User:Frances K Barrett

Frances Barrett is a Sydney-based artist and curator whose practice explores performance through symbolic and direct action. Barrett’s work is informed by queer and feminist methodologies and recent projects have taken the form of body-based live actions, endurance performance and sonic experimentation.

Since 2007 Frances has worked as part of the performance and video collective Brown Council with Kate Blackmore, Kelly Doley & Diana Smith. Recently their work has been interrogating modes of collaboration, female collectivity and the history of feminist art practices. Their projects have been presented at Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane), Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney), Monash University Museum of Art (Melbourne), Artspace (Sydney), and Performance Space (Sydney).

Between 2009-2013 Frances was Co-Director of Serial Space. In 2012 the Serial Space collective curated and produced Time Machine, a festival of experimental time-based art that presented the work of over 50 Australian and international artists.

Frances has presented work as part of Day For Night at Performance Space (Sydney), SafARI (Sydney), Tiny Stadiums Festival (Sydney) and Restaging Restaging at Alaska (Sydney). She is currently Curator of Contemporary Performance at Campbelltown Arts Centre and host of FBI Radio’s arts show, Canvas.