RESUME
Updated 2020
Affiliated Scholar, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, 2006 - present
BOOK and MONOGRAPHS
Escape Artist: The Art of Fran Forman (Schiffer Books, 2014)
Among the 10 Best Photo Books of 2014; First Prize Beyond the Book 2015; Los Angeles Center of Photography 2019
The Rest Between Two Notes: Selected Work by Fran Forman (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2020)
A Best PhotoBook 2020, selected by Elizabeth Avedon
A Best PhotoBook 2020, selected by WhatWillYouRemember
International Photo Award, Honorable Mention 2019, 2020
LA Center of Photography, Honorable Mention 2019
Self-Illumination: New Work by Fran Forman 2020
Visual Narration: Recent Work by Fran Forman 2018
Merging the Known and the Unknown: New Work by Fran Forman 2016
Enchanted Constructions: Photographic Collages by Fran Forman 2014
ADDITIONAL FEATURES, PROFILES
FotoNostrum, 2020
Tagree Magazine, 2020
BETA Development in Photography, 2020
Shadow and Light Magazine 2016, 2018, 2020
AAP Magazine, 2020
F-Stop Magazine, 2020
What WIll You Remember, 2018, 2020
COOPH 2020
Sony Alpha Universe 2020
The Eye of Photography 2020
Catalyst Interviews 2020
Photo.Com 2020
Kolaj Magsazione 2019
rFototFolio: A New Renaissance, 2018
Artscope Magazine, Autumn 2017
Blur Magazine, winter 2015-16
The Hand Magazine, 2016
Curve Magazine, 2011
Fine Art Photo (Internationales Magazin fur sinnliche Fotografie) 2014-2015
Photoshop Masking and Compositing (Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan, James Porto, 2012)
Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: People and Places 2014
Professional Artist: The Art of Books 2013
Museum Collections
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Grace Museum, Texas
North Down Museum, Northern Ireland
Sunnhordland Museum, Stord, Norway
Comer Collection of Photography, University of Texas
Western Carolina University Museum
Honors and Awards
2020
Curator - Juror Colorado Center of Photography
Curator - Juror Southeast Center for Photography
International Photo Award, Honorable Mention
AAP Magazine, Merit Award
AAP Magazine, Honorable Mention
2019
Puffin Foundation grant
Curator - Juror - ASmithGallery. Texas
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: Bronze (portraiture)
Critical Mass - Finalist
2018
Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree, New England School of Photography, 50th anniversary, Boston
Second Prize: The Photography Gala Awards, Barcelona
Second Prize: International Photo Awards, Lucie Foundation
Juror - Rfoto International Photo Competition (with Aline Smithson and Collier Brown)
Critical Mass - Finalist
Commencement Speaker, Honorary Degree, The New England School of Photography, Boston
Curator-Juror - NY Photo Awards
2017
Curator-Juror - University of North Dakota
Curator-Juror - ASmith Gallery, Texas
2016
Artist in Residence, Holsnoy Kloster, Sunnhordland Museum, Norway
2015
‘By the Books’ - juror: 21st Editions - First Place
Artist in Residence, The Studios of Key West
FENCE, Boston
Juror: Open Shutter Expose Gallery
2014
One of the Best PhotoBooks of 2014
Critical Mass - Finalist
Magdalena PhotoNola
UmbrellaArts, New York
Juror: ASmithGallery
2013
Julia Margaret Cameron Award (Fine Art) - First Prize
2012
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris - First Place (Fine Art), Gold (Collage), Silver (Book Proposal)
International Hot Air Balloon Photography - First Place
Diffusion Magazine - “Muse” photo competition
2011
China 2nd Biennial International Photographic Cultural Festival and Exhibition, Lishui, China
Critical Mass - Finalist
International Photography Gala Award (Portraits and People) - Second Place
Julia Margaret Cameron Award (Fine Art) - Honorable Mention
2010
International Photo Award - 1st Place (Fine Art - collage)
International Photo Award - Honorable Mention, (Fine Art)
Julia Margaret Cameron Award (Fine Art) - Honorable Mention
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art - Top 40
Vermont Photography Workplace (David Bram, juror)
Features/ Profiles:
Shadow and Light Magazine, 2018
Artscope Magazine, Autumn 2017
Blur Magazine, winter 2015-16
The Hand Magazine, 2016
Shadow and Light Magazine, 2016
Curve Magazine, 2011
Fine Art Photo (Internationales Magazin fur sinnliche Fotografie) 2014-2015
Photoshop Masking and Compositing (Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan, James Porto, 2012)
Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: People and Places 2014
Professional Artist: The Art of Books 2013
Enchanted Constructions: Photographic Collages by Fran Forman 2013
Merging the Known and the Unknown: New Work by Fran Forman 2016
Museum Collections
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Grace Museum, Texas
North Down Museum, Northern Ireland
Sunnhordland Museum, Stord, Norway
Prix de la Photographie Paris 2008 - Peoples’ Choice, Second Place (Fine Art)
Common Ground Touring Collection
Ultimate Eye Foundation, Finalist
International Photo Award - Second Place (Fine Art - collage)
International Photo Award - Honorable Mention, (Fine Art - digitally enhanced)
Photoworkshop.com (5th annual digital imaging competition, Adobe) - Winner
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA - Color Photography - First Place
Women’s Caucus for Art - Featured Member
Zingology.com - Featured Artist
Featured Artist- AreaofDesign.com
Malden Muse Gallery - Top Three Artists
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA - Members Prize
Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA - Juror’s Choice Award
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art - Top 40
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
Pucker Gallery, Boston (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
Massachusetts State House, Boston, Griffin Museum of Photography (2017)
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust, England (2015-2016)
University of North Dakota, 2018
Sohn Gallery, Lenox, MA (2015)
Open Shutter Fine Art Photography, Dorango, CO (2015)
Garner Center, New England School of Photography, Boston, MA (2015)
Tao Water Gallery, Provincetown, MA (2014)
Brandeis University, Faculty Club, MA (2013)
Afterimage Fine Art Photography, Dallas, Texas (2012-13, 2019)
PhotoMéthode, Austin, Texas - Two-person (2013)
Open Shutter Fine Art Photography, Dorango, CO (2012)
DavisOrton Gallery, Hudson, NY (Two-person) (2012)
Sohn Gallery, Stockbridge, MA (2011-2012)
Pine Manor College, Boston, MA (2010)
New Door Creative Gallery, Baltimore, MD (2010)
Mayim Hayim,, Newton, MA (2010)
Sturgis Library, Barnstable, MA (2009-2010)
23Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR (2008)
Newton Free Library, Newton, MA (2008)
James Pierce Gallery, Baltimore, MD (2008)
Griffin Museum of Photography, MA (2008)
Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA (2007)
Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA (2006)
Group
AfterImage, Dallas (2019)
Dimbola Lodge, Home of Julia Margaret Cameron (2016)
FENCE, Boston (2015)
PhotoMéthode, Austin (2014-15)
Green Hill Invitational, Katonah, New York (2013, 2015)
Umbrella Arts, New York (2014)
New Door Gallery, Baltimore (2014)
Gallery at Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, Colorado (2014)
The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, Ct (2014)
Sohn Fine Art Gallery, Lenox, MA (2014)
Shaw Gallery, Bar Harbor, Maine (2008, 2011, 2014)
Stonover Farm Gallery, Lenox, MA (2007, 2014)
Left Bank Gallery , Wellfleet and Orleans, MA (2007-2013)
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC (2013)
Rowan University, “The Language of Photomontage”, New Jersey (2013)
180 Photographs+180 years of Friendship, American Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand (2013)
ShiJiaZhuang Art Museum, Hebei Province. China (2013)
International Photo Exposition, Dali, China (2013)
Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA (2011, 2012, 2013)
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA (2007, 2013)
The Mark Gallery, Engelwood, NJ (2013)
New England BioLabs, Corporate Office, Ipswich, MA (2013)
Shanghai, China - 11th International Graphic Art Exposition (2012)
Lishui, China - 2nd Biennial International Photographic Cultural Festival and Exhibition (2011)
Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA (2008)
Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA (2008)
American Photography 24 - ai-ap disTRIBUTE gallery (2008)
Bromfield Gallery, “A Woman’s Place”, Boston, MA (2008)
Mt. Ida College, Newton, MA (2008)
Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University (2007)
Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA (2006, 2007)
Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC (2007)
Women’s Caucus for Art, New York (2007)
Harper College, Illinois (2007)
The Pen and Brush, New York, NY (2006, 2007)
Watermark, North Carolina (2006)
