Francesca "Frahn" Koerner
Biography
Born in New Orleans, LA
Lives and works in New Orleans, LA
Education
University of New Orleans, Master of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA 1997
Tulane University, Newcomb College, Bachelor of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA 1978
University of New Orleans, Photoshop, New Orleans, LA 1998
Anderson Ranch, Sabina Ott Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado 1995
Tulane University, Dr. Paul Peck of Edinburgh Scotland, Medical Illustration Workshop, 1975
Selected Exhibitions
2009
ArtVenture, Louisiana ArtWorks, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana ArtWorks Flat File, Louisiana ArtWorks, New Orleans, LA
Postcards from CAC, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
HxWxD: UNO Alumni Show, UNO St. Claude
Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008
1st Annual ARTVOICES Group Exhibition, Taller Duende Art Center, Terrance Sanders Curator, Miami, FL
ArtVenture, Louisiana ArtWorks, New Orleans, LA
The St. Claude Collective, a satellite exhibition of Prospect.1 New Orleans 2008, Universal Furniture Building,
a Prospect.1 Biennial site, Andy Antippas curator, New Orleans, LA
eBay Auction, "Looking Up-green," May 30
Forty from New Orleans, Synovate & Arts Council of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
The Apostolic Project, ArtInAction, 725 Forstall Street, Holy Cross, New Orleans, LA
2007
Southern Open 2007, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Dr. Jerry Cullum [Senior Editor, Art
Papers] Juror, Lafayette, LA
Painting Lines: Contemporary Abstract Painting, Collins C. Dibboll Art Gallery,
Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
2006
Intersection, l'art Noir, New Orleans ByWater, LA
SURGE: New Orleans on High Ground, The Brooklyn Lyceum, Brooklyn, NY
Color, Space 301, Mobile, AL
Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
Santa Fe Art Institute, 2006, Santa Fe, New Mexico
New Orleans Artists in Exile, AW/OB, Hapeville, GA
Persephone's Spring: Return from Exile, Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2005
Fourth Annual State Home Showcase of Art, Louisiana Governor's Mansion, Roger
Ogden Juror, Baton Rouge, LA
LASM, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
Postcards to the CAC, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2004
Fourth Annual State Home Showcase of Art, Louisiana Governor's Mansion, Roger
Ogden Juror, Baton Rouge, LA
Artist Exchange, Galerie Im Andechshof, Innsbruck, Austria
Postcards to the CAC, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Art Stream Trailer and Virtual Gallery, Bob Tannen & Jean Nathan, New Orleans, LA
Paintings, Dixon and Dixon, Atlanta, GA
Carnival, Bockman Design, New Orleans, LA
2003
Sweet Arts Ball. Installation with Blake Boyd and Lory Lockwood, Contemporary Arts
Center, New Orleans, LA
2002
Digital Louisiana, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, David S. Rubin, Curator
2001
Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea; Fortezza de Basso,
Citta' di Firenze, David S. Rubin, Curator, [Florence], Italy
Black and white Show, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2000
Symbolic Abstraction, New Paintings, Solo Show, Art for Arts Sake, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery,
New Orleans, LA
Art in Bloom, Installation, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Inside Outside, Governor French Gallery, O Fallon, IL
1999
Southeastern Triennial, James Rondeau Curator, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Painting, Sculpture and Poetry, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Beyond Paradise, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Red Room, New Orleans, LA
Lived In, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1998
Paintings and Glass, with James Vella, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Purchase, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
New American Paintings, pp. 62-63, Wellesley, MA, John Ravenal, Curator
The Force of Continuity, Faculty Show, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Dishman Competition, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, James Yood, Curator
1997
Painting as Allegory, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Entergy Louisiana Open, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Sex Sells, Erotic Art Show, 511 Gallery, New Orleans, LA
A Study in Narcissism, 511 Gallery, New Orleans, LA
