Franck Cordes is an artist, musician and poet currently residing in Washington DC where he works as the Director of Administration and Marketing for the Foundation for the National Archives.
When not in the studio, Franck is out sailing, windsurfing or skateboarding.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007- Metanoia- Wilson College
1996- Ballyhoo - Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1994- New Paintings- 79 Hawley, Northampton, MA
1993- Smiley Puddles- The Waldorf Gallery, Northampton, MA
1993- Sometimes its OK…- A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009- Transformer’s 6th Annual Silent Auction
2004- Hot Damn, Fresh Art- Dot Projects & Artwork, Washington D.C.
2003- Spoon & Co.”-Aroma, Washington D.C.
2000- The Painted Object - Anton Gallery, Washington D.C.
1999- Options - WPA/Corcoran, Washington D.C.
1998- Group Show - C.A.V.E, Washington D.C.
1998- Come Out and Play - WPA/Corcoran, Washington D.C.
1997- See How We Are - 930 Club, Washington D.C.
1997- Singing the Body Electric - 930 Club, Washington D.C.
1996- Group Show - Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1995- Out of Order – Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
1995- Less than Six - Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1995- Augenmusik 2 - Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore MD
1994- Language Barrier - Mount Royal Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1990- 16 B Graves - Wheeler Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Music
Present- Wild Fuit
2001- Arblemarble, Flair, LP
1999- Arblemarble, Self titled EP
1998- Snit, Sub Culture 2 Compilation
1997- Snit, Desert Eagle, EP
Film, Video, Theater
2007- Damned Faust - Prop Design
1999- Paper Boat -Film and installation
1996- Traveler - Public performance and slide show.
1994- Happily - Dieselmeat music video, set painter and performance
Bibliography
2009- Pinto, the spirit of zine (illustration)
2001- JonReed.Net (www.jonreed.net/sys-tmpl/dieselmeat2/)
1999- Washington Post, (Sept 24, Fleeting Memories of Options 99 – Michael O’Sullivan)
1995- The Baltimore Sun (May 7, Piling on the art…- John Dorsey)
1993- Valley Optimist, Northampton, MA (april26, Removing the Pinocchio Mask- Lisa Nelson)
1990- Collegian, Amherst, MA (april4, the grave art of 16 B graves- Jason Danziger)
1990- Perkins Press, Amherst, MA (illustration)
