MARY FRANK

B. 1933, LONDON, ENGLAND

Mary Frank's work explores a heightened emotional inner life. In her dream-like landscapes, the artist evokes a longing for spritual balance and beauty.

Solo shows include: DC Moore Gallery, New York; Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, NY; Allentown Art Museum (2001); Rena Branstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA; The Brooklyn Museum (1987); Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago; Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, NY; Poindexter Gallery, New York, NY, 1958.

Selected Group Exhibitions: Contemporary Ceramics, Danese, New York, NY, (2011); Reconfiguring the Body in American Art 1820–2009, National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY, (2009); Four Works by Four Women, Mary Frank, Yayoi Kusama, Joan Snyder and Pat Steir, Neuberger Museum, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, New York, 1998; Committed to the Print, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; The Jewish Museum Collects, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, 1988; The Painterly Print, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1980; Whitney Biennial, 1979;10 Independents, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 1972.

Public Collections: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.

Awards include a Pollock-Krasner Award, Joan Mitchell Grant Award, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and Guggenheim fellowship.