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Mark Francis

Mark Francis (Born 1962) is active/lives in New York.  Mark Francis is known for Abstractions of cellular clusters.

Mark Francis was born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, 1962. He studied at St. Martins School of Art 1981-85 and Chelsea School of Art 1985-86. His first one-person exhibition was at Thumb Gallery, London 1990. Since 1994 he has had regular one-person shows at Maureen Paley Interim Art London and at the Kerlin Gallery Dublin. In 1995 he was included in John Moores 19 and he was a member of the jury for John Moores 21, 1999. Recent group shows have included 'Sensation' Royal Academy 1997, 'Shifting Ground: Fifty Years of Irish Art' IMMA Dublin 2000 and 'Irish Art Now: From the Poetic to the Political' Chicago Cultural Center 2000.

Mark Francis first became known in the early 1990s for his paintings of magnified cells and microbes. His paintings are based on "scientific images of microbiology - such as bacteria and cells - and he produces the final works with a smooth wet-on-wet style. His paintings are usually monochromatic descriptions of cellular clusters, scattered within th   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3163 characters.]  Artist bio

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