Fran O'Neill is an Australian-born artist who currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She received her MFA from Brooklyn College in 2012 and has had numerous solo and group exhibitions. O'Neill has also held administrative and teaching positions at several arts institutions, including New York Studio School, Brooklyn College, and Pratt Institute. She coordinates programs, oversees budgets, hires faculty, and teaches courses in painting, drawing, color theory, and design. O'Neill's work focuses on abstract and conceptual ideas through painting.

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NAME: FRAN O’NEILL
BORN: Wangaratta, Victoria,Australia
LIVES & WORKS: Brooklyn,New York
US STATUS: PermanentResident (GreenCard)
EDUCATION:
2012 MFA – BrooklynCollege
2001 Certificate - NewYorkStudioSchool (NYSS)
1997 PostGrad - MonashUniversity,Melbourne,Australia
1994 BFA - Monash University,Melbourne,Australia
AWARDS:
2013 AckerAward – San Franciscodivision
2010 – 11 ShawAward,BrooklynCollege
2007 JoanMitchell FoundationAward
2000 HohenbergTravel award,NYSS
2000 RosalynEdwardsScholarship,Pen&BrushInc.,New York,
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2015 Annex Space,GreenwichArtSociety,CT
Steel Plant,MaristCollege,Poughkeepsie,NY
Painting Her Way Home,Life onMars Gallery,Brooklyn,NY
2014 Art Aroundthe Park, SimonGallery, Morristown,NJ
2013 Sussex CoastCollege,Hastings,England,UK
2012 NewYork StudioSchool,NY,NY
2011 PerimeterGallery,Belfast,Maine
ScaredChow Gallery,NY,NY
2009 JohnDavisGallery,Hudson,NY
2007 PerimeterGallery,Belfast,ME
SELECTED GROUPEXHIBITIONS:
2015 Wanderer,Pluspace,CoventryatAngelikaStudios,HighWycombe,England
Checkered History:The Grid in Art & Life, Outpost,Bushwick,NY
Paintingsin Trees, The People'sGarden,Bushwick,NY
Thrice Legendary,orForeverThens,Centotto,Bushwick,NY
PurePaint forNOW People,WeberUniversity,UT
Family Ties, 500X Gallery,Dallas,TX
A Weekend at the Old Gem, 695 Grand St, Brooklyn,NY
NewWork City,Momenta Art,curatedby Julie Torres,Brooklyn,NY
2014 21st
Anniversary Exhibition - PaintingCenter,NY
Aggregate:Six - Long IslandCity,NY
Formand Fracture– Paul W Zuccaire Gallery,StonyBrookUniversity,NY
City asSubject– Bethune Gallery,NY;CuratedbyXicoGreenwald
Second Family – 2 Rivington,NY;CuratedbyJulie Torres
FamilyStyle –formerlyPocketUtopia,NY;CuratedbyJulie Torres
NeverMind theBollock’s; SummerInvitational- Life onMars, Bushwick,NY
IndexicalMark - Life onMars, Bushwick,NY
Painting Invitational- PaducahSchool of Art and Design,Paducah,KY

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2013 Scale - Life onMars Gallery,Bushwick,NY
Grand Haven Art Walk - Grand Haven,MI
Art Prize - Grand Rapids,MI
Flight fromNature- National ArtsClub,NY,NY
Aquarelle- DicksonState University Gallery,ND
2012 FirstStreetGallery – MFA SummerShow,NY
Gary SnyderProjectSpace;Brooklyn CollegeMFA Exhibit – NY
Wet Paint – Zhou B. ArtCenter,Chicago,IL
2011 Cluster Bomb - BoweryPoetryClub,NY
DoubleSpaced - BrooklynCollege
CharlesLahati Gallery,Brooklyn,NY
JohnDavisGallery,Hudson,NY
2009 Four heads,Governor’s Island,NY
PerimeterGallery,BelfastMaine
2007 PerimeterGallery,Belfast,Maine
JohnDavisGallery,Hudson,NY
2006 Marist College,Poughkeepsie, NY
2005 LimanStudioGallery,PalmBeach,FL
REVIEWS:
JonathonGoodman,ArtCritical:http://www.artcritical.com/2012/09/28/fran-oneill/
Mario Naves:http://mnaves.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/fran-oneill-at-the-new-york-studio-
school/
DavidCohen,ArtCritical: http://www.artcritical.com/2009/04/10/fran-oneil-at-john-davis-
gallery/
KarenWilkin,HudsonReview: http://hudsonreview.com/new/issues/?c=summer-2011-vol-lxiv-
no-2
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS/WEB:
ArtSlant– interview withNancyJones: http://www.artslant.com/mia/articles/show/16730
VerdadMagaznine: http://www.verdadmagazine.org/vol12/gallery/oneill.html
Artcritical: http://www.artcritical.com/listing/fran-oneill/
JoshuaAbelow: http://joshuaabelow.blogspot.com/2011/08/fran-oneill.html
PaintinginNY: http://www.paintinginny.com/Fourth
Repetti Studio: http://artcards.cc/newyork/show/37384-Grounded-Repetti-Studios
JohnDavis: http://www.johndavisgallery.blogspot.com/
NathanAbels:
http://nathanabels.blogspot.com/2009/08/cate-blanchett-wearing-alexander.html
BrooklynCollege:
http://brooklyncollegemfa.wordpress.com/mfa-program/2010-2012/fran-oneill/
http://brooklyncollegemfa.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/double-spaced/
JoanMitchell Foundation:
http://joanmitchellfoundation.org/artist-programs/artist-grants/painter-sculptors/2007
NYC Art Now:
http://www.nycartnow.com/post/20364384042/grounded-five-abstract-painters-at-repetti
TEACHING:
2015 PRATT
 Adjunct, Foundation

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TeachingLight,Colorand Design(LCD).Basiccolortheory,heavilybasedonJosef Albers.
2015 Arts Students League
 Substitute Faculty
Twice a week,meetingwithindividual of all levelsandinterest,teachingAbstractand
Figurative painting,bothacrylicandOil.
2006 – 15 NewYork Studio School
 VisitingArtist
Individual critiquestoMFA and Certificate Students,performedonanongoingbasis.
 MFA and Certificate Atelier– 2012 -15
Co-teachingAtelierclasscompromisingof MFA and Certificate Students.Duties
included:grading,endof termscritiques,weeklymeetingswith studentsindividually
and participatingandleadinggroupcritiques;includesguidingandencouragingstudents
to discussideasandarticulate thoughtsontheirownworkandthat of others. Bringing
inappropriate visitingartists.
 Drawing Marathon
DevelopedbyGrahamNicksonandheldinthe firsttwo weeksof eachsemester,the
Marathon is an intensive,all-dayprogramwherestudentsconfrontdrawingexercises
withvigorand intensity.Ico-taughtthree MarathonswithGraham and assistedwithsix
others.
 Governor’sIslandLandscape Painting Program
DevelopedbyElisaJensen,asa perceptual landscape paintingclass.Ileadan
afternoon/eveningpaintingsegmentonStatenIsland.Student’sproduce 2-3fast
perceptual paintings,focusisoncolorand composition.
 Figure Painting
Primarilyperceptuallybased,co-taughtwithJoe Santore andLindaDarling,working
frommodels,still life andtranscriptionprojects
 Drawing
Developedandtaughtsyllabi forbasicdrawingcourse, studentsworkedwithperceptual
and conceptual ideasandconcerns,usingmodels,stilllife andimagination.
 IndependentSummerProgram
Developedprogramto workwithIndividualsonabstract,conceptual andperceptual
work.Focuson workingwithstudentsindividual needs.Course concludedwithgroup
exhibition
2011 – 12 Brooklyn College (Substitute Faculty)
 Basic Design,Brooklyn College
A liberal artscourse inwhichthere are 14 weeks of basicdesign,exploring colortheory,
compositionwithindesign
2010 FAWS,Atlanta, GA - Drawing
 1 weekintensive Drawingworkshop
Developedandtaughtperceptuallybasedduringworkshop,workingwithfigure and
landscape drawing.Classincludedlarge scale figure drawing(50”or larger),all day
program,includedslide lectures,groupcritiques andindividual

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ADMINISTRATION:
2007 – Sept2015 NewYork Studio School
PROGRAM COORDINATOR – Oversaw all elementsof dailyrunningof NYSSprograms, duties
included:
 ImplementedFulltime,Evening&Saturdayand Summercourses,includingsourcing and
hiringappropriate Faculty,aswell ascoordinatingyearlyprogram&classroomschedule
 RepresentedNYSSatpublicevents andinformationsessions
 Planand oversee publicevents,includingopenhouse eventsfor enrollment,and
studentexhibitions
 LiaisedwithAccreditationcontactatBoard of Regents,andworked aspart of a teamto
implementthe RegentsBoardAccreditationProcess
 Track and processedfaculty contractsand payroll
 Workedcloselywithschool’slawyerinreformattingnew Facultycontracts
 Oversaw,editedandworkedwithFacultyinproducingcourse syllabi
 Work withfacultytoimprove performance andorganize ongoingfaculty committees
each year
 Workedas part of teamto allocate andoversee internal scholarshipmonies
 MaintainedandoversawbudgetforPrograms
 CoordinatedMuseumandtransportation forgroupvisits
 Oversawandmanaged RecruitmentCoordinator, BuildingandFacilitiesManager,Model
Coordinator,PaintingandSculpture Technicians
 LiaisedwithvisitingFacultytoensure all materials/syllabi metaccreditationstandards
 InitiatedProfessional DevelopmentProgram
 InitiatedPre-College SummerProgram
 Oversawcontentandprintproductionof summerbrochures
 LiaisedwithGalleryDirectorin overseeinggalleryhanging
 CuratedvariousStudentExhibitions
 Be familiarwithandremaincurrentin bothnew theoryandcurrenteducational practice
for art education
 Advertised forandinterviewednewhiresfor employmentopportunities forstaff and
faculty
 Updatedwebsite
 Oversaw productionof MFA printcatalog
 Oversawproductionof NYSSCourse catalog
 Plannedannual GraduationExhibitionsforMFA andCertificate Students
 MC annual CommencementAddress,includinginvitingCommencementSpeakers
 AdministratedFacultyCourse Evaluations
 Initiate outreachtoexternal partnersforprogramdevelopmentandnew initiatives
 focusedonstandardissueslike new program information, syllabusplanning,
assessment,andleveragingstudentportfolios
 Be familiarwithandremaincurrentinbothnew theoryandcurrent educational practice
for art and education
2000 – 7 NewYork Studio School

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ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN
 Keptdailyschedule
 AttendedandtookminutesatvariousCommitteeandBoardmeetings
 ContactedandcoordinatedLecturersforEveningLecture Series
 MC andHostedEveningLecture Series
 Oversawvariouswork- studypositions
 Coordinatedall travel plans
 AdministratedOrvieto,ItalianProgram
SKILLS:
Proficientinusingthe followingsoftware:MicrosoftWord,Excel,PowerPoint.
FamiliarwithbothMacintoshandWindowsplatforms,Indesign,Photoshop,CSMweb-platform.
Archive FramingandMatting,Curate and hangingexhibitions.