Frances McCormack



Born: Boston, Massachusetts
Frances McCormack Portfolio

EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute, Resident Faculty, Painting 1990 - Present
University of California, Berkeley, MFA, 1986
San Francisco State University, MA in Painting, 1985
University of Massachusetts, Boston. BA in English, Summa Cum Laude, 1978
Teaching Credential, Secondary English

TEACHING
San Francisco Art Institute, Resident Faculty Painting
Sonoma State University, Lecturer, Drawing, 1996, 1998
Stanford University, Guest Lecturer, March 1995
California College Of Arts & Crafts, Painting Faculty 1994 - 1996
San Francisco State University, Drawing/ Painting Instructor, 1993
California College Of Arts & Crafts, Visiting Artist, Graduate Program, April 1992
California College Of Arts & Crafts, Lecturer, Drawing, 1989-1990
College of Marin, Lecturer, Drawing, 1990
San Francisco State University, Drawing/ Painting Lecturer, 1987 - 1989

AWARDS
2000 American Academy in Rome/ San Francisco Art Institute Fellowship, July
1997 Djerassi Foundation Residency, Woodside, CA, June
1996 Buck Foundation/ Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, Painting
1991 Buck Foundation/ Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, Painting
1987 Buck Foundation/ Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, Fine Arts
1986 University Art Museum Council Founders, Berkeley, CA Calder/ Hayes/ Jacobs Prize

EXHIBITS SOLO
2004 Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA July
R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA October
2001 R. B. Stevenson, San Diego, CA, March
2000 Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA, March
1999 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, November
1998 Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX, November
R. B. Stevenson, La Jolla, CA, June
1997 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, October
1996 R. B. Stevenson, La Jolla, CA, September
1995 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, November
1994 R. B. Stevenson, La Jolla, CA, June
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, February
1993 Shaklee Building, San Francisco, CA, Curated by Suzy Locke, August-September
1992 Courting the Present, Five Painters, Curated by Anne Meisner,
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA, July
1991 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May
1989 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December
Bank of America, Curated by Bonnie Earl Solari, Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April - May
1988 Southern Exposure, at Project Artaud, San Francisco, CA, January

EXHIBITS GROUP
2004 “Good Vibrations” New Artists from California, Jay/Addison Gallery, Chicago, IL July
Eastside Editions, Sonoma, CA, May
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Wet Paint, August
“ Contemporary Perspectives”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA April 2003
“ Underfoot” Brasilia BiNatioonal Center, Brasilia Brazil. Travels to Instuto Cultural Brasileno NorteAmericano, Porte Alegre, Brazil
2002 “Mystery Ball” Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito,CA October
“Shikishi” Bedford Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, November
“Selections” R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA August
2001 “Underfoot” Associacao Alumni, Soa Paulo, Brazil, November
“A Necessary Beauty” R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA, October
2000 “From Raucous to Refine” Bedford Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, September
“Perches in the Soul” Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Art Alive 2000, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, May
Five Painters, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA, April
R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA, April
San Francisco Art Institute Auction, February
Art From the Heart, Sonoma State University, February
1999 San Francisco International Art Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
Djerassi Residents Pages Exhibit, Palo Alto Cultural Center, CA, August
1998 San Francisco International Art Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
“Illuminated Under White Light” R. B. Stevenson, La Jolla, CA
San Francisco Art Institute Auction, February
1997 “The Artists Craft” Reese Bullen Gallery, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA, February
Marin Arts Council Grantees Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, January
1996 Sonoma State University Faculty Exhibit, Rohnert Park, CA, September
Summer Group Show, R. B. Stevenson, La Jolla, CA, July
1995 Asian Art Museum, Zen Center Auction, San Francisco, CA, October
Complex Interaction: 3 Painters, R. B. Stevenson, La Jolla, CA, June
Crocker Art Museum, Annual Invitation Curated by: Jan Dreisbach, Sacramento, CA, June
Abstract Contours, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, June
1994 Somar Gallery, Paintings, San Francisco, CA, April
R. B. Stevenson, Four Bay Area Painters, La Jolla, CA, March
1993 William Sawyer Gallery, Tribute, San Francisco, CA, December
Bolinas Museum Auction, Stinson Beach, CA, November
Marin Community Foundation, Larkspur, CA, August
1992 In Progress, San Francisco Art Institute, CA, December
Abstraction, Four Painters, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June
Why Painting, Curated by: Bill Berkson, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, March
Marin Arts Council Grantees, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, January
1991 San Francisco Art Institute Faculty Exhibit, CA, December
Bolinas Museum Miniature Show, Bolinas, CA, December
New Langton Arts Eighth Annual Christmas Auction, February
College of Marin Drawing String Along, Kentfield, CA, November
San Francisco Art Institute Auction, February
1990 New Langton Arts Seventh Annual Christmas Auction, February
1989 Drawing Exhibition, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, September
Arts and Flowers, San Francisco, CA, August
1988 Works on Paper, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November
Bay Arts 88, Anne MacDonald, Juror, Belmont, CA, October
Introductions, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July
Marin Arts Council, Kenneth Baker, Juror, Larkspur, CA, June
Sakaide Sister City Exhibit, Sakaide, Japan
Marin Arts Council Grantees, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA, March- April
Gallery House, 1987 Juried Exhibition, Kenneth Baker, Palo Alto, CA, January
1987 Buck Foundation/ Marin Community Development, 1100 Larkspur Landing, Larkspur, CA,
Twelfth Annual Falkirk Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
1986 Chain Reaction, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA, December
U. A. M. /M. F. A., University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
City Corp Center, UC Berkeley Development Office, Los Angeles, CA, Summer
The Prize Exhibit, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, March
1985 New Graduate Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA, September
The White Room, Berkeley, CA, November
Narrative Painting, Twin Palms Gallery, 44 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, November
M. A. Show, San Francisco University, San Francisco, CA, May
1984 Four Painters, Co-Lab, 1805 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, May

