Bio

Frankie Meaden
Artist
Represented by Turua Gallery, and The Frame Gallery.

Touching on topics of sustainability, and how we rely on and are intricately connected to the plant world around us, Frankie Meaden is known for using recycled materials in her work.

Frankie’s art is almost always botanical, with her large-scale sculptural pieces challenging the scale at which embroidery is usually seen. Telling the story of the rich biodiversity of our world using colourful rope and recycled street banners in a way that is both impactful and beautiful.

A multi-disciplinary artist since 2016, combining embroidery with painting. Layering these techniques into canvas or clothing to create textured colourful pieces. Joyful & optimistic, Frankie Meaden’s newer work is a collision of worlds; embroidery, usually so minuscule, blown up into large-scale artwork.

'Flourishing', 2m x 9m giant embroidered canopy commissioned by Heart of the City for Vulcan Lane 2022

Exhibitions in 2024

FULL, Frankie Meaden Solo Show - The Frame Gallery, Auckland - Feb 2024

Colorado Springs, U.S. - Large Flora Public Artwork - May 2023 till May 2024

Turua Gallery, St Heliers - Group Show, August 2024

Exhibitions in 2023

Colorado Springs, U.S. - Large Flora Public Artwork - May 2023 till May 2024

Ōtara-Papatoetoe large scale public artwork commission - June 2023 - Dec 2023

Turua Gallery, St Heliers, Auckland - Feb 2023

The Frame Gallery, Auckland - Petal Group Show - April 2023 - May 2023

Northern Light Gallery - Artist Choice Competition - Special Merit Award

Uncommon Threads Fibre / Quilting / Weaving Art - San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center

Las Laguna Art Gallery - BOTANICAL 2023

 

Exhibitions in 2022
‘Flourishing’ commissioned public art piece suspended above Vulcan Lane, Auckland.

Fusion Art - 5th Women Artists Art Exhibition

BROUHAHAART - My Generation

Biafarin Awards 2022