About

Françoise Lacroix is a lens-based artist, who takes inspiration from the exploration, occupation and interaction with ‘place’. Her work invents a dialogue, to explore, transform and re-invent the notion of emplacement and how our position reforms that place. Lacroix’s work uses space rather than depicts it, challenging perceptions of the ordinary by representing it in an unfamiliar and distinctive way.

Born in West Wales, of French/English parentage, she currently lives in South Oxfordshire. She studied as an undergraduate at Central St. Martins College of Art, London, going on to graduate with a Master's degree in photography from the Royal College of Art, London, during which time she was selected for a six week residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.

Exhibitions

Françoise has exhibited in the UK and internationally with exhibitions at The Clerk’s House London (solo show), the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, The Poznanski Factory, Poland, OXO Tower London, Arnolfini Bristol, The Dali Gallery London, Lauderdale House Society London, Jago Gallery London and Lethaby Gallery London.

Awards and grants

Françoise has won awards from The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers Prize for Photography in 2002, The King Sturge Art Prize in 1996 and The Falconer Award in 1996, and was awarded an Arts For Everyone Lottery Grant, London Arts Board in 1997. She was also shortlisted for the The Alternative Turner Prize 2002, the Centre Prize in 2002, and The Observer Award in 2002.

She co-founded and has worked under the name 'panoptika.net' since 2002, selling her photographs to major publishers worldwide, see commercial work.

Françoise published photography book ‘The Teratologists’ by Marc Atkins, 1999, and co-edited, designed and published ‘Loop’ (Art book on East London Artists) 1998.