PUBLICATIONS
Baker, Kenneth, “Shock of the New” Interview, San Francisco Chronicle, Aug 2003
Pincus, Robert, “The Nature of Things” San Diego Union Tribune, March 22, 2001
Art Collection at New Imagery Estate Winery, Collage Fall/ Winter 2000
Rodriquez, Juan, “Abstraction from Raucous to Refined” Artweek, October 2000, Volume 31
Turdall, Blair, “Raucous to Refined Art in the Abstract” The Times August 4, 2000
Smith, Sarah Lavender, “Driven to Abstraction” Diablo August 2000
Baker, Kenneth “Abstract Ideas People Can See” San Francisco Chronicle Nov. 72, 1999
Pincus, Robert, “Passionate Poses,” San Diego Union Tribune, July 23, 1998
Baldridge, Charlene, “Ready for Her Close Up,” The Village News, San Diego,
July 16, 1998
Baldridge, Charlene, Bay Area Painter Delves Deep Into Psyche, The Village News, San Diego, 1996
Hodder, Monroe, “Inner Natures” Abstraction as Metaphor in the Bay Area
Suzanne Carporeal & Frances McCormack, Vision Summer 1995, p. 31
McCormack, Frances, Painting Artweek, September 1995, p. 18
“Crocker Invitional,” About Art, June 1995 Dalkey, Victoria, “From Life’s Palette,”
The Sacramento Bee, June 4, 1995, p. 14
Pincus, Robert, “Frances McCormack at R. B. Stevenson,” Art in America, February, 1995
Saville, Johnathan, “Sleepers Awake,” San Diego Reader, September 8, 1994
Pincus, Robert, “Splashes of Brilliant Color,” San Diego Union Tribune,
July 21, 1994
Baker, Kenneth “Frances McCormack: Guilty of Beauty” San Francisco Chronicle, February 20, 1994
Saville, Johnathan, “Four Bay Area Painters,” San Diego Reader, March 10, 1994
Baker, Kenneth “In Progress,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 31, 1992
Bonnetti, David, “Still a Metaphor for Life,” San Francisco Examiner,
April 17, 1992
Cohn, Terry, Artweek, March 26, 1992, p. 1
Baker, Kenneth, Galleries, San Francisco Chronicle, March 14, 1992
Underwood, Tyson, Pacific Sun, January 24, 1992
Visions Art Quarterly, Fall 1991, p. 12
Baker, Kenneth “One Painter Impressive Solution,” San Francisco Chronicle,
May 14, 1991
Rapko, John, Artweek, May 23, 1991, p. 12
Baker, Kenneth “Oils are Loose, Lush and Bold,” San Francisco Chronicle, 1989
California College of Arts and Crafts, Lecturer, Drawing, 1989-1990
College of Marin, Lecturer, Drawing, 1990
San Francisco State University, Drawing and Painting Lecturer, 1987 - 1989

