JENNY FRANKLIN (b.1949) PAINTINGS FROM AN ITINERANT LIFE
Thursday 8th November – Saturday 8th December 2007
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Flora: Beginnings, Hyères, Spring 2007, watercolour, 26 x 37½ ins (66 x 95 cms)
First Flower, 2007, oil on linen, 41他 x 63他 ins (106 x 162 cms)
Stone Rites: Rift II, Australia 2007, watercolour, 18 x 20 ins (46 x 51 cms)
Interim: Stone Flower, 2004-7, oil on linen, 46 x 70 ins (117 x 178 cms)
Spring Sweet Pea, Hyères, 2007, watercolour, 16½ x 21¼ ins (42 x 54 cms)
Petal/ Wing, Hyères, Spring 2007, watercolour, 29½ x 43 ins (75 x 109 cms)
Cactus Garden, Hyères, 2006, watercolour, 14½ x 20 ins (37 x 51 cms)
Spring-Green, Cellular, 1998-2004, oil on linen, 42Âź x 72 ins (107 x 183 cms)
Façade I (Strata), Hyères, 2007, watercolour, 9 x 9 ins (23 x 23 cms)
Façade II (Wrought Iron), Hyères, 2007, watercolour, 9 x 9 ins (23 x 23 cms)
Façade III (Graffiti-Bird), Hyères, 2007, watercolour, 9 x 9 ins (23 x 23 cms)
Stone Cloud / Wrought Iron, 2006, watercolour, 11他 x 11他 ins (29.5 x 29.5 cms)
Two Studies, Parc Bernard, 2006, watercolour, 7½ x 10½ ins (19 x 17 cms) and 9 x 9 ins (23 x 23 cms)
Flotsam and Jetsam, Australia 2006, watercolour, 13Ÿ x 9½ ins (33.5 x 24 cms)
Scribble Bark: Knot, Australia 2006, watercolour, 11½ x 11½ ins (29 x 29 cms)
Littoral, Hyères, 2006, watercolour, 15½ x 20 ins (39.5 x 51 cms)
Les Baies II, Autumn 2006, watercolour, 8 x 8 ins (20 x 20 cms)
BIOGRAPHY 1949
1967-70 1971-72 1975 1979 1979-80 1986-88 1988-89 1983-07 2002-07
Born in Durban University of Natal, BAFA University of Natal, Post Graduate Honours Degree University of Cape Town, University Education Diploma Settled in London Goldsmiths’ College, London, Post-Graduate Diploma in Art and Design Royal College of Art, London (MA painting) British School at Rome Painting trips to Greece, Egypt, Italy, Istanbul, Australia, USA, Beijing, France, Thailand, India, Hong Kong, Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, Malaysia, Morocco, Argentina Painting at Les Écuries, Hyères
AWARDS/COMMISSIONS 1987 1988 1994 2005
Basil H. Alkazzi Travel Scholarship to Greece Rome Scholarship in Painting Commission for a 10m painting for the Prudential PLC Commission for Mo Teitelbaum (‘Les Chaises Mategot’)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1989 1989 1991 (Jan) 1991 (Oct) 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998, 2001 2004
Artist of the Day (Selected by Jennifer Durrant) Flowers East, London Creaser Gallery, London Anne Berthoud Gallery, London Crane Gallery, London Gallery 7, Hong Kong Crane Kalman Gallery, London Doncaster Museum, England Crane Kalman Gallery London Aldeburgh Festival, England Crane Kalman Gallery, London Crane Kalman Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1982 1983-84-90 1987
‘British Drawing’, Hayward Gallery, London Sainsbury’s ‘Images for Today’, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield and National Tour Contemporary British Watercolours, Bankside Gallery, London The Leicestershire Exhibition The London Group Show, Royal College of Art and touring Artists who studied with Peter de Francia, Camden Art Centre Cleveland (UK) 8th International Drawing Biennale The Day Book Picture Show, Smith’s Galleries, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued 1988
Current Work, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, London ‘A foot in Every Direction’, Creaser Gallery ‘The London Influence’, Slaughterhouse Gallery, London 1988, 89, 90 Contemporary Art Society Market, London 1989 ‘Mostra 1989’ the British School at Rome The London Group Show, Royal College of Art, London 1990 Rome Scholars 1980-1990, London Group Show, Midlands Contemporary Arts ‘In celebration of Colour’, Moving Gallery at the Slaughter House ICAF Olympia & Cologone 1991-02 Islington (Art Fair) 1992 ARCO Madrid (Anne Berthoud Gallery) Whitechapel Open Studios 1992-02 FIAC Paris (Crane Kalman Gallery) 1992 Design Art, Dubai 1992 ‘Water COLOUR’, Curwen Gallery, London 1993-95, 2006-7 The Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition, London 1994 ‘Abstractions’ Art First, London 1995 The London Group Biennale 1995/6 Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art 1996 Glasgow Art Fair (Davies & Tooth) 1996-07 British Art Fair, London COLLECTIONS Leicestershire Educational Art Collection; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Prudential Corporation PLC, London European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, London (Private Collection); Art FX Ltd, London Global Art Ltd, Switzerland; And private collections in England, USA, Germany, France, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Robert Clark, Arts Guardian (1988); Michael field, Star (1988); Peter de Francia, Cat. "Current Work:, Graves Art Gallery (1988); Maria Vaizey, Sunday Times (1988); Andrew Lambirth, The Artist (1988); Lynne Cooke, Cat. "Mostra 1988" British School at Rome: Enzo Bilardello, Corriera Della Sera, Rome (1988); Maria Dvojkovic, Openings, Rome (1989); Emmanuel Cooper, Time Out (No. 1002 1989); Andrew Hughes, Arts Review (Vol. XL1 No. 22 1989); Mary-Rose Beaumont, Arts Review (Vol XlIII No. 2); Sister Wendy Beckett, Galleries (Oct 91); Christopher Andrae, Christian Science Monitor (9 Mar 1992); Mary Rose Beaumont, Arts Review (Vol ); Heather Waddell, Artline (Winter 91/92); Giles Auty, Spectator (12 Oct 92); Nigel Cameron, South China Morning Post (8 Dec 92) Artention (No. 30, Nov 1992); South African Times (Oct 93); Art Review (Oct 93); Spectator (April 95) RADIO & TV Seven Young Artists, BBC2 TV, 1988 Radio Today, Hong Kong, Nov 1992