FRANKLIN EVANS
Born in Reno, NV. Lives and Works in New York.
EDUCATION
1989 BA, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1993 MFA (Painting), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Morgan Lehman Gallery, fluidspace, Lakeville, CT
2007
Federico Luger Gallery, manscape, Milan, Italy
Gregory Lind Gallery, watermoreorless, San Francisco, CA
2006
Katharine Mulherin Projects, play/work/space, Toronto, Canada
2005
Jeff Bailey Gallery, freakout, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Cool, Collected & In Context, Greensboro, NC
2008
The National Library of Argentina, The Last Book, curated by Luis Camnitzer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
APF – LAB, Blue Balls, curated by Jackie Saccoccio, New York, NY
Katharine Mulherin Projects, Decade, Toronto, Canada
Rivington Arms, There is no there there, curated by Benjamin Provo, New York, NY
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Sexy Time: A Group Effort, New York, NY
Hallway Bathroom Gallery, Landscape, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch, San Francisco, CA
2007
El Museo del Barrio, El Museo's 5th Bienal: The (S) Files 007, curated by Elvis Fuentes and E. Carmen Ramos, New York, NY (catalogue)
Miki Wick Contemporary Art, Franklin Evans and Jiha Moon, Zurich, Switzerland
Julie Chae Gallery, Prelude, Boston, MA
Moti Hasson Gallery, Greener Pastures, Permanent Midnight, New York, NY
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, True Faith, New York, NY
Federico Luger Gallery, Videos and Beers, Milan, Italy
Gregory Lind Gallery, The Unknown Quantity, San Francisco, CA
2006
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Art on Paper 2006, curated by Xandra Eden, Greensboro, NC (catalogue)
Fuoriuso-Artenova, Metaphysics of Youth, curated by Irina Zucca Alessandrelli and Luigi Fassi, Pescara, Italy (catalogue)
Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Transformative, Ojai, CA
John Connelly Presents, Summer Kamp: K48, curated by Scott Hug, New York, NY
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, “Block Party”: An Exhibition of Drawings, Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Franklin Evans, Katia Santibanez, Emilie Clark, Lakeville, CT
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Flight Plan, New York, NY
NotGallery, Meghiddo, Naples, Italy
2005
The Drawing Center, LineAge: Selections Fall 2005, curated by Luis Camnitzer, New York, NY (catalogue)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Zine Unbound, San Francisco, CA
Federico Luger Gallery, Hurricane, Milan, Italy
La Maggiorana Contemporary Art Factory, Yab-Yum Estetica e Concupiscenza, curated by Luca Vona, Rivoli, Italy
Pace University, PaperWorks, curated by Linda Gottesfeld, New York, NY
Guild & Greyshkul, The General’s Jamboree, New York, NY
Jeff Bailey Gallery, Fresh Direct, New York, NY
Rotunda Gallery, Decipher: Hand-Painted Digital, curated by Yasufumi Nakamori, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue)
2004
Champion Fine Art, Exhibition 10, curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, In Polytechnicolor, New York, NY
Jeff Bailey Gallery, Fake Plastic Trees, New York, NY
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Emerging, Lakeville, CT
Marvelli Lab, Freehand, curated by Rachel Gugelberger, Williamsburg, NY
2003
ISE Foundation, Beyond the Flaneur, curated by Yasufumi Nakamori, New York, NY
2002
Apexart, Sans Exhibit: Set in Motion, New York, NY
PERFORMANCES AND VIDEO SCREENINGS
2008
LMAK Projects, Balcony Scene, Perverted by Theater collaboration, New York, NY
2003
Thomas Erben Gallery, Dialogue, curated by Louky Keijsers, New York, NY
2002
apexart, Sans Exhibit: Set in Motion, curated by Melissa Friedling, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Ewing, John. Perverted by Theater. ART LIES, Issue 60, December.
Johnson, Ken. The Listings: Perverted by Theater. The New York Times, November 21.
