FRANCHESKA ALCANTARA
b. Santo Domingo, DR. Based between Tulsa, OK and Bronx, NY
EDUCATION
2019 MFA, Sculpture + Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2015 BFA with distinction, Painting and Combined Media, Hunter College, New York, NY
2009 BA, Art History, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | PERFORMANCES
2023 Untitled, Oklahoma State University Galleries, Stillwater, OK (forthcoming)
2023 In the Air, Juneteenth Art Exhibition 2023, Tulsa, OK
2023 Strange and Oppositional, 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, OK (two-person exhibition)
2022 Exchanging Horizons, part of Ears to the Ground: An Ethnography of Material, Sound, and Conversations, Martin Regional Library, Tulsa, OK
2022 Secure the Bag, Mint the Soaps and Throw the Bones, Recess Art, Brooklyn, New York
2022 Eyes of the Skin, curated by Teresita Fernandez, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Skin Le Fleur, Liggett Studio, Tulsa, OK (solo exhibition)
2021 The Meeting Point, Meatpacking District, New York
2020 Beast Like Me: Feminism and Fantasy, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY
2020 Geografía Relativa, Galería Agustina Ferreyra, CDMX
2018 Cuerpxs Radicales: Radical Bodies in Performance, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Her Art Will Be Cannibal, Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos, Bronx, NY
2017 Sisterin’ in Procession, artistic action covering 73+ blocks along Jerome Avenue in The Bronx, NY
2017 Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
AWARDS | RESIDENCIES
2023 MASS MoCA Artist Residency, North Adams, MA( forthcoming)
2023 Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA), mentor Larry Ossei-Mensah, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2022 Thrive Grant, supported by Andy Warhol Foundation and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2022 Recess Art Session Program, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Interchange Artist Grant, supported by Mid-America Arts Alliance and Mellon Foundation, Tulsa, OK
2021 City Artist Corps Grant, New York, NY
2021 Wave Hill Gardens Workspace Residency, Bronx, NY
2020-2023 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2019 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT (awarded with fellowship)
2018 Shandaken Projects: Storm King Art Residency, New Windsor, NY
2017 Franklin Furnace Archives, Inc., Franklin Furnace Fund supported by the Jerome Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Bronx Museum of the Arts, Artists in the Marketplace (AIM Program) Bronx, NY
TEXT | PRESS
Art Seen: Eyes of the Skin, Folasade Ologundudu, The Brooklyn Rail, July-August, 2022.
Your Concise New York Art Guide for July 2022, Billy Anania, Hyperallergic, June 29, 2022.
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now, Aruna D’Souza, New York Times, June 24, 2022.
PANELS | LECTURES
2022 “The Power of Stories,” Ears to the Ground discussion, Rudisill Library, Tulsa, OK
2020 “The Art of Caring,” virtual symposium organized by Culture Push, NY
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS | ACTIVITIES
2023 Recess Advisory Board, Brooklyn, NY
2020 North Bronx Collective member, Bronx, NY