Artist and educator based in Chicago, IL. b. Sheffield, UK. 

E D U C A T I O N 

2016   School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA Printmedia

2012   Glasgow School of Art, BA (Hons) Painting and Printmaking

2009   Manchester Metropolitan University, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design 

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Cowboy X Lightbound X Cowboy, Paris•London•Hong Kong Gallery, Chicago. 2022. Two person exhibition.

Frances Lightbound: Untitled (Variable Edition), Bianca Bova Gallery, 2021-22. Online solo exhibition.

Variable Edition, Free Range Gallery, Chicago. 2021. Solo project.

Terra Firma, Hyde Park Art Center at EXPO Chicago, Chicago IL. Collaborative, site specific installation with Eric J. Garcia, curated by Ariel Gentalen. 2018.

Façades, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL. 2017. Two person show with Ella Wearing.

Marking Place, DEMO Project, Springfield IL. 2017. Solo exhibition.

Topographies of Defense, LeRoy Neiman Center Gallery, Chicago IL. 2016. In collaboration with Michael Rado and Louid Kishfy.

A Year Later I Was Still Working in Monochrome, The Vic Gallery, Glasgow, UK, 2010. Two person show with Nick Thomas.

S E L E C T E D  G R O U P  E X H I B I T I O N S

Venus, MRKT Gallery, San Francisco CA, 2022. 

Exquisite Corpse Now, SNEHTA, Athens, Greece. 2021. Curated by Kasia Kay.

Please Form a Straight Line, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX. 2020-21. Curated by Jacqueline McGilvray.

Expanded Fields, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2020. Curated by Claudine Ise.

Timeshare, MONACO, St Louis, MO, 2019. Curated by Jeff Robinson.

Chicago Grid, 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany, 2019. Curated by Jan Tichy.

Outpost, print portfolio. Mid America Print Council Conference, Laramie, WY, 2018.

Living Architecture, 6018|North, Chicago, IL, 2018. Curated by Tricia Van Eck.

The Art of Being Dangerous, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2018. Curated by Erin Toale.

You will be the archivist of your desires, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL, 2018. Curated by Ariel Gentalen.

Demo DEMO, Demo Project, Springfield, IL, 2018.

Luminarts Visual Arts Exhibition, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2017.

Standards Variance, Public Access, Chicago, IL, 2017.

this land is your land, Chicago Artists Coalition, 2017. HATCH projects exhibition, curated by Ariel Gentalen. 

Semblance of Order, Uri-Eichen Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2017. Three person show with Michael Rado and Louis Kishfy.

Common Objects, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, 2017.

More Strange Than True, curated by Fieldwork Collaborative Projects. Pulaski Park Fieldhouse, Chicago, IL, 2016. 

Y, curated by Edra Soto for School of the Art Institute of Chicago. EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2016.

Emerging Illinois Artists, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, 2016.

SAIC MFA Thesis Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2016.

At the Headwaters, Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts, Gary, IN, 2015.

2|1|4|1 Members Show, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, UK, 2014.

Draw In, St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh, UK, 2014.

Vision and Values, Transmission, Glasgow, UK, 2014.

Slippage, Bemerton Studios, London, UK, 2014.

Christmas Members Show, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, UK, 2013.

Black Cube Collective Annual Show, Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh, UK, 2013.

2|1|4|1 Members Show, SWG3 Gallery, Glasgow, UK, 2013.

Hot Air: Drawing and the Spoken Word, Studio 41 Gallery, Glasgow, UK, 2013.

Juried Exhibition, The Harley Gallery, Worksop, UK, 2013.

New Firm, Candid Arts Trust, London, UK, 2012.

New Generation, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, UK, 2012.

GSA Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK, 2012.

On the Stage of the Present, The Arches, Glasgow, UK, 2012.

Versatile Beings, Arts Complex, Edinburgh, UK, 2011.

Polarized, GSA Barnes Gallery, Glasgow, UK, 2010.

24 Dunearn Street, 24 Dunearn Street, Glasgow, UK, 2010.

R E S I D E N C I E S 

Ragdale Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest IL. 2022.

New Edition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2019-2020.

The Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2017-2018.

Fall Residency, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists' Residency, Saugatuck, MI, September 2017.

The "Toolbox" Project, Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, UK, July 2017. With Fraser Taylor and The Seldoms. 

HATCH Projects Artist Resident, Chicago Artists Coalition, 2016-2017.

A W A R D S   &   S C H O L A R S H I P S 

Individual Project Grant, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, 2022.

Individual Project Grant, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, 2019.

Center Program Scholarship, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, 2018.

Individual Project Grant, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, 2017.

Luminarts Visual Art Fellowship, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, 2017.

Field Trip / Field Notes / Field Guide Fellowship, UChicago Arts, Science and Culture Initiative, 2016-2017.

EAGER Grant, The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Center for Research and Collaboration, 2015 - 2016.

New Artist Society Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2014-2016. 

Fulbright Postgraduate Student Award (shortlisted), 2014.

C O L L E C T I O N S

Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago, IL.

British Airways, UK. 

P R E S S   /   M E D I A

Frances Lightbound: Slipping Representations, Artists in Rise, September 2022

Cowboy X Lightbound X Cowboy, Robin Dluzen, Visual Art Source, April 2022.

Please Form a Straight Line (and More) At Blue Star, Neil Faueso, Glasstire, March 1, 2021 

 Blue Star Contemporary Opens Four New Fall/Spring Exhibitions, Kathleen Perry, San Antonio Magazine, November 5, 2020. 

"Time Share" and "Warm Welcome" at MONACO St Louis, Rusty Freeman, The New Art Examiner, 2019.

Appetite For Destruction, Scott Faingold, Illinois Times, January 18, 2018.

Top V Weekend Picks (10.19–10.25), Bad at Sports, October 19, 2017.

World Renowned Dance Troupe Descends on Glasgow for a Unique Project, Hannah Rodger, Evening Times, July 25, 2017.

South Side Galleries, South Side Weekly Arts Issue 2017, March 2017.

Crossing Grounds: Between Private and Public Space, Melanie Teresa Bohrer, Sixty Inches From Center, February 2017. 

Art Openings Last Week Highlight Variety of Talent, Scott Faingold, Illinois Times, February 2017. 

More Strange Than True: Pulaski Park exhibit puts the urban park in and out of context, Philip Berger, New City, October 2016.

SAIC Printmedia MFA Catalogue, 2016.

Getting off at SAIC’s MFA Show, Brad Fiore, VAM Studio / Palliate, May 2016.

EAGER Grant Winners: Topographies of Defense, Amie Soudien, SAIC Grad Journal, December 2015.

Collective: 2|1|4|1, Central Station, December 2014.

Out and About: Artist Collective 2|1|4|1’s Annual Members’ Show, Last Year’s Girl, December 2014.

Inside the Open Studio, Pablo Lopez, Fnewsmagazine, November 2014.

A Guide to Scotland's Grassroots Visual Art Groups in 2014, Rachel Cloughton, The List, September 2014.

Guide to Printmaking, Rosie Roberts, Make Works, July 2014. 

2|1|4|1: Safety in Numbers, Emma Ewan, The Skinny, August 2013.

Breaking Down the Barriers, Glasgow Herald, August 2013.

Glasgow School of Art Degree Show: A Selection of Artists on Display, Yellerzine, June 2012.

The Shining Lights of 2012, Teddy Jaimeson, Herald Scotland, June 2012.

GSA Degree Show 2012: The universe squeezed into one ball, Jac Mantle, The Skinny, June 2012.

State of the Art: Versatile Beings, Mark Harding, The Shimmy Skinny, August 2011.

T A L K S    &   E V E N T S 

Virtual Artist Talk, Bianca Bova Gallery, 2022.

Multiple Strategies: Art and the Politically Subtle (panelist), Mid America Print Council Conference, Laramie, WY, 2018. 

Façades: Artist Talk (with Ella Wearing), Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2017.

this land is your land, Chicago Artists' Coalition, Chicago, IL, 2017.

Semblance of Order (artist talk, with Michael Rado), Uri-Eichen Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2017.

More Strange Than True (children's workshop), Pulaski Park Field House, Chicago, IL, 2016. 

Topographies of Defense (panel discussion), LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL, 2016.

Topographies of Defense (informal discussion), Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2015.

Printmedia Noontime Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2015.

Artist Talk, Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Cyprus, 2014.

Draw In (Artists in Conversation), St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh, UK, 2014.

Artists' Survival Guide, panel discussion representing 2|1|4|1, Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, UK, 2014.

Life After Art School, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK, 2014.

2|1|4|1 In Conversation with Craig Mulholland, The Poetry Club, Glasgow, 2013.

Rhizomatic Writing workshop, GENERATORprojects, Dundee, 2013.

Self-publishing workshop, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK, 2013.

Artist Talk, King Edward VII School, Sheffield, UK, 2012.