Biography
FRANKLIN EVANS
Born in Reno, NV. Lives and Works in New York.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming)
Federico Luger Gallery, Milan, Italy (forthcoming)
2011 Sue Scott Gallery, ARCO MADRID: acertaintypeoflandscape, Madrid, Spain
2010 Federico Luger Gallery, times2, Milan, Italy
2009 Sue Scott Gallery, 2008/2009 < 2009/2010, New York, NY
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
2013 Nevada Art Museum, Reno, NV (forthcoming)
2011 Jamaica Center for the Arts, Children of Grid, Queens, NY (forthcoming)
David Floria Gallery, Towards The Third Dimension, Aspen, CO
Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Drawings Wall, Rovereto, Italy
Dodge Gallery, The Thingness of Color, New York, NY
Sue Scott Gallery, paper a-z, New York, NY
Générale en Manufacture, L’AUR’AMARA, Paris, France
Centro Ricerche Accademia di Brera, L’AUR’AMARA, Milan, Italy
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Carl von Ossietzky, The Last Book, Hamburg, Germany
Czech Cultural Institute, NY/Prague 6, New York, NY
2010 MoMA PS1, Greater New York 2010, Long Island City, New York (catalogue)
RISD Museum, Collision, Providence, RI
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Inquiring Eyes: Greensboro Collects Art, Greensboro, NC
Espacio Minimo, The Pipe and the Flow, Madrid, Spain
MC Gallery, L’AUR’AMARA, New York, NY
Futura, NY/Prague 6, Prague, Czech Republic
MoMA PS1, the backroom, Long Island City, New York
Secondhome Projects, Born to Die, Berlin, Germany
Ctrl Gallery, Precarity and the Butter Tower, Houston, TX
Islip Art Museum, Stuck Up, East Islip, NY (catalogue)
Zentral Bibliothek of Zurich, The Last Book, Zurich, Switzerland
Sue Scott Gallery, A Reluctant Apparition, New York, NY
HKJB, Portable Caves, Long Island City, NY
2009 Weatherspoon Art Museum, Cool, Collected & In Context, Greensboro, NC
On Stellar Rays, Lover, New York, NY
2008 The National Library of Argentina, The Last Book, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Production Fund – LAB, Blue Balls, New York, NY
Rivington Arms, There is no there there, New York, NY
Morgan Lehman Gallery, fluidspace, Lakeville, CT
Hallway Bathroom Gallery, Landscape, San Francisco, CA
2007 El Museo del Barrio, El Museo’s 5th Bienal: The (S) Files 007, New York, NY (catalogue)
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, True Faith, New York, NY
Federico Luger Gallery, Videos and Beers, Milan, Italy
Miki Wick Contemporary Art, Franklin Evans and Jiha Moon, Zurich, Switzerland
Moti Hasson Gallery, Greener Pastures, Permanent Midnight, New York, NY
2006 Weatherspoon Art Museum, Art on Paper 2006, Greensboro, NC (catalogue)
Fuoriuso-Artenova, Metaphysics of Youth, Pescara, Italy (catalogue)
John Connelly Presents, Summer Kamp: K48, New York, NY
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, “Block Party”: An Exhibition of Drawings, Los Angeles, CA
NotGallery, Meghiddo, Naples, Italy
2005 The Drawing Center, LineAge: Selections Fall 2005, 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, Rivoli, Italy
Guild & Greyshkul, The General’s Jamboree, New York, NY
Rotunda Gallery, Decipher: Hand-Painted Digital, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue)
2004 Champion Fine Art, Exhibition 10, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Marvelli Lab, Freehand, Williamsburg, NY
2003 ISE Foundation, Beyond the Flaneur, New York, NY
PERFORMANCES / VIDEO SCREENINGS / PUBLIC PROJECTS
2011 The Drawing Center & Wave Hill, The Big Draw: tapeandtrees, Bronx, NY
Marlborough Gallery, nOtHERE, collaboration with Niall Noel Jones and Paul David Young, New York, NY
The Kitchen, Trajal Harrell: Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church (s), collaboration on visual design, New York, NY
2010 Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Trajal Harrell: Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church (s), collaboration on visual design, Boston, MA
MoMA PS1, BalconyScene2010, collaboration with Paul David Young, Long Island City, NY
2009 New Museum, Trajal Harrell: Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church (s), collaboration on visual design, New York, NY
