Anne Francey is a visual artist who works in painting, ceramic and video, and has shown her work in the US and abroad. A native of Switzerland, she studied art at ECAL in Lausanne before moving to the US, where she earned an MFA from Hunter College in NY. She is the recipient of several grants from the New York State Council of the Arts for collaborative and community art projects and murals. Most recently, she was granted a Fulbright Scholar award to create a community mural in Tunisia. Anne Francey lives and works in Saratoga Springs, NY. She has taught drawing, painting, ceramics, Islamic art design and visual concepts at Skidmore College and other universities and institutions. EDUCATION1983-1987 Hunter College: Master of Fine Arts, New York1976-1981 Ecole des Beaux- Arts ECAL: Painting and Video, Lausanne Switzerland EXHIBITIONS (most recent)2024 Art Yard THE ALCHEMY OF BLOOD with Suleika Jaouad, Frenchtown NJ Carrie Haddad gallery, UNDERSTORIES, group show Hudson, NY SCAC / Saratoga Clay Arts, UNFOLD, with Jill Kovachick , Saratoga Springs, NY 2023 Librairie Farenheit LECTURES D’ARTISTES , Carthage, Tunisia2021 Artefactory LE COMPTOIR DES MOTIFS, Geneva, Switzerland, group show2018 Eric Laffer Gallery, UPSTATE INVITATIONAL, 3 person show, Schuylerville, NY The Arts Center of the Capital Region, CONFIGURATIONS, one-person show, Troy, NY Carrie Haddad gallery, EBB AND FLOW, Hudson, NY Saratoga Arts, THEN AND NOW, Saratoga Springs, NY 128662017 Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center, THE RITUAL OF CONSTRUCTION, group show, Woodstock, NY Carrie Haddad gallery, SUMMER, group show Thompson Giroux gallery, EN MASSE, group show Eric Laffer gallery, WINTER SHOW, Schuylerville, NY2016 Saratoga Arts, 30TH ANNIVERSARY INVITATIONAL, Saratoga Springs, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, SUMMER COLOR, Hudson, NY Laffer Gallery, 5TH ANNUAL JURIED GROUP SHOW, Schuylerville, NY 2015 Carrie Haddad Gallery, PAPER, group show, Hudson, NY 2014 Luminarté, CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC ART, group show, Dallas, TXSpring Street Gallery, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 3 persons show, S. Spgs, NY Albany Institute of History and Art, MOHAWK HUDSON REGIONAl, group show NY Albany International Airport, NATURAL GESTURES, 3 person show Albany, NY Laffer Gallery, WINTER SHOW, Schuylerville, NY COMMUNITY MURALS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, SYMPOSIUMS 2023- 1001 BRICKS, THE CITY IN MANY WAYS 60 ft Community Bricks Mural Tunis,Tunisia2021 THE YEAR THAT ZOOMED BY United Nations International School, Community Mural NY2021 FULBRIGHT U.S. SCHOLAR AWARD ENAU National School of Architecture and Urbanism Carthage, Tunisia,2019 1001 HANDS/1001 MAINS,150 sqft community ceramic mural with 600 participants Ibn Rachiq Culture Center, Tunis. Funded through the US Embassy and the Swiss Embassy in Tunis. COLORS OF THE CITY International symposium: Wall Ceramic and Architecture in Tunis, Tunisia1997- 2018 Artist In Residence At Various Schools For The Creation Of Community Murals 2018 International Ceramic Mural Symposium, Bir-el Bey,Tunisia1997-2014 NYSCA Arts in Education Initiative grant: creation of community murals in various schools2013 INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC SYMPOSIUM National Center of Art Ceramic, Tunis, Tunisia2009 ARTIST RESIDENCY Sidi Kacem National Center of Ceramic, Tunis,Tunisia, 2005 CREATIVE CONNECTIONS, Community Mural, AIE, Loudonville, NY1999 FACES AND MORE…FACES”, SPAF, New York State Council on the Arts, community project involving hundreds of participants 1995 SPAF, New York State Council on the Arts, "COMPOSITIONS", a collaboration between visual artists and composers1989 ARTIST RESIDENCY/ Fellowship AWS Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska