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 YorkEXHIBITIONS 2024 Art Yard , The Alchemy of Blood, Frenchtown, NY, with Suleika Jaouad Schacht Gallery, Unfold, SCAC Saratoga Clay Art Center, Schuylerville, NY 2021 Le Comptoir des Motifs, Artefactory, Geneva, Switzerland, fabric design, group show2018 Eric Laffer Gallery, Upstate Invitational, 3 person show, Schuylerville, NYThe Arts Center of the Capital Region, Configurations, one person show, Troy, NYCarrie Haddad gallery, Ebb and Flow, Hudson, NYSaratoga Arts, Then and Now, Saratoga Springs, NY 128662017 Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center, The Ritual of Construction, group show, Woodstock, NYCarrie Haddad gallery, Summer, group showThompson Giroux gallery, En Masse, group showEric Laffer gallery, Winter Show, Schuylerville, NY2016 Saratoga Arts, 30th Anniversary Invitational, Saratoga Springs, NYCarrie Haddad Gallery, Summer Color, Hudson, NYLaffer Gallery, 5th Annual Juried Group Show, Schuylerville, NY2015 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Paper, group show, Hudson, NY2014 Luminarté, Contemporary Islamic Art, group show, Dallas, TXSpring Street Gallery, Where are you from? 3 persons show, Saratoga Spgs, NYAlbany Institute of History and Art, Mohawk Hudson Regional, group show NYAlbany International Airport, Natural Gestures, 3 persons show Albany, NYLaffer Gallery, Winter show, Schuylerville, NYCOMMUNITY MURALS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, SYMPOSIUMS2024 “1001 Briques” (1001 Bricks) artistic direction of a community wall relief sculpture with 550 participants, Tunis, place Rue Achour in Tunis, in partnership with ASM /Tunis Historical Society, with funds from Michèle Berset foundation2021 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Tunisia2019 “1001 Mains” ( 1001 Hands) artistic direction of a 150 sqft community ceramic mural with 600 participants, Ibn Rachiq Art Center, Tunis, Tunisia. in partnership with CNCA / National Center of Tunisia for Ceramic Art, with funds from US Embassy and Swiss Embassy in Tunis Couleurs de la Ville, Faïences et Architecture à Tunis, International symposium, Tunis, (Colors of the City, Wall Ceramic and Architecture in Tunis) 1997- 2018 Artist in residence at various schools for the creation of community murals2018 Bir-el Bey, International Ceramic Mural Symposium, Tunisia1997-2014 NYSCA Arts in Education Initiative grants for the creation of community murals, ceramic and painting2013 National Center of Art Ceramic, International Ceramic Symposium, Tunis, Tunisia2009 Sidi Kacem National Center of Ceramic, Tunis,Tunisia, artist residency2005 “Creative Connections” AIE, Community Mural, Loudonville, NY1999 SPAF, New York State Council on the Arts, “Faces, faces and more…faces”, a community project involving hundreds of participants1995 SPAF, New York State Council on the Arts,"Compositions", collaborative work between artists and composers1989 Fellowship AWS Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska