Jason Franz - Professional Resume

Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, June 2004 - present
Executive Director, July 2005 - present
Co-founder of the non-profit arts organization and president of the Board of Directors
Curator of the exhibitsTerrestrial Domains, Figures in Gray, First Annual Rites of Passage, First Annual Magnitude SEVEN, GREEN, CRUFT by Robert Spahr, and Drawings by Kevin T. Kelly (in 2005), A Selection: 1999-2001, Paintings by Boris Zakic, String of Beads: Drawings by Sol Kjøk, Selections from the National Drawing Annual 2005, The Sculpted Line, Siblings by Anne Potter, Second Annual Magnitude SEVEN, Tranquil Dream: Large Paintings by Cole Carothers, The Silent Object: Paintings and Drawings by Benjamin Shamback, and Whimsical Muse (in 2006), Pseudopodia: Drawings by Kathleen Thum, Awake: Paintings and Drawings by Emil Robinson, It's In Your Head: Approaches to Likeness; Selections from the National Drawing Annual 2006, Third Annual Rites of Passage, Third Annual Magnitude SEVEN, Master Pieces, Souvenir: Recent Paintings by Kim Flora, New Hybrids: Environmental Anomalies - Recent Drawings by Jon Swindler and Funny Men (in 2007), Body of Work: The Human Form in Contemporary Art, and Appetite and Consumption: Works on Paper by Kelly Jo Asbury (in 2008). Curator/editor for the National Drawing Annual 2005, 2006, 2007.

Open Figure Coordinator 04/05 season, Gallery Intern Coordinator 04/05 season, Web Developer, 2004 - present: www.manifestgallery.org

Academic Studio Apprentice Sponsor, 2002, 2003
Provided two college senior fine art students for-credit studio apprenticeships in collaboration with the Art Academy of Cincinnati and Xavier University

Private Studio Tutor, Drawing, Painting, Digital Media, and Creative Theory, 2000 - present

Founder and host of the Open Critique Sessions at the Iron Works Studios, summer 2004 - 2005

Founder of the Open Figure Summer Sessions, 2000 - 2004
Jason Franz Studio, 2004; the University of Cincinnati, 2002; Art Academy of Cincinnati, 2000

Cincinnati Art Museum, 1987 - 1998 (1989-1996 full time employment)
Preparator, Exhibit Designer, Project Manager, Specialized Conservation Technician, Art Handler

Ohio Valley Art Services, 1989 - 2003
Partner and manager of two-man freelance service for fine art crating and packing

Jason Franz Studio, Covington, Kentucky, 1994 - present
2000 sq. ft. studio at 20 W. 18th Street Pioneered the coversion of the Iron Works Studio Complex from a top-floor warehouse to a suite of artists' studios

Jason Franz Studio, Batavia, Ohio, 1988 - 1994
2000 sq. ft. studio at 222 Main Street

