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

2021 - Deering Estate Artist Residency

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2014 - CINTAS Fellowship Finalist

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

2022 - Artist Talk; Becky Franco

Stone House As Subject: Observed
Deering Estate Museum, Palmetto Bay, Florida

2016 - ART ROUNDTABLE: BECKY FRANCO

Public Hyperrealism to Intimate Reality
NSU ART MUSEUM-Fort Lauderdale, Florida

SOLO SHOWS

2023 - Cleveland Clinic Art Program Exhibition, Weston, Florida

2022 - Deering Estate Artist Residency Exhibition Stone House As Subject: Observed

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

2025 - MARMORIS Arts WAREHOUSE/Deering Estate, Delray Beach, Florida

2022 - 36th All Florida Exhibition, Alliance For The Arts, Fort Meyers, Florida

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
- NSU ART MUSEUM/ Fort Lauderdale
- Independent Art Professional
- 1974-1988 Billboard Artist
- Foster and Kleiser Outdoor Advertising, Long Island City New York
- Winston Network, Long Island City, New York
- Successfully hand painted large billboards with oil paint and brushes in Streets and highways as Outdoor advertising bulletins in New York

Timeline

2022 - Becky Franco: One of the Artists Behind Deering Estate’s Newest Exhibition Stone House as Subject By Valerie Mejia June 20,2022

2022 - ART CELEBRATES DEERING ESTATE STONE HOUSE By Christina M. Mayo August 4, 2022

2022 - Exhibiciones de arte gratis en espacios con encanto este verano By Isabel Olmos August 5, 2022

2011 - ARTisSpectrum, The Chelsea Perspective, Volume 25, May 2011, Pg.93

2011 - Artists to Audience: Express+Local puts 15 artists in Queens,

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February 9, 2011

2011 - “QC Exhibit asks: Does Home Matter?,” www.queenstribune.com February 3, 2011

1991 - Tromp L’Oeil At Home, by Karen Chambers, Rizzoli Book, 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,” Fall/Winter, 1988-89, Pg. 48-53

1988 - Country Living Magazine, “ New Country Linens,” August 1988, Pg. 80-4

1987 - Metropolitan Home, “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,” 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”

1983 - Media People, “Becky the Billboard Lady,” Fall issue, Pg.8

Becky Franco

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