Francoise.Dureese@colorado.edu
303-492-0611
website: www.francoiseworld.com

Research and teaching interests include painting, drawing, photography, installation arts, video, performance, anthropology, global multiculturalism, colonialism and post-colonialism.

Education
Temple University Tyler School of Art. Rome Program. Rome, Italy, MFA in Painting
Temple University Tyler School of Art. Philadelphia, PA. Painting Graduate Program
Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. BFA in Painting and Drawing 1992
Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. BA Psychology 1992

Selected Exhibitions
Vox Populi. VOXXOXO. The paper bag test. Curated by Sheryl Conkelton and Kirby Gookin. Philadelphia, PA 2007
A.I.R. Gallery. 7th Biennial. TheFeministArtProject. Queen nappy. Curated by Connie Butler. Chelsea, NY 2007
Lewis & Clark College. Third Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium Exhibition. The paper bag test. Video and Performance. Portland, OR 2007
Target Gallery. Stretched Tight. Queen nappy. Curated by Jack Rasmussen. Alexandria, VA 2006
Overground Gallery. The Paper Bag Test. Abu Dhabi, UAE 2005 (solo)
Cultural Foundation. 12 Artists. The Paper Bag Test. Abu Dhabi, UAE 2004
Total Arts Gallery. 12 Artists. The Paper Bag Test. Dubai, UAE 2004
College for Creative Studies. Fine Arts Gallery. Diary Strip Mine. Detroit, MI 2003
iCapolavori Gallery. Diary Strip Mine. Seattle, WA 2001 (solo)
University of Washington. Suzzallo Reading Room. Mary Gates Hall. Diary Strip Mine. Seattle, WA 2000 (solo)
Gallery X. Diary Strip Mine. Neustadt, Germany 1998 (solo)
Gallery X. Mundschutz. Neustadt, Germany 1997 (solo)
Gallery X. Dying Lips Portraits. Neustadt, Germany 1996 (solo)
Gallery X. the Wedding: Birth to Death. Neustadt, Germany 1995 (solo)
Gallery X. Nicht für den Ersten Blick. Neustadt, Germany 1994 (solo)
Temple University Rome Gallery. Not For the First Glance. Rome, Italy 1994 (solo)
Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1993
Wayne State University. Community Arts Gallery. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1992
Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1991
Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1991
Detroit Focus Gallery. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1990
Wayne State University. Community Arts Gallery. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1990

Selected Honors and Awards
Lewis & Clark College. Featured Speaker. Third Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium. Portland, OR, 2007
Zayed University. College of Arts and Sciences, Zayed University Research Grant, Dubai, UAE. 2005
Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas, Barcelona, Spain. 2004
Cholamandal Artists Village, Injambakkam, Chennai, India. 2002
Klaus Steinborn, Painting Commission, Mannheim, Germany, 1998
Pappadopoulos, Athens, Greece, Mural Project Commission, 1995-1996

Selected Publications
Roberta Fallon. “Hair Force: Vox’s provocative art gets to your heart”, Philadelphia Weekly, July 2007
Carey Lovelace. “Girls, Girls, Girls”, Art in America. p. 90. June/July 2007