Deirdre DeFranceaux
+415 378 4078
3505 Stony Point Road
Santa Rosa CA, 95407
Web: www.deidredefranceauxpaintings.com
Education:
AA,Maryland College of Art and Design, Rockville Md, 1984
BFA, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1989
Periclean Award for Highest Honors
MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1997
Murphy Cadigan Fellowship in Painting, San Francisco Foundation,1996
Public Artwork
“Equality, Diversity, Inclusion” Mural for facade of Chinese Immersion School, S.F.,2018
S.F. Redevelopment Agency Grant for Quesada Gardens Mural, 2006
San Jose Redevelopment Agency Grant for San Jose TV Mural, 2002
Burning Man Grant for “The Sirens”, Black Rock City, NV, 2002
Burning Man Grant for “The Cradle” Black Rock City, NV, 2001
Artist Residencies:
Artist in Residence, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, 2004-2006
Artist in Residence, Richmond District Neighborhood Center, 2000-2005
Artist in Residence, San Francisco Arts Education Program, 2000-2003
Artist in Residence,Perseverance in Space and Mass Foundation, Oakland, 2000- 2003
Art Teaching Experience:
The San Francisco Waldorf High School, 2001-2011
The College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, 2001-2002
ASUC Berkeley Studios, UC Berkeley, 1996-2001
The San Francisco Art Institute, Extension Program 1996-2001
The Perseverance in Space and Mass Foundation, Oakland, CA, 1998-2000
The San Francisco Arts Education Project, 1997-2002
Selected Solo Shows:
Harvey Milk Center, Harvey Milk Dedication, San Francisco, CA , 2023
Saint Joseph’s Art Society, Project Nunway, San Francisco, CA 2023
City Hall, “ Pride VIP Party”, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Bespoke, “Pride! At the Disco”, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA, 2006
The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC, 1993
The Crash Palace, San Francisco, CA, 1992
Whatever Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1991,1992
Art Attack Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1991,1992,1993
DRG, Washington, DC, 1989
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Milk, San Francisco, CA 2022-23
“Pride”, Harvey Milk Center, 2023
“W.O.W, Wimples of the World, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 40th Anniversary Show”,
Harvey Milk Center, San Francisco,CA, 2019
Hyper Delicious”, Fiction Science Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2018
“What Tethers Us”, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2014
“Anxiety”, Project One, San Francisco, CA, 2011
“Nouveau Salon” Whitney Young Cultural Mansion, San Francisco, CA, 2005
“Inaugural Exhibition” Millennium Art Center, Washington, DC, 2001“
“Poptarts” 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA, 2000
“The Future of the Body”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2000
“Conundrum”, The Lab, San Francisco, CA 1998
“Burning Man Exhibition”, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, 1998
“Masque Macabre”, di Rosa Art Preserve, Napa, CA, 1998
“Art on Market Street”, posters for the SF Art Commission, 19
“Museum” ( seven sculptures created for the show) Theater of The SF MOMA, 1997
“Image Constructions, Mood Swings, and Trips to the Toilet”,Diego Rivera Gallery,1997
“Annual Spring Show”, Aspen Art Museum,Aspen, CO 1989