Johnson, Ken. SoHo: Provocations, Reflections and Abstractions. The New York Times, November 14.
Krimgold, Natalya. Events Art: Perverted by Theater. Flavorpill, October 21.
Artworld: Awards & Grants. Art in America, September.
Artnet News: Space Artists at the MWSAF. Artnet.com, July 29.
Medium Cool: Mixed Media. There is No There There. Time Out New York, July 17.
Kröner, Magdalena. Manhattan Transfer. Monopol, July/August.
2007
Beluffi, Emanuele. Franklin Evans. Exibart.com, October 8.
Knafo, Robert. Studio Visit: Franklin Evans. New Art TV, newarttv.com, October 3
Johnson, Ken. Globe Pick: Prelude. The Boston Globe, September 28.
Johnson, Paddy. Art Fag City: Curation Station. The L Magazine, August 29.
Wagner, James. Greener Pastures, Permanent Midnight at Moti Hasson. jameswagner.com, August 22.
Wright, Jeffrey Cyphers. Landscape on the Installation Plan. Chelsea Now, August 24.
Goings On About Town: True Faith. The New Yorker, August 13.
Roalf, Peggy. Double-O Seven: El Museo's Fifth Bienal. DART: Design Arts Daily, July 26.
Arts Calendar: Got To Have Faith. The New York Sun, July 26.
Donavan, Matt. Gallery: Nathan Larramendy Gallery. Beautiful Decay, Issue R.
2006
Janku, Laura Richard. News and Features: Fair Report: Affair @ the Jupiter. Artinfo.com, October 1.
Wagner, James. Flight Plan at Morgan Lehman. jameswagner.com, July 21.
Fette. ArtLA. NYArtsMagazine, May/June 2006.
Pepe, Anita. Meghiddo. Exibart.com, April 5.
Tricarico, Tiziana. La valle di Meghiddo rivisitata dall’arte. Il Mattino, March 18.
News and Features: Regeneration Room at LMAKprojects. Artinfo.com, February 23.
2005
Trigona, Monica. Yab-Yum Estetica e Concupiscenza. Exibart.com, December 9.
Naves, Mario, Faux Freakout. New York Observer, October 31.
Johnson, Ken. The Listings, Franklin Evans, ‘freakout.’ The New York Times, October 21.
Arts Calendar: Freakonomics. The New York Sun, October 14.
Johnson, Ken. LineAge: Selections Fall 2005, The Drawing Center. The New York Times, October 14.
Don't Miss: LineAge, Selections Fall 2005. Time Out New York, September 15.
Goings On About Town: Decipher: Hand-Painted Digital. The New Yorker, March 7.
PUBLICATIONS
2007
El Museo's 5th Bienal: The (S) Files 007, text by Julian Zugazagoitia, Elvis Fuentes, E. Carmen Ramos, and Rodolfo Kronfle Chambers, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
2006
Art on Paper 2006, text by Nancy Doll and Xandra Eden, Weatherspoon Art Musuem, Greensboro, NC
Metaphysics of Youth, text by Luigi Fassi and Irina Zucca Alessandrelli, Artenova-Fuoriuso, Pescara, Italy
New American Paintings: No. 62, text by Bill Arning, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA
2005
Drawing Papers 55, LineAge: Selections Fall 2005, text by Christopher Wilson, The Drawing Center, New York, NY.
2004
K48 is an Animal. K48 Enterprises, December.
