SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 In Conversation, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Links: Drawing, Painting, Collage, Borzello Gallery, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2016 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2012-2016 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
2004 Pray for Peace - Driscoll, Franks, Higashida, Tribe, Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Art From New York, Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
1985 Franks/Komisarek, La Mama’s Galleria Seconde Classe, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Artists of the Bowery Gallery, Wright State University, http://www.bowerygallery.org/wrightuniversityshow2022.html
2021 Mercedes Matter award winners exhibition, Margalit Startup City, New York, NY
2021 Small Artwork Show vol. 4 in Nagano & New York curated by Kiyomi Yamagishi,Shoshinkan Gallery, Nagano, Japan;. Figureworks Gallery, NYC
2021 All the Pieces Matter, Studio Archive Project, curated by Leslie Roberts
https://studioarchiveproject.com/collections/all-the-pieces-matter
2021 All The Notes Are There Already, accompanying the Drawing Challenge XX, Jason McCoy Gallery,
https://www.artsy.net/show/jason-mccoy-gallery-all-the-notes-are-there-already?sort=partner_show_position
2021 Virtual 2021 Mercedes Matter Alumni Show, NY Studio School, https://nyss.org/exhibition/virtual-2021-alumni-exhibition/
2021 Drawing Challenge XX, Jason McCoy Gallery, inspired by Thelonious Monk quote,
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xx
2021 Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, UK
2021 Drawing Challenge XVII, exhibition inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s lines,
“Yes, there will be singing. About the dark times,” Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC,
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xvii
2020 Mercedes Matter Awardees Exhibition, JPV Gallery, NYC (2020-21)
2020 Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, UK
Drawing Challenge XVI virtual exhibition iinspired by an excerpt from
"Notes to the Future" by Patti Smith, Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC,
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xvi
Drawing Challenge XIV virtual exhibition inspired by Jack Whitten’s
“Notes From the Woodshed,”, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xiv
Displacement, Bowery Gallery online
http://www.bowerygallery.org/displacement.html
Collage and Cutout – Nine Artists, Bowery Gallery online at Artsy
https://www.artsy.net/show/bowery-gallery-collage-and-cutout-nine-artists
2019 Coast to Coast, Curated by Karen Wilkin, Berry Campbell Gallery, NYC, 7/11-8/2/2019
Coast to Coast, Curated by Karen Wilkin, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA 9/26-11/23/2019
2019 New York Studio School Benefit & Auction, New York, NY
2019 Blue Mountain Gallery & Friends: An Exhibit in Brooklyn, First Congregational Unitarian Society, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Manifesto, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
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 Gall.,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 Cohen Rogue 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
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 Natura Morte, New York Studio School, New York, NY, curator: Judy Rifka
1993 Memories, Organization of Independent Artists Gallery, Curated by Allen Moore, 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
2021 Mercedes Matter Award Recipient as selected by Paul Efstathiou of Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York Studio School Virtual Alumni Show, New York, NY
2020 Mercedes Matter Award Recipient as selected by Paul Efstathiou of Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York Studio School Virtual Alumni Show, New York, NY
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
1976 Graduated Cum Laude, Barnard College, N.Y., NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ellen Miller Garrett, The Knox Student, "Stephanie Franks Brings Multimedia to Borzello Gallery," 1/21/22,
https://theknoxstudent.squarespace.com/mosaic/7t8bxqjg8ch04vi1wlnbsskccisi3i
Corona, Sarah, Art Spiel, “Mercedes Matter Awards Show at Margalit Startup City,”
posted on 2/8/21, https://artspiel.org/mercedes-matter-awards-show-at-margalit-startup-city/
Wilkin, Karen, ”Coast to Coast," Catalogue, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York,
NY and Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Grayson, Perry, "250th Summer Exhibition" Illustrated 2018, accompanying the Royal
Academy 250th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 2018
ISBN 10-1910350842
Catalogue Accompanying "Manifesto: 50 Years On,” Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY,
2019
Lehrer, Adam, “7 Intriguing Artistic Eyes Spotted at The New York Studio School Alumni
Exibition, 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" Catalogue, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY, 2012
Catalogue Accompanying "Pages, 40th Anniversary, Exhibition," Bowery Gallery, NYC, 2010
“Why I Draw” Exhibition, Weekly NY Japion, Feb 17-23, 2012, Volume 647
“Why I Draw”, Yomitime, February 2012, Volume 175
Malloy, Nancy, "The 183rd Annual: an Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art,"
Catalogue accompanying The 183rd Annual: an Invitational Exhibition of
Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY,
2008
(2006, June 8). “Vault series: New and Review’ Pays Tribute to NBAM Anniversary,” The Standard Times, A10.
