Frank D. Cole


EDUCATION


1984

 


M.F.A., University of California, San Diego;
La Jolla, California
1979
B.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts;
Oakland, California
WORK EXPERIENCE
1997-02

Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts
Provided instruction in basic drawing, 2D Visual Dynamics CORE Program and Graduate Painting Seminars

1994-04
Lecturer, Contra Costa College
Provided instruction in Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Painting (combined) and Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Figure Drawing
2000-04
 

Lecturer, University of San Francisco
Provided instruction in Drawing for Non Art Majors and Basic Drawing.

2002 Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
Provided instruction in Beginning Painting, "The Language of Painting"
1993-01
Instructor, San Francisco State University
Provided instruction in Mixed Media Painting Workshop, Painting I, II, and III
Introduction to Drawing and Figure Drawing
1989-92
Instructor, California College Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Conducted team - taught interdisciplinary graduate seminars. Directed graduate independent studies and provided instruction in basic, drawing and 3-D CORE program.
1988-89
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Provided instruction in figure drawing/painting and color and composition courses. Directed graduate independent studies and served on graduate review committees.

1987-88


Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Provided beginning and intermediate instruction in sculpture and conducted interdisciplinary graduate seminars. Directed graduate independent studies.

1986-87


Visiting Lecturer, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Provided beginning, advanced and graduate instruction for combined media, painting and life drawing courses. Directed graduate independent studies.
1985
Program Coordinator, Artist in Residence Program, San Diego City Schools
Developed and coordinated a visiting artist program employing local professional
artists to conduct special projects and performances in public schools. Responsible for selection of artists and their placement, public relations, fund-raising and project evaluation.
1981-84
Teaching Assistant, University of California at San Diego
Provided eight quarters of lecture and studio instruction for "Introduction to Art" and "The Structure of Art" covering sculpture, drawing, painting, performance and 3-D design.
1982-84
Researcher/Preparator, Stuart Collection, University of California at San Diego
Assisted in the development and installation of major outdoor sculptures by Robert Irwin, Richard Fleischner and Terry Allen. Conducted research for proposed works by James Turrell and Bruce Nauman.
ART EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions:
1998 "Right In The Eye", Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
1995 "New Drawings", University Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside
1986 "Painted Constructions", Quint Gallery, San Diego, California
1986 "On the Home Front", Installation Gallery, San Diego, California
1985 "Burning in Hell", Sushi Gallery, San Diego, California
1984 "All Stood Still", Old Miramar Road, La Jolla, California
1982 "Mud and Ice", Mandeville Annex Gallery, La Jolla, California
1980 "The Serpent", 80 Langton Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
1980 "On the Site of a Demolished Dream", 65 Glenn Street, Oakland, California
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2002 "Orange", !Hey! Gallery, Oakland, California
2002 "Faculty Show", Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College
2001 "Add/Drop", Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts and Crafts 1999 Oakland, California
1995 "Equinox", Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
1994
"Diderot And The Last Lumiare", Site, Los Angeles, California and Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California. Curated by Erika Suderburg.
1994 "New Faculty", Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, California
1992
"Drawing Room," Nexus Gallery,
Berkeley, California
1991 "Chain Reaction," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
1989 "Rags: Clothing as Allegory", San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
1988 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1987 "Faculty Drawing Show", Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley

1986
"Annual Invitational Exhibition", Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1986 "Annual Faculty Exhibition", University Art Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson
1985 "Wood", Quint Gallery, San Diego, California
1985

"A San Diego Exhibition", La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California

1983 "Eighteen San Diego Artists", Mandeville Annex Gallery, La Jolla, California
REVIEWS ARTICLES AND CATALOGUES
1997 "Blurring the Boundaries" Installation Art 1969 - 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Catalogue, color illus.
1995 "Artists Who Can Still Draw", Jonathan Saville, San Diego Reader, November 9, 1995, illus.
1989 "Rags, Clothing As Allegory," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Catalogue, illus.
1988 "Introductions 88", Christine Tamblyn, ArtNews , October, 1988
1986 "Works of 2 Artists Are Linked By Romanticism", Robert McDonald, LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 5, 1986
1986 "Subtle Allegories Lurk Within Landscapes", Robert L. Pincus, SAN DIEGO UNION, November 6, 1986, illus.
1986 "On the Homefront Fills the Room and Your Soul", Robert McDonald, LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 9, 1985, illus.
1985 "Artists Show What is on Their Minds", Robert L. Pincus, SAN DIEGO UNION, November 23, 1985, illus.
1985 "Quint Proves Summer Exhibits Needn't be Dull", Mark Elliott-Lugo, SAN DIEGO UNION, June 21, 1985, illus.
1984 "Frank Cole", Marina La Palma, ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, Vol. 2 Number 4, illus.
1984 "Billboard Hell", Jeff Kelley, LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 23, 1983, illus.
1984 "Something Big and Small", SAN DIEGO UNION, December 22, 1983, illus.
1984

"A New Approach to Hell", Guillermo Gomez-Pena, LA PENSA, December 23, 1983, illus.

AWARDS
2002 Nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award
1992 Art Matters Inc. Grant
1983 Ford Foundation Scholarship
1983 Russell Foundation Grant
1983 Chancellor's Associate Grant, U.C.S.D.
1981 Ford Foundation Scholarship
1976 Sculpture Department Grant, C.C.A.C.
References available upon request.


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