Rebecca (Becky) Franco
franco.becky1@gmail.com
516 375-8785
www.beckyfranco.com
b. Havana, Cuba
EDUCATION
2010 MFA Studio Art, Queens College CUNY, Flushing, New York
1974 BFA Painting, with Honors, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
AWARDS/GRANTS
2013 El Museo Del Barrio, LA BIENAL 2013- ‘Here Is Where We Jump’
2011 ARTIST RESIDENCY, EXPRESS+LOCAL: NYC AESTHETICS,
Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library, Flushing, New York
ART TALKS
2016 ART ROUNDTABLE: BECKY FRANCO
Public Hyperrealism to Intimate Reality
NSU ART MUSEUM-Fort Lauderdale, Florida
SOLO SHOWS
2013 CHOSEN
SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery
547 West 27th St., New York, New York 10001
2010 LOOK AT ME
Klapper Hall Gallery, Queens College CUNY, Flushing, New York
TWO WOMAN SHOW
2012 LUXE
TRIA GALLERY, 531 West 25th Street Ground floor suite 5,
New York, New York
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2015 LAST EXIT: PAINTING
Audrey Love Gallery – BAKEHOUSE Art Complex
561 NW 32nd St, Miami, Florida
2014 CINTAS FELLOWSHIP FINALIST EXHIBITION
Museum of Art + Design (MOAD), Miami, Florida
2013 EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO’S, LA BIENAL 2013, ”Here Is Where
We Jump”
El MUSEO, 1230 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 100029
2013 CROSSROADS, Molina, Casiano, Trelles, Franco, ARTE INC.,
19 Grand Avenue, New Haven, CT 06513
2012 LA PLACITA
ISLIP ART MUSEUM, 50 Irish Lane, East Islip, New York 11730
An exhibit in conjunction with EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, QUEENS MUSEUM
OF ART and THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM
2012 COLLEGE ALUMNI ART + COMMENTARY | 1937—2012
75 YEARS OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE, Queens College Art Center,
Rosenthal Library, Queens College, Flushing, New York
2012 EVIL EYE: AMULETS, NAZARS & EVIL EYES ARTISTS LOOKING
FORWARD, Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library, Queens College,
Flushing, New York
2011 FOLLES D’HIVER
SOHO20CHELSEA GALLERY, 547 West 27th Street, Suite 301,
New York, New York
2011 EXPRESS+LOCAL: NYC AESTHETICS, Queens College Art Center,
Rosenthal Library, Queens College, Flushing, New York
2011 CROSSCURRENTS, Curated by Omar Lopez Chaoud
NEW YORK STUDIO GALLERY, 154 Stanton Street, New York, New York
2009 VERSES FROM THE ABSTRACT, Curated by Herb Tam
Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2009 LATINO VOICES, Group Show, The Port Washington Library, Port
Washington, New York
2009 TOP SHOW, CUNY Queens College Spring MFA Group Show, Puffin
Room, New York, New York
2008 RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE, CUNY Queens College MFA Show,
Gallery151, New York, New York
2000 GROUP SHOW, The Sid Jacobson JCC Roslyn, New York
1974 PRATT INSTITUTE Group Show, Albany State House of Representatives,
Albany, New York
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Painting Instructor at Miami Dade College Continuing Education Department, Florida
Painting Instructor at NSU Museum of Art / Fort Lauderdale
Painting Instructor at the Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York
Museum Educator | Docent
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
Nova Southeastern University
Independent Art Professional
Billboard Artist
Foster and Kleiser Outdoor Advertising, Long Island City, New York
Successfully hand painted large billboards with oil paint and brushes to be seen from highways as outdoor advertising bulletins.
TEXT
2013 CURADORES: El Museo’s La Bienal 2013 ”Here is where we jump,”
CosmoArteTV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a_SGQmDICY
2013 “Arte Cubano en La Bienal del Museo del Barrio de Nueva York”, DIARIO DE
CUBA,
http://www.diariodecuba.com/cultura/1370883279_3683.html
2013 Arte en EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO en NY, CNN Mexico,
http://mexico.cnn.com/videos/2013/06/25/arte-latino-en-el-museo-del-barrio-en-ny
2013 “PREVIEW: Three Emerging Artists Featured in El Museo Del Barrio’s 7th
Biennial Exhibition,” REMEZCLA, Roz Baron
http://ny.remezcla.com/2013/latin/preview-el-museo-del-barrios-7th-
biennial-exhibition-artists/
2013 “Arte At The Crossroads”, THE NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT, Allan Appel
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/arte_at_the_cros
sroads/
2013 New York Arts Magazine Review, Matt Hassel, “Becky Franco: CHOSEN at
SOHO20”,
http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/?p=10121
2013 “Celebrating Heritage, and Drawing Others In,” New York Times, N.Y./Region
Arts/Long Island, December 30, 2012, www.NewYorkTimes.com.
2011 ARTisSpectrum, “The Chelsea Perspective,” Volume 25, May, 2011, Pg.93
2011 “Artists to Audience: Express+Local puts 15 artists in Queens,”
www.greenpointstar.com, February 9, 2011
2011 “QC Exhibit asks: Does Home Matter?” www.queenstribune.com, February 3,
2011
2011 “Queens College Dips Into Local Expression,”
http://www.queenstribune.com/leisure/Leisure, April 28,2011
1991 “Tromp L’Oeil At Home”, by Karen Chambers, Rizzoli Book, New York, New
York, Pg. 65,86,133-34
1989 Newsday Sunday Home Magazine, “They Revel In Illusions,” September 24,1989
1988 Better Homes and Garden, “Artists of Illusion” article, Fall/Winter 1988-89, Pg.48-
53
1988 Country Living Magazine, “New Country Linens,” August 1988, Pg.80-4
1987 Metropolitan Home, article, “Venetian,” November 1987, Pg. 133
1987 House Beautiful Magazine, commissioned mural, July 1987, Pg.80-1
1987 Country Living Magazine, “Trompe L’Oeil, ” February 1987, Pg.100-1
1986 House Beautiful Magazine, “Tables For Coffee, Etcetera,” commissioned murals,
October 1986, Pg.102-107
1986 Metropolitan Home, Cover, September 1986, Pg.87
1987 The Today Show, Television
1987 Outdoor Advertising Documentary, Television
1984 Newsday Sunday Home Magazine, ”The Art of Grand Illusion,” April 29,1984,
Pg. 44
1983 Advertising Age, “Creating the Giant Boards: A True sign of an Artist,” article
1983 Media People, “Becky the Billboard Lady,” fall issue, Pg.8.
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