FRANK FRANCES
Born 1983, Columbia, SC
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
BFA and MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Space-Aid, Kris Graves Projects, Long Island City, NY
2023 Remember The South, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 HOME, Cathouse Proper @ 524 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Atwood Rd, Werkstadt Graz, Graz, Austria
2014 Sublet, Airbnb Apartment, New York, NY
Lost Ones, Sasha Wolf, New York, NY
2010 Hurry Up & Wait, Sasha Wolf, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Disquiet, all the frustrations and fears subtly expressed, Ghostmachine, New York, NY
2018 1Ensemble, Cathouse Proper @ 524 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Leaving Home curated by David Dixon, Beacon, NY
2015 ******Sternchen, Werkstadt Graz, Graz, Austria
Swingers WKND, Brooklyn, NY
Highways and Rest Stops, SVA Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Social Photography IV, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
The Matricide (An Artificial Grammar for Nature) curated by Steven Henry Madoff, CP Projects Space, New York,NY
Community Board curated by Jovana Stokic, Glasshouse, Brooklyn, NY
Art of Style, HelVed, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pyramid Scheme, 504 25, Brooklyn, NY
2013 New Documentary, HelVed, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Social Photography III, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
The New Americana, Bird, Brooklyn, NY
Current Practice curated by Hesse McGraw, Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
Ecstasy/Apocalypse, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
text+message, Acumen Project Space, Long Island City, NY
The Motorway Service Station, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK
Harlem Postcards Tenth Anniversary, The Studio Museum of Harlem, NY
2012 Group Show, An Introduction, Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY
GRID Photography Biennial, Men’s Cult by CODE, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011 Chorography : In Search of the New American Landscape curated by Sam Barzilay, Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece
The Gallery at Eponymy curated by Amani Olu, Brooklyn, NY
Group Show, Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY
Harlem Postcards, The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY
Flash Forward Festival, Magenta Foundation, Boston, MA
2010 Flash Forward Festival, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada
Naked Judging Exposed, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Staged, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Group Show, K&K Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Host, Crane Kalman Brighton, UK
Foto8 Summer Show, Host Gallery, London, UK
Juried Membership Exhibition juried by Katherine Ware, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2008 Solitary States, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL
2007 Fabrica: Les Yeux Ouverts, Centre Pompidou with the Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Pillow Talk (Solo), School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Heart Gallery, New York, NY
The Mentor Show, The Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2015 Styrian Artists in Residence, Graz, Austria
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2015 Swingers WKND, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Pyramid Scheme, 204 25, Brooklyn, NY
ART FAIRS
2017 Art Miami- Rare Birds, Miami, FL
2016 Art Rotterdam- Rare Birds, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2014 Miami Project- Sasha Wolf Gallery, Miami, FL
Aipad Photography Show – Sasha Wolf Gallery, NY Armory, New York, NY
KunstRAI Amsterdam – HelVed, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 Aipad Photography Show – Sasha Wolf Gallery, NY Armory, New York, NY
AWARDS AND HONORS
2015 Styrian Artists in Residence, Graz, Austria
2012 NJ Arts Council Artist Grant
2011 SCGSAH Alumni Recognition Award
PDN Photo Annual
2010 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward
Canteen Magazine Photo Awards Runner-Up
2009 Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship Honorable Mention
2008 The Photo Review juried by Julie Saul
2007 Px3: Prix De La Photographie Paris, Human Condition Honorable Mention
International Color Awards Nominee for Photography Masters Cup
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
University of Akron
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities
School of Visual Arts
New York University
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
PUBLICATIONS
Remember The South, Monolith Editions, 2020
Flash Forward 10th Anniversary, Magenta Foundation, 2014
Color In Fashion, Bloomsbury Publishers, 2014
Social Photography III, Carriage Trade, 2014
Reality Check, Athens Photo Festival, Hellenic American Union, 2011
Flash Forward, Emerging Photographers from Canada, the United Kingdom & the United States, Magenta Foundation, 2010
The Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, 2009
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Modern Art
Guggenheim Museum
The Jewish Museum