STEPHANIE LAURA FRANKS 155 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012 Telephone: 917-328-8301 steffifranks@gmail.com www.stephaniefranks.net instagram@steffifranks
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY 2012-2018 Selected Works, Offices of Soho ObGyn, New York, NY 2012 Locked Into Place by Line, Form, and Color, Bowery Gallery, New York,NY 2001 Stephanie L. Franks: Works Past and Present, Tompkins College Center Gallery, Cedarcrest College, Allentown, PA 2001 Selected Painting and Works on Paper, President’s House Gallery, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY 1989 Recent Work, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
TWO TO FOUR-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2014-15 The Line, The Winter, and The Wanderers, TransForm Gallery, New Rochelle, NY 2012 Why I Draw by Stephanie Franks, Rumiko Hosoki, Shoshanna Weinberger Ise Cultural Foundation, NY, NY 2001 Stephanie Franks & Lee Tribe: Making and Collecting, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 1985 Franks/Komisarek, La Mama’s Galleria Seconde Classe, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2018 Royal Academy 250th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK Winter Show, Linden Hall, Deal, England 2017 Small Art Show, Studio 34 Gallery, Long Island City, Queens, New York 2017 Small Art Show, Gallery Shoshinkan, Nagano, Japan 2017 New York Studio School Benefit & Auction, New York, NY 2017 Sketch Book Library Exhibition, Pushkin in Downtown Greenfield, MA 2017 Nation V Thru the Rabbit Hole 2, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2017 Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 2017 Members Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY 2016 Works on Paper Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 2016 New York Studio School Invitational, Selected by Andrew Arnot, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Studio School, NYC 2016 Members Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY 2016 Color Matters, The Painting Center, New York, NY 2016 Nation IV Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2016 New York Studio School Invitational, NY Studio School, NY, NY 2016 By Invitation: Small Works on Paper, Blue Mountain Gallery, N.Y., NY 2016 Bowery Gallery Artists, Bowery Gallery, N.Y., NY 2015 Nation III Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2014 5oth Anniversary Benefit & Auction, New York Studio School, N.Y., NY 2014 Nation II at the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2014 Group Show, TransForm Gallery, New Rochelle, NY* 2012 MIC: CHECK (The Human mic) (OCCUPY), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2012 Members Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Its All Good !! Apocalypse Now, Sideshow Gallery, New York, NY 2010 Pages, 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY 2010 Rogue Space 2010 International Juried Show, Juror David CohenRogue Space, New York, NY 2010 It’s a Wonderful Tenth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2009 Yoshi Tomikura Second Art Exhibition, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan 2009 Open City, Cur. By Sean Scully, New York Studio School, New York, NY 2009 It’s a Beautiful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2008 The 183rd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY 2008 Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY 2007 Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY 2006 Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY 2006 Vault Series, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA 2005 MOD, Broadway Gallery, NY, NY 2004 Pray for Peace - Driscoll, Franks, Higashida, Tribe, Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2003 Vulnerability, New York Studio School, curated by Bill Jensen 2001 Beckoning Vision, cur. By Karen Wilkin, New York Studio School, NYC 2001 Summer Exhibition, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY 2000 On the City: Urban Realities and Fantasies, curated by Irving Sandler, New York Studio School, NYC 1999 Raw, New York Studio School, New York, NY 1998 Drawing Plus One, New York Studio School, New York, NY 1998 Parsons Faculty Exhibition, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1997 People, Places and Things: An Exploration of the Portrait, New York Studio School, New York, NY 1995 Thirty Years of Drawing, New York Studio School, New York, NY 1995 Works on Paper, American Fine Arts Company, New York, NY 1994 About Clothes, Art Initiatives Gallery, New York, NY 1994 25th Anniversary Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY 1994 Invitational, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY 1993 Art From New York, Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Hiroshima, Japan 1993 Natura Morte, New York Studio School, New York, NY, curator: Judy Rifka 1993 Memories, Organization of Independent Artists Gallery, New York, NY 1993 Franks, Knowles, Tribe, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY 1991 The Brooklyn Show, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY 1990 Gallery Artists, Myriel Hiner Gallery, Omaha, NE 1990 Alumni Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY 1990 Art from New York, Rockefeller Art Center, Fredonia, NY 1990 By the Lake, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY 1990 Soho in DeSota, Tallahassee Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 1989 