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Amelia Akiko Frank makes drawings and sculptures between London and New York.



CV

Education

2025    MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths University, London
2020    BA Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, BA Visual Arts, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Exhibitions

2025    Trick Question | duo show, Chilli Gallery, London
2025    Nothing holds on its own | group show, Koppel ANNEX, London
2025    Memories of the Future | group show, hARTslane, London
2025    Tora, Tora | degree show, Goldsmiths University, London
2025    Conviction Fair | group show, Hypha Euston, London
2025    Fac simile | group show, Open Hand Open Space, Reading
2025    South Open 3 | group show, OHSH Projects, London
2024    We Threw Out the Name | group show, Studio 9D, New York, NY
2024    +447961050552 | group show, Camberwell Kabinett, London
2023    New Drawings | solo presentation, Round K by Sol, New York, NY
2023    Touch | group show, Citizens for the Arts, New York, NY
2023    Urban Eden | group show, 34 Orchard, New York, NY
2021    Urban Legends | group show, Columbia College Library, Chicago, IL
2020    And now the weather | degree show, Logan Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019    My Pet’s Therapist | group show, Tutu Gallery/Field Projects, Brooklyn, NY


Residencies & Awards

2025    Almacantar Studio Award, Bow Arts, London
2025    Junior Fellow, MFA Visiting Tutor Program, Goldsmiths University, London
2024    Best of the Net Finalist in Nonfiction for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Sundress Publications
2023    Ragdale Residency, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2022    Desert 23’S Residency, La Wayaka Current, Atacama Desert, Chile
2020    Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts, UChicago Department of Visual Arts, Chicago, IL
2019    Undergraduate Residency, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2019    Scholar Award, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2019    Student Creativity Grant, UChicago Department of Visual Arts, Chicago, IL




Amelia Akiko Frank makes big drawings and small poems between New York and London. She is a current MFA candidate at Goldsmiths University, and holds BAs in Visual Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities from the University of Chicago. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Tutu Gallery, Columbia College Library, Logan Center Gallery, and the New York Academy of Art, and published in wig-wag (nominated for Best of Net), *82 Review, and Right Hand Pointing. She is a recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts, and has attended residencies at the New York Academy of Art (New York, NY), La Wayaka Current (Atacama Desert, Chile), and the Ragdale Foundation (Lake Forest, IL).