Fleur Yearsley
Fleur Yearsley is a visual artist based in Manchester, UK. Working across painting and installation, her practice explores memory, gender and pop culture. With bold, immersive works, she reframes classic painting motifs using a contemporary lens. Her process balances immediacy and openness with playful refinement and a vibrant sensibility. Grounded in everyday experiences from parks, pubs and clubs to intimate moments like getting a wax or peeing behind a bin on a night out, her work reflects on social expectations and Northern grit. By capturing moments both candid and tender, her work creates space for connection, recognition and humour - offering a sense of belonging in an increasingly polarised world.
Yearsley holds an MFA in Fine Art from the Slade School of Fine Art (2017), supported by the Gwen John Scholarship. Her painting To The Moon and Back was selected for the John Moores Painting Prize 2020. She has exhibited internationally, including at GNYP Gallery (Berlin), HOME (Manchester) and the Royal Academy of Arts (London), with solo presentations at Sapling Gallery (London) and The Manchester Contemporary (2022).
A recipient of multiple awards, including the Eaton Fund Grant (2024), Haworth Trust Scholarship (2022), The Jealous Prize (2018) and Almacantar Award (2017), Yearsley is represented by School Gallery (Folkestone).