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (Top 40 international competition) Los Angeles, CA (Spring 2006)
DangenartGallery, Nashville, TN (2006)
Women’s Caucus for Art, Boston (2006)
Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown, MA (2006)
Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, North Dakota (2006)
The Gallery at Concord Library – Two person show , Concord, MA (October 2006)
BB&N Gallery, Cambridge, MA (2005)
Walt Whitman Gallery, Rutgers University (1997)
Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA (1996)
Illustrations / Publications
Cover art, Terra Incognita (Demeter Press, Toronto, 2015)
Label art, Smuttynose Brewery (2013)
Cover art, Lilliane’s Balcony (Rose Metal Press, 2013)
Cover art, Midsummer (Demeter Press, Toronto, 2013)
Banners and print collateral, Brandeis University, Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts (2013)
Cover art, WSRC Scholars’ Guide (2012)
Cover art, Landing in Oz (Nita Penfold, 2012)
Cover art, The Wide and Startling World (Michelle Blake, 2012)
Cover Art, Actes-Sud, Arles, France
Cover art, The Louisiana Purchase (Rose Metal Press, 2011)
Cover art, Return to Warden’s Grove (Univ. of Iowa Press, 2008)
Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women (2008)
The Rambler (2008) - illustration
Orion Magazine (Orion Society, Fall 2007) - illustrations
Wonderland (Denmark) 2007 - illustration
Cover art, Canadian Women’s Studies Journal (2007)
Panamowa New Lit Order (2007)
Cover art, Motherhood Theories (Demeter Press, 2007)
Cover art, Middlesex Beat (2006)
Cover art, Grassroots Spirituality (Imprint Academic, 2004)
Cover art, Mysticism, Mind, and Consciousness (State University of New York Press, 1999)
Cover art, Calendar Magazine, Boston Globe (1977)
“Becoming Americans” (Strawberry Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH) – CD-Rom and museum installation
“His Name was Lincoln”, published by Sunburst Communications – CD-Rom and textbook
Musicians Toolbox II, Cakewalk Audio – CD-Rom, MIDI software
The Art of Business Ensembles (Advance/Micromentor, Cambridge, MA) – CD-Rom and business training
Press Coverage
Lenscratch (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Shadow and Light Photography Magazine (2015, 2018)
Boston Globe (2015)
2Way Lens (2013, 2014, 2015)
rfotofolio (2013, 2014, 2015)
Thwang! Blog (2013)
‘Thoughts from the Artist’ (2013)
Dallas Daily News - Feature Story (December 2012)
New England Home (December 2011)
Art New England (January-February 2011)
Curve - Feature story (April 2010)
Middlesex Beat, July 2006 – Cover and feature story Duxbury Reporter (February 2006)
Brandeis Review: Banners (2000)
The Worcester Phoenix (October 27, 1995)
Boston Sunday Globe (October 8, 1995)
Art New England: Art and Technology (1995)
The Sun - Lowell, MA (1995)
Brandeis Review: Beats and Bytes (Fall 1994)
Grants and Residencies
Artist in Residence, Holsnoy Kloster, Sunnhordland Museum, Norway
Artist Fellow, St. Botolph Club (2012-2015)
The Studios at Key West (2015)
Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University (2007, 2011, 2015)
Vermont Studio Center (2010)
Sassower Foundation (2008)
Puffin Foundation (2007-2008, 2019-2020)
Education
Boston University MFA
Simmons College MSW
Brandeis University BA
Presentations and Teaching
New England School of Photography (2019, 2020)
Santa Fe Workshops (2020)
School of Visual Arts, NY, Masters Program in Digital Photography (2013-2015)
LA Center for Photography - formerly Julia Dean (2015, 2017, 2019)
Castle Hill Art Center, Truro, MA (2015, 2017)
Studios of Key West (2015)
Simmons College, Faculty, Department of Communications (2014)
SImmons College, Department of Communications (2014)
School of Visual Arts, New York, Thesis Advisor (2013, 2014)
Boston Camera Club (2013, 2018)
New England School of Photography (2012-2018)
Boston West Camera (2013)
Brandeis University, Faculty, Department of Fine Arts (2012)
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Faculty, Boston (2009-2012)
Women’s Studies Research Center (2008-2017)
Cassandra Sohn (2012)
Cambridge School of Weston, MA (2011)
ICB, Sausalito, CA (2010)
Transforming Reality, with Karin Rosenthal NewTV, Of Books and Beyond (2008)
Griffin Museum of Photography (2008)
23Sandy (2008)
Danforth Museum (2007)
Salon of the Arts, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Harvard University, Carpenter Center, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Digital and multimedia - Teaching assistant (1994-1996)