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FRANK COLE
A Different Past
ARTIST'S OPEN HOUSE
Stop by to meet Frank Cole Saturday, March 20th from 2-5 pm See the work Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5pm
February 19 - March 27, 2021 Enigmatic examinations of time and place, Cole's paintings offer
a point of reflection and a reprieve from everyday life. |
Frank Cole, Storm House (A Different Past),
108 x 72, acrylic on canvas |
MORE ABOUT FRANK COLE
An adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, Cole maintains a studio in West Oakland and lives in the East Bay. Recent paintings are based on his childhood home in Mississippi. Both architectural and narrative, they emerge as contemplations on memory, place and time, imbued with reverie and longing.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California
B.F.A. California College of Arts and Crafts; Oakland, California
EXHIBITIONS
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 "A Different Past", Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 "Inside and Out (On This Exact Spot)", Roll Up Project, Oakland, California
2013 "Right In The Eye" Bishop Collection UCSF (permanent installation). San Francisco California
2010 "Talking Pictures", a 15 year survey of work from 1995-2010, North First ARTSpace, San Jose CA
1996 "Right In The Eye", Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
1995 "New Drawings", University Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside
1988 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1986 "Painted Constructions", Quint Gallery, San Diego, California
1985 "On the Home Front", Installation Gallery, San Diego, California
1984 "Burning in Hell", Sushi Gallery, San Diego, California
"All Stood Still", Old Miramar Road, La Jolla, California
1982 "Mud and Ice", Mandeville Annex Gallery, La Jolla, California
1980 "The Serpent", 80 Langton Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 34th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, online viewing room
2017 "Carry On" Thacher Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Emeryville Arts Exhibition" Emeryville, California
2013 "Scouting Oakland" The Compound Gallery, Oakland, California
2008 "Between the Lines", Thacher Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005 Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College
2004 "Emeryville Arts Annual" Emeryville, California
2003 "ORANGE" The Hey Gallery, Oakland, California
"Emeryville Arts Annual" Emeryville, California
"The Garden of Eden", Turn of the Century Fine Arts, Berkeley, California
"First", USF Arts Faculty Exhibition, San Francisco, California
2002 "Faculty Show", Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College
"Fresh", Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, California
2001 "Add/Drop", Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
1999 "Re:Drawing" Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA. Curated by Anne Ayers
1995 "Equinox", Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
1994 "Diderot And The Last Lumiare", Site, Los Angeles, California and Southern Exposure San Francisco, California. Curated by Erika Suderburg
"New Faculty", Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College, California
1992 "Drawing Room," Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, California
1991 "Chain Reaction," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
1989. "Rags: Clothing as Allegory", San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
1987 "Faculty Drawing Show", Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, California
1986 "Annual Invitational Exhibition", Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
"Annual Faculty Exhibition", University Art Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1985 "Wood", Quint Gallery, San Diego, California
"A San Diego Exhibition", La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
REVIEWS ARTICLES AND CATALOGUES
2017 19th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Catalogue, color illus.
1997 Blurring the Boundaries, Installation Art 1969-1996, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Catalogue, color illus.
1995 "Artists Who Can Still Draw, Jonathan Saville, San Diego Reader, November 9, 1995, illus.
1989 "Rags, Clothing As Allegory, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Catalogue, illus.
1988 "Introductions 88", Christine Tamblyn, ARTNEWS, October, 1988
1986 "Works of 2 Artists Are Linked By Romanticism", Robert McDonald, LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 5, 1986
"Subtle Allegories Lurk Within Landscapes", Robert L. Pincus, SAN DIEGO UNION, November 6, 1986, illus.
"On the Homefront Fills the Room and Your Soul", Robert McDonald, LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 9, 1985, illus.
1985 "Artists Show What is on Their Minds", Robert L. Pincus, SAN DIEGO UNION, November 23, 1985, illus.
"Frank Cole", Marina La Palma, ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, Vol. 2 Number 4, illus.
1984 "Quint Proves Summer Exhibits Needn't be Dull", Mark Elliott-Lugo, SAN DIEGO UNION, June 21, 1985
"Billboard Hell", Jeff Kelley, LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 23, 1983, illus.
"Something Big and Small", Mark Elliott-Lugo, SAN DIEGO UNION, December 22, 1983, illus.
"A New Approach to Hell", Guillermo Gomez-Pena, LA PENSA, December 23, 1983, illus.
AWARDS
1992 Art Matters Inc. Grant
1983 Ford Foundation Scholarship
1983 Russell Foundation Grant
1981 Ford Foundation Scholarship
TEACHING
2000-18 Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco
1994-18 Lecturer, Contra Costa College
1997-02 Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts
2002 Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
Provided instruction in Beginning Painting, "The Language of Painting"
1993-01 Instructor, San Francisco State University
1989-92 Instructor, California College Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1987-89 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
1986-87 Visiting Lecturer, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1984-85 Program Coordinator, Artist in Residence Program, San Diego City Schools
1982-84 Researcher/Preparator, Stuart Collection, University of California at San Diego
M.F.A. University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California
B.F.A. California College of Arts and Crafts; Oakland, California
EXHIBITIONS
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 "A Different Past", Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 "Inside and Out (On This Exact Spot)", Roll Up Project, Oakland, California
2013 "Right In The Eye" Bishop Collection UCSF (permanent installation). San Francisco California
2010 "Talking Pictures", a 15 year survey of work from 1995-2010, North First ARTSpace, San Jose CA
1996 "Right In The Eye", Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
1995 "New Drawings", University Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside
1988 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1986 "Painted Constructions", Quint Gallery, San Diego, California
1985 "On the Home Front", Installation Gallery, San Diego, California
1984 "Burning in Hell", Sushi Gallery, San Diego, California
"All Stood Still", Old Miramar Road, La Jolla, California
1982 "Mud and Ice", Mandeville Annex Gallery, La Jolla, California
1980 "The Serpent", 80 Langton Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 34th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, online viewing room
2017 "Carry On" Thacher Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Emeryville Arts Exhibition" Emeryville, California
2013 "Scouting Oakland" The Compound Gallery, Oakland, California
2008 "Between the Lines", Thacher Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005 Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College
2004 "Emeryville Arts Annual" Emeryville, California
2003 "ORANGE" The Hey Gallery, Oakland, California
"Emeryville Arts Annual" Emeryville, California
"The Garden of Eden", Turn of the Century Fine Arts, Berkeley, California
"First", USF Arts Faculty Exhibition, San Francisco, California
2002 "Faculty Show", Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College
"Fresh", Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, California
2001 "Add/Drop", Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
1999 "Re:Drawing" Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA. Curated by Anne Ayers
1995 "Equinox", Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
1994 "Diderot And The Last Lumiare", Site, Los Angeles, California and Southern Exposure San Francisco, California. Curated by Erika Suderburg
"New Faculty", Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College, California
1992 "Drawing Room," Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, California
1991 "Chain Reaction," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
1989. "Rags: Clothing as Allegory", San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
1987 "Faculty Drawing Show", Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, California
1986 "Annual Invitational Exhibition", Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
"Annual Faculty Exhibition", University Art Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1985 "Wood", Quint Gallery, San Diego, California
"A San Diego Exhibition", La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
REVIEWS ARTICLES AND CATALOGUES
2017 19th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Catalogue, color illus.
1997 Blurring the Boundaries, Installation Art 1969-1996, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Catalogue, color illus.
1995 "Artists Who Can Still Draw, Jonathan Saville, San Diego Reader, November 9, 1995, illus.
1989 "Rags, Clothing As Allegory, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Catalogue, illus.
1988 "Introductions 88", Christine Tamblyn, ARTNEWS, October, 1988
1986 "Works of 2 Artists Are Linked By Romanticism", Robert McDonald, LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 5, 1986
"Subtle Allegories Lurk Within Landscapes", Robert L. Pincus, SAN DIEGO UNION, November 6, 1986, illus.
"On the Homefront Fills the Room and Your Soul", Robert McDonald, LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 9, 1985, illus.
1985 "Artists Show What is on Their Minds", Robert L. Pincus, SAN DIEGO UNION, November 23, 1985, illus.
"Frank Cole", Marina La Palma, ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, Vol. 2 Number 4, illus.
1984 "Quint Proves Summer Exhibits Needn't be Dull", Mark Elliott-Lugo, SAN DIEGO UNION, June 21, 1985
"Billboard Hell", Jeff Kelley, LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 23, 1983, illus.
"Something Big and Small", Mark Elliott-Lugo, SAN DIEGO UNION, December 22, 1983, illus.
"A New Approach to Hell", Guillermo Gomez-Pena, LA PENSA, December 23, 1983, illus.
AWARDS
1992 Art Matters Inc. Grant
1983 Ford Foundation Scholarship
1983 Russell Foundation Grant
1981 Ford Foundation Scholarship
TEACHING
2000-18 Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco
1994-18 Lecturer, Contra Costa College
1997-02 Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts
2002 Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
Provided instruction in Beginning Painting, "The Language of Painting"
1993-01 Instructor, San Francisco State University
1989-92 Instructor, California College Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1987-89 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
1986-87 Visiting Lecturer, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1984-85 Program Coordinator, Artist in Residence Program, San Diego City Schools
1982-84 Researcher/Preparator, Stuart Collection, University of California at San Diego