2008 LMAK Projects, Balcony Scene, Perverted by Theater collaboration, New York, NY
2003 Thomas Erben Gallery, Dialogue, New York, NY
2002 apexart, Sans Exhibit: Set in Motion, New York, NY
BILBLIOGRAPHY
2011 Graeber, Laurel. Spare Times: The Big Draw at Wave Hill. The New York Times, May 12.
Curti, Cristiana. Ma I Curatori Guariscono? ArsLife, April 14.
Garza, Evan J. The Thingness of Color at Dodge Gallery. New American Painting, April 8.
Schmitt, Amanda. Featured Gallery: Dodge Gallery. Artcards Review, April 4.
Lles, Luis. Menos es Mas. Diario del Alto Aragon, February 23.
de la Villa, Rocio. Lo Mejor de ARCO 2011. El Cultural, February 18.
Garza, Evan J. 11 To Watch in 2011: Editor’s Picks. New American Painting, January 10.
2010 Galati, Gabriela. Franklin Evans: Los Efectos del Tiempo y Repeticion. Sauna Revista del Arte, Ano 1 – Numero 5, December.
Dell’Aquila, Marianna. Times 2, il tempo espanso e i tempo contratto di Franklin Evans. ArtKey Magazine, November 30.
Agenda: Times2. Abitare, November 17.
Yablonsky, Linda. Art and Action in Milan. The New York Times Style Magazine, October 8.
Hirsch, Faye. Greater New York. Art in America. September.
Ozuna, Tony. New York state of mind. The Prague Post, September 22.
MacAdams, Shane. The Summer Ramp Down. The Brooklyn Rail, September.
Goldstein, Richard. Greater New York Roundtable: Franklin Evans and Sam Moyer. Bomblog, September 7.
Henig, Samantha. The Talk Of The Town: Graphic Novel. The New Yorker, August 16.
Farzin, Media. "Lush Life: An Exhibition in Nine Chapters." Art-Agenda, August 11.
Buhmann, Stephanie. Recapping July. Downtown Express, August 4.
Johnson, Paddy. NYC's Best Galleries and Unintended Artworks. The L Magazine, August 4.
Harris, Jane. Conceptualizing the Lower East Side. Art in America (online). August 3.
Pearce, Daniel. Other Halves, Lived: Lush Life on the Lower East Side. Idiom. July 29.
Esplund, Lance. Beyond Laissez-Faire Summer Fare. Wall Street Journal. July 24.
Goodman, David. Bearing Witness to Lush Life. Artlog, July 19.
Wolff, Rachel. Art Beast: Urban Art’s Moment. The Daily Beast, July 17.
Homan Wu, Helen. LUSH LIFE in Nine Chapters, Sixty Artists in Nine Galleries. Artcards Review, July 13.
Nathan, Emily. A Life Less Lush. Artslant.com, July 11.
Cotter, Holland. Lower East Side Tale, Refracted Nine Times. The New York Times, July 9.
The Opening Night: "Lush Life”. Artinfo, July 9.
TLD Interview: LUSH LIFE Curators Franklin Evans & Omar Lopez-Chahoud. The Lo-Down, July 8.
Russeth, Andrew. In New York: Gallery Openings this Weekend. Artinfo, July 8.
Peers, Amanda. Gallery Crawler: Wednesday to the Weekend. The New York Observer, July 6.
Buhmann, Stephanie. Look Ahead. Downtown Express, July 2.
Goldstein, Andrew M. The Old Neighborhood: A Q&A with Richard Price About the "Lush Life" Exhibition. Artinfo, June 29.
Robinson, Walter. Artnet News: Summer Shows Heat Up New York. Artnet.com, June 24.
Minora, Leslie. Runnin’ Scared: First Lush Life Exhibit at Sue Scott Gallery is Well Worth Checking Out. Village Voice, June 18.
Chamberlain, Colby. Greater New York 2010. Art. Art-Agenda, June 10.
