FRANCESCA LAKE

FRANCESCA LAKE IS A LONDON BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST AND DESIGNER FROM KINGSTON, JAMAICA.  WITH FOCUS ON CELEBRATING THE UNTAPPED STORIES OF HER CULTURE AND AMPLIFYING THEM ON A GLOBAL SCALE.  THROUGH THE USE OF GARMENT CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, CERAMICS, FILM AND PROSE, WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CULTURAL STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, KINGSTON JAMAICA AND MASTER’S DEGREE IN FASHION DESIGN FROM CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.  AWARDED BOTH THE BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP AND THE HONOURABLE DAPHNE GUINESS SCHOLARSHIP, ALONG WITH THE CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS DEANS AWARD, HER AIM IS TO PROVIDE AN EMOTIVE AND VISCERAL EXPERIENCE THAT ADDS TO THE TAPESTRY AND REPRESENTATION OF AUTHENTIC JAMAICAN CULTURE IN FASHION AND THE ARTS ROOTED IN LIVED EXPERIENCE AND ACADEMIA.