Artist, educational filmmaker
GRANTS & AWARDS
2001/2002 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship
2001 Featured Artist, Florida Committee for the National Museum of
Women in the Arts fundraising gala
2002 Fellowships Traveling Exhibition: Mary Brogan Museum of Arts and Sciences, Tallahassee, FL.; Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL; Museum of Florida Art, Deland, FL.; Okaloosa-Walton Community College Galleries, Niceville, FL.
DOCUMENTARIES
2011 Now in the process of being created: “The Creative-Native Project in Oklahoma, underwritten by the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
and the Museum of the Red River, documentary on art, creativity, mentoring,
cultural preservation and ecological sustainability, installation by Fran Hardy
and exhibition at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art curated by Fran Hardy
of creative individuals interviewed
2010 “The Artist’s Process, Going Native With Fran Hardy”
Funded in part by NEA, Florida Dept. of State, FL Div. of Cultural Affairs, The FL Arts Council
WMFE-TV, Orlando PBS and FEC-TV, National Educational Station, Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, FL
2007/2008 “Pentimento, Fran Hardy - The Artist’s Process”
WMFE-TV, Orlando PBS, WCEU-TV, Daytona Beach, FL PBS,
FEC-TV, National Educational Station, Henry McBride Foundation, Norwalk, CT, Museum of Florida Art, Deland, FL, Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, OK
2004 “In a Brilliant Light, Fran Hardy - Art & Process"
WMFE-TV, Orlando PBS, FEC-TV, National Educational Station, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Gulf Coast Museum of Art
INSTALLATIONS
2010 Brevard Art Museum, “Navel Gazing”, interactive painting
installation (Preconcieved Notions) and documentary
(The Artist’s Process, Going Native) focusing on vanishing Florida native plants
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Museum collections:
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art - Loretto, PA
Dunnegan Gallery of Art - Bolivar, MO
Museum of American Illustration - Portland, OR
Brevard Art Museum - Melbourne, Fl.
Museum of Florida Art, Deland, Fl
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art -Shawnee, OK
Corporate collections:
Occidental Petroleum
Ingersol Publishing
Interior Workplaces Design Co.
Pitman Moore
Kubicki Draper et al Attorneys at Law, Miami, FL,
Wheeling Jesuit University
PUBLICATIONS & BROADCAST
2009 American Art Collector magazine, Dec 2009, “Fran Hardy, Ancient Stories”
The Santa Fean magazine, Dec/Jan, “Sentience”
2008 Art in America, January 2008
Art in America, October 2007
Art in America, April 2007, pg 74
2004 WMFE-FM, Orlando NPR, April 16&17, Interview on the ‘Arts
Connection‘
“Florida Today”, cover page of the ‘Life’ section, “Artist Sees the Light”
“The Times”, Sunday Arts, Feb. 22, “The Layered Look”
Tampa Bay Illustrated”, Feb. issue, “Good Enough to Eat”
2003 “Expressions” Magazine, Published by PBS of Southwest Florida, Cover & article
2002/2003 Painting chosen for front cover of
“Florida Guide to Cultural Programs for Individual Artists”
2002 “The Press Journal”, August 5, 2002, ‘See
”Dancing in the Light” at the Museum of Art’, by Geoff Gabriel.
Solo Exhibition catalog for traveling exhibition, “Dancing in the Light”
“Florida Today”, August 11, 2002, Arts & Leisure, ‘Luminous art radiates in Vero’,
“Vero Beachside News”, pg 6, Art Exhibition: “Fran Hardy, Dancing In The Light"
“Tallahassee Democrat”, Limelight Section, pg 27, June 14, &May 24”
“Tallahassee Democrat”, March 18, 2002, “Everything is coming up Roses”
“Vero Beach Museum of Art News”, July/August 2002, pg. 4, Fran Hardy
“Vero Beach Museum of Art News”, July/August 2002, cover, "Dancing In The Light"
2001 “Gallery Guide”, New York City Edition, pg 73.
“American Artist”, Dec. 2001, Fran Hardy - Painting with Light, pgs. 34-41, 72-73
“American Artist”, Nov. 2001, pg. 80
“Gallery Guide”, New York City Edition, pg 71.
“HR Magazine”, Review by Joe Urich
2000 “Gulf Coast Living Magazine”
Solo Exhibition catalog, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
1995/2010 "Who's Who In American Women"
"The Watercolor Book" by David Dewey Watson-Guptill
Publications
All of my work focuses on the natural world especially native flora and its preservation. I am particularly fascinated by ancient trees and this ongoing series of my most recent work focuses on the infinite variety and importance of trees. I hope that by drawing the public’s attention to the otherworldly beauty of trees and native flora it will draw attention to why they need to be saved for their unique visual beauty and their key role in preserving the sustainability of our environment. The trees are large drawings on panel also utilizing watercolor and various acrylic grounds. An eye for meticulous detail infuses my work and often various magical creatures will make themselves known to the viewer within the twisting bark of my trees. My early childhood was spent in the solitary pursuit of reading magic books and fairy tales and along with my desire to save the natural world and vanishing ancient trees these forest sprites emerge unbidden and subconsciously as I draw. I believe that trees are sentient beings that feel and breath in unique ways that we can not yet comprehend.
Fran has had six solo museum shows as well as being co-producer of a series of documentaries called the Creative-Native Project with her husband filmmaker Bob Demboski. The series focuses on different regions of the United States in each one and the intersection of art, creativity, mentoring, cultural preservation and ecological sustainability. Their documentaries have aired on PBS stations, on FEC-TV, a national educational channel, at museums along with installations of Fran’s work and at botanical gardens as well as being used as a teaching tool by various groups such as the Florida Native Plant Society. Their most recent project in progress is on Oklahoma with underwriting from two museums there and will not only premiere next year but include a show of the creative individuals interviewed as well as a installation by Fran at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art.
SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2007 Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, OK
Museum of Florida Art, Deland, FL
2004 Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, FL
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL
2002 Traveling Exhibition: Orlando Art in Public Places: Mayor’s Gallery & Leu Gardens, 22nd Floor Capitol Gallery, Capitol Building, Tallahassee, FL;
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
2000 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Ligonier, PA
SOLO GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
2009 Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples FL.
2007 Millenia Fine Art, Orlando, Florida
Henry McBride Foundation, Norwalk, CT.
2004 Kingdon Alan Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.
2002 Uptown Gallery, NYC
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