Paid By Cotton Death By Bullets (For Ferguson)
Mixed Media on Antique Ledger Paper
$1800

Franceska Schifrin – Finding Death – Oil on canvas $7,200

ARTIST’S STATEMENT
SKIN DEEP: THEN AND NOW (2020)
It is tragic, but unsurprising, that in looking back at my painted images from 10 years ago concerning the intersection of White supremacy and its’ creations of systemic racism – they are just as pertinent today.  I was a little taken aback though, when I re-looked at the painting of terrified men and families with small children finding their neighbors left laying dead in the street, for all to see. It is precisely what we are doing together today.

In my ignorance of my own country, I used to think of this as a tactic of terror for foreign powers and this country’s “lynching days”, but now I realize that it is used here and now on a regular basis.  Political education via violent terror, laid out for all to see.

One of my hopes is to keep the conversation going… with art and words…

ARTIST’S BIOGRAHY (EXCERPT)
Franceska Schifrin has developed a wide international following, which is not surprising when you consider the geography behind her work. Having painted in Morocco, Spain, Uganda, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica,  Guatemala, Mexico, Bosnia, Croatia, France, and Cuba, the artist has ventured into realms and regions rarely visited in the visual arts.

With over thirty-five museum and Gallery exhibitions in the last decade (seventeen solo) Schifrin is, to say the least, a prolific artist. She is the recipient of the prestigious Getty Grant (awarded, appropriately, while Ms. Schifrin was on a four month painting sojourn in central Africa), and a California Arts Council Fellowship.

Franceska discovered the power of painting internationally on a trip with her father, a master painter, to Mexico in 1979; she hasn’t stopped traveling since. From the snipered streets of Sarajevo and the political turmoil and repression of Haiti, to the dreamlike stasis of turn of the century Cuba she doesn’t just imagine her work. Her canvases are imbued with the essence of a place.

Schifrin’s figurative expressionist work, in the past, was often remarkable for its portrayal of the horror and indignities of war, poverty and repression. Her current body of work represents a new phase, influenced heavily by the mysterious visions of Morocco, the gentle nuances of Cuba and the subtler flavors of Haitian life. Several persons knowledgeable of Schifrin’s painting claim to sense the perspective of motherhood influencing her recent creations. What ever the reasons, coupled with the work of the last decade, Schifrin has produced a remarkable collection, with a bold stroke and painterly understanding rare in today’s art world.

Ms. Schifrin’s work is included in the collections of Denzel Washington, Alfre Woodard, Angela Bassert, Magic & Cookie Johnson, JZEE, Charles Dutton, Peter Schnitzler, Liv Tyler, Stan Latham and CCH Pounder.

BORN: Topanga,California.

EDUCATION: School of Visual Arts, N.Y.1978-1980.

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS:
J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts – 1990/ 91
California Arts Council, Fellowships in Visual Arts – 1989/ 90.
Art Of California Magazine, Silver Discovery Award – 1991

