RESUME
FRAHN KOERNER
BIOGRAPHY
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana
EDUCATION
University of New Orleans, Master of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA 1997
Tulane University, Newcomb College, Bachelor of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 upcoming
2025 Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Curated by Daniel S. Palmer
Chief Curator at SCAD Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Summer Contemporary, FELT/LSU School of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
CIRCE: An Exploration of Myth, Meaning, and Discourse. Intersecting Representation and
Abstraction, Smith Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
On Display: A 21st Century Salon des Refusés, Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Parts Unknown III, Staple Goods Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2024
Flavio Dolce Art Projects, Easel of Emotions, New Orleans, LA
2022
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 2022 Louisiana Contemporary, Curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver [Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of
Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art], New Orleans, LA
Meridian Museum of Art, 48th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Curated by Ronna S. Harris [Associate Professor: Newcomb Art Department,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA], Meridian MS
Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University, Artists Respond: Post-Roe Louisiana, Curated by: Dr. Clare Daniel, Newcomb
Institute; Dr. Maurita Poole, Newcomb Art Museum; Laura Richens, Newcomb Art Department, New Orleans, LA
2021
Contemporary Arts Center, Behind Every Beautiful Thing: Encountering Bodies, Wrestling the Human Condition, Artist’s page, Gulf South Open
Call, New Orleans, LA
Studio Waveland + Gallery, FORM. COLOR. Works of 13 Artists, Waveland, MS
2020
Arthur Roger Gallery, Art in the Time of Empathy, Group show, New Orleans, LA
Torrance Art Museum, Hobson’s Choice Week 7, Frahn Koerner, 36 New Cases in New Orleans, May 16, 2020, an online exhibition project
created from open-sourced content, Los Angeles, CA
Progressive Arkansas Women, Naming Our Women [NOW], An online juried exhibition project, slides #347 [Where Do We Go from Here?] and
#362 [Up in the Clouds], Little Rock, Arkansas
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, Annual Miniature Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
2018
Second Story Gallery, 30 New Orleans Artists, New Orleans, LA
Studio Waveland, Vibrense, Group show, Waveland, MS
Survivor Story Showcase, Curated by Lauren Hind, Hosted by New Orleans Family Justice Center, Group show, Café Istanbul, New Orleans, LA
2017
Expedition Christmas Flood 1717, 16 International artists on the power of water, Vestiges: Trinitas group from New Orleans, Pieterburen,
Netherlands
New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation, RESPONSE 2017-Artists in The Park, New Orleans, LA
#Nasty Women Everywhere, Artistic rebellion for women’s rights, online group show
Boyd Satellite, megalomania five, the legend continues, New Orleans, LA
2016
University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery, the scales fell from her eyes, Solo Show, New Orleans, LA
Contemporary Arts Center, “A Building With A View”: Experiments in Anarchitecture, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 20th Annual Miniature Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
Marigny Opera House, Mystery Sonatas, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Art Center, La Femme, New Orleans, LA
2016 – 2015
Montgomery College Rockville Gallery, Surviving the Storm: Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later, Rockville, MD
2015
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, Annual Miniature Exhibition 2015, New Orleans, LA
Boyd Satellite, Megalomania three, the legend continues, New Orleans, LA
2014 – 2015
New Orleans Museum of Art, Reparation: Contemporary Artists from New Orleans P.3+ Prospect 3. Satellite Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
Frahn Koerner Studio, P.3+ Prospect 3. Satellite Exhibition, Solo Show, New Orleans, LA
urban sidewalk installation space - US/IS, VESTIGES/trinitas, P.3+ Prospect 3. Satellite Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
2014
Arts Council of New Orleans, City of New Orleans Percent for Art Permanent Collection, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, Annual Miniature Exhibition 2014, New Orleans, LA
Boyd Satellite, megalomania two. the legend continues, New Orleans, LA
2012
Antenna Gallery, Everything All at Once, Orleans, LA
Contemporary Arts Center, NOLA NOW, Part II, Landscapes, Seascapes & Cityscapes, New Orleans, LA
urban sidewalk installation space - US/IS, VESTIGES/trinitas, New Orleans, LA
Billboard Art Project, Color Shift, Atlanta, GA
2011 - 2012
Prospect.2 Satellite Exhibition, Frahn Koerner Studio, Open Studio with Guest artist Mary Jane Parker, New Orleans, LA 2011-2012
2011
Billboard Art Project, San Bernardino, CA
Rebecca Bryan Gallery - Coastal Carolina University, VESTIGES/trinitas, Conway, SC
2010
Wiregrass Museum of Art, 2010 Biennial Exhibition, Dothan, AL
Tulane University Carroll Gallery, Adjuncts +1, New Orleans, LA
2009
