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Becky Franco

[email protected]
516 375-8785

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
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

2026 - MARMORIS Deering Estate Exhibition Arts Warehouse
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
5 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
Billboard Artist 1974-1988
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

www.greenpointstar.com
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