511 Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Best of University of New Orleans, Shooting Star Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Juke Box, Metro 10, Cox Communications TV, New Orleans, LA
1978
Newcomb Women Artists Show: Past, Present, and Future, Tulane University,
New Orleans, LA
Fine Art Interviews / Lectures / Honors:
2009
Creative Capital Professional Development Program,
Louisiana Division of the Arts,
stipend included, Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Artworks Studio Residency,
sponsored by the Ford Foundation,
June 15, 2008-May 31, 2009, New Orleans, LA
2008
Louisiana Artworks Studio Residency,
sponsored by the Ford Foundation,
June 15, 2008-May 31, 2009, New Orleans, LA
2006
Artist Residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Pollock-Krasner Stipend, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa FE, NM
Santa Fe Radio Café-Live Interview with Mary-Charlotte Domandi, Santa Fe Public Radio,
KSFR 90.7 FM, Santa Fe, NM
2005
Panel Discussion, "Life after Art School," Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2001
Awarded Residency at Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria
5th Premio Lorenzo al Magnifico in Painting, Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte
Contemporanea, Fortezza de Basso, Citta' di Firenze, Italy
2000
See the Art, Artist Led Gallery Walk Through, October 21, New Orleans, LA
1999
Art Speak IV, a monthly series of Artist-led discussions, September 1, Contemporary
Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1995
Project to Document the Lives of Newcomb Educated Artists. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Public Collections
David W. Streets, Los Angeles, CA
Dorian Bennett, New Orleans, LA
Dr. Michael Moses, New Orleans, LA
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Louisiana Governor's Mansion, Baton Rouge, LA
Semolina's Restaurant, New Orleans, LA
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis Cohen, Philadelphia, PA
Law Offices of Guarisco, Weiler & Cordes, New Orleans, LA
Bibliography
H x W x D - Thirty Years of MFA at UNO, Department of Fine Arts, College of Liberal Arts, University of New Orleans,
essay by
D. Karl Volkmar, 2009, photo.
The St. Claude Collective,
a Prospect.1 Biennial Satellite Exhibition, Andy Antippas
Curator, New Orleans, LA,
online review by Dave Hood, 2009.
A Narrative of Emotions, Simonette Berry, Louisiana Homes and Gardens, pp.7, 36-38, July 2008, photos.
ArtWorks coming to life, Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, June 14, 2008
Apostolic New Orleans, Adam Elenbaas, Reality Sandwich, 7.09.2008, photo, ongoing.
The Apostolic Project on YouTube, YouTube, video, 2008, ongoing.
The Apostolic Project: Representing disaster and survival with thousands of paper ships, Meri Clark, ARTVOICES,
New Orleans, LA, June, 2008, photo.
Apostolic Project flooded with symbolism, Doug MacCash, Lagniappe, The Times-Picayune,
New Orleans, LA, April 12, 2008 photo
Rising with the Tide, Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, New Orleans, LA, April 17, 2008, ongoing, photos and video online
Southern Open 2007, Dr. Jerry Cullum [Senior Editor, Art Papers] Juror, The Acadiana Center for the Arts, catalogue,
Lafayette, LA, photos.
Living Color, Thomas B. Harrison, The Press-Register, Mobile, AL, July 9, 2006
Word on the Street, Susan Larson, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, June 24, 2006
Santa Fe Radio Café, Mary-Charlotte Domandi, KSFR 90.7 FM, Santa Fe Public Radio, Santa Fe, NM, May 2006
Intersection/New Orleans, p. 22, Press Street, New Orleans Bywater, LA, 2006, photo.
Displaced artists retaking their place, Elizabeth Cook-Romero, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Pasatiempo, pp. 46-47.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 19-25, 2006, photo.
La Louisiana, cette autre Amerique, Leif Blanc, L'arte de Voyager, p. 61, Paris, France, Fevrier-Mars 2004, photo.
Digital Dexterity, Eric D. Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, May 7, 2002
Digital Louisiana, David S. Rubin, [catalogue] Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 2002, photo.
Painting with Pixels, Doug MacCash, Times-Picayune, pp. 22-26, New Orleans, LA April 5, 2002, photo.
Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea; Pasquale Celona, [catalogue] pp345, Florence, Italy, 2001, photo.
Artful Dining, Kandace Power Graves, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA January 16, 2001, photo.
