Loves'
Society of Women Artists, London
163rd Annual Open Exhibition
25–29 June 2024
Selected Works: Two Paintings Exhibited
Juried institutional group exhibition highlighting exceptional contemporary practice by women artists at the Mall Galleries.
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London
8-12 May 2024
Presented by Nicholas Bowlby
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
6-10 March 2024
Presented by Nicholas Bowlby (Stand A4)
2023
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
29th November to 16th December, 2023
Mall Galleries, London
ING Discerning Eye
16-26th November 2023
Mall Galleries, London
Green and Stone Summer Exhibition
1-29th August 2023
Selected out of over 2k entries for the summer exhibition at The Gallery at Green and Stone
Wells Art Contemporary
The painting 'Breakfast of Champions' was selected from over 3,000 international submissions to be exhibited at Wells Cathedral alongside 135 chosen artworks (4 August – 1 September 2023).
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead 2023
11-14 May
Presented by Nicholas Bowlby
Bath Society Open
‘On the Flip Side’ selected to be exhibited at 22nd April -24th June at the Victoria Art Gallery, bath.
The Society of Women Artists June 2023
Two paintings selected to exhibit at the Mall Galleries 6-10th June.
ING DISCERNING EYE
The work '#$@!%' was selected from over 7,500 entries for the annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries (11–20 November 2022).
2021
Winner: ING Discerning Eye Chair’s Purchase Prize 2021
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition
Selected for exhibition at the Mall Galleries from close to 7,500 national submissions (11–21 November 2021).
The Society of Women Artists
Selection of the painting 'Still Life' for the 160th Open Exhibition (21 September – 31 December 2021).
Wells Art Contemporary 2021
Selection of the painting 'A Long Taxi to the Runway' from over 3,500 international entries, staged at Wells Cathedral alongside a new site-specific installation by Antony Gormley.
The WAC Awards is a major international open competition attracting contemporary visual artists from across the globe, aiming to challenge artistic boundaries and stimulate critical dialogue.
D Contemporary
23 Grafton St, London W1S 4EY | 6–22 July 2021
Selection of two primary works, 'Icarus' and 'Missed Departures', for exhibition in Mayfair.
Figurative Art Now 2021
Exhibition of two works, Dower House and Grounded, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Federation of British Artists (FBA) at the Mall Galleries (Online: 7 July – 20 September 2021).
Ruth Borchard
Longlisted for the historic Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2021 with the painting Creature Comforts.
2020
Sky Arts Portrait of the Week
Awarded first place for the portrait of Dannii Minogue (2020).
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters
ING Discerning Eye exhibition
Exhibition of two paintings, 'Head in the Clouds' and 'How to be Alone', featured in the historic first fully digital iteration of the juried exhibition.
1st Place
Winner of Sky Artist of the Week 2020 for the portrait of Bernardine Evaristo (Winner of the Booker Prize 2019).
Affordable Art Fair 2020
Presentation of fine art works represented by Nicholas Bowlby.
2019
D Contemporary Painting Prize 2019
Selected to exhibit 3 paintings from 10 December 2019 to the end of January 2020 at the gallery 23 Grafton Street, Mayfair.
London Ultra 2019
Exhibiting 15 paintings at:
Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank, London
Dates: 31 October 2019 - 10 November 2019
Highly Commended
2019 Highly Commended (The Artist Category), The Artist Magazine Art Competition
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London
9–12 May 2019
Presented by Nicholas Bowlby
Affordable Art Fair
Showing with Nicholas Bowlby at The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park 7-10 March 2019 Stand A4
Artists of the Year 2019
‘Piccadilly’ has been selected by ‘Artists and Illustrators’ magazine for their Artists of the Year 2019 exhibition at The Mall Galleries, London 25th February to 2nd March 2019.
Interview by Artshaus Gallery
https://artshaus.co.uk/inspiration/artist-in-the-spotlight-frances-featherstone-interview
Artist in the Spotlight
An in-depth career interview exploring the artist's studio methodology, formal influences, and creative trajectory.
2018
Jackson’s Emerging Artist 2018
Shortlisted by the Jackson’s judging Panel with 29 other artists out of over 1300 entries
Painting 'London Bridge' selected for display from 13th to the 23rd September at The Menier Gallery, London.
Menier Gallery, London
Art Gemini Prize 2017
The painting 'Perpetual Motion' was selected as an international finalist and exhibited at Asia House alongside 36 chosen global artists.