Frances Middendorf

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018-16 The Art of Scent, Trissino, , The Art of Scent, , Vicenza, Italy The Art of Scent, Villa Pojana, Vicenza, Italy 2011 Disegni Dalle Poesie di Cesare Pavese, Museo Casa Natale Cesare Pavese, Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy The Motive Force in Every Plot: Drawings from Cesare Pavese, The National Arts Club, New York, NY 2008 Picturing the Poems of Cesare Pavese, The National Arts Club, New York, NY 2006 Picturing the Poems of Cesare Pavese, The National Arts Club, New York, NY 2004 Animals, Animus, Anima, The National Arts Club, New York, NY 2001 Paintings from Italy, The National Arts Club, New York, NY

SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITONS 2018 Sleepless Nights, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY Fans and Interactions, Tambaran Gallery, New York, NY 2017 Family Lines, Tambaran Gallery, New York, NY 2016-15 Works on Paper, Downing Yudain Gallery, Stamford, Connecticut 2013 Pictures at an Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY 2012 The Midd-Way: A Father Daughter Circus, The National Arts Club, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021-18 Art in the Embassies, U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, Netherlands 2018 120th NAC Anniversary Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY 2017 The Portrait Project, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY Dog and Pony Show, Downing Yudain Gallery, Stamford, Connecticut 2016 Vincini di Casa, Civitella Ranieri, Italy 117th Annual Exhibiting Artist Members Exhibit, The National Arts Club, New York, NY 2014 Suleko Evening, Rene Mele Gallery, New York, NY 2014-11 Social Photography I, II, III, IV, The Carriage Trade Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Arte al Femminile a Todi, Museo Pinacoteca di Todi, Italy 2011-08 Luoghi, personaggi e Miti Pavesiani, Museo Casa Natale Cesare Pavese, Italy 2013 Artists and Posers, Alex Adam Gallery, New York, NY 2010 Artists Invite Artists, The Painting Center, New York, NY 2004 Beyond Brittany, The Parker Gallery, Washington D.C. Chu, Grenoble, France 2004-03 Visages D’automne: Exposition D’art, France 2003 Voyages Dans L’art Contemporain, France 2002 Triennale de Paris, Le Grande Arche, France Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte, Florence, Italy 2000 La Donna Nel Sacro, Rocca di Umbertide, Italy 1999 Paintings for Italy, The New York Studio School, New York, NY 1998 RISD on the Road, Rhode Island, Philadelphia, and San Francisco 1997 Paint Over Matter, Interart Theatre Annex, New York, NY

RESIDENCIES 2001-0 Vivian Beaumont Lincoln Center Theater, New York, NY

AWARDS 2016 The 117th Annual Exhibiting Artist Members Exhibit, The National Arts Club, New York, First Prize 2011-08 Museo Casa Natale Cesare Pavese, Italy, Le Colline di Pavese Prize

LECTURES 2017 “Sacred and Profane Love: The Carnation and the Rose in Art”, Sociëteit Het Meisjeshuis, Netherlands PRESS 2014 Frances Middendorf: Portraiture as Empathy, Lines from the League, The Art Students’ League of New York

TEACHING/ACADEMIA Present- 2011 Drawing Faculty, Art Program, Italy 2010-09 Painting Instructor, Living Italy, Italy 1987-86 Instructor, MFA Illustration, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

RELATED EXPERIENCE 1999-85 Illustrator, Representation: Bernstein and Andriulli 1997-96 Contributing Editor, Art Director’s Club Newsletter, Graphis Magazine 1997-96 Curator, Paint Over Matter, Inerart Theatre Annex, New York 1991-90 Writer, Rhode Island School of Design Magazine, Rhode Island 1990-88 Art Reviewer, Pheonix’s News Paper, Rhode Island

EDUCATION 1998 Accademia di Belle Art, Perugia, Italy 1998-97 The International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy 1997-96 The New York Studio School, New York, NY 1987 Columbia Journalism School, New York, NY 1986-84 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 1982-79 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island