JASON FRANZ Born 1966 - Cincinnati, Ohio	1610 E. McMillan, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 513.290.2574 www.jasonfranz.com
education
University of Cincinnati, 1996-1998, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Master of Fine Arts Full Tuition Scholarship, 1996-1998 ; Graduate Assistantship Stipend, 1997-1998 Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1984-1988, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude National Art Honor Society Entrance Scholarship, 1984; Bertha Langhorst Werner Scholarship, 1985,1986,1987; Tuition scholarships 1985, 1986; Nominated to compete - Yale Summer School, 1987; Excellence in painting - Elizabeth Nourse Scholarship, 1987; Honors in printmaking scholarship - Yeiser Endowment, 1987; Steven H. Wilder Traveling Endowment, 1988 (traveled to Italy, Greece and Germany for five weeks in 1989)
solo • two-person exhibitions
2005 *Tempus Incognitum, Two person exhibit, University of Dayton, OH Temporal Shift, solo exhibit, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY 2004* *Pantheon, solo exhibit by invitation, Upper and Lower Traylor Galleries, Berea College, Berea, KY 2003* *Corpus, solo exhibit, Coburn Gallery, Ashland State University, Ashland, OH Syndrome, solo exhibit by invitation, Bruno Casiano Gallery, Cleveland, OH 2002* *Archive, solo exhibit by invitation, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH 2001* *REDUX - Emery and Franz, two-person show, inaugural exhibit, DAAP Gallery Downtown, Cincinnati, OH 1998* *Elixir: A Pantheon of Allegory, Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 1994* *Apotheosis: The Machina Infernalis,* solo exhibit, Kraine Theatre Gallery, New York, NY 1992 *The Machina Infernalis,* solo exhibit, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY 1989 *Warchild and the Fragile Hunter,* two-person show, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY
selected group exhibitions
2008 *Interpretations of the Figure, Regional Juried Exhibition, Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2007* Best of Secrets, Time Warner ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH *Group Show, University Club, Cincinnati, OH College of DAAP Faculty Exhibition, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2006* *After Michelangelo: Recent Adventures in the Male Nude, Centre for Recent Drawing, London, England Secret Artworks, Time Warner ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Welcome Back - Invitational Alumni, Art Academy of Cincinnati Pearlman Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2005* *Re-visions, Invitational, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY Contemporary Realism: A National Survey of Representational Art, Invitational, Space 301, Mobile, AL 52nd Mid-States Art Exhibition, Regional Juried Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, IN Interpretations of the Figure, Regional Juried Exhibition, Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2004* *The Profession of Art - A Mid-Career Show, National Juried Exhibition, Foundry Art Centre, St.Charles, MO Body Art, Invitational, Gallery Salveo at the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Annual All-Ohio Juried Exhibition at The Ohio State University, Pearl Conard Gallery, OSU at Mansfield, OH Xavier University Department of Art Faculty: Recent Work, A.B. Cohen Center, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 2003* *Arts On Main, 7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Louisville Visual Arts Association, Shelbyville, KY-(First Prize) OKI: New Art, Three-state Juried Exhibition, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY (juried by Michael Rooks) 2002* *DAAP Faculty Exhibition, Edwards Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2001* *Summerfair Biennial, Grant winners' exhibition, Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, OH 2000* *RAW, Erotica Exhibition, Gallery Artists, A Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio 1999* *New American Paintings,* Juried Exhibition In Print, Midwest, Volume 23 *Kreft Center for the Arts National Juried Exhibition, Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI -catalog produced - (Best Of Show) In Our Faces: Self Portraits by Regional Professors of Art at the End of the Millennium, Northern Kentucky University Drawing to a Close, Faculty Exhibition, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH Mirror, Mirror, Group Exhibition, A Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH Spring Exhibition, Suzanna Terrill Gallery, Main Street, Cincinnati, OH Landscapes,* An Exhibition of Cincinnati Artists, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH *In Celebration of Horse Racing, Special Exhibition, Behringer Crawford Museum, Covington, KY 1998* *Visions IV, Eastern U.S. Juried Competition, The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, KY The Faculty of The AAC: Their Art and Creative Process, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Summerfair Biennial, Grant winners' exhibition, The Carnegie, Covington KY Futuropolis, Invitational exhibition, Pulse Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 1997* *Show 20, Invitational exhibition, Gallery 840, Cincinnati, OH This Is...,* Emery Machine Shop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 1996 *Art on the Square Invitational - Museum Staff Artists Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH 1994* *The 18th Annual Arts Consortium Competitive, Cincinnati, OH 1993* *46th Annual Mid-States Juried Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science 11th Annual Juried Competition, Evansville, IN The Mix, Invitational Exhibition of Cincinnati Artists, Emery Machine Shop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Border To Border, Larson Biennial National Drawing Competition, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN -(purchase award) - catalog Nude '93* - Eight State Competition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY - (merit award) 1992 *Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition, Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN - catalog In Celebration of Art, Clark State's Sixth Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Springfield, OH 1991* *Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science 9th Annual Juried Competition, Evansville, IN The 15th Annual Arts Consortium Competitive, Cincinnati, OH 1990* *The 14th Annual Arts Consortium Competitive, Cincinnati, OH Nude '90* - Eight State Competition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY 1989 *Into the Nineties, Northern Kentucky University invitational, Highland Heights, KY The 13th Annual Arts Consortium Competitive, Cincinnati, OH - (merit award) 1988* *Kentucky Graphics '88, Headly-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY - catalog Figure It Out, Invitational, Katz and Dawgs, The Gallery - Premier Event, Columbus, OH The Art Academy at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH NKU / Art Academy juried student exchange show, Northern Kentucky University, KY B.F.A. Senior Exhibition,* Art Academy of Cincinnati, Chidlaw Gallery, March 6-11, Cincinnati, OH 1987 *Viewpoint, The Cincinnati Art Club annual jurried show. Cincinnati, OH University of Cincinnati / Art Academy joint printmaking show,* Gallery 840, University of Cincinnati, OH Student Show - The Art Academy Downtown, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Student Show - The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH *The Director's Choice Show* - The Art Academy Downtown, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 1986 The 11th Annual Arts Consortium Competitive, Cincinnati, OH The Art Academy Student Show, The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH Scholarship Winner's Show, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 1985 *The Art Academy Student Show, The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH Scholarship Winner's Show*, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
selected grants • awards
First Prize Award, 7th Annual Arts On Main Juried Exhibition, Louisville Visual Arts Association, Shelbyville, KY, 2003 Faculty Development Grant for Summer 2003, Xavier University, 2003 Summerfair Inc. Aid to Individual Artists fellowship, 1997, 2000, 2007 Best Of Show prize award, Kreft National Juried Exhibition, 1999 STRATAuser Magazine, 3D Media Annual International Competition, Second Place, 1998 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, 1994 Purchase award, Larson Biennial National Drawing Competition, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 1993
critical reviews • articles • works in print
The Cincinnati Enquirer, November 25, 2007 *Summerfair Awards Grants to Four, by Sara Pearce Hennebol, Rudolf. OVID - Metamorphosen* Published by Buchners Verlag, Bamberg, Germany, 2006. The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 11, 2005 *A Fraction of the Action, by Sara Pearce Hennebol, Rudolf. Daphne - Narcissus - Pygmalion. Antiquity and Present Time. Published by Buchners Verlag, Bamberg, Germany, 2004. CityBeat, Vol. 9, Issue 49, Oct.15-21, 2003 Articulations: Inside Artists' Heads* iRhine.com, Sept. 14, 2003 OKI at NKU - AOK, by Fabienne Christenson CityBeat, Vol. 8, Issue 7, Dec.27, 2001 Year in review, REDUX - Emery and Franz, DAAP Galleries. CityBeat, Vol. 8, Issue 1, Nov.15-20, 2001 Review of *REDUX - Emery and Franz,* DAAP Galleries Downtown. The Kentucky Post, May 4, 1999 Review of *A Celebration of the Tradition of Horse Racing,* The Behringer Crawford Museum, Covington, Kentucky. New American Paintings, Summer 1999 Juried Exhibition In Print, Midwest, Vol. 23 Computer Graphics World Magazine, August, 1998 online Graphics Gallery, Article featuring digital fine art selected from the Machina dell'Arte. Antenna Magazine, June/July, 1998, Pg. 22, *Two MFA's on their way* Review of *Elixir - A Pantheon of Allegory,* University of Cincinnati Tangeman Gallery. STRATAuser Magazine, May, 1998, Pgs. 24-25, *3D Media Annual Competition Issue* Featuring 2 images, including Second Place winner. The Cincinnati Post, May 13, 1996 Preview of *Art on the Square Invitational - Museum Staff Artists Exhibition,* 580 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dialogue, Sept/Oct, 1990, Pg. 26 Review of *The 14th Annual Arts Competitive, The Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Cincinnati Post, May 30, 1990 Review of The 14th Annual Arts Competitive, The Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dialogue, Sept/Oct 1989, pgs. 29-30 Review of Warchild and The Fragile Hunter, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 30, 1988 Review of The Art Academy at the Cincinnati Art Museum,* Cincinnati, Ohio
travel abroad for creative research
2001 Mainland Greece and the island of Crete leading students on a 3 week drawing tour. 2001 Yucatan, Mexico - Mayan ruins of Tulum and Chichen'Itza, funded in-part by Summerfair grant. 1994 Rome, Florence, Padua, Assisi, and throughout Italy, funded by the Ohio Arts Council. 1992 Paris, Amsterdam, Munich, Nuremberg, Salzburg and Barcelona. 1989 Rome, Florence, Venice, Athens (throughout Greece), Munich, Frankfurt (and throughout Germany), funded by the Wilder traveling endowment.
guest artist lectures • presentations