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2009
Yaddo, Sartoga Springs, New York (forthcoming)
2008/00
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation: The Space Program, New York, NY
2004
LMCC Workspace: 120 Broadway, New York, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2009
Cuchifritos, Data Panic (co-curated with Amanda Church), New York, NY
2008
apexart, Perverted by Theater (co-curated with Paul David Young), New York, NY
2006
Moti Hasson Gallery, Twist It Twice, New York, NY
LMAK Projects, Regeneration Room, Brooklyn, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina
Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside
Progressive Corporation
EDUCATION
1989 BA, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1993 MFA (Painting), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Morgan Lehman Gallery, fluidspace, Lakeville, CT
2007
Federico Luger Gallery, manscape, Milan, Italy
Gregory Lind Gallery, watermoreorless, San Francisco, CA
2006
Katharine Mulherin Projects, play/work/space, Toronto, Canada
2005
Jeff Bailey Gallery, freakout, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Cool, Collected & In Context, Greensboro, NC
2008
The National Library of Argentina, The Last Book, curated by Luis Camnitzer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
APF – LAB, Blue Balls, curated by Jackie Saccoccio, New York, NY
Katharine Mulherin Projects, Decade, Toronto, Canada
Rivington Arms, There is no there there, curated by Benjamin Provo, New York, NY
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Sexy Time: A Group Effort, New York, NY
Hallway Bathroom Gallery, Landscape, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch, San Francisco, CA
2007
El Museo del Barrio, El Museo's 5th Bienal: The (S) Files 007, curated by Elvis Fuentes and E. Carmen Ramos, New York, NY (catalogue)
Miki Wick Contemporary Art, Franklin Evans and Jiha Moon, Zurich, Switzerland
Julie Chae Gallery, Prelude, Boston, MA
Moti Hasson Gallery, Greener Pastures, Permanent Midnight, New York, NY
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, True Faith, New York, NY
Federico Luger Gallery, Videos and Beers, Milan, Italy
Gregory Lind Gallery, The Unknown Quantity, San Francisco, CA
2006
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Art on Paper 2006, curated by Xandra Eden, Greensboro, NC (catalogue)
Fuoriuso-Artenova, Metaphysics of Youth, curated by Irina Zucca Alessandrelli and Luigi Fassi, Pescara, Italy (catalogue)
Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Transformative, Ojai, CA
John Connelly Presents, Summer Kamp: K48, curated by Scott Hug, New York, NY
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, “Block Party”: An Exhibition of Drawings, Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Franklin Evans, Katia Santibanez, Emilie Clark, Lakeville, CT
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Flight Plan, New York, NY
NotGallery, Meghiddo, Naples, Italy
2005
The Drawing Center, LineAge: Selections Fall 2005, curated by Luis Camnitzer, New York, NY (catalogue)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Zine Unbound, San Francisco, CA
Federico Luger Gallery, Hurricane, Milan, Italy
La Maggiorana Contemporary Art Factory, Yab-Yum Estetica e Concupiscenza, curated by Luca Vona, Rivoli, Italy
Pace University, PaperWorks, curated by Linda Gottesfeld, New York, NY
Guild & Greyshkul, The General’s Jamboree, New York, NY
Jeff Bailey Gallery, Fresh Direct, New York, NY
Rotunda Gallery, Decipher: Hand-Painted Digital, curated by Yasufumi Nakamori, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue)
2004
Champion Fine Art, Exhibition 10, curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, In Polytechnicolor, New York, NY
Jeff Bailey Gallery, Fake Plastic Trees, New York, NY
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Emerging, Lakeville, CT
Marvelli Lab, Freehand, curated by Rachel Gugelberger, Williamsburg, NY
2003
ISE Foundation, Beyond the Flaneur, curated by Yasufumi Nakamori, New York, NY
2002
Apexart, Sans Exhibit: Set in Motion, New York, NY
PERFORMANCES AND VIDEO SCREENINGS
2008
LMAK Projects, Balcony Scene, Perverted by Theater collaboration, New York, NY
2003
Thomas Erben Gallery, Dialogue, curated by Louky Keijsers, New York, NY
2002
apexart, Sans Exhibit: Set in Motion, curated by Melissa Friedling, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Ewing, John. Perverted by Theater. ART LIES, Issue 60, December.
Johnson, Ken. The Listings: Perverted by Theater. The New York Times, November 21.