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2012:151 Arts Brownstone.New York, NY.
2005:Galerie Lakaye. Morocco. Los Angeles, CA.
2004:PCOG Gallery. New Works. New York, NY.
2003:Pat McGann Gallery.Los Angeles,CA.
2003:The School House. Westchester, NY
2003: Dragonfly Gallery. Martha's Vineyard, NY.
2001:Soapbox Gallery.Under The Bird Cage:Sel.Works From 1998-2001Venice, CA.
2000:Galerie Lakaye. New Works. Los Angeles, CA.
1996:Galerie Bourbon – Lally. Port au Prince, Haiti.
1996:ARC Gallery.The Color of Bad Weather. Chicago, IL.
1995:101 Hudson. Jersey City, N.J.
1995:Trojanowska Gallery.San Francisco, CA.
1994:Galerie Lakaye.HOPE New Works On Paper. Los Angeles, CA.
1994:Trojanowska Gallery.From Haiti to Yugoslavia.San Francisco, CA.
1993:Trojanowska Gallery.San Francisco, CA.
1993:Midnight Special Bookstore & Cultural Center.Repressionism.Santa Monica, CA.
1992:Trojanowska Gallery.San Francisco,CA.
1990:New Canyon Gallery.New Works.Topanga,CA.
1989:T.A.S.C. Images Of Haiti.Topanga,CA.
1980: Oggi.One Person Exhibit.Santa Monica,CA.
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2003:PCOG Gallery. Schifrin & Santiago. New York, NY
1997:Galerie Lakaye.Crosses, Crossroads & Crucifixes. L.A., CA.
1996:The Tomasulo Gallery. Union County College. Cranford, N.J.
1995:Elise Goodheart Fine Arts. Bosnia Shared Visions From a War Zone.N.Y.
1993:Directors Guild of America Exhibition Space. Los Angeles, CA.
1992:Galerie Lakaye.Two Person Exhibit.Los Angeles, CA.
1991/92:University of Judaism.Two Person Exhibit.Los Angeles,CA.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 from 1992:Galerie Lakaye.On going representation. Los Angeles, CA.
2011 from2003:PCOG Gallery.On going Representation.NY,NY.
2010 Lizs Loft. Skin Deep.Los Angeles, CA.
2005 from 1999:Pat McGann Gallery.On going representation. Los Angeles, CA.
2006 from 2000:Linda Warren Fine Arts.On going representation.Chicago, IL.
2004:The School House Gallery.Westchester, NY
2004:First Church.13 Days of Creative Dissent.Cambridge, MA.
2004:PCOG Gallery. Gallery Artists.New York, NY.
2004:Dragonfly Gallery. Martha's Vineyard, MA.
2004:Artisans World Gallery. Images of Haiti. Cambridge, MA.
2003 from 1997:Galerie Bourbon-Lally. Port au Prince, Haiti.
2002: The School House. Westchester, NY.
2002: Offerings Gallery. Katonah, NY.
2001:El Peublo Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
2000: Sacred Art Society. Innaugral Exhibition. Los Angeles, CA.
1996:Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. L.A., CA.
1995:South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art.Torrance, CA.
1995/94/93/92:Trojanowska Gallery.San Francisco, CA.
1995/94:Gallery On The Park. St. Petersburg, FL.
1994:California Afro-American Museum/Fisher Gallery.LAX BIENNIEL.Los Angeles.
1994:Cooper Gallery. Cathedral Arts. Jersey City, NJ.
1994:L.A. Artcore.The Brewery. Los Angeles, CA.
1994:El Peublo Gallery.Through the Eyes of Mother Nature. Los Angeles,CA.
1994:Cooper Gallery.Women in the Arts. Jersey City, N.J.
1993:Sam Francis Gallery.Santa Monica, CA
1993:Dubrovnic Gallery.Doves.Dubrovnick,Croatia.
1993:Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.1993 Los Angeles Juried.Los Angeles, CA
1993:El Pueblo Gallery. Masa ‘93 L.A. International. Los Angeles, CA.
1993:Congo Square.Third Anniversary Exhibition. Santa Monica, CA.
1993:El Pueblo Gallery. Collaborations. Los Angeles, CA.
1993:Matrix Gallery.Three Woman Exhibit. Sacramento,CA.
1993/92/91/90/89:Gallery West Indies.On Going Representation.Charleston,S.C.
1992:South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art.Collision of Color.Torrance, CA.
1992:William Grant Still Arts Center.Celebration & Protest.Los Angeles,CA.
1991:National Council for Jewish Women/L.A.Los Angeles,CA.
1991:L.A. ARTCORE.Wallworks.Los Angeles,CA.
1990:South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art.The Family.Torrance,CA.
1990:Brockman Gallery.Art As Social Comment.Los Angeles,CA.
1990:Installations One Gallery.Crucifixions / Crucifictions.Los Angeles,CA.
1990:Napa Valley College.Process And Figuration.Napa,CA.
1990:San Francisco State University.1990 Black History Month Exhibit,San Francisco,
1990:The New Canyon Gallery.Gallery Artists.Topanga,CA.
1989:Installations One Gallery. Visceral Penetrations.Los Angeles, CA.
1989:Clary-Minor Gallery.Artists View The Human Form.Buffalo,N.Y.
1989:Installations One Gallery.Political & Societal Crises.Los Angeles,CA.
1989:The Woman’s Building.CDA/L.A. Art Auction ‘89.Los Angeles,CA.
1989:The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.Los Angeles Open.Los Angeles,CA.
1989:The Ariel Gallery.Narrative Patterns.New York,N.Y.
1988:Boinayel Galleria de Arte.Group Show.Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.
1987:Artists Society International.Art Achievements Awards Exhibition.San Francisco.
1987:Boinayel Galleria de Arte.Group Show.Santo Domingo,The Dominican Republic.
1987:The Sixth Sense Gallery.Small Works.New York City, N.Y
1986:The Gordon Gallery.Gallery Artists.Santa Monica,CA.
1986:The Sixth Sense Gallery. New York City, N.Y.
1986:Trillium Art.Group Show. New York City, N.Y.
1984:The Landau Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
1983:Lares. A Series of Works on Mexico.Los Angeles,CA.
1983:Whittier Art Association. Whittier, CA.