PMW GALLERY
AFTER THE RAIN #2 36 X 48"
acrylic on canvas
2010
SEASIDE #2 14 X 11"
acrylic on canvas
2010
SEASIDE #1 14 X 11"
acrylic on canvas
2010
Red Skyline 16 X 20"
acrylic on canvas
2009
Rainforest 38 x 41"
acrylic on canvas
2009
Birch Forest_Winter 22 x 18"
mixed media on paper
2011
Before the Storm 24 x 30"
acrylic on canvas
2010
After the Rain #2 36 x 48"
acrylic on canvas
2010
Central Park Triptych 18 x 57"
acrylic on canvas
2009
BIO
The art of Francine Funke ranges from large mixed media wall pieces and installations, to acrylic paintings on canvas and paper, to original drawings, to 3-dimensional works on paper—and to her Mechanical Botanical and Floral Phenomena Series called “Photographic Combines”.
Her signature pop-up chair sculptures, called “Dimensional Drawings”, were chosen by the legendary, Gene Moore, Director of Tiffany & Company, to be displayed in all five of their windows on
Ms. Funke’s artwork has been exhibited in numerous major museums nationwide. Her installation, “Plumes”, which was part of her prominent "Fire Works" Series traveled to the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Scottsdale Center for the Arts in Scottsdale, Arizona, and the Russell Senate Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, where her exhibition was sponsored by Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut.
Among her
Her paintings have been included in shows at the Aldrich Museum, Parrish Art Museum, Dowling College Art Museum, Hudson River Museum, California State University Art Museum, Discovery Museum, Bruce Museum, The University of Massachusetts, Rutgers University, the Cambridge, MA Multicultural Arts Center,and the Contemporary Art Gallery of Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
Most recently three of her works were chosen by Bill Arning, Curator of MIT’s
Reviews of her exhibitions have appeared in Artnews, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Art Now, Splash Magazine, the Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Times, Art,
Francine’s artwork is in the collections of the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Agnes Gund, Chairperson of the Museum of Modern Art, Dana Tyler, anchor at CBS News, Mr. Kent Logan, The Aldrich Museum, the Phoenix Insurance Company, Prudential Bach Securities, the Tully Health Center in Stamford, CT, the General Electric Corporation, and Vertrue Corporation.
Her book, ON FIRE, poem and paintings, is in the library collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the National Museum of Women in the Arts Library, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Her artwork included in
Francine Funke received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Cornell University School of Art, Architecture, and Planning, and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from HIGHLIGHTS & SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 Flower Power, July, Solo show, Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford, CT 2007 Unveiling of “Cultural Symbols of the Sea” 3-dimensional mural, International School at Rogers Magnet, Stamford, CT 2006 Troy Fine Art, Stamford, CT. “Lost and Found Series” 2001 Stamford Center for the Arts, Rich Forum, “ON FIRE” 1995 Russell Senate Rotunda, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. sponsored by Senator Joseph Lieberman Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York City, SIZZLES 1994 1991 PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT. “Fire Works” 1989 Tiffany and Company’s Windows, Fifth Avenue, NY, “Dimensional Drawings” SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 General Electric Headquarters, Fairfield, CT. "Kaleidoscope: Variance In Views….Empowering You 2010 Botanical Dreams & Nightmares, Gallery of Contemp. Art, Sacred Heart Univ. Curated by Ciynthia Roznoy 2010 Art in Public Spaces: "Reigning Cats and Dogs", Stamford, CT. 2009 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, 20th Anniversary Invitational, Curated by Sophia Geves, Director. 2009 Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 7th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Juror, Lisa Hodermarsky, Yale Univ. 2009 George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Art Connections 5, Curated by Patricia Selden 2008 Pen & Brush Gallery, New York City, "In the News" curated by Morley Safer of 60 Minutes Faber Birren International Color Exhibition, Stamford, CT. Curated by Nora Rockwell Lawrence, Assist.Curator, MOMA Antares Corporation Headquarters, Irwin Feld Gallery, Stamford, CT. "Under the Influence" 4-person show 2007 Housatonic Museum of Art Juried Show, juror, Bill Arning,,Curator, Our World Gallery at The Stone Studio, Hiousatonic Museum of Art, Lineal Investigations, Curated by Robbin Zeller, Dir. Housatoniic Museum, 3 works selected Farber Birren National Color Award Show, Juried by Gary Carrion-Murayari, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum 2006 The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Vertrue Corporation, Norwalk, CT. Art and Innovation 2005 Westport Arts Center Gallery, Westport, CT “Summer Shorts” Palace Theatre, 2004 Flinn Gallery, 2003 Wilton Art Gallery, Stamford Safari, Art in Public Spaces, Stamford, CT 2001 Art-O-Mobiles, Art in Public Spaces, Stamford, CT 2000 Cow Parade, Art in Public Spaces, Stamford, CT Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT “Forces of Nature” Curated by Ben Ortiz 1996 Anthony Giordano Gallery, 1995 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Juried Exhibitioin Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC 1992 Margaret Lipworth Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 1991 Phyllis Weil & Company, NY, “Trace Elements” 1990 The The 1989 Discovery Gallery, Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, NY, “Artists’ Toys” 1988 California State University Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA “Artquest” 1986 Reynold Kerr Gallery, NY Invitational curated by Allan Stone Connecticut Commission on the Arts, SPECIAL PROJECTS AND PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS 2010 It's Reigning Cats and Dogs, Art in Public Spaces, 2007 32 foot Mural/Installation, International Baccalaureate School at Rogers Magnet, Stamford, CT 2005 Stamford Safari, Art in Public Spaces, Stamford, CT 2002 Tully Health Center, Stamford, CT Permanent Exhibition of 26 works 2001 Art-O-Mobiles, Stamford, CT Art in Public Spaces 2000 Permanent Foyer Installation, Mosaic Corporation, Norwalk, CT Cow Parade, Stamford, CT. Art in Public Spaces 1999 Contributing Artist, Home Resource Guide Murals for NRG Nightclub, VIP Lounge, New Rochelle, NY 1998 Phoenix Insurance Company, Avon, CT Permanent Installation 1991 Parrish Art Museum, Demonstration & Talk, “Pop-Ups” 1990 General Electric Corporation, Permanent Installation, Art of the 90”s. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2002 ARTnews, Kenneth Best, Review of ON FIRE, Stamford Center for the Arts 2003 The Advocate & Greenwich Tiimes, Lisa Streitfeld, “Two Views” at Wilton Gallery 2000 The New York Times, William Zimmer, “Drama in Nature, Burning Oil Fields, Cascading Water” 2001 The Advocate & Greenwich Times, Lisa Streitfeld, “Transformation Rites at the Rich Forum” Living In Stamford, City Diary “On Fire” Lisa Pierce Breunig The Norwalk Hour, Carolee Ross, “Fire, Walk With Me” 1996 The New York Times, Helen A. Harrison, “Shades of Nature” 1995 Times/Mirror Newspapers, Carolee Ross, “The Fire Next Time” Star News, Exhibition to Heat Up Scottsdale Center for the Arts The Connecticut Post, Paintings Catch Oil Field Horror, Harold F. Cobin Scottsdale Daily Progress Tribune Newspapers, Don’t Let Technology Turn You Off, Paul Khera New Times, Art/Up and Atom, Bette Rinehart Palm Beach Post, Gary Schwan, Five Panel Wallpiece Captures Fury of Kuwaiti Oil Field Fires 1994 Art Now, Gallery Guide, Front Cover 1991 The Stamford Advocate, Carolee Ross, Artist Inspired to Create Fireworks The New York Times, William Zimmer, “Hudson River Open the Artists Tell a Good Story”. 1990 My Time at Tiffany’s, Gene Moore and Jay Hyams The Stamford Advocate, Janet Koplos, Review of PMW Gallery 1989 Splash Magazine, Art Feature: Francine Funke, 1989 ARTnews, Gerrit Henry, Francine Funke at Barbara Braathen Gallery 1988 The New York Times, William Zimmer The New York Times, Helen A. Harrison, Furniture with Harm on its Mind, 1986 The New York Times, Grace Glueck, Through A Glass Brightly, Artists Creations Abound in City’s Windows” Connecticut Magazine, Peoplescene TELEVISION COVERAGE 2007 Carousel with Jerry Laird, 30 TV interview 1995 Cablevision of Connecticut, The Exchange, 7 minute interview 1995 Cable Feed from the Russell Senate Rotunda, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Senators Joseph Lieberman and Chris Dodd with installation of Plumes, Kuwaiti Oil Field Fires. 1986 Hartford Community Television, Coverage of Triple Space 1986 NBC Alive at Five, Coverage of the Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery SELECTED COLLECTIONS Agnes Gund, President of the Board of Directors, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida The Phoenix Insurance Company Conference Center, Avon, CT Mosaic Direct Corporation, Norwalk, CT The General Electric Corporation, Fairfield, CT Prudential Bache Securities, NY Mr. Kent Logan, Los Angeles, CA Tully Center, Stamford Health Systems, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Alan Slifka, Director of The Big Apple Circus The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT Dana Tyler, Stamford, CT Vertrue Corporation, Norwalk, CT SELECTED LIBRARY COLLECTIONS ON FIRE, poem and paintings is represented in the following library collections: Museum of Modern Art, New York City Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA National Museum of Women in the Arts Library, Washington, DC EDUCATION