2005 University of Cincinnati, OH, Intro to Painting (slide lecture and guest critique) 2003 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH *A Tour of the Museum Through the eyes of a Painter and Professor of Art* (slide lecture - docent training) 2003 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, *Painting from Antiquity* (onsite demonstration) 2003 Berea College Art Department, Berea, Kentucky, *Pantheon* (slide lecture) 1998 Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, Art Honors, *Art and Censorship* (slide lecture)
teaching appointments
2006 - present	University of Cincinnati Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Design Drawn Design I, Foundation Design Drawing
2005 - 2006	Xavier University Academic Leave (Paid)
2002 - 2005 2004/05 Academic Leave (Paid)	Xavier University Department of Art Assistant Professor - Head of Painting and Drawing Founding Faculty Advisor: Society of Visual Arts (student organization) *Founder of the X-Art at the Echo* art exhibitions** (an SVA activity) Department Web Developer Open Figure Drawing Coordinator Academic Advisor to Juniors Drawing I, Advanced Drawing I, Advanced Drawing II (life drawing), Advanced Drawing III, Painting I, Advanced Painting I, Advanced Painting II, Advanced Painting III, Advanced Studio: Painting and Drawing, 2D Design, Drawing for Non-Majors, various Painting, Drawing,and Digital Tutorials, Senior Thesis Concentrations in Painting and Drawing course introduced and developed for curriculum expansion
1997 - 2002	University of Cincinnati Adjunct Instructor, School of Design and School of Art Annual Adjunct 2001/02 (School of Design) Adjunct Faculty Association DAAP Representative Basic Drawing I, Basic Drawing II, Digital Imaging, Foundation Design Drawing I-III, Drawing for Graphic Design, Life Drawing (for Fashion, Graphic and Industrial Design), Design Communications IV - Industrial Design, Drawing for Digital Design I and II, Digital Ideation I, Digital Ideation II (3D modeling), Digital Ideation II (3D animation) *courses developed for program
1998 - 2002	Art Academy of Cincinnati Adjunct Instructor, Foundations and Fine Art Painting, Senior Fine Arts Seminar, Open Studio (team taught), Sources and Resources, Large Scale Drawing, Art From Art, Drawing I, Drawing II, Drawing III (life drawing) courses developed for program.
1988	The Art Academy of Cincinnati Instructor Two week intensive high school honors figure drawing class TA - Computer graphics and general usage instruction, equipment maintenance.
1987	The Art Academy of Cincinnati Assistant Teacher Saturday Computer Art Classes for children
relevant experience
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, June 2004 - present Executive Director, July 2005 - present Co-founder of the non-profit arts organization and president of the Board of Directors Curator of the exhibitsTerrestrial Domains, Figures in Gray, First Annual Rites of Passage, First Annual Magnitude SEVEN, GREEN, CRUFT by Robert Spahr, and Drawings by Kevin T. Kelly (in 2005), A Selection: 1999-2001, Paintings by Boris Zakic, String of Beads: Drawings by Sol Kjøk, Selections from the National Drawing Annual 2005, The Sculpted Line, Siblings by Anne Potter, Second Annual Magnitude SEVEN, Tranquil Dream: Large Paintings by Cole Carothers, The Silent Object: Paintings and Drawings by Benjamin Shamback, and Whimsical Muse (in 2006), Pseudopodia: Drawings by Kathleen Thum, Awake: Paintings and Drawings by Emil Robinson, It's In Your Head: Approaches to Likeness; Selections from the National Drawing Annual 2006, Third Annual Rites of Passage, Third Annual Magnitude SEVEN, Master Pieces, Souvenir: Recent Paintings by Kim Flora, New Hybrids: Environmental Anomalies - Recent Drawings by Jon Swindler and Funny Men (in 2007), Body of Work: The Human Form in Contemporary Art, and Appetite and Consumption: Works on Paper by Kelly Jo Asbury (in 2008). Curator/editor for the National Drawing Annual 2005, 2006, 2007. Open Figure Coordinator 04/05 season, Gallery Intern Coordinator 04/05 season, Web Developer, 2004 - present: www.manifestgallery.org Academic Studio Apprentice Sponsor, 2002, 2003 Provided two college senior fine art students for-credit studio apprenticeships in collaboration with the Art Academy of Cincinnati and Xavier University Private Studio Tutor, Drawing, Painting, Digital Media, and Creative Theory, 2000 - present Founder and host of the Open Critique Sessions at the Iron Works Studios, summer 2004 - 2005 Founder of the Open Figure Summer Sessions, 2000 - 2004 Jason Franz Studio, 2004; the University of Cincinnati, 2002; Art Academy of Cincinnati, 2000 Cincinnati Art Museum, 1987 - 1998 (1989-1996 full time employment) Preparator, Exhibit Designer, Project Manager, Specialized Conservation Technician, Art Handler Ohio Valley Art Services, 1989 - 2003 Partner and manager of two-man freelance service for fine art crating and packing Jason Franz Studio, Covington, Kentucky, 1994 - present 2000 sq. ft. studio at 20 W. 18th Street Pioneered the coversion of the Iron Works Studio Complex from a top-floor warehouse to a suite of artists' studios Jason Franz Studio, Batavia, Ohio, 1988 - 1994 2000 sq. ft. studio at 222 Main Street
memberships • service
Member, Board of Advisors, Summerfair Foundation, 2005 - present Juror, Summerfair Inc. Annual National Arts Festival, 2005 East Walnut Hills/Walnut Hills Community Collaborative Board, 2004 - 2006 Member of the advisory board supporting the implementation of the 06 Vision 2010 for the revitalization of these urban neighborhoods. East Walnut Hills Assembly, 2001 - present DeSales Corner Business Group (East Walnut Hills), 2004 - present