Frances Trombly
Receipts (Publix and Target), 2008*
Embroidery on fabric
15.25 x 3 inches
acquired 2008
Receipts (random), 2008
Embroidery on fabric
15.25 x 3 inches
acquired 2008
Box (West Side Movers), 2008
Hand woven fabric, embroidery, packing tape
36 x 34 inches
acquired 2008
Plywood, 2004
Cross-stitched fabric
15.5 x 10 inches
acquired 2006
Biography
Born 1976 in Miami, FL.
Frances Trombly engineers practices with an established dialog of effeminateness, such as knitting and weaving, toward new scrutiny of contemporary art and life. Traditional craftsmanship combines with large-scale installation and environmental intervention to breathe new concepts into the backbone of materiality. Borrowing from polarizing arenas such as craft, art practices, labor and mass production, Trombly reinvents not only the raw materials of studio practice, but their sanctions in art history and authority in colloquial utilization.
In 2010, Frances Trombly’s work was featured in Girls’ Club’s first solo exhibit Frances Trombly: Paintings.
Awards
2010 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Knight Arts Challenge Grant/ Girls’ Club, Ft. Lauderdale
2009 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowships for Visual & Media Artists, Miami-Dade County
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