Contemporary Arts Center, Postcards from CAC, New Orleans, LA
UNO St. Claude Gallery, HxWxD: Thirty Years of MFA at UNO, New Orleans, LA
2009 – 2008
Prospect.1 Biennial Satellite Exhibition, Louisiana ArtWorks, New Orleans, LA
Prospect.1 Biennial Satellite Exhibition, The St. Claude Collective, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana ArtWorks, Studio Residency Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
2008
Taller Duende Art Center, 1st Annual ARTVOICES Group Exhibition, Miami, FL
Arts Council of New Orleans & Synovate, Forty from New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
The Apostolic Project, ArtInAction, Collaborative Installation, 9th Ward, New Orleans, LA
2007
Acadiana Center for the Arts, Southern Open 2007, Lafayette, LA
Loyola University Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, Painting Lines: Contemporary Abstract Painting, New Orleans, LA
2006
L'Art Noir, Intersection, New Orleans, ByWater, LA
The Brooklyn Lyceum, SURGE: New Orleans on High Ground, Brooklyn, NY
Space 301, Color, Mobile, AL
Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
Santa Fe Art Institute, 2006, Santa Fe, New Mexico
AW/OB Hapeville Gallery, New Orleans Artists in Exile, Jonathan Ferrara curator, GA
Carroll Gallery Tulane University, Persephone’s Spring: Return from Exile, New Orleans, LA
2005
Contemporary Arts Center, Postcards to the CAC, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Governor’s Mansion, Fourth Annual State Home Showcase of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2004
Galerie Im Andechshof, Artist Exchange, Innsbruck, Austria
Contemporary Arts Center, Postcards to the CAC, New Orleans, LA
Art Stream Trailer and Virtual Gallery, Jeanne Nathan and Bob Tannen, New Orleans, La.
2003
Contemporary Arts Center, Sweet Arts Ball, Installation with Blake Boyd & Lory Lockwood, New Orleans, LA
2002
Contemporary Arts Center, Digital Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
2001
Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea; Fortezza de Basso, Citta’ di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Black and White Show, New Orleans, LA
2000
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Symbolic Abstraction, New Paintings, Solo Show, New Orleans,LA
New Orleans Museum of Art, Art in Bloom, Installation and Collaboration with Robert Metric, New Orleans, LA
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, No Dead Artists, New Orleans, LA
Governor French Gallery, New Orleans Inside Outside, O’Fallon, IL
1999
Mobile Museum of Art, Southeastern Triennial, Mobile, AL
Contemporary Arts Center, Crystal Trio: Painting, Sculpture and Poetry - Frahn Koerner, Gina Laguna and Bill Meyers, New Orleans, LA
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, No Dead Artists, New Orleans, LA
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Lived In, New Orleans, LA
1998
Lamar University Gallery, Dishman Competition, Beaumont, TX
Contemporary Arts Center, Louisiana Purchase, New Orleans, LA
New American Paintings, pp. 62-63, Wellesley, MA
Tulane University Faculty Show, The Force of Continuity, New Orleans, LA
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Paintings and Glass – Frahn Koerner and James Vella, New Orleans, LA
1997
Contemporary Arts Center, Entergy Louisiana Open, New Orleans, LA
511 Gallery, A Study in Narcissism, New Orleans, LA
511 Gallery, Sex Sell: Erotic Art Show, New Orleans, LA
Shooting Star Gallery, Best of University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
University of New Orleans, Painting as Allegory, New Orleans, LA
1978
Tulane University Gallery, Newcomb Women Artists: Past, Present and Future, New Orleans, LA
FINE ART AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / LECTURES / HONORS
2023
Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, Purchase of “Unwavering Fervor” into the Permanent Collection, New Orleans, LA
CULTURALYST, chosen as one of their featured artists and culture bearers to be shown across New Orleans during Jazz Fest 2023, Sam Bowler,
New Orleans, LA
2022
Meridian Museum of Art, 48th Annual Bi-State Art Competition Highest Achievement Award, Meridian, MS
2021
Contemporary Arts Center, StudioV Virtual Studio Tour with Frahn Koerner [<- see it here] with David W. Robinson-Morris, Ph.D., curator of
"Behind Every Beautiful Thing: Encountering Bodies, Wrestling the Human Condition," New Orleans, LA
2018
Tulane University, Women Making Waves 2018, Slideshow, Lecture and panel discussion with Jacqueline Bishop and Monica, Ramirez-
Monteguet, “Artistic Expressions of Resiliency,” New Orleans, LA
2017
Historic New Orleans Collection, Gift into the Permanent Collection of These Ritual Visions Paper Boats, by Patricia Friedman, New
Orleans, LA
Downriver Festival New Orleans, Panel Discussion "Color Dat! New Orleans Chromatics" with Environmental Scientist Amy Lesson and
Plum Street Snowball founder Donna Black; hosted by author Rebecca Snedeker, Old U.S. Mint, New Orleans, LA
2014
City of New Orleans Permanent Collection, Purchase Juried by Percent for Art jury - administered by the Arts Council, New Orleans, LA
2010
Southern Artistry, "an online resource showcasing the South’s artistic diversity and excellence by spotlighting outstanding artists living
and working in the region," site is no longer active.