Johnson, Ken. SoHo: Provocations, Reflections and Abstractions. The New York Times, November 14.
Krimgold, Natalya. Events Art: Perverted by Theater. Flavorpill, October 21.
Artworld: Awards & Grants. Art in America, September.
Artnet News: Space Artists at the MWSAF. Artnet.com, July 29.
Medium Cool: Mixed Media. There is No There There. Time Out New York, July 17.
Kröner, Magdalena. Manhattan Transfer. Monopol, July/August.
2007
Beluffi, Emanuele. Franklin Evans. Exibart.com, October 8.
Knafo, Robert. Studio Visit: Franklin Evans. New Art TV, newarttv.com, October 3
Johnson, Ken. Globe Pick: Prelude. The Boston Globe, September 28.
Johnson, Paddy. Art Fag City: Curation Station. The L Magazine, August 29.
Wagner, James. Greener Pastures, Permanent Midnight at Moti Hasson. jameswagner.com, August 22.
Wright, Jeffrey Cyphers. Landscape on the Installation Plan. Chelsea Now, August 24.
Goings On About Town: True Faith. The New Yorker, August 13.
Roalf, Peggy. Double-O Seven: El Museo's Fifth Bienal. DART: Design Arts Daily, July 26.
Arts Calendar: Got To Have Faith. The New York Sun, July 26.
Donavan, Matt. Gallery: Nathan Larramendy Gallery. Beautiful Decay, Issue R.
2006
Janku, Laura Richard. News and Features: Fair Report: Affair @ the Jupiter. Artinfo.com, October 1.
Wagner, James. Flight Plan at Morgan Lehman. jameswagner.com, July 21.
Fette. ArtLA. NYArtsMagazine, May/June 2006.
Pepe, Anita. Meghiddo. Exibart.com, April 5.
Tricarico, Tiziana. La valle di Meghiddo rivisitata dall’arte. Il Mattino, March 18.
News and Features: Regeneration Room at LMAKprojects. Artinfo.com, February 23.
2005
Trigona, Monica. Yab-Yum Estetica e Concupiscenza. Exibart.com, December 9.
Naves, Mario, Faux Freakout. New York Observer, October 31.
Johnson, Ken. The Listings, Franklin Evans, ‘freakout.’ The New York Times, October 21.
Arts Calendar: Freakonomics. The New York Sun, October 14.
Johnson, Ken. LineAge: Selections Fall 2005, The Drawing Center. The New York Times, October 14.
Don't Miss: LineAge, Selections Fall 2005. Time Out New York, September 15.
Goings On About Town: Decipher: Hand-Painted Digital. The New Yorker, March 7.
PUBLICATIONS
2007
El Museo's 5th Bienal: The (S) Files 007, text by Julian Zugazagoitia, Elvis Fuentes, E. Carmen Ramos, and Rodolfo Kronfle Chambers, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
2006
Art on Paper 2006, text by Nancy Doll and Xandra Eden, Weatherspoon Art Musuem, Greensboro, NC
Metaphysics of Youth, text by Luigi Fassi and Irina Zucca Alessandrelli, Artenova-Fuoriuso, Pescara, Italy
New American Paintings: No. 62, text by Bill Arning, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA
2005
Drawing Papers 55, LineAge: Selections Fall 2005, text by Christopher Wilson, The Drawing Center, New York, NY.
2004
K48 is an Animal. K48 Enterprises, December.
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2009
Yaddo, Sartoga Springs, New York (forthcoming)
2008/00
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation: The Space Program, New York, NY
2004
LMCC Workspace: 120 Broadway, New York, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2009
Cuchifritos, Data Panic (co-curated with Amanda Church), New York, NY
2008
apexart, Perverted by Theater (co-curated with Paul David Young), New York, NY
2006
Moti Hasson Gallery, Twist It Twice, New York, NY
LMAK Projects, Regeneration Room, Brooklyn, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina
Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside
Progressive Corporation
