FRANCIE HESTER
Francie Hester’s work in museums and galleries internationally. Hester’s work has been shown in Jordan, Ulaanbaatar, Ireland, and Costa Rica with solo exhibitions with Susan Eley Fine Art in New York City and Hudson, NY, Anton Gallery, Washington, DC; Green Chalk Contemporary, and the Hawthorne Mansion, Monterey.
Hester’s commissioned works include 2016 sculptures for Memorial Sloan Kettering In New York City, an 18-foot atrium piece for the Chicago Kent College of Law and EADS-Airbus Headquarters in Virginia. Her work is represented in numerous private and corporate collections including the World Bank, Airbus, Capital One and the International Monetary Fund. She has received honorary grants from the District of Columbia, from the Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD and from the Maryland State Arts Counsel. She received her MFA in painting from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a BFA. in painting from the University of Michigan.
FRANCIE HESTER
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, 1982, BFA
University of Maryland, 1994, MFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Fred Schnider Gallery of Art, Arlington, VA.
2021
Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY.
2016
Kaller ine Arts, Washington, DC.
2015
Howard Huges Medical Institute.
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
2014
Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA.
Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA.
Kaller Fine Arts, Washington, DC.
Susan Eley Gallery, NYC, NY.
2007
Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
2006
Anton Gallery, Monterey, CA.
2005
Pyramid Atlantic, Articulation, Silver Spring, MD.
2002
Anton Gallery, Washington, DC.
2001
Landow Gallery, Bethesda, MD.
1996
Children’s Hospital, Washington, DC.
Rayburn Building, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Hickok Cole, WPA, Washington, DC.
Brilliant Art Show, Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA.
GCC/Inaugural Exhibition, Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA.
2012
CAN Gallery, Rockville, MD.
Hickok Cole, WPA, Washington, DC.
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC.
2009
Osuna Gallery, Bethesda, MD.
2008
Osuna Gallery, Bethesda, MD.
Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA.
2006
Art in Embassies, Amman, Jordan.
Art Salon, NYC, NY.
Anton Gallery, Hawthorne Mansion, Monterey, CA.
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.
2005
Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD.
2003
Maryland College of Art Camp, Design, Silver Spring, MD.
2002
Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD.
1999
Mery County Grant Recipients,ontgomRockville Arts Place, MD.
1998
Strictly Painting, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA.
Artscape ’98, 10 Viewing Stations, Baltimore, MD
1997
Janus II, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA.
1995
22-Washington-Moscow, ELitE Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
GRANTS
2002
Public Arts Trust, Montgomery County, MD.
1999
Individual Fellowship, Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD.
1998
Individual Grant in Aid, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, DC.
ART FAIRS
2012
Aqua Art Fair Miami, represented by Susan Eley Galler, NYC.
2011
ArtPrize, Mercantile Bank, Grand Rapids, MI. 9/21- 10/9.
2010
Red Dot/Miami, represented at EA Gallery, NYC.
Red Dot/NYC, represented at EA Gallery, NYC.
Afordable Art Fair/NYC”, EA Gallery.
2009
Red Dot/Miami, represented by EA Gallery, NYC.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Fluid, Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post,
Featured Art Work, Julie Sandersi, Home and Design Magazine, date?
2011
Commission- Civic Building Silver Spring, Dickinson, Elizabeth Evitts, Inform Magazine.
2010
interview on Timepiece Series, Art Miami TV.
2008
Personal Geometry, Mellerna, Kevin, Northern Virginia Art Beat, Falls Church News-Press Online, 2/06/08.
2007
Bexley Native Takes a Shine to Aluminum Panels, Bill Myer, Columbus Dispatch.
Washington Woman Artists at Osuna, Dawson, Jessica, The Washington Post..
2006
Hot Pick, Francie Hester at Anton Gallery, Monterey County Weekly, 3/30-4/4/06.
DC ALMANAC, What’s Happening, CITY DESK, 4/19/06.
Silence Speaks: Three creations by one artist at Anton Gallery open into a personal world, Barnes, Crystal, Monterey County Weekly, http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/issues/Issue.05-04-2006/gall…5/20/06.
2005
Articulation, installation review, Daily Campello Report.
1997
George Howell, Art Papers, 7-8/97.
Suzanne Summers, Articulate, 4/96.
1996
Michael O’Sullivan, The Washington Post, 10/96.
1995
Lucy Blankenstein, Koan, 12/95.
Cynthia Redecker, The Moscow Times, 10/96.
1992
Mary McCoy, The Washington Post, 4/92.
1990
Jim Mahoney, Eyewash, 4/90.
1986
Patrick Finnegan, Washington Art Reporter, Summer.
GRANTS
1999
Individual Fellowship, Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD.
1988
Individual, Grant-in-Aid, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
supported by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, DC.
COMMISSIONS
2011 2010
Atrium Sculpture, Airbus-EADS, Headquarters, Dulles, VA.
Atrium Sculpture, Silver Spring Civic Building, Silver Spring, MD.
2009
Atrium Sculpture, American Speech and Hearing Association, Rockville, MD.
2008
Atrium Sculpture, Parkridge VI, One Dulles Corridor, VA.
Atrium Sculpture, Covington & Burling, NYC, NY.
Atrium Sculpture, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC.
2007
Atrium Sculpture, Booz Allen Hamilton, Chantilly, VA.
2006
Atrium Sculpture, NEAMB, Germantown, MD.
2003
Strata, 18 foot Sculpture in Atrium, Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL.
2002
Open Spaces, Open Minds, Montgomery County Public Arts Trust.
1996
Freedom of Spirit, Amnesty International, The Ginetta Sagan Fund.
COLLECTIONS
Airbus
Aluminum Association
American Speech and Hearing Association
Amnesty International, The Ginetta Sagan Fund
Booze Allen Hamilton
Bracebridge Capital
Burke Rehabitation Hospital
Capital One
Covington & Burling
Ernst & Young
Freddie Mac
Hilton International
Hudson Bay Company
Hunton & Williams
International Monetary Fund
Kent College of Law
KPMG International
Mayer Brown
Memorial Sloan Kettering
National Institutes of Health
Nationwide Insurance
NEAMB
New Century Advisors
Parkridge IV
Philips Global
Promotory Financial
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
USA State Department
World Bank
