Francis Caprani

Francis Caprani

 

 

 

 

Website: www.serraz.com

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Address: 353 Rossmore , Burlington, Ont. L7N 1R9
Phone: 905 633 8857

Born: August 2, 1950 in Dublin, Ireland

 

 

Education

1972-74 Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec Major in Fine Arts
1974-77 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec B.F.A. Major in Fine Arts (lithography, painting, sculpture & drawing)
1977-78 Studied printmaking at Le Centre de gravure contemporain de Genève, Switzerland,  under Master Printer Daniel Divorn

Grants & Awards

1979 Awarded first prize jointly with Gerald Pedros for Impressions of the Holocaust exhibition sponsored by the Holocaust Remembrance Commitee, Canadian Jewish Congress Eastern REgion Ladies' Division of the Association of Survivors of Nazi Oppression.
1979 Grant from Elizabeth T. Greenshield Foundation on the basis of art work submitted
1977 Grant from Elizabeth T. Greenshield Foundation on the basis of art work submitted, to allow the artist to travel and work in Europe
1976 Canada Council Project Grant

Publications

1996 "An Autumn Week at Sally's Pond", Magazine Art, Vol. 9, No. 1, Fall 1996
1989 Old Brewery Mission Exhibition and Auction, catalogue
1989 Biennale du dessin de l'estampe et papier du Québec, catalogue
1989 A l'ombre du génie, catalogue
1989 Fondation pour la santé mentale des jeunes, catalogue
1988 Entrée libre à l'art contemporain, Galerie d'art Lavalin, catalogue
1987 Publications Norte May-June Revista Hispano-Americana, No. 337
1984 Cover of Montreal Calendar Magazine, February 1984
1984 Tout l'art du monde, catalogue, p.. 4
1983 Au Masculin, Vol. 3, No. 1, illustration p. 21

Selected Exhibitions

1993 Two man exhibition, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal
1992 Group exhibition Erin Cara, Montreal Trade Centre
1992 Group exhibition Erin Cara, Kilkenny, Ireland
1991 Group exhibition Totem de Piedra, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal (also shown in Mexico City, Chicago and other North American cities)
1991 Three man exhibition "La Raza Group", Guinness Hop Store Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1990 Three man exhibition "La Raza Group", Galerie Ernst Brandt, Köln, West Germany
1989 Three man exhibition "La Raza Group", Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal "Sanctuaries"
1989 Biennale du dessin de l'estampe du papier du Québec, Alma, Quebec
1989 Group exhibition "A l'ombre du génie", Association des galeries d'art contemporain (AGACM) et la Fondation des maladies mentales, Montreal
1989 Group exhibition, Masonic Temple, Montreal, art auction to raise funds for Old Brewery Mission
1988 Group exhibition, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, "Entrée libre a l'art contemporain galerie d'art Lavalin"
1987 Three man exhibition at Sociedad Mexicana de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City
1987 Three man exhibition at Universidad de Mexico, Queretaro, Mexico
1987 Two man exhibition, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal
1985 Two man exhibition at Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal
1985 Painting sold to permanent collection "Tout l'art du monde" sponsored by le Ministère des communautés culturelles et de l'immigration du Québec
1984 Two man exhibition, Galerie Joyce Goldman, Montreal
1984 Painting sold to permanent collection "Tout l'art du monde" sponsored by le Ministère des communautés culturelles et de l'immigration du Québec
1983 Awarded contact for art work for television series "Survivors of the Holocaust"
1982 Two man exhibition of drawings, paintings and video, Bellair Gallery, Toronto
1980 Three man exhibition of paintings and prints, SAW Art Gallery, Ottawa
1978 Had work accepted into the collection of the Musée d'estampes, Geneva, Switzerland
1978 Had work accepted into the collection of the Centre de gravure, Geneva, Switzerland
1973 Awarded mural contract for Dawson College, Lafontaine Campus, Montreal
1972 Awarded mural contract for Dawson College, Viger Campus, Montreal
1971 Awarded mural contract for Buckminster Fuller Exhibition, Montreal