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Francesca Fuchs - 2006 Hunting Art Prize Winner
Curriculum Vitae
819 Waverly St, Houston, TX 77007, USA,
Telephone: 713. 863.0148, email: borabora@wt.net
Born: 1965 in London
Nationality: British/German
Educatio: Meisterschulerin, Prof. Tony Cragg, Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany, 1995
B.A. Hons in Fine Art, Sculpture, Wimbledon School of Art, London, 1993
B.A. Hons in Russian/German, Bristol University, England, 1989
One and Two Person Exhibitions
2005 - Mom, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
2004 - New Work, Fayerweather Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
2003 - Portrait Paintings, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
2002 - Saloon: Francesca Fuchs, Martin Woehrl, Homeroom, Munich, Germany
2001 - Colorcode: Francesca Fuchs, Aaron Parazette, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas
2000 - Sleeping In, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
2000 - Wallpaper, Annex, Conduit Gallery, Dallas
1999 - Prototypes, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas
1998 - Serenade and other works, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
1997 - Scenic Interlude (with music), Diverseworks, Houston, Texas
1997 - Bent pipe and watercooler, Collective Gallery, Project Room, Edinburgh
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 - Wallpainting, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, (curated by Frances Colpitt) Painting Attack, Dallas Contemporary Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
2004 - Camp Lucky: Summer of Carnage, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas Hyper''real''ism, Fellowship series VI, Space 125, Cultural Arts Council of Houston Glassell Studio School Faculty Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2003 - Patterns & Serial Randomness, Beaker Gallery, Tampa, Florida Size Matters, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
2002 - Blip, Contemporary Art Museum of the University of South Florida, Tampa Hard Core, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston Million Dollar Hotel, Holiday Inn Select, Houston, Texas
2001 - New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
2000 - Thrifting, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York Out of the Ordinary, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas Positexan, Project, Wichita, Kansas (curated by Michael Odom) Natural Deceits, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas Ludwig Schwarz, Brad Tucker, Katrina Moorhead, Francesca Fuchs, Inman Gallery, Houston Firesale 2000, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1999 - Material Process Memory, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX Growing Up Post Modern, University Galleries, Normal, IL Size Matters, Gail Gates Gallery et al, Brooklyn, New York 5 Artists, New Work, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas
1998 - A Cool Show, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas Nirvana, The British Council Window Gallery, Prague Field of Vision, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston Core Show, Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1997 - Our Own Brits, Subspace, Diverseworks, Houston Equal Pay, Revolution Summer Artspace, Houston Core Show, Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1996 - Fellas '96, Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham, UK Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1995 - Rundgang 1995, Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany
1994 - Klasse Cragg, Galerie Annelie Brusten, Wuppertal, Germany
1993 - Western Exposure, Riverside Studios, London Art Cologne 1993, Cologne art fair, (Janus Avivson Gallery)
1992/93 - B.T. New Contemporaries 1992 travelling show in UK, ending at the Institute for Contemporary Arts, London
Awards/Fellowships
2003 - Cultural Arts Council of Houston, Individual Artist Grant 1996/98 Core artist in residence, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas 1995/96 Sculpture research fellow at Cheltenham College of Art, UK Jan-April 1992 Exchange program Universidad de Belles Artes, Bilbao, Spain
Publications
2005 - Wall Painting, UTSA Art Gallery, The University of Texas at San Antonio, curated by Frances Colpitt; catalog essays by Frances Colpitt and Carolee Moore
2004 - Glassell Studio School Faculty Exhibtion, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
2001 - New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, catalog essay by Susie Rosmarin
2000 - Natural Deceits, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, catalog essay by Michael Auping Out of the Ordinary, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, catalog essay by Paola Morsiani
1999 - 5 Artists, New Work, DiverseWorks, Houston, catalog essay by Walter Hopps 1998 Field of Vision, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, catalog essay by Alexandra Irvine A Cool Show, Arlington Museum of Art, Texas, catalog essay by Michael Odom Core 1998, Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, catalog essay by Lane Relyea
1997 - Core 1997, Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, catalog essay by Frances Colpitt
1992 - B.T. New Contemporaries 1992
Selected Reviews/Articles
2005 - Perez, David Michael, `Painting Attack,' glasstire.com, 1/14/05 Kutner, Janet, `Paint ball,' Dallas Morning News, p12E, 2/22 05
2003 - Johnson, Patricia C., 'Artadia: Put the Money where the art is', Houston Chronicle, 4/27/03 (illustration) Klaasmeyer, Kelly, `Fusion Art', Houston Press, 3/27/03 (illustration) Johnson, Patricia C., 'Smile: Portraits prompt grins', Houston Chronicle, 3/20/03 (illustration)
2002 - Pugh, Clifford, `Provocative Passions', Houston Chronicle, 10/20/02
2001 - Colpitt, Frances, `Report From New Orleans', Art in America, November 2001 (illustration) Klaasmeyer, Kelly, `West Coast Cool', Houston Press, 7/19/01 (illustration) Tyson, Janet S., `Hot Spots, Texas', Artpapers, July/August 2001
2000 - Colpitt, Frances, `Report from Houston, Space City takes Off,' Art in America, October 2000 Cotter, Holland, `Thrifting', The New York Times, 1/5/01 Daniel, Mike, 'Natural Deceits', The Guide, Dallas Morning News, 5/21/00, (illustration) Johnson, Ken, `Thrifting,' The New York Times, Art Guide, 12/22/00 Klaasmeyer, Kelly, 'De-meaning Objects', Houston Press, 6/29/2000 Klaasmeyer, Kelly, 'Everyday Art', Houston Press, 8/24/00 Kutner, Janet, 'Impostor art disguises meanings', Dallas Morning News, 5/14/00 McCabe, Bret, 'Martin Delabano, Francesca Fuchs', The Met, 3/8 - 15/2000 (illustration) Stoland, Laura, 'Growing Up Post Modern', New Art Examiner, 2/2000 Weinstein, Joel, 'Natural Deceits', Artlies #27, Summer 2000
1998 - Dewan, Shaila, 'Shelf Life', Houston Press, 12/3/98 (illustrations) Irvine, Alexandra, catalog essay for Field of Vision, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston Johnson, Patricia C., 'Gulf Coast Visions', Houston Chronicle, 3/11/98 (illustration) Johnson, Patricia C., 'Gursky goes abstract, Fuchs goes for effect', Houston Chronicle, 12/15/98 Mitchell, Charles Dee, 'Get a jump on the gallery season with two early entries', The Dallas Morning News, 9/11/98 (illustration) Tyson, Janet, 'Cool in the abstract', Fort Worth Star Telegram, 8/13/98 (illustration)
1997 - Anspon, Catherine, 'Cutting Edge Core Show', Public News, Houston, 3/19/97 Dewan, Shaila, 'Best show in Houston', Houston Press, 9/18/97
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