Mark Francis
(Irish, b.1962)
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Solo Exhibitions
*denotes catalogue
2011
Galeria Pelaires, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2010
Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
Arena, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal (Cumbria), England*
2009
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2008
Mark Francis, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland*
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria
Mark Francis, Neue Bilder, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2007
Galeria Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain*
Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
2006
Mark Francis: Pendulum, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
2005
Mark Francis, Paintings 2002 – 2005, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki (09 June – 07 August)*
Mark Francis, New Paintings, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2004
Mark Francis: New Etchings and Monoprints, Marlborough Graphics, London (24 November – 31 December)
Mark Francis, Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London
Mark Francis, New Paintings, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
2003
Mark Francis, New Paintings, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles (22 February – 29 March)*
Mark Francis, New Paintings, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (11 October – 15 November)
Mark Francis: Drawings, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
2002
Mark Francis, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Mark Francis, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
2001
Mark Francis, New Paintings, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
2000
Mark Francis, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (24 November – 06 January 01)
Mark Francis, Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London
Mark Francis: Elements, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes College, London * (15 January – 12 March)
1999
Mark Francis, Mary Boone Gallery, New York (20 February – 20 March)
1998
Mark Francis, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles
Mark Francis, Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London
Mark Francis, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
1997
Mark Francis, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (17 October – 10 November) *
Mark Francis, Mary Boone Gallery, New York (04 January – 22 February)
Mark Francis, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt
1996
Mark Francis: Terra Nova – New Territories, Harewood House, Leeds
Mark Francis, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam
Mark Francis, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
1995
Mark Francis, Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London *
Mark Francis, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Mark Francis, Galerie Thieme+Pohl, Darmstadt
Mark Francis, City Art Gallery, Manchester
1994
Mark Francis, Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London *
1992
Mark Francis, New Paintings and Monotypes, Jill George Gallery, London (16 June – 10 July) *
1990
Mark Francis, Paintings and Monotypes, Thumb Gallery, London (16 October – 16 November) *
Group Exhibitions
*denotes catalogue
2011
ShowRoom #1, Scheublein Fine Art, Zürich, Switzerland
2010
Next Generation. Einblicke in junge Ostschweizer Privatsammlungen, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland (curated by Konrad Bitterli)
2009
Into Irish Drawing, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
2008
Genesis – Die Kunst der Schöpfung, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Austria
For the Spirit – From the UBS Art Collection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Contemporary Graphics, Galerie Bode, Nürnberg, Germany
Celebrating 20 years, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
What lies beneath the surface, Irish Museum of Modern Art – IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
black mirror, curated by Marco Costantini, Centre d’art contemporain de Neuchatel, Switzerland
2007
Die Kunst zu sammeln, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Timeless, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Summer Group Show, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Hirst and his Contemporaries, The Andipa Gallery, London
Diagnose [Kunst] – Die Medizin im Spiegel der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Ahlen
Silent Inside, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Summer Group Show, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2005
Lines and Traces, Galerie Bernard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany
After the Thaw, AIB Art Collection, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Size Matters, Art Council of Great Britian Touring Collection
Art futures 2005, Bloomberg Space, London, Germany
2003
Before & After Science, Marcella Arte Contemporanea, Milan
2002
Eight New Paintings, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (25 April – 25 May)
Prospects Drawing Prize, Essor Project Space, London
Leopold & Rudolf Blaschka, The Design Museum, London (touring)
The Saatchi Gift, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
The Rowan Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Scratch the Silence, Whitford Fine Art, London
2001
Irish Art Now, From the Poetic to the Political, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin*
Fluid, Wolverhampton City Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Irish Art Now, From the Poetic to the Politcal, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago *
2000
Shifting Ground: Fifty Years of Irish Art, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin *
Irish Art Now, From the Poetic to the Politcal, Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada * (30 January – 09 April 2000)
Premio Michetti: Europe, different perspectives in painting, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare
The Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery Gallery, London
1999
Irish Art Now, From the Poetic to the Politcal, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston * (03 October – 12 December)
drei positionen in der malerei, Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart,
Negotiating Small Truths, Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas, Austin
A Quiet Storm: Painting in Abstraction, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles
Zero Zero Four Four, PS1 Museum, New York and The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
POSTMARK: An Abstract Effect, Site Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998
Sensation – Young British Art from the Saatchi Collection, Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin*
post Naturam – nach der Natur, Stadt, Munster
Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, Modena
1997
Interior, Maureen Paley Interim Art, London
Surface, GOW Langsford, Aukland, New Zealand
Sensation – Young British Art from the Saatchi Collection, Royal Acadamy of Art, London *
Beau Geste, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles
Residue, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Nat West Painting Prize, London
1996
Scattering Matrix, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica (curated by Jane Hart)
Black, Grey & White, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf
British Abstract Art III, Flowers East Gallery, London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Mark Francis, Leonardo Drew, Oliver Herring, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
IMMA / Glen Dimplex Artists Award, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1995
Testing the Water, Tate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool
Voyage Anglais, Rheimes, France, 1996
John Moores, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK, 1996
From Here, Galerie Karsten Schubert and Waddington Galleries, London
The Adventure of Painting, Kunstvereine, Dusseldorf and Stuttgart
Painter’s Opinion, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam
1994
Human Nature, Mark Francis & Brad Lochore, Herve Mikaeloff, Paris
The Curator’s Egg, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
New Modern British Paintings 1988 -1994, Richard Salmon Ltd, London
East 1994, Norfolk Institute of Art & Design, Norwich
Paintmarks, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Unveiled, Cornerhouse, Manchester
Europa 94, Munich Order Center, Munich
1993
Recent Acquisitions, Tate Gallery, London
An Undiscovered Country: 10 Abstract Painters, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London (IKON touring exhibition curated by Charles Hall)
Snap Shots, Eagle Gallery, London (curated by Anthony Wilkinson)
A Decade of Collecting, Tate Gallery, London
International Print Exhibition, Machidi Museum of Graphic Art, Tokyo
1992
South Bank Show, Royal Festival Hall, London
1990
Four Painters, New Academy, London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1989
Christie’s New Contemporaries, Royal College of Art, London
1986
4 New Painters, Paton Gallery, London
On the Wall Gallery, Belfast
1984
Stowells Trophy, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1983
Summer Show, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin
New Contemporaries, The Mall Gallery, London
Museum and Corporate Collections
ACC Bank, Dublin
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Allied Irish Bank
American Express Collection
Bank of America, Dublin
British Council, London
British Credit Trust
Caldic Collection, Amsterdam
Chelmsford Borough Council
Cleveland Clinic Art Foundation Program, Lyndhurst, Ohio
Contemporary Art Society, London
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Deutsche Bank, Germany
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, London
The Economist Collection of Art, London
European Parliament
General Mills Inc., Minneapolis
Goldman Sachs International, London
Government Art Collection, London
The Hallmark Art Collection, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri
Hammersmith & Fulham Education Authority
Heytesbury Holdings
The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey
IIB Bank, Dublin
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Lambert Collection, Zürich
Leceister Education Authority
Machida City Museum of Graphic Art, Tokyo
Manchester City Art Gallery
Mead Gallery, Warwick University
Merrill Lynch & Co,. New York
Merrill Lynch International Bank, London
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Microsoft Art Collection, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington State
Museum of Modern Art, Miami
Nat West Group Art Collection, London
Saatchi Collection, London
Simmons & Simmons, London
Southhampton City Art Gallery
Stanhope Properties Plc
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
St. Peter´s College, London
The Tate Gallery, London
UBS Art Collection, Switzerland
Ulster museum, North Ireland
Unilever PLC, London
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Wellmark BlueCross Blue Shield Corporate Art Collection, Des Moines, Iowa
De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco