About the Artist

Rachel Francis - Tower of Song Series Choosing Leonard C

Rachel Francis – Tower of Song Series Choosing Leonard C

 

Artist’s Bio

Rachel Francis is a visual artist living and working in Toronto, Canada.

Rachel was born and raised in Guyana. She moved to Canada when she was 17. She was educated in Canada at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. She has studied art with Canadian Artist, Martha Johnson and at Ontario College of Art with several teachers including Luca Bogdan.

Emigration has left its imprint on her. When she is not painting she is working on her “fortress” – family life, politics, poetry, books about art, dogs and travel.

Rachel’s artwork is held in private collections in Australia, France, the United States and Canada. 

Artist’s Statement

Painting is for me a kinesthetic activity.  E.H. Gombrich’s says we interpret and code the experience of our fellow creatures not visually but in muscular form. Painting has taught me that he is right. It is the foundation on which I find my answer to that age-old question of “how I know a painting is finished?” My answer is that I know it is finished, when I experience an almost kinesthetic empathy with its subject. I think what Jane Hirschfield says about poetry can be also said about the visual arts, a poem she says “plucks the interconnection of the experiencing self and all being”(Ten Windows, 2015). The same can be said about a painting. 

Exhibitions:

2021      Group Shows:

Anonymous Hear Project, 2021

Saatchi Art Online (Artist Recognition Designation)

HelloArt Online

2020     Group Shows:

Where Do We Land, Lesley Grove Gallery

Saatchi Art Online (Artist Recognition Designation)

HelloArt Online

2019       Solo Shows

Morgan’s On The Danforth

Group Shows

ArtBOMB – Daily Online Auction. Regularly featured, best-selling artist.

Saatchi Art Online (Artist Recognition Designation)

HelloArt Online

V is for Volunteer, Artists’ Network Gallery

2018      Solo Shows

ArtBOMB – Daily Online Auction – Newsletter Featured Artist

Group Shows

Saatchi Art Online (Artist Recognition Designation)

ArtBOMB – Daily Online Auction. Regularly featured, best-selling artist.

Andersen Art Consulting Gallery (Curated Exhibition)

Holiday Art Bash (Juried Exhibition)

2017       Solo Shows

ArtBOMB – Daily Online Auction. Regularly featured, best-selling artist.

Saatchi Art Online (Artist Recognition Designation)

Andersen Art Consulting Gallery (Curated Exhibition)

Holiday Art Bash (Juried Exhibition)

2016     Solo Exhibitions

ArtBOMB – Daily Online Auction. Regularly featured, best-selling artist.

Andersen Art Consulting Gallery (Juried Exhibition)

Saatchi Art Online (Artist Recognition Designation)

Holiday Art Bash (Juried Exhibition)

2015     Solo Exhibitions

ArtBOMB – Daily Online Auction. Regularly featured, best-selling artist.

Canadian Fine Gallery – Contemporary Canadian Painting

White Wall North Gallery, Toronto

Elaine Fleck’s Catalogue of Contemporary Fine Art – Spring/Summer 2015

Ben Navaee Galley, Toronto: Group show: Summer Art Exhibit

Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto: Nuit Blanche Exhibit

Saatchi Art Online (Artist Recognition Designation)

Leaside Skating Club Sale & Silent Auction

Holiday Art Bash (Juried Exhibition)

Andersen Art Consulting Gallery (Juried Exhibition)

2014     Solo Exhibitions

Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto

ArtBOMB – Daily Online Auction. Regularly featured, best-selling artist.

Group Shows

Canadian Fine Gallery – Contemporary Canadian Painting

White Wall North Gallery, Toronto

Presents: The Elaine Fleck Gallery Catalogue Show

Saatchi Art Online (Artist Recognition Designation)

Elaine Fleck’s Catalogue of Contemporary Fine Art – Fall/Winter 2014

Ben Navaee Galley, Toronto: Summer Art Exhibit

Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto: Nuit Blanche Exhibit

Holiday Art Bash (Juried Exhibition)

2013       Solo Exhibitions

Hanks Bistro, Toronto (Curated Solo Exhibition – July 2013)

OakWood Public Library and Arts Centre – City of Toronto (Juried Solo Exhibition– March 2013)

ArtBOMB – Daily Online Auction. Regularly featured, best-selling artist.

Group Exhibitions

Holiday Art Bash (Juried Exhibition)

Private Corporate Exhibition curated by ArtBOMB

Gerrard Art Square: Paintings

2012       Solo Exhibitions

Woodside Public Library – City of Toronto (Juried Solo Exhibition)

Arts on The Danforth, 2012 Festival (Juried Solo Exhibition)

Group Exhibitions

Hangman Gallery (Juried Exhibition)

Spazio Dell’Arte Gallery

IX Gallery (Riverside Walkfest 2012) (Juried Exhibition)

The PaperMill Gallery

2011       Group Exhibitions

Spazio Dell’Arte Gallery

2010       Group Exhibitions

The Women’s Art Association

Rachel’ s work has appeared on HGTV.com.