Frank Trankina, M.F.A.
| Title: | Professor |
| Department: | Painting |
| Office Location: | Art Building, Room 414G |
| Email: | ftrankina@niu.edu |
| Website: | www.franktrankina.com |
Educational Background
- M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- M.A., Northern Illinois University
- B.F.A., Northern Illinois University
Courses Taught
- ARTS 321 - Water Based Painting
- ARTS 322 - Painting Methods and Materials
- ARTS 323 - Painting I
- ARTS 324 - Painting II: The Figure
- ARTS 421 - Advanced Painting
- ARTS 425 - Special Topics in Painting
- ARTS 623 - Graduate Painting I
- ARTS 723 - Graduate Painting II
- ARTS 402 - Advanced 2D Figure Study
- ART 406 - Senior Project
- ARTS 615 - Introduction to Studio Practices
- ARTS 715 - Professional Practices in Studio Art
- ART 780 - Teaching Art at the College Level
- ART 799 - One-Person Exhibition MFA
- ART 100 - Foundations Drawing I
- ART 102 - Foundations Drawing II
- ARTS 200 - Beginning Life Drawing I
- ARTS 300 - Intermediate Drawing
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
- "Every Story Tells a Picture", Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "RUKUS(!)", Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "Pictures-What Are They?", Union League Club, Chicago, IL
- "Superheros and Night Stories", Sheldon Galleries, St Louis, MO
- "Wall Tales and Shelf Stories", Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
- "Frank Trankina: Paintings", Illinois State Museum, Chicago, IL
- "Alexander Rutsch Award Exhibition", Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
International
- "Egi, Glanzmann, Trankina", Alpineum Produzentenengalerie, Lucerne, Switzerland
- "Malin Kong", Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "Daegu Art 2013", Exco Daegu, South Korea
- "2012 Art Busan", Metropolitan Hall, Busan, South Korea
- Toy Show, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "Remaking Reality", Kettle's Yard Museum, Cambridge University, England
Group
- "The Figure and the Chicago Imagists", Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
- "My Hero", Daura Gallery, Lynchburg, VA, International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX, and California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
- "SIGHTLINES", American University Museum, Washington, DC
- "Déjà vu", Regina Rex, New York, NY
- "Tails of Exotica", 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
- "Where My Cones At?", Double Break, San Diego, CA
- "Touch and Go: Ray Yoshida and his Spheres of Influence", School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
- "Paper Love", Devening Projects+Editions, Chicago, IL
Selected Publications
- Japan Times
- Chicago Tribune
- New City Magazine
- Art in America
- Art News
- New Art Examiner
- Time Out Chicago
- Chicago Reader
- NPR St. Louis
- Louis Magazine
- Cambridge University Press
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
