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Education
California State University, Long Beach, Bachelor of Arts, 1981
Francene Christianson’s career in advertising and graphic design includes art direction for several creative agencies in New York and Los Angeles. In 2005, she returned to fine art. Her figures, landscapes, and commissioned works have appeared and sold in galleries from San Francisco to New Orleans and the Twin Cities to Dallas, and her paintings have been placed in private collections across the country.
2017 Life’s Landscape, The Commons, Excelsior, MN
2013 We Whizzed Past Twinkling Sun and Lollipop Smiles, Larson Art Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2013 Common Ground, The Commons, Excelsior, MN
2011 Traveling Through Passing Views, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2009 Passing Views, Memories of the Road, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
Selected Small Group Exhibitions
2020 Immerse, Three-Person Exhibit,The Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2016 Fluid Forms, Two-Person Exhibit, The Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2013 Reflections, Two-Person Exhibit, Gallery One at TractorWorks, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Stimulus Visual, Two-Person Exhibit, CorAzon, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 The Artful Present, Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Fall Open Studios, California Building, Minneapolis, MN
2024 California Dreamin’, California Building, Minneapolis, MN
2023 Women in Art: Great Artists Who Just Happen To Be Women, Chloe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Chloe Gallery Kickoff Group Show
2022 Women in Art: Great Artists Who Just Happen To Be Women, Chloe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Confidential, The Tin District, Dallas, TX
2022 Group Gallery Show, Gallery 360
2021 Connect. Our response to the year, 516 Bedford Studios, Dallas, TX
2021 Medallion, Exposition Gallery, Dallas, TX
2021 Group Gallery Show, Gallery 360
2020 California Dreaming Virtual, 10th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
2020 Open Studios, The Tin District, Dallas, TX
2019 Roadside USA, i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZ
2019 Summer Showcase Exhibit, Art Force, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Group Gallery Show, Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Fall Open Studios, Continental Gin Building, Dallas, TX
2018 Spring Open Studios, Continental Gin Building, Dallas, TX
2017 Fall Open Studios, Continental Gin Building, Dallas, TX
2016 An Exhibition of New Work by Gallery Artists, Doug Flanders and Associates, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Wintertide: Juried Biennial Exhibit, curated by Northeast Minneapolis Artists Association,
Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)
2015 The Art of the Garden, Juried Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
2015 15 Years! A Figurative Exhibition, Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN
2014 The Grand Bazaar, The Grand Hand, Napa, CA
2014 Juried Figure Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
2014 Art-A-Whirl, Open Studio Tour, Grain Belt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Travelogue: 4 Women Artists, Gallery One at BMW, Minnetonka, MN
2013 Art-A-Whirl, Open Studio Tour, Grain Belt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
2012 It's All Relative, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN,
2012 Art-A-Whirl, Open Studio Tour, Grain Belt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Members Juried Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
2011 Art-A-Whirl, Open Studio Tour, Grain Belt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Foot In The Door 4 Show, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Invitational Landscape Exhibit, The Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2010 Art-A-Whirl, Open Studio Tour, Grain Belt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Members Juried Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
2009 Minneapolis Foundation Juried Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Minnesota Made, Group Gallery Exhibition, The Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2009 Art-A-Whirl, Open Studio Tour, Grain Belt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Art-A-Whirl, WARM Exhibition, Grain Belt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Juried Exhibition, Wilcock Gallery, Excelsior, MN
2008 The Fine Arts Show, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
2008 Members Juried Exhibition, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2007 Members Juried Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
2007 Members Juried Exhibition, Hopkins Center for the Arts Hopkins, MN
Press, Links, Media
January 2020 interview, http://voyagedallas.com/interview/meet-francene-christianson-francene-christianson-west-dallas/
Francene Christianson, 2018 interview at the Dallas Continental Gin Building, https://youtu.be/srU9ZJCb0xE
Lake Minnetonka Magazine, January 2017, Christie Denson, http://lakeminnetonkamag.com/meet-artist-francene-christianson
Mary Abbe Review, Star Tribune January 29, 2015 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/stageandarts
Twin Cities Daily Planet May 19, 2013 http:www.tcdailyplanet.net/blog/patrice/polaroid-moments-post-brady-world
Minnesota Women's Press June 2011 https://www.womenspress.com/past-issues/page/12/
Lake Minnetonka Magazine, December 2010, Pat O’Brien, “Dream Believer, Francene Christianson paints her past into sharp focus”
Minnesota Public Radio http://minnesota.publicradio.org
The Grand Hand Gallery - Francene Christianson
Awards
Honorable Mention, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Student Show, Minnetonka, MN, 2011
Honorable Mention, New Camper, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Members Juried Exhibition, 2010
Best in Show, The Road Trip, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Members Juried Exhibition, 2008
John Caples International Award, 1993
Los Angeles Art Directors Club Award, 1985
Best in the West Award, 1984
New York Art Directors Club Award, 1984
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