11 March to 7 April 2024
Frank Boyce’s current work relates to the human condition in the current age of technological advancement,climate crisis, economic crisis and hybrid digital existence. The aim of the work is to evoke a sense of displacement in the viewer to convey a feeling of disintegration and disruption of the self. The Artist is interested in going beyond pictorial representation and creating a ‘sensation’ in the viewer through the device of disturbing the perception of the viewer and so evoking in them a feeling of the uncanny.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Frank Boyce is an Artist and teacher living in Northwest Ireland. He completed his BA hons Degree in Fine and Applied Art in the University of Ulster, Belfast in 2001 and completed his PGCE in Art education in Coleraine University of Ulster in 2008.
Frank has been teaching in the Post-Primary sector since 2003. He returned to producing Art during the first lockdown of the Pandemic after a ten year break. Frank’s work explores themes such as the human condition, politics, religion and social issues.
Language and how we use it to ascribe meaning is central to his work. The Artist is interested in posing questions through the subject matter of his work but also through his process and the materials he uses.