Four Abstractionists, Marian McLellan, The New Orleans Art Review, November/December 2000
inside art, Eric D. Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, October 10, 2000, photo.
Sure Things, Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, October 6, 2000
Fresh Paint, Jonathan Ferrara, Visitor, New Orleans, LA, pp. 28-29, August 2000
Lively new talent at No Dead Artists, Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, April 14, 2000, photo.
Who's Who in the World-Millennium Edition, A.N. Marquis, New Providence, NJ, 2000
Health Plan gets Boost with Auction, Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, June 1999, photo.
Lived-In Installation, Eric D. Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, Vol. 20, #37, September 17, 1999, photo.
Southeastern Triennial, James Rondeau, [catalogue] Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, July 23-Sept 12, 1999
Random Objects, Modern Geometry, Eric D. Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, May 11, 1999
New American Paintings, John Ravenal, pp. 62-63, Wellesley, MA 1998
Entergy Louisiana Open, Marti Mayo, [catalog] Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 1997, photo.
Project to Document the Lives of Newcomb Educated Artists, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1995
Academic Experience
Adjunct Professor, Beginning Drawing, 1998
Tulane University, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Adjunct Professor, Two Dimensional Fundamentals, 1997
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Graduate Instructor, Introduction to Drawing, 1997
Graduate Assistant, Art Appreciation, 1995 and 1996
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Juror, 1995, 2003
Tulane University, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Selected Public & Private Collections
Dorian Bennett, New Orleans, LA
Dr. Michael Moses, New Orleans, LA
Leif Husom, Norway
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Tommy Coleman, New Orleans, LA
Wolfgang and Jana Falch, Innsbruck, Austria
Marcia E. Vetrocq, New York, N.Y.
Steve Quarls, New Orleans, LA
Semolina's Restaurant, New Orleans, LA
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Eve Otten, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jim Scott, Falkirk, Scotland
Dr. J. Coller Ochsner, New Orleans, LA
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis Cohen, PA
Law Offices of Guarisco, Weiler & Cordes, New Orleans, LA
Kriss and Kenny Morrison, New Orleans, LA
Marina P. Simoneaux, New Orleans, LA
Georgina O. Callan, New Orleans, LA
Bonita and Matthew Day, New Orleans, LA
Dr. and Mrs. David Dugger, Gautier, MS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foster, Chicago, IL
Steve Martin, New Orleans, LA
Maxx Sizeler, New Orleans, LA
Margaret Stewart, New Orleans, LA
Dr. Jean Cohen, New Orleans, LA
Drs. Chris Arcenaux and Amy Glick, New Orleans, LA
Huntly B. Fairchild, Jr., New Orleans, LA
Mike and Amy McKim, Covington, LA
Rian Keranne, Denver, CO
Linda Jillson, Miama, FL
Dr. S. Von Breton, CO
Dan and Noelle Rosen, New Orleans, LA
Miles Trapolin, New Orleans, LA
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Juneau, New Orleans, LA
Dr. Paul Parks, New Orleans, LA
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Haydel, New Orleans, LA
Donald and Judy Brown, Surfside, CA
Christene and Coleman Kuhn, New Orleans, LA
John Downen, New Orleans, LA
S. M. Hahn, New Orleans, LA
Cindy R. Schoenberger, New Orleans, LA
Mrs. Patricia Brinson, New Orleans, LA
Julie Meyers, New Orleans, LA
David Torkonownsky, New Orleans, LA
Jimmy Ford, New Orleans, LA
Mary C. Davis, San Diego, CA
Willem Young, San Diego, CA
Carol Wren, New Orleans, LA
Robin Von Breton, Berkley, CA
Simonne Fischer, New Orleans, LA
Adam Bold, Kansas City, KA
Marianne Antoine, Los Angeles, CA
Jan Suttkus, Atlanta, GA
Jim Perrrier, New Orleans, LA
Jean McCurdy Meade, New Orleans, LA
Michael Mckey, New Orleans, LA
Maggie Batt, Clearwater, FL
Marie Lamb, New Orleans, LA