"Pray for Peace -Driscoll, Franks, Higashida, Tribe," Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2004
(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).
"Art From New York," Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Hiroshima, Japan,1993.
(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
SELECTED PANELS, BLOGS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2021 Curator, Then and Now l, ll, & lll Virtual Exhibitions; Bowery Gallery, NYC
2020 Zoom Panel Discussion on “Collage and Cutout” exhibition:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8gRz-bUvg_OMWimF_Y_bUA/
2020 Collage and Cutout - Nine Artists,
https://bowerygallery.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/collage-and-cutout-nine-artists/
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
2016 Youtube video on Stephanie Franks 2016 solo Exhibition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GQYTU2rDE&t=24s
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 COLLECTIONS
Kansas City Art Institute
SUNY Westbury
Kamini Avril & William Tucker
Leslie & Gordon Diamond
Maureen Dougherty
Dr. Dena Harris
Jeff Lowe & Monica Lee Lowe
Bill Hochhausen
Karlis Rekevics
Leslie Roberts
Ronald & Yvette Shiffman
Tash Rahbar & Scott Strumwasser
Renee Renato Switzer
Eeva & Wilfried Zimmerman
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
2022 In Conversation, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Links: Drawing, Painting, Collage, Borzello Gallery, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2016 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2012-2016 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
2004 Pray for Peace - Driscoll, Franks, Higashida, Tribe, Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Art From New York, Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
1985 Franks/Komisarek, La Mama’s Galleria Seconde Classe, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Artists of the Bowery Gallery, Wright State University, http://www.bowerygallery.org/wrightuniversityshow2022.html
2021 Mercedes Matter award winners exhibition, Margalit Startup City, New York, NY
2021 Small Artwork Show vol. 4 in Nagano & New York curated by Kiyomi Yamagishi,Shoshinkan Gallery, Nagano, Japan;. Figureworks Gallery, NYC
2021 All the Pieces Matter, Studio Archive Project, curated by Leslie Roberts
https://studioarchiveproject.com/collections/all-the-pieces-matter
2021 All The Notes Are There Already, accompanying the Drawing Challenge XX, Jason McCoy Gallery,
https://www.artsy.net/show/jason-mccoy-gallery-all-the-notes-are-there-already?sort=partner_show_position
2021 Virtual 2021 Mercedes Matter Alumni Show, NY Studio School, https://nyss.org/exhibition/virtual-2021-alumni-exhibition/
2021 Drawing Challenge XX, Jason McCoy Gallery, inspired by Thelonious Monk quote,
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xx
2021 Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, UK
2021 Drawing Challenge XVII, exhibition inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s lines,
“Yes, there will be singing. About the dark times,” Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC,
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xvii
2020 Mercedes Matter Awardees Exhibition, JPV Gallery, NYC (2020-21)
2020 Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, UK
Drawing Challenge XVI virtual exhibition iinspired by an excerpt from
"Notes to the Future" by Patti Smith, Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC,
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xvi
Drawing Challenge XIV virtual exhibition inspired by Jack Whitten’s
“Notes From the Woodshed,”, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
https://www.jasonmccoyinc.com/drawing-challenge#/challenge-xiv
Displacement, Bowery Gallery online
http://www.bowerygallery.org/displacement.html
Collage and Cutout – Nine Artists, Bowery Gallery online at Artsy
https://www.artsy.net/show/bowery-gallery-collage-and-cutout-nine-artists
2019 Coast to Coast, Curated by Karen Wilkin, Berry Campbell Gallery, NYC, 7/11-8/2/2019
Coast to Coast, Curated by Karen Wilkin, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA 9/26-11/23/2019
2019 New York Studio School Benefit & Auction, New York, NY
2019 Blue Mountain Gallery & Friends: An Exhibit in Brooklyn, First Congregational Unitarian Society, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Manifesto, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
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 Gall.,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 Cohen Rogue 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
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 Natura Morte, New York Studio School, New York, NY, curator: Judy Rifka
1993 Memories, Organization of Independent Artists Gallery, Curated by Allen Moore, 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
2021 Mercedes Matter Award Recipient as selected by Paul Efstathiou of Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York Studio School Virtual Alumni Show, New York, NY
2020 Mercedes Matter Award Recipient as selected by Paul Efstathiou of Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York Studio School Virtual Alumni Show, New York, NY
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
1976 Graduated Cum Laude, Barnard College, N.Y., NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ellen Miller Garrett, The Knox Student, "Stephanie Franks Brings Multimedia to Borzello Gallery," 1/21/22,
https://theknoxstudent.squarespace.com/mosaic/7t8bxqjg8ch04vi1wlnbsskccisi3i
Corona, Sarah, Art Spiel, “Mercedes Matter Awards Show at Margalit Startup City,”
posted on 2/8/21, https://artspiel.org/mercedes-matter-awards-show-at-margalit-startup-city/
Wilkin, Karen, ”Coast to Coast," Catalogue, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York,
NY and Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Grayson, Perry, "250th Summer Exhibition" Illustrated 2018, accompanying the Royal
Academy 250th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 2018
ISBN 10-1910350842
Catalogue Accompanying "Manifesto: 50 Years On,” Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY,
2019
Lehrer, Adam, “7 Intriguing Artistic Eyes Spotted at The New York Studio School Alumni
Exibition, 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" Catalogue, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY, 2012
Catalogue Accompanying "Pages, 40th Anniversary, Exhibition," Bowery Gallery, NYC, 2010
“Why I Draw” Exhibition, Weekly NY Japion, Feb 17-23, 2012, Volume 647
“Why I Draw”, Yomitime, February 2012, Volume 175
Malloy, Nancy, "The 183rd Annual: an Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art,"
Catalogue accompanying The 183rd Annual: an Invitational Exhibition of
Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY,
2008
(2006, June 8). “Vault series: New and Review’ Pays Tribute to NBAM Anniversary,” The Standard Times, A10.
"Pray for Peace -Driscoll, Franks, Higashida, Tribe," Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2004
(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).
"Art From New York," Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Hiroshima, Japan,1993.
(1993, June 8). Yomiuri of Hiroshima. Hiroshima, Japan.
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(1993, June 5). Art form New York. East Hiroshima News. Hiroshima, Japan
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SELECTED PANELS, BLOGS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2021 Curator, Then and Now l, ll, & lll Virtual Exhibitions; Bowery Gallery, NYC
2020 Zoom Panel Discussion on “Collage and Cutout” exhibition:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8gRz-bUvg_OMWimF_Y_bUA/
2020 Collage and Cutout - Nine Artists,
https://bowerygallery.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/collage-and-cutout-nine-artists/
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
2016 Youtube video on Stephanie Franks 2016 solo Exhibition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GQYTU2rDE&t=24s
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 COLLECTIONS
Kansas City Art Institute
SUNY Westbury
Kamini Avril & William Tucker
Leslie & Gordon Diamond
Maureen Dougherty
Dr. Dena Harris
Jeff Lowe & Monica Lee Lowe
Bill Hochhausen
Karlis Rekevics
Leslie Roberts
Ronald & Yvette Shiffman
Tash Rahbar & Scott Strumwasser
Renee Renato Switzer
Eeva & Wilfried Zimmerman
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