2009
Creative Capital Professional Development Retreat, Workshop, Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Division of the Arts, Honorarium, Baton Rouge, LA
2009 - 2008
Louisiana Artworks Studio Residency, Studio sponsored by the Ford Foundation June 15, 2008-June 10, 2009, New Orleans, LA
2006
Artist Residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Pollock-Krasner Stipend, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa FE, NM
Santa Fe Radio Café Live Interview, Mary Charlotte, Public Radio, KSFR 90.7 FM, Santa Fe, NM
Special Recognition given by Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Participation in the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion Foundation Home
Showcase of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2005
Montserrat College of Art, Panel Discussion “Life after Art School,” Beverly MA
2001
Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, 5th Premio Lorenzo al Magnifico in Painting, Fortezza de Basso, Citta’ di Firenze, Italy
Kunstlerhaus Buchenhausen, Awarded Residency, Innsbruck, Austria
2000
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, See the Art, Artist Led Gallery Walk Through, New Orleans, LA
1999
Contemporary Arts Center, Art Speak IV, monthly series of Artist-led discussions, New Orleans, LA
1995
Tulane University, Project to Document the Lives of Newcomb Educated Artists, taped interview, New Orleans, LA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Louisiana Contemporary 2022, Valerie Cassel Oliver curator, [catalog] Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, photo.
Anna Mecugni, “Coping with Covid: Art in and about a Pandemic,” a Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities “Daring Discussions” lecture, New
Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans, May 20, 2022, 3 photos. Excerpt of lecture.
2021
The Problems, Consequences and Solutions of Corporate Negligence, an article by Summer Wyatt-Buchan in The Sundial features “Before
the Dawn” in their NEWS section,12/23/2021 Edition III, London, UK, photo.
Behind Every Beautiful Thing: Encountering Bodies, Wrestling the Human Condition, David W. Robinson-Morris, Ph.D., [catalog], Contemporary
Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, cover photo & p.3 photo.
2020
Art in the Time of Empathy, Stephen Hawkins, Arthur Roger Gallery, online press release,10/3/2020, artist mention.
Together, Sylvie Contiguglia for Art E -Walk, online article, 10/30/2020, artist mention.
2019
Very Local New Orleans – Weird Homes Tour, Matthew Hinton, online article, 11/18/2019, photo.
2016
Pelican Bomb, Exhibition Pick: Maxx Sizeler and Frahn Koerner, Benjamin Morris, Pelican Bomb online review, 5/2/ 2016
Artists in their own words: Francesca “Frahn” Koerner, Kelley Crawford, NolaVie, 6/3/2016, photo.
Steven Forster’s Party Central: Koerner, Sizeler at UNO-St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans Advocate, 5/24/2016
Marigny Opera House presents eccentric ‘Mystery Sonatas,’ Times Picayune, 2016/3/24
Women artists celebrated in ‘La Femme’ exhibition at the New Orleans Art Center, Sarah Bonnette, Blog.nola.com, Times Picayune,
3/17/2016, photo.
2015
Reparation: Contemporary Artists from New Orleans Luciano Benetton, Imago Mundi, Collection edition in two languages, 2015, photo.
2014
Exploring Prospect.3 in Uptown and Carrollton, April Siese nola.curbed.com, 11/14/2014
2011
Hidden Gems in the Black Pearl, Benjamin Morris, Uptown Messenger, 12/24/2011, New Orleans, LA
2009
Trentennial: MFA at UNO, Karl f. Volkmar, The New Orleans Art Review, May/June/July 2009, New Orleans, LA 2009, photo.