Gallery Artists, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN 1989 Comparisons with New Guinea, Steuben Part Gallery, Utica, NY 1988 Selected Artists, Merkin Concert Hall Gallery, New York, NY 1988 Small Works Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY 1987 Queens College Alumni Invitational, 22 Wooster Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Douglas Florian 1986 Caumsett Painters, Bank Street College Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS 2017 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency 2016 St. Margarets Bay Art Residency Program, Nova Scotia, Canada, Artist-in-Residence 1992 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, Artist-in-Residence 1988 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant 1986 Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA, Artist-in-Residence 1980 Yale Norfolk Scholarship
BIBLIOGRAPHY Lehrer, Adam, “7 Intriguing Artistic Eyes Spotted at The New York Studio School Alumni Exhibition, Forbes.com, July 26, 2016 @ 10:33 AM, http://www.forbes.com/sites /adamlehrer/2016/07/26/7-intriguing-artistic-eyes-spotted-at-the-new-york-studio- school-alumni-exhibition/#538ecade5eb7 Hinkle, Annette, “Franks Exhibits in New York,” Shelter Island Reporter,May 5,2016,p 20, http://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2016/05/09/franks-solo-show-in-new-york/ Drescher, Diane, “Bowery Gallery Artists’ Group Show, Aug. 9, 2016, https://bowerygallery.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/bowery-gallery-artists-group-show/ Drescher, Diane, “Stephanie Franks: Rock, Paper, Scissors,” April 22, 2016, https://bowerygallery.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/steffi-franks-rock-paper-scissors/ Abney, Odelle, Bowery Gallery - Stephanie Franks, April 28, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GQYTU2rDE Butler, Sharon, “The Painting Center: When color matters,” Two Coats of Paint, January 19, 2016, http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2016/01/the-painting-center-when-color-matters.html Anne Russnof, Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town, An Art Blog by Anne Russnof, “‘Color Matters’ at the Painting Center,” January 26, 2016, http://gallerytravels.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 Shayna Kulik, PatternPulp, Tuesday’s Gallery Picks, January 5, 2016 http://www.patternpulp.com/art/tuesdays-gallery-picks-139/ Martin, Alison, “Stephanie L. Franks’ Intricate Use of Line, Form, and Color” at Chelsea Gallery. NY Fine Arts Examiner, April 24, 2012 “Why I Draw” Exhibition, Weekly NY Japion, Feb 17-23, 2012, Volume 647 “Why I Draw”, Yomitime, February 2012, Volume 175 (2006, June 8). “Vault series: New and Review’ Pays Tribute to NBAM Anniversary,” The Standard Times, A10. (2001, Jan. 26). Haverford College News, “Making and Collecting: Stephanie Franks and LeeTribe” Shih, C. (2001, Feb 6). Making and Collecting: the Stephanie L. Franks and Lee Tribe Art Show.The Bi-College News Online (Bryn Mawr & Haverford Colleges). (1993, June 8). Yomiuri of Hiroshima. Hiroshima, Japan. (1993, June 5). “New Art From New York” Chyugoku News. Hiroshima, Japan. (1993, June 5). Art form New York. East Hiroshima News. Hiroshima, Japan Donohoe, Victoria (2001, February). Creative Couple pay Homage to Primitive Art. Philadelphia Enquirer. Lyon, Rick(1994). “Steffi’s New Paintings.” Bell 8: Poems. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd. Freedman, Diana (1983). Of Common and Differing Sensibilities. Artspeak, (4)11, 4. Kover, Jonas (1993, January 24). Works Stimulate. The Observer-Dispatch. Utica NY Moore, A. (1993). Selections from the Slide File. OIA Newsletter.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS Kansas City Institute of Arts Westbury College, Westbury, New York Leslie Roberts SUNY Westbury Dr. Dena Harris Maureen Dougherty William Hachausen William Tucker and Kamini Avril
SELECTED PANELS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2017. Visiting Artist lecture, Visual & Performing Arts Center, Western Connecticut State University 2016 Visiting Artist lecture on my work, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design 2012 Statement on my work combined withy essay, “The Image in New Territory,” The Artists Proof, New York Artists Equity Association, Inc, Winter 2012, Volume 31 2012 Panelist for “The Image in New Territory” Panel Discussion Moderated by Wendy Gittler for New York Artists Equity, Art Students’ League, NY 2012 Guest artist at a career day at P.S. 330 in Queens 2010 Yaddo Studio Crawl, Brooklyn, NY 2001-2006 Featured on www.artformedia.com
SELECTED TEACHING 2017 Visiting Artist for Graduate Students, Western Connecticut State University 1996-2004 PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY, Adjunct Associate Professor 1989&1999-2001 CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE SCHOOL OF ART, Chautauqua, NY 1994&1997-pres. PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY 1993 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD 1991 SUNY PURCHASE, Purchase, NY 1991 KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, Kansas, MO
EDUCATION 1984-86 QUEENS COLLEGE CUNY, Flushing, NY, MFA 1980 YALE NORFOLK, Norfolk, CT 1977-80 NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, New York, NY (Merit Scholarship) 1973-76 BARNARD COLLEGE, New York, NY, B.A. Cum Laude 1970-71 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, Burbank, CA