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Education
2016 – Bachelor’s of Fine Arts – Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Awards
2022 – Finalist – Artist’s Network Splash Art Competition: The Best of Watercolor
2021 – Silver Award – Camelback Gallery’s My Best Work of 2020 Exhibition
2020 – Winner, Best Watercolor & Gouache – December 2020 PleinAir Salon from PleinAir Magazine
2020 – Merit Prize in Painting – Art Show International’s Landscape Competition
2020 – Honorable Mention – Art Show International’s Landscape Competition
2020 – Ralph Acosta Watercolor Award – National Art League 90th Annual Juried Competition
2020 – Finalist – Artist’s Network Splash Art Competition: The Best of Watercolor
2019 – Third Place – Blanche Ames National Juried Exhibition
2016 – Illustration Departmental Honors – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2016 – Faculty Choice Award – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Exhibitions and Publications
2022 – Featured Artist on LinkNYC – New York, NY
2022 – Splash 23: The Best of Watercolor – Artist Network Magazine
2021 – PleinAir Magazine
2021 – Camelback Gallery’s My Best Work of 2020 Exhibition
2021 – Splash 22: The Best of Watercolor – Artist Network Magazine
2020 – National Art League 90th Annual Competition – Douglaston, NY
2020 – Greenwich Art Society 103rd Annual Competition – Greenwich, CT
2019 – Philadelphia Watercolor Society’s 19th Anniversary International Exhibition of Works on Paper – Wallingford, PA
2019 – Blanche Ames National Juried Exhibition – Easton, MA
2019 – Ripple Effect – Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
2018 – Massart Auction – Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2018 – Art & Soul Exhibition – Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2017 – Zullo Gallery’s 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition – Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
2017 – Future Visions – Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2017 – Professional Artist Magazine June/July issue
2016 – Senior Thesis Show – Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
2015 – Learning To Love Myself – Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2015 – Handel & Haydn Project – Symphony Hall facilities, Boston, MA
2014 – Emerge Boston – Menino Arts Center, Hyde Park, MA
Associations
New England Watercolor Society
American Watercolor Society
National Watercolor Society
Biography and About the Art
Frank graduated from Massachusetts College of Art in 2016 and currently lives and works in East Harlem in New York City. Drawing on the inherent fleeting nature of watercolors, his paintings evoke memories of places often overlooked, revealing vibrant shared spaces hiding in plain sight. He uses watercolor to explore transitory nostalgia in everyday urban life, working “en plein air” using fresh brushstrokes and dynamic lighting to bring his vision to life. His work aims to bring the peripheral into focus and the unseen into view. Frank has shown in many galleries and has won awards such as Plein Air Magazine’s “Best Watercolor” in December 2020 and the Ralph Acosta Watercolor Award. He was also a featured artist in Artist’s Networks Splash 22 and Splash 23: The Best of Watercolor.