H x W x D - Thirty Years of MFA at UNO, Karl Volkmar, University of New Orleans, 2009, photo.
The Apostolic Project Vimeo Video Documentation, Steve Wolfram on Vimeo, 2009, video.
2008
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, 6/14/2008
Apostolic New Orleans, Adam Elenbaas, Reality Sandwich, 7/09/2008, photo.
The Apostolic Project on YouTube, Francesca Koerner, YouTube, 2008, video.
The Apostolic Project: Representing disaster and survival with thousands of paper ships, Meri Clark AKA Natalie Sciortino Rinehart,
ARTVOICES, New Orleans, LA, June, 2008, photo.
Apostolic Project flooded with symbolism, Doug MacCash, Lagniappe, Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, April 12, 2008 photo.
Rising with the Tide, Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, New Orleans, LA, 4/17/2008, photos and video.
2007
Southern Open 2007, Dr. Jerry Cullum [Senior Editor, Art Papers] Juror, The Acadiana Center for the Arts, catalogue, Lafayette, LA,
photos.
2006
Living Color, Thomas B. Harrison, The Press-Register, Mobile, AL, 7/9/2006
Santa Fe Radio Café, Mary-Charlotte Domandi, KSFR 90.7 FM, Santa Fe Public Radio, Live interview, 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.
2004
La Louisiana, cette autre Amerique, Leif Blanc, L’arte de Voyager, p. 61, Paris, France, Fevrier-Mars 2004, photo.
2002
Digital Louisiana, David S. Rubin, [catalogue] Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 2002, photo.
Digital Dexterity, Eric D. Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2002
Digital Analogies, Karl F. Volkmar, New Orleans Art Review, pp 4-5, New Orleans, LA, May/June, 2002, vol. 19, no 5.
Painting with Pixels, Doug MacCash, Times Picayune, pp. 22-26, New Orleans, LA 4/5/2002, photo.
2001
Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Pasquale Celona, Florence Biennale [catalogue] pp345, Florence, Italy, 2001, photo.
2000
Four Abstractionists, Marian McLellan, The New Orleans Art Review, November/December 2000
inside art, Eric D. Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, 10/10/2000, photo.
Sure Things, Doug MacCash, Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, 10/6/2000
Fresh Paint, Jonathan Ferrara, Visitor, New Orleans, LA, pp. 28-29, August 2000, photos.
Lively new talent at No Dead Artists, Doug MacCash, Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, 4/14/2000, photo.
1999
Lived-In Installation, Eric D. Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, Vol. 20, #37, 9/17/1999, 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, Vol. 20, #19, 5/11/1999, photo.
Going Within, Eric D. Bookhardt, Best of New Orleans, Inside Art, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, Vol. 20, #37, 9/14/1999, photo.
1998
New American Paintings, John Ravenal, pp. 62-63, Wellesley, MA 1998, photos.
1997
Entergy Louisiana Open, Marti Mayo, [catalog] Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 1997, photo.
1995
Project to Document the Lives of Newcomb Educated Artists, Tulane University, Newcomb Archives, Memi Miscally, New Orleans, LA,
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, 2023, Permanent Collection, New Orleans, LA
Historic New Orleans Collection, 2017, gift of Patricia Friedman into Permanent Collection, New Orleans, LA
City of New Orleans Permanent Collection, 2013, administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans, LA
Capital One Financial Services, Campus Building 6, 2013, Plano, TX
Louisiana Governor’s Mansion, 2004-2006, Baton Rouge, LA
Semolina’s Restaurant, 2005 pre-Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis Cohen, Philadelphia, PA
Law Offices of Guarisco, Weiler & Cordes, New Orleans, LA
ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
2012 - 2010
Adjunct Professor “BEGINNING DRAWING,” Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2006 - 1998
Visual Arts Evaluator for Louisiana State Talented Arts Program
1998
Adjunct Professor “BEGINNING DRAWING,” Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Adjunct Professor “INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING,” University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
1997
Adjunct Professor “TWO DIMENSIONAL FUNDAMENTALS,” University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Graduate Instructor “INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING,” University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
1995
Graduate Assistant “ART APPRECIATION,” University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Juror for Tulane University Spring Arts Festival, New Orleans, LA
1994
Graduate Assistant “ART APPRECIATION,” University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA