BORN
Boston, Massachusetts
AWARDS
2017
Willapa Bay AiR Residency, Oysterville WA. July
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
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
Crocker Museum, Sacramento CA
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
Bank of America, San Francisco CA
Fairmont Hotel. San Jose CA
Sharon Heights Country Club, Palo Alto, CA
Pacific Telephone, San Francisco CA
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady and Robkin, San Francisco CA
PROJECTS
2015
“Artifacts” Performance with the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA. December 20, 2015
2012
“Artifacts” multimedia production with composer Kurt Rohde and writer Susan Moon, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
2010
“Silence, Exile and Cunning” Curator, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, April
2008
“Five From San Francisco” Curator, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA
2007
“Circularity” Curator, R.B. Stevenson Gallery. La Jolla CA. March
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
"Above and Below", Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho, September
2022
"Vanishing Territories: Paintings and Works on Paper" Churchill Arts Center, Fallon, NV April
2020
"Rooted in Wonder", Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, CA, March
2019
“Apparent/Transparent” RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA. 2019
2017
“Invented Spaces: Paintings by Frances McCormack” Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame CA. October 2016 - January 2017
2016
“Contemplative Elements: Danae Mattes and Frances McCormack” Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA. December 19 - March 6 2016
2014
“Ever Reluctant” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA. April
2009
“Frances McCormack - Recent Paintings” Elin Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA. November
2007
“From the Ground Up” Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA. July REVIEW
2004
“Adjacent Things Diminish”, R. B. Stevenson, La Jolla, CA. REVIEW
2004
“Trintas” Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA. July REVIEW
2001
R. B. Stevenson, San Diego, CA. March REVIEW
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 REVIEW
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA. February REVIEW
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 REVIEW
1989
Bank of America, Curated by Bonnie Earl Solari, Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, CA. REVIEW
1988
Southern Exposure, at Project Artaud, San Francisco, CA. January
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
"True North", Di Rosa Art Museum, Napa, CA December
"Ensemble", R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA November
Petaluma Arts Center, Artists/Teachers, Petaluma CA January
2021
"Group Exhibition" R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA December
2020
"That's What Artist's Do", R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA. December
2019
Sonoma Modern/Contemporary, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, April
2017
“Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views” curated by Lauren Della Monica, Heritage Museums and gardens, Sandwich, MA.
2016
“California Group” Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA. November
2015
“Terra Cognita” Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA. July
“Lyrical Abstraction” Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA. June
“Above Ground” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA. May
“Five Beyond the Bridge” Sebastopol Center for the Arts. March
“Group Exhibition” Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID. March
2014
“Group Show” Laura Rathe Gallery, Dallas, TX. November
2013
“Alternative Approaches” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA. June
2012
“Terroir” Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID. September
“Gallery Artists” Elins Eagles Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Three Painters” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Group Exhibition” Elins Eagles Smith Gallery , San Francisco, CA
“Three Painters” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2011
“Abstraction” Sonoma State University. November
2010
“Secret Drawings” Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA June-Sepember
“Small Treasures” Elins Eagles Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Feburary
2008
“Womens Work” R B Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA. January REVIEW
2007
“ Steamroller” S.F. Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA. October
2005
“Bloom” Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL. July-September
Warnock Fine Arts, Eastside Edition Artists, San Francisco, CA. September
2004
“Good Vibrations” New Artists from California, Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL. July
2003
“Contemporary Perspectives”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA.
“Underfoot” Brasilia BiNational Center, Brasilia, Brazil. Travels to Instuto Cultural Brasileno NorteAmericano, Porte Alegre, Brazil.
2002
“Mystery Ball” Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. October
“Selections” R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA. August
2001
“Underfoot” Associacao Alumni, Sao 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
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.
1997
“The Artists Craft” Reese Bullen Gallery, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA. February
1996
Sonoma State University Faculty Exhibit, Rohnert Park, CA. September
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
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
1990
New Langton Arts Seventh Annual Christmas Auction. February
1989
Drawing Exhibition, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA. September
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
Sakaide Sister City Exhibit, Sakaide, Japan.
1986
Chain Reaction, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA
U. A. M. /M. F. A., University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA.
Narrative Painting, Twin Palms Gallery, 44 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA. November
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, MFA, 1986
University of Massachusetts, Boston BA in English, Summa Cum Laude, 1978
TEACHING
San Francisco Art Institute, Resident Faculty, 1990-Present
California College of Art, Visiting Artist 1989-1992
San Francisco State University, Visiting Artist, 1989-1990