Fee, Brian. “Greater New York” Part One: Talking About My Generation, NY Art Beat, June 9.
Douglas, Sarah. Richard Price's "Lush Life" Returns to the LES, This Time as Art. Artinfo, June 4.
Smith, Roberta. Take Me Out to the Big Show in Queens. The New York Times, May 28.
Saltz, Jerry. Sincerity and Irony Hug It Out. New York Magazine. May 31.
Yablonsky, Linda. Miniskirts, Rubber Bodysuits, Orff Spice MoMA PS1 Extravaganza. Bloomberg.com, May 27.
Esplund, Lance. Kids Take Over The School. Wall Street Journal. May 22.
Kalm, James. Greater New York at PS1 RUSHES. The James Kalm Report, May 25.
La Rocco, Claudia. The Week Ahead: Jan. 3 – Jan. 9. The New York Times. January 3.
2009 Kilston, Lyra. Exhibition Review: Franklin Evans. Art in America. November.
Church, Amanda. Flash Review: Franklin Evans. Flash Art International. November/December.
Mattera, Joanne. Tripping on the LES: Evans, Williams, Almeida, Martinez, P-Orridge. Joanne Mattera Art Blog, October 30.
Steadman, Ryan. Fall’s A-Poppin’: Lower East Side Edition. Paper Monument. October.
Truong, Hong-An. Rackroom: Interview with Franklin Evans. Artslant.com, October 12.
Saltz, Jerry. A New Kind of Boom. New York Magazine, October 4.
Wolff, Rachel. See Here Now. New York Magazine, October 4.
La Rocco, Claudia. Where All the World’s a Fashion Show. The New York Times, October 3.
La Rocco, Claudia. The Listings: Trajal Harrell. The New York Times, October 2.
Schmerler, Sarah. Process Notes: Why not use a border to “comment” in “real time”? sarahschmerler.com, October 1.
Newsletter: October 2009. AccessibleArtNY.com, October 1.
Smith, Roberta. Art in Review: Franklin Evans 2008/2009 < 2009/2010. The New York Times, September 24.
Ellis, Kianga. This is my brain on an art gallery wall. getartlife.wordpress.com, September 19.
Vilas, Amber. Editor’s Pick: A Walk on the Lower East Side. Artinfo, September 15.
Kalm, James. 2009 Lower East Side Kickoff. The James Kalm Report, September 11.
Hoggard, Barry. Element Editions: Franklin Evans. bloggy.com, September 10.
Contarino, Vince. Featuring: Franklin Evans. KCLOG, September 6.
Vilas, Amber. Kristine Moran in New York. Artinfo, July 17.
Sutton, Benjamin. Museum Exhibitions at Gallery Prices (Meaning Free). The L Magazine, July 8.
Burket, Brent. Chorus. heartasarena.blogspot.com, June 24.
Wagner, James. Franklin Evans at Marie Walsh Sharpe Open Studios. jameswagner.com, May 12.
Burket, Brent. Luminous Groove. heartasarena.blogspot.com, May 8.
Contarino, Vince. DUMBO: The Marie Walsh Sharpe Open Studios. KCLOG, April 29.
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.
Johnson, Paddy, Name That Exhibition. artfagcity.com, October 17.
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
2011 e-flux Journal 22, Idiot Wind. e-flux. January.
2010 Greater New York 2010, text by Klaus Biesenbach, Connie Butler and Neville Wakefield, MoMA PS1, New York, NY.
Collision, text by Judith Tannenbaum and Jackie Saccoccio, Wakefield, RISD Museum of Art.
BOMB specific: Franklin Evans, BOMB Magazine. Issue 111 / Spring 2010.
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
2010 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Třebešice Castle Artists in Residence, Třebešice, Czech Republic
2009 Yaddo, Sartoga Springs, New York
2008 The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation: The Space Program, New York, NY
2004 LMCC Workspace: 120 Broadway, New York, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2010 Nine LES Galleries, Lush Life (co-curated with Omar Lopez-Chahoud), New York, NY
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
2006 LMAK Projects, Regeneration Room, Brooklyn, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA
Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH
EDUCATION
1989 BA, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1993 MFA (Painting), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Biography