Recent News
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Commissioned by Christus Health, Texas, to Create a 20 foot Permanent Installation entitled, "Serape Spirit"
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Zaha Hadid Architects has purchased two of my works for the 1000 Museum Residential Tower in Miami.
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MD Anderson in Houston has purchased 8 of my Mixed Media on Paper works for their private collection.
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Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Connecticut, has purchased 10 of my mixed media on paper works for their permanent collection
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My site-Specific window installation, "Through a Grass Darkly" was shown in the Mixed Greens Gallery in Chelsea, New York City
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Awarded First Place for Abstract Art, at the Georgetown, TX State-wide ArtHop Competition
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Invited to exhibit at the Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair, in Dallas, Texas, October 2021
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Francine Funke
e-mail: francinefunke@comcast.net
instagram: @francine.funke
Text/mobile: 203-561-8099
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION:
The Old Bakery Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, "Fantastical Flora"
Mixed Greens, Site-Specific Window Installation, Chelsea, New York City
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Installation
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Foyer Installation
Russell Senate Rotunda, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, New Work
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, Sizzles
Tiffany and Company’s Windows, Fifth Avenue, NY
PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT, “Fire Works”
Stamford Center for the Arts
Bartlett Arboreum, Stamford, CT “Flower Power”
ArtX, Stamford Museum and Nature Center
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair, Dallas
New Texas Talent XXIV, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
The Peoples' Gallery, City Hall, Austin, TX
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Regional Finalist, Art on First Gallery, Austin, TX
Warden Art Agency, Austin, TX
Georgetown, TX ArtHop State-wide Competition, First Place, Abstract Art
Celebration of American Crafts, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Peter Lawrence Gallery, Kent, CT
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, Boundless, New Works in Contemporary Printmaking
University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT. “Blue Skies”
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, “Botanical Dreams and Nightmares”
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, CT. Biennial Miniature Print Exhibition
Housatonic Musuem, Juried by Bill Arning
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Parrish Museum, Southhampton, NY
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Art of the Northeast
General Electric Corporation Headquarters, Fairfield, CT “Kaleidoscope”
George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University
Our World Gallery, Stamford, CT
Housatonic Museum, Linier Investigations
Pen and Brush Gallery, NY Curated by Morley Safer
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ, “Rites of Spring”
Dowling College, Oakdale, NY
Phyllis Weil Gallery, New York, “Trace Elements”
Vanderwoude Tanenbaum Gallery, NY “Artists Toys”
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers NY, “Chords and Dischords”
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT “Forces of Nature”
PUBLIC ART AND COMMISSIONS:
Christus Health, Texas, "Serape Spirit" 20 Foot Permanent Installation"
Rogers Magnet School, Stamford, CT, 32 foot Mural, “Symbols of the Sea”
Publication of Book, “On Fire, Poem and Paintings” .
Art in Public Spaces, Stamford, CT. “Cow Parade”, “Art-O-Mobiles”, “Stamford Safari”, “Reigning Cats and Dogs”, “Horsin Around”, and “Street Seats”, .
Tully Health Center, Stamford, CT , Permanent Exhibition of 26 works.
Mosaic Corporation, Permanent Foyer Installation
HRG Nightclub, Murals, New Rochelle, NY
Phoenix Insurance Company, Permanent Installation
Mural Painting on Canvas, 3 ft x 7 ft Private Commission , “Mainville Forest”
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Connecticut Post, Edgy Botanicals at Sacred Heart
ARTnews, Review Francine Funke at Barbara Braathen, by Gerritt Henry
ARTnews Review by Kenneth Best
New York Magazine, Feature, Artists’ Toys
The New York Times review “Drama in Nature, Burning Oil Fields” William Zimmer
The New York Times review, “Shades of Nature”, Helen A. Harrison
The Advocate and Greenwich Times, Transformation Rites at the Rich Forum, Lisa Streitfeld]
Times/Mirror Newspapers, “The Fire Next Time”, Carloee Ross
Living in Stamford, City Diary, “On Fire”, Lisa Pierce Breunig
Norwalk Hour, “Fire Walk With Me”, Carolee Ross
Star News, “Exhibition to Heat Up Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Palm Beach Post, “Five Panel Wall-piece Captures Fury”, Gary Schwan
Art Now, Gallery Guide Front Cover
The Stamford Advocate, PMW Gallery Review, Janet Koplos
The New York Times, Through a Glass Brightly, Grace Glueck
TELEVISION COVERAGE:
Cablevision of Connecticut
Carousel with Jerry Laird
Cable Feed from Russell Senate Rotunda, Interview with Senator Lieberman
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
MD Anderson, Houston, TX
Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT
Agnes Gund, President of the Board of Directors, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Phoenix Insurance Company Conference Center, Avon, CT
The General Electric Corporation, Fairfield, CT
Prudential Bache Securities, NY
Mr Kent Logan, Los Angeles, CA
Tully Center, Stamford Health Systems, Inc.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Dana Tyler, Channel 2 News Anchor, Stamford, CT
Vertrue Corporation, Norwalk, CT
LIBRARY COLLECTIONS “ON FIRE, POEM AND PAINTINGS”
Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Ill.
National Museum of Women in the Arts Library, Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Art, Architecture and Planning
Hunter College Graduate School, New York City, Master of Fine Arts Degree
© Francine Funke, 2024