RUTH FRANKLIN (English, b. 1964)
education
Lowestoft College of Art, Suffolk, England, 1982
Brighton Art School, East Sussex, England - BA Degree, Fine Art/Painting, 1986
selected exhibitions
Vinson Gallery 25 Year Anniversary Show, Different Trains Gallery, May 5-7, 2023
Old and New Dreams, one-woman show, WADDI art gallery, Atlanta, GA, June 2 - July 2, 2022
6XTOne, a city-wide exhibit of Atlanta-based artists, January 1-5, 2022
Here and Now, group show of seven immigrant artists in collaboration with Welcoming America, WADDI art gallery, Atlanta GA, Sep 11 - Oct 15, 2021
Secret 7", in aid of Help Refugees at NOW Gallery, London, September 4-13, 2020
Searching for Home, group exhibition, The Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA Sep 3 - Dec 12, 2020
ONLY WHEN I LAUGH, one-woman show, Different Trains Gallery, Decatur GA, 12 April - 22 June, 2019
Secret 7", in aid of Mind, the mental health charity, at The Jetty, London, 2018
Secret 7", group show & sale to benefit Amnesty International UK, Sonos Studio, London, 8 Apr - 2 May, 2016
Painting Out Loud, one-woman-show, Steve Mckenzie’s, Atlanta GA, 2015
The Big Pop Up, group show w/ Kosmo Vinyl & Wreckless Eric, East Decatur Station, Decatur, GA, Jun 12, 2015
Group exhibition of women artists, Bennett Gallery, Nashville TN, 2014
Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Jun 22 - Aug 24, 2013
Harlem Fine Arts Show, Historic Riverside Church, New York NY, - Feb 7-10, 2013
Raw Art Fair, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2012
Decatur OPEN STUDIO, Decatur GA, 2011
The 16th Anniversary Show, Matre Gallery, Atlanta GA, 2011
Two-Artist-Show with Gary Goodman, The Basement Gallery, Boise ID, 2011
Ruth Franklin/Byron Gin: New Work, Adam Cave Gallery, Raleigh NC, Apr 23 - May 31, 2010
One Woman Show of Paintings, Hrefna Jonsdottir Gallery, Lambertville NJ, 2009
One-woman-show for ATLart[08], Vinson Gallery, Decatur GA, 2008
One-Woman-Show of Paintings & Drawings, Vinson Gallery, 2005
AAF Contemporary Art Fair - NYC, Gallery 71, 2004
Under Different Circumstances, group show for ATLart[04], Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 2004
Group Show, Hartman & Hartman Galerie, Gorinchem, Netherlands, 2002
One Woman Show Gallery 71, New York NY, 1998
Art, Arte, Kunst, Olympic Pop-Up Show, Luckie Street, Atlanta, 1996
One Woman Show Gallery 71, New York NY, 1996
Art Focus Gallery, Centrepoint, Singapore, 1996
Galerie Ruetz, Munich, Germany, 1996
Gallerie Naif, Tokyo, Japan, 1996
Summer Exhibition , Riviera Gallery, East Sussex, England, 1992
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, East Sussex, England, 1992
Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex, England, 1991
Seen Galleries, Ltd., London, 1991
Northstore Artists, four artist collective, East Sussex, England, 1991
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, East Sussex, England, 1991
Riviera Gallery, East Sussex, England, Summer Exhibition, 1990
Cirencester Art Gallery, West Sussex, England, 1986
Pig and Fig Gallery, Brighton, England, 1986
Steeple End Gallery, Suffolk, England, 1979
collections
ASCAP, Nashville • AT&T, Atlanta • City of Decatur, Georgia • Deloitte & Touche, Tampa • Echo Media Group, Atlanta • Eric Goulden (aka Wreckless Eric) & Amy Rigby, musicians, Catskill NY • Luzene Hill, multi-media installation artist, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Atlanta • Diane Jackson, DDB Chicago • Lennie James, actor, screenwriter & playwright, Los Angeles CA • Naomi & Wynonna Judd, Franklin TN • King & Spalding, Atlanta • Larson-Juhl • Lightroom, multidisciplinary design & architecture, Decatur GA • Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Palmer, Windermere FL • Price Waterhouse, Tampa • Roedean Girls School, East Sussex, England • Victoria Sanders & Associates, New York • Karin Slaughter, author, Atlanta • Robert & Lu Steed, Atlanta • Stockwell Films, London • Universal Studios Florida, Orlando • University of Alabama at Birmingham • Kosmo Vinyl, artist & cultural curator, New York City • Daren Wang, Author, co-founder/former director of Decatur Book Festival, Decatur GA
donations
Amnesty International UK • Art Papers • Georgia Lawyers for the Arts • The Hambidge Center, creative residency program • Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation • Waterkeeper Alliance
commissions
Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA - Extraordinary Women, Extraordinary Gifts • City of Decatur, Georgia • Dynamics of the Impromptu, live trio recordings of John Stevens, Derek Bailey & Trevor Watts - CD cover art • Hear Now, a film by Mark French - DVD cover art • Paramount Famous Productions • Universal Studios Florida • Veracity, solo alto saxophone recordings by Trevor Watts - CD cover art • Verb Vol. 2, No. 2, 2007 - an audio literary magazine by America’s top writers - CD cover art
awards
Best Established Visual Artist, 2014 & 2019 - Creative Loafing Atlanta
United States Artists Nominee - 2016
