Francisca Sosa López is a Venezuelan artist who lives and works in London. Her practice is cross-disciplinary, spanning painting, embroidery, sculpture and installation.
Sosa López received a BA in Fine Arts and a BA in Art History from the University of Colorado, Boulder USA (2015). She later returned home to Caracas until she moved to London to pursue her MFA in painting from the Slade School of Fine Arts (2020). She has exhibited work at The British Museum, Pippy Houldsworth gallery, PEER gallery, Grove London and others. She is the recipient of the Provost Purchase Prize for UCL East, 2020, and the Adrien Carruther’s ACME Award 2020/2021. She was nominated for the Almacantar Studio Award 2020 and selected as one of Saatchi Art’s Rising Stars 2020. Recently she undertook a five month long residency on Margarita Island in Venezuela, learning about materials and techniques used by the indigenous artisans on the island.