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1. Surrogate Automata, 2007, animation projection, screen print, paper, mirrors, wood,
    12' x 16' x 30'
2. Surrogate Automata, detail
3. Parlor Play, 2007, screen print, cut Tyvek, rope, clips, wood, fabric, 12' x 16' x 30'
4. Façade (entrance), 2006, large works on cut Tyvek, small framed prints, mirrors, wallpaper, 2 x 4s, cloth, ribbon, pushpins, 10' x 36' x 12'
5. Façade (rear)
6. Drawing Room Dweller, 2005, acrylic, screen print, graphite, water soluble crayons,
    cut paper, handmade paper, faux pearls, lace, aluminum, molding on screen printed
    wall, 15' x 7'
7. Drawing Room Dweller, detail
8. Pearl Skirt, 2005, acrylic, screen print, faux pearls, hand made paper, wire, tulle, 9’ x 9’
9. Pearl Skirt , detail

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1. Drawing Room Dainty animation from Surrogate Automata Installation, 2007
2. Drawing Room Danger animation from Surrogate Automata Installation, 2007
3. Flautist animation from Surrogate Automata Installation, 2007
4. Video installation view of Surrogate Automata Installation, 2007

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1. Tiny Colonel of Wisdom, from Façade installation, 2006, acrylic, screen print, graphite,
     water soluble crayons on cut Tyvek, 6' x 2'
2. He’s Lost in the Woodwork, from Façade installation, 2006, acrylic, screen print,
     graphite, water soluble crayons on cut Tyvek, wallpaper, ribbon, 7' x 7'
3. Guilty Goat , detail from Façade installation, 2006, acrylic, screen print, graphite,
     water soluble crayons on cut Tyvek, 4' x 3'
4. Home and Hearth, from Façade installation, 2006, acrylic, screen print, graphite,
     water soluble crayons on cut Tyvek, flocked wallpaper, 10' x 12'
5. Drawing Room Dainty, 2005, acrylic, screen print, graphite, water soluble crayons,
     cut paper on screen printed wall, 8' x 6'
6. Rickety Hallway, 2007, acrylic, screen print, graphite, water soluble crayons on cut
     tyvek, screen printed wallpaper, mirrors, 10' x 12'

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Contact Information
e-mail: tory.franklin@gmail.com
www.toryfranklin.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
The Victorian Era, much like our own, was an age of extreme eclecticism.  This search for the correct veneer often put citizens well beyond their needs. The public rooms spared no expense, while all other rooms were frugally furnished and decorated, creating the illusion of more wealth.  I am fascinated by the coded surface of specialty rooms and the actions they supposedly contain - drawing rooms, trophy rooms, music rooms, a string of ever more intimate parlors. 

This drapery and papery is a foundation for the world I create.  The viewer is placed within a fairytale interior, subsumed with horror vaccui.  This stage set of surface adornment houses bric - a - brac drawings dancing the melodrama of the domestic turning in on itself, the animalist rearing up within normally static objects. All the bits normally tied down with tassels and swags creeping out while the master of the house is away. 

Education
2005 - 2007
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
MFA, Studio art, concentration print and paper installation

1995 - 2000
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA   
BFA, Cum Laude
5 Year Program, double major - photography and drawing

Awards and Grants
2007
TA Competitiveness Fund Award, Mason Gross, New Brunswick, NJ

2005 - 2007
Teaching Assistantship, Mason Gross, New Brunswick, NJ

2004
Lucky Strike Tobacco Company Art Pack Award, Seattle, WA

2003
Edge program, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA            

1999
Faculty Selects, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

Residencies
2002
Lithography Residency, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Professional Experience
2007
Internship, Singapore Tyler Print institute, Singapore

2006 - 2007
Instructor, Drawing Fundamentals, Mason Gross, New Brunswick, NJ

2006
Internship, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY

Instructor, Figure Drawing, Mason Gross, New Brunswick, NJ

2004 - 2005
Instructor, Silk Screen Primer Course, The VERA Project, Seattle, WA

2003 - 2005
Founder / Manager, SS Marie Antoinette, Seattle, WA
Alternative space and printing press

2003
Edge program, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

2001 - 2005
Substitute Drawing Instructor, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

Publications
2007
Mason Gross School of the Arts MFA Catalog, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

2004
The Perspective Issue, Summer 2004, Rivet Magazine,
Seattle, WA

2003
Art News - Connect the Dots,  The Stranger Weekly  Seattle, WA 

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2007
MFA Exhibition, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ

2006
Façade Retro-fit, Mc Caw Hall, Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA

Façade, Gallery 4 Culture, King County Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004
Sketches for Fleet of the SS Marie Antoinette, Bluebottle Art Space, Seattle, WA

2002
Gameroom Installation, Commencement, Tacoma County Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2001
Entertainments - Commencement, Tacoma County Gallery, Tacoma, WA                       

2000
BFA Exhibition, Cornish Westlake Studios, Seattle, WA

Group

2007
If you come around here again…, Texas Firehouse, Long Island City, NY

ART MINI - Tastes Like Chicken, Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

CAA New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY

2006
Inherent Nature, Cornish College of the Arts Alumni Gallery, Seattle, WA

Welcome Back Show, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ

2005
1st Year Graduate Exhibition, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ

Suitcase 2, Glas Moog Gallery, Köln, Germany

Land Use Action, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Zoo Project, Sand Point Naval Base, Seattle, WA

2004
Lucky Strike Art Pack Exhibition, COCA, Seattle, WA

Carry On, SEA/TAC International Airport, Seattle, WA

True Blue, Priceless Works, Seattle, WA

2003
Cornish Alumni Invitational, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA

Works on Paper, Crawl Space, Seattle, WA

Spinning Round in Circles, The VERA Project, Seattle, WA

 A Visit to Stephen’s House, SAW, Seattle, WA

Girlie Fun Show, Ladyfest Seattle, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

2002
Super Figurative Approximations, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Trademark, Area 51, Seattle, WA

Freaks, Aftermath Gallery, Seattle, WA

Three behind Sublevelthree, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, WA

SEED - SOIL, Seattle, WA

2001
Force Mass Volume, ArtDrill, Sandpoint Naval Base, Seattle, WA

Toe Tapping Tedium, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000
Rampant Individuality, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA

1999
Faculty Selects, Fisher Gallery, Cornish, Seattle, WA

Exhibitions Curated
2000 - 2005
Founder of the curatorial collective Sublevelthree, Seattle, WA

2004
Pattern vs. Happenstance, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, WA

Weekly art events at SS Marie Antoinette, Seattle, WA

2003
Speak and Spell, POUND and SOIL galleries, Seattle, WA

Monthly shows at the Globe Cafe, Seattle, WA

2002
Sick Show, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, WA

The Beer Show, Lock and Keel, Seattle, WA