education
Lowestoft College of Art, Suffolk, England, 1982
Brighton Art School, East Sussex, England - BA Degree, Fine Art/Painting, 1986
selected exhibitions
Vinson Gallery 25 Year Anniversary Show, Different Trains Gallery, May 5-7, 2023
Old and New Dreams, one-woman show, WADDI art gallery, Atlanta, GA, June 2 - July 2, 2022
6XTOne, a city-wide exhibit of Atlanta-based artists, January 1-5, 2022
Here and Now, group show of seven immigrant artists in collaboration with Welcoming America, WADDI art gallery, Atlanta GA, Sep 11 - Oct 15, 2021
Secret 7", in aid of Help Refugees at NOW Gallery, London, September 4-13, 2020
Searching for Home, group exhibition, The Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA Sep 3 - Dec 12, 2020
ONLY WHEN I LAUGH, one-woman show, Different Trains Gallery, Decatur GA, 12 April - 22 June, 2019
Secret 7", in aid of Mind, the mental health charity, at The Jetty, London, 2018
Secret 7", group show & sale to benefit Amnesty International UK, Sonos Studio, London, 8 Apr - 2 May, 2016
Painting Out Loud, one-woman-show, Steve Mckenzie’s, Atlanta GA, 2015
The Big Pop Up, group show w/ Kosmo Vinyl & Wreckless Eric, East Decatur Station, Decatur, GA, Jun 12, 2015
Group exhibition of women artists, Bennett Gallery, Nashville TN, 2014
Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Jun 22 - Aug 24, 2013
Harlem Fine Arts Show, Historic Riverside Church, New York NY, - Feb 7-10, 2013
Raw Art Fair, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2012
Decatur OPEN STUDIO, Decatur GA, 2011
The 16th Anniversary Show, Matre Gallery, Atlanta GA, 2011
Two-Artist-Show with Gary Goodman, The Basement Gallery, Boise ID, 2011
Ruth Franklin/Byron Gin: New Work, Adam Cave Gallery, Raleigh NC, Apr 23 - May 31, 2010
One Woman Show of Paintings, Hrefna Jonsdottir Gallery, Lambertville NJ, 2009
One-woman-show for ATLart[08], Vinson Gallery, Decatur GA, 2008
One-Woman-Show of Paintings & Drawings, Vinson Gallery, 2005
AAF Contemporary Art Fair - NYC, Gallery 71, 2004
Under Different Circumstances, group show for ATLart[04], Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 2004
Group Show, Hartman & Hartman Galerie, Gorinchem, Netherlands, 2002
One Woman Show Gallery 71, New York NY, 1998
Art, Arte, Kunst, Olympic Pop-Up Show, Luckie Street, Atlanta, 1996
One Woman Show Gallery 71, New York NY, 1996
Art Focus Gallery, Centrepoint, Singapore, 1996
Galerie Ruetz, Munich, Germany, 1996
Gallerie Naif, Tokyo, Japan, 1996
Summer Exhibition , Riviera Gallery, East Sussex, England, 1992
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, East Sussex, England, 1992
Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex, England, 1991
Seen Galleries, Ltd., London, 1991
Northstore Artists, four artist collective, East Sussex, England, 1991
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, East Sussex, England, 1991
Riviera Gallery, East Sussex, England, Summer Exhibition, 1990
Cirencester Art Gallery, West Sussex, England, 1986
Pig and Fig Gallery, Brighton, England, 1986
Steeple End Gallery, Suffolk, England, 1979
collections
ASCAP, Nashville • AT&T, Atlanta • City of Decatur, Georgia • Deloitte & Touche, Tampa • Echo Media Group, Atlanta • Eric Goulden (aka Wreckless Eric) & Amy Rigby, musicians, Catskill NY • Luzene Hill, multi-media installation artist, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Atlanta • Diane Jackson, DDB Chicago • Lennie James, actor, screenwriter & playwright, Los Angeles CA • Naomi & Wynonna Judd, Franklin TN • King & Spalding, Atlanta • Larson-Juhl • Lightroom, multidisciplinary design & architecture, Decatur GA • Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Palmer, Windermere FL • Price Waterhouse, Tampa • Roedean Girls School, East Sussex, England • Victoria Sanders & Associates, New York • Karin Slaughter, author, Atlanta • Robert & Lu Steed, Atlanta • Stockwell Films, London • Universal Studios Florida, Orlando • University of Alabama at Birmingham • Kosmo Vinyl, artist & cultural curator, New York City • Daren Wang, Author, co-founder/former director of Decatur Book Festival, Decatur GA
donations
Amnesty International UK • Art Papers • Georgia Lawyers for the Arts • The Hambidge Center, creative residency program • Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation • Waterkeeper Alliance
commissions
Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA - Extraordinary Women, Extraordinary Gifts • City of Decatur, Georgia • Dynamics of the Impromptu, live trio recordings of John Stevens, Derek Bailey & Trevor Watts - CD cover art • Hear Now, a film by Mark French - DVD cover art • Paramount Famous Productions • Universal Studios Florida • Veracity, solo alto saxophone recordings by Trevor Watts - CD cover art • Verb Vol. 2, No. 2, 2007 - an audio literary magazine by America’s top writers - CD cover art
awards
Best Established Visual Artist, 2014 & 2019 - Creative Loafing Atlanta
United States Artists Nominee - 2016