REPRESENTED BY
R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA

COLLECTIONS
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Gail and Carsten Anderson, Mill Valley, CA
Mr. Roger Batty, Corte Madera, CA
Jennifer Billingsley, Mill Valley, CA
Mrs. Roy Boatman, Stockton, CA
Peggy Bramer, Tiburon, CA
Gary Brimmel, Tiburon, CA
Richard M. Burdge, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Martin & Jeanette Carr, Belvedere, CA
Beth Changstrom, Penngrove, CA
Coeta Chambers, Los Altos, CA
Gail Chase-Bien, Napa, Ca
Susan Cummins, Mill Valley, CA
Dominic DiMare, Tiburon, CA
Jean Dinkelspiel, San Francisco, CA
Robert & Kathleen Draper, La Jolla, CA
Geoffery Etienne, Tiburon, CA
Scott Fillmore, Houston, TX
Mr. Steven Fox, Boston, MA
Judy & Marvin Freedman, La Jolla, CA
Mr. Gary Garabedian, San Francisco, CA
Jeff Genzlinger & Anne Watson, San Diego, CA
James E. Gould, Windsor, CA
John & Joyce Herndon, San Francisco, CA
Susan Hoagland, Corte Madera, CA
Diana Humphrey, Houston, TX
John Ingle, Sausalito, CA
H. W. Jeese, San Francisco, CA
Joell Jones, Orinda, CA
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk Hyde, & Drath, San Francisco, CA
Michael & Rosemarie Jurs, Mill Valley, CA
Edward & Marilyn Karsch, La Jolla, CA
Micheal Lemont, San Francisco, CA
Shiela Lipin, Del Mar, CA
Ms. Shelly Mages, San Francisco, CA
Mary Pat Manning, Sonoma, CA
Jeffery & Amanda Marcus, San Francisco, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Miller, Lafayette, CA
Thomas Murphy, La Jolla, CA
Martha Nabor & Lee Glowinski, San Francisco, CA
Mr. Art Nelson, Oakland, CA
Mrs. Sheila Nichols, Oakland, CA
Erling & Carmen Onsager, Oslo, Norway
Pacific Telephone, San Francisco, CA
Dominique Payot & Bill Jesse, San Francisco, CA
Stephanie Peek, San Francisco, CA
Dr. Kristian Peschmann, San Francisco, CA
Judy Pike, San Diego, CA
Dr. & Mrs. Lawerence Pitts, San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Puri, Los Altos Hills, CA
Thomas Richardson, San Diego, CA
Kurt Rohde & Tim Allen, San Francisco, CA
Dr. Alan Rosenberg, San Pablo, CA
Paul Ryan, Larkspur, CA
David & Phoebe Sackett, La Jolla, CA
Dr. William Sawyer, San Francisco, CA
Sharon Heights Country Club, Palo Alto, CA
Linda Shostak, Saualito, CA
Pava & Earl Sims, Houston, TX
Elsa Spaulding, San Francisco, CA
Michelene Stankas, Oakland, CA
Abby Silverman, La Jolla, CA
Gertrude & Elliott Silverstein, La Jolla, CA
Mrs. Roselyn Swig, Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA
Diana Tanking, Houston, TX
Mr. & Mrs. William Taylor, Sauslito, CA
Godfrey & Marylisa Tencer, Mill Valley, CA
Jan Tuttleman, La Jolla, CA
Corky & Kris Vyerberg, Sacramento, CA
Tom & Nell Waltz, La Jolla, CA
Pedro Weiner, Santiago, Chile
Mrs. Katherine Wood, San Francisco, CA
Mr. Don Worth, Mill Valley, CA