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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
1989 New Work, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
TWO TO FOUR-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014-2015 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, New York, 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
2017 Nation V Thru the Rabbit Hole 2, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Works on Paper Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Members Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Color Matters, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2016 New York Studio School Invitational, Selected by Andrew Arnot, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2016 Nation IV Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Nation III Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 50th Anniversary Benefit & Auction, New York Studio School, New York, 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 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, Curated 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, curated by Bill Jensen, New York Studio School
2001 Beckoning Vision, curated By Karen Wilkin, New York Studio School, New York, NY
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, curator: Judy Rifka, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1993 Memories, Curated by Allen Moore, 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 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 Members Show, Bowery Gallery NY
1987 Queens College Alumni Invitational, Curated by Douglas Florian, 22 Wooster Gallery, New York, NY,
1986 Caumsett Painters, Bank Street College Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2016 St. Margarets Bay Art Residency Program, Nova Scotia, Canada, 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
Sharon Butler, “The Painting Center: When Color Matters,” Two Coats of Paint, January 19, 2016
Martin, Alison, “Stephanie L. Franks’ Intricate Use of Line, Form, and Color at the Bowery Gallery,” NY Fine Arts Examiner, April 24, 2012
“Why I Draw,” Weekly NY Japion, February 17-23, 2012, Volume 647
“Why I Draw,” Yomitime, February 2012, Volume 175
“Vault series: New and Review’ Pays Tribute to NBAM Anniversary,” The Standard Times, June 8, 2006, A10
Donohoe, Victoria Creative Couple pay Homage to Primitive Art. Philadelphia Enquirer, February, 2001
“Making and Collecting: Stephanie Franks and Lee Tribe”, Haverford College News, January 26, 2001
Shih, C. “Making and Collecting: the Stephanie L. Franks and Lee Tribe Art Show,” The Bi-College News Online (Bryn Mawr & Haverford Colleges), February 6, 2001
Lyon, Rick, “Steffi’s New Paintings.” Bell 8: Poems, Brockport, New York, BOA Editions, Ltd., 1994
Yomiuri of Hiroshima. Hiroshima, Japan, June 8, 1993
“New Art From New York,” Chyugoku News, Hiroshima, Japan, June 5, 1993
“Art from New York,” East Hiroshima News. Hiroshima, Japan, June 5, 1993
Kover, Jonas, “Works Stimulate,” The Observer-Dispatch. Utica NY, January 24, 1993
Moore, A., “Selections from the Slide File”. OIA Newsletter, 1993
Freedman, Diana, “Of Common and Differing Sensibilities,” Artspeak, 1983, (4)11, 4
PUBLICATION OF MY WRITING
2012 Statement on my work combined with the subject of “The Image in New Territory,” The Artists Proof, New York Artists Equity Association, Inc, Winter 2012, Volume 31
SELECTED PANELS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2016 Lecture on my Work, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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
SELECTED TEACHING
1996-2004 PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY, Associate Professor
Foundation Drawing and “Light, Color, and Design”
1989 &1999-2001 CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE SCHOOL OF ART, Chautauqua, NY
Drawing primarily to undergraduate art majors
Critiques for all levels of art students
1994 &1997-1999 PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY
Color and Design in the A.A.S Department
1993 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD
Beginning and Intermediate Drawing to undergraduates
1983-1992 CENTRAL QUEENS YM-YWHA, Forest Hills
Painting and Drawing
1990 SUNY FREDONIA, Fredonia, NY
Visiting Artist - summer program
1991 SUNY PURCHASE, Purchase, NY
Watercolor
1990 WESTCHESTER ART WORKSHOP, White Plains, NY
Painting and Drawing
1991 KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, Kansas, MO
Visiting Artist
Sophomore Drawing and Senior Independent Study to Fine Arts Majors
1989 SUNY OLD WESTBURY, Old Westbury, NY
Undergraduate Drawing
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001-2005 Featured on www.artformedia.com
2001-2005 Work rented and featured in various television commercials
2003 Work rented for upcoming feature film, “Molly Fox”
1999 Participant in Writing Across the Curriculum at Pratt Institute, Chaired by Amy Brook Snyder
1994 Alumni Exhibition Committee, New York Studio School
1987-1991 Stephanie Franks, NY Art Tours: conducted tours of art galleries, museums, and private artists’ studios
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
References Available Upon Request
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, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
1989 New Work, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
TWO TO FOUR-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014-2015 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, New York, 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
2017 Nation V Thru the Rabbit Hole 2, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Works on Paper Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Members Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Color Matters, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2016 New York Studio School Invitational, Selected by Andrew Arnot, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2016 Nation IV Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Nation III Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 50th Anniversary Benefit & Auction, New York Studio School, New York, 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 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, Curated 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, curated by Bill Jensen, New York Studio School
2001 Beckoning Vision, curated By Karen Wilkin, New York Studio School, New York, NY
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, curator: Judy Rifka, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1993 Memories, Curated by Allen Moore, 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 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 Members Show, Bowery Gallery NY
1987 Queens College Alumni Invitational, Curated by Douglas Florian, 22 Wooster Gallery, New York, NY,
1986 Caumsett Painters, Bank Street College Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2016 St. Margarets Bay Art Residency Program, Nova Scotia, Canada, 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
Sharon Butler, “The Painting Center: When Color Matters,” Two Coats of Paint, January 19, 2016
Martin, Alison, “Stephanie L. Franks’ Intricate Use of Line, Form, and Color at the Bowery Gallery,” NY Fine Arts Examiner, April 24, 2012
“Why I Draw,” Weekly NY Japion, February 17-23, 2012, Volume 647
“Why I Draw,” Yomitime, February 2012, Volume 175
“Vault series: New and Review’ Pays Tribute to NBAM Anniversary,” The Standard Times, June 8, 2006, A10
Donohoe, Victoria Creative Couple pay Homage to Primitive Art. Philadelphia Enquirer, February, 2001
“Making and Collecting: Stephanie Franks and Lee Tribe”, Haverford College News, January 26, 2001
Shih, C. “Making and Collecting: the Stephanie L. Franks and Lee Tribe Art Show,” The Bi-College News Online (Bryn Mawr & Haverford Colleges), February 6, 2001
Lyon, Rick, “Steffi’s New Paintings.” Bell 8: Poems, Brockport, New York, BOA Editions, Ltd., 1994
Yomiuri of Hiroshima. Hiroshima, Japan, June 8, 1993
“New Art From New York,” Chyugoku News, Hiroshima, Japan, June 5, 1993
“Art from New York,” East Hiroshima News. Hiroshima, Japan, June 5, 1993
Kover, Jonas, “Works Stimulate,” The Observer-Dispatch. Utica NY, January 24, 1993
Moore, A., “Selections from the Slide File”. OIA Newsletter, 1993
Freedman, Diana, “Of Common and Differing Sensibilities,” Artspeak, 1983, (4)11, 4
PUBLICATION OF MY WRITING
2012 Statement on my work combined with the subject of “The Image in New Territory,” The Artists Proof, New York Artists Equity Association, Inc, Winter 2012, Volume 31
SELECTED PANELS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2016 Lecture on my Work, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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
SELECTED TEACHING
1996-2004 PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY, Associate Professor
Foundation Drawing and “Light, Color, and Design”
1989 &1999-2001 CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE SCHOOL OF ART, Chautauqua, NY
Drawing primarily to undergraduate art majors
Critiques for all levels of art students
1994 &1997-1999 PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY
Color and Design in the A.A.S Department
1993 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD
Beginning and Intermediate Drawing to undergraduates
1983-1992 CENTRAL QUEENS YM-YWHA, Forest Hills
Painting and Drawing
1990 SUNY FREDONIA, Fredonia, NY
Visiting Artist - summer program
1991 SUNY PURCHASE, Purchase, NY
Watercolor
1990 WESTCHESTER ART WORKSHOP, White Plains, NY
Painting and Drawing
1991 KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, Kansas, MO
Visiting Artist
Sophomore Drawing and Senior Independent Study to Fine Arts Majors
1989 SUNY OLD WESTBURY, Old Westbury, NY
Undergraduate Drawing
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001-2005 Featured on www.artformedia.com
2001-2005 Work rented and featured in various television commercials
2003 Work rented for upcoming feature film, “Molly Fox”
1999 Participant in Writing Across the Curriculum at Pratt Institute, Chaired by Amy Brook Snyder
1994 Alumni Exhibition Committee, New York Studio School
1987-1991 Stephanie Franks, NY Art Tours: conducted tours of art galleries, museums, and private artists’ studios
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
References Available Upon Request