Francene Christianson graduated from California State University, Long Beach, with a B.A. in Art. Her career in advertising and graphic design included art direction for several creative agencies in New York and Los Angeles, including Ogilvy & Mather and Grey Advertising. After her commercial career, she returned to fine art. Her figures, landscapes and commissioned works have been placed in private collections across the country.

Education

California State University, Long Beach, Bachelor of Arts, 1981

Francene Christianson’s career in advertising and graphic design includes art direction for several creative agencies in New York and Los Angeles. In 2005, she returned to fine art. Her figures, landscapes, and commissioned works have appeared and sold in galleries in the Twin Cities, Dallas, Napa and Los Angeles, and her paintings have been placed in private collections across the country. She currently lives in the Dallas / Fort Worth area, where she has a studio in the Trinity Groves area of Dallas now known as the Tin District.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2017 Life’s Landscape, The Commons, Excelsior, MN

2013 We Whizzed Past Twinkling Sun and Lollipop Smiles, Larson Art Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Common Ground, The Commons, Excelsior, MN

2011 Traveling Through Passing Views, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN

2009 Passing Views, Memories of the Road, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN

Selected Two Person Exhibitions

2016 Fluid Forms, The Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN

2013 Reflections, Gallery One at TractorWorks, Minneapolis, MN

2008 Stimulus Visual, CorAzon, Minneapolis, MN

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019 Roadside USA, i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZ

Gallery Show, Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN

2018 Fall Open Studios, Continental Gin Building, Dallas, TX

Spring Open Studios, Continental Gin Building, Dallas, TX

2017 Fall Open Studios, Continental Gin Building, Dallas, TX

2016 An Exhibition of New Work by Gallery Artists, Doug Flanders and Associates, Minneapolis, MN

2015 Wintertide: Juried Biennial Exhibit, curated by Northeast Minneapolis Artists Association,

Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)

The Art of the Garden, Juried Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN

15 Years! A Figurative Exhibition, Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN

2014 The Grand Bazaar, The Grand Hand, Napa, CA

Juried Figure Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN