Resume
Select Solo Exhibitions
2019 Seeing Things. Solo photography exhibition at South Gallery, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
2018 Continuum. Solo photography exhibition at Galerie Deux Scène, Nagoya, Japan
2016 Flux. Solo photography exhibition at House E, HAWK University (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst), Hildesheim, Germany
2016 In Motion: Japan/USA. Solo photography exhibition at the Art and Mind Center, Nagoya, Japan
2016 Liminal Spaces. Solo photography exhibition at the Rosenthal Gallery, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
2014 Moments In Transition. Solo photography exhibition at Gallery D, Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design, Nagoya, Japan
Select Group Exhibitions
2026 Balance, Repetition, Disruption. International juried group photography exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2026 The Trick Photography Show. National juried group photography online exhibition, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2025 Frozen: Cold, Quiet, Pure. International juried group photography exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
2025 Words, Words, Words. International juried group photography exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2025 Reflections. International juried group photography exhibition, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, New York [catalogue]
2025 Whispering Shadows. International juried online group photography exhibition, Float Magazine, www.floatmagazine.us
2024 The Shadow Aspect. International juried group photography exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2024 Motion > Blur. International juried group photography exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2024 Abstraction. International juried group photography online art exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
2024 Wortbildsalat / Word-Image-Salad - Guest Room, International juried group photography competition, Der Grief Photography Organization, Munich, Germany
2024 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Regional juried group photography exhibition, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2024 A Second Glance: First Look 2024. National juried group online photography exhibition, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2023 Momentum. Interational juried group art exhibition, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2023 Motion > Blur. International juried group photography exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2023 Arborescent II National Juried Exhibition. Nationaljuried group art exhibition, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, New York
2023 Light. International juried group photography exhibition, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina [catalogue]
2023 Patterns and Shadows. International juried group photography exhibition, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, New York [catalogue]
2022 Out of Hand. National juried group art exhibition, Annemarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Solomons, Maryland
2022 The Overstory. National juried group art exhibition, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2022 Framed:Trees and Water. International juried group photography exhibition, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2022 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Regional juried group photography exhibition, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2022 Trees. International juried group photography exhibition, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, New York [catalogue]
2021 Out of the Drawers: Escaping, Pretending. Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2021 The World in Motion. International juried group photography exhibition, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina [catalogue]
2021 Movement. National juried group art exhibition, Kansas City Stockyards Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2021 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Regional juried group photography exhibition, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2020 Western National Juried Exhibition. National juried group art exhibition, Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2019 Combined Talents. National juried group art exhibition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida [catalogue]
2019 Lay of the Land. Idaho juried group photography exhibition, MING Studios, Boise, Idaho
2018 Immersed In Abstraction. National juried group online art exhibition, Ellington-White Contemporary, Fayetteville, North Carolina
2018 America, The World. National juried group photography exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
2018 The Abstract Image. International juried group photography exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018 Three. National juried group art exhibition, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
2018 Tallahassee International 2018. International juried group art exhibition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida [catalogue]
2017 The Decisive Moment. International juried group photography exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2017 Color: Primary to Tertiary. International juried group art exhibition, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2017 Contemporary Abstraction. National juried group art exhibition, Core: New Art Space, Denver, Colorado
2017 Abstraction. International juried group photography exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, Essex, Vermont
2017 Art of Our Century. Regional juried group art exhibition, Woodbury Art Museum, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
2017 Artworks NW 2017. Regional juried groupart exhibition, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, Oregon
2017 Idaho Triennial .Idaho juried group art exhibition, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho [catalogue]
2017 TheJourney: Photographs Along the Way. National juried group photography exhibition, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
2016 Movement. National juried group art exhibition, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, California
2016 American Landscapes. National juried group art exhibition, Maryland Federation for the Arts, Annapolis, Maryland
2016 On the Road. National juried group photography exhibition, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina
2016 Artworks NW 2016. Regional juried group art exhibition, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, Oregon
2016 Photowork 2016 29th Annual National Juried Photographic Exhibition. National juried group photography exhibition, The Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
2016 Americana. National juried group photography exhibition, The Pennsylvania Center for Photography, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
2016 American Road Trip. National juried group art exhibition, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Will’s Creek Exhibition: One Cubed. National juried group art exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Maryland
2015 Tallahassee International 2015. International juried group art exhibition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida [catalogue]
2015 Interpretive Landscape. National juried group photography exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, Longmont, Colorado
2015 Water. National juried group art exhibition, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island
2014 Reflections. National juried group photography exhibition, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, California
2014 Grit: The Urban Landscape. National juried group art exhibition, Copley Society of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
2010 5 x 5 Exposed: Small Works in Photography. National juried group photography exhibition, The Target Gallery Art Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Commissions
2016 Public Art Commission, Valley Regional Transit. Five large scale photographs (10 x 20 ft), Main Street Station, Boise City Arts and History Department, Boise, Idaho
2015 Public Art Commission, Traffic Box Art Call 2015. Two large scale photographs (traffic box vinyl wraps), Boise City and Capital City Development Corporation, Boise, Idaho
Grants/Awards
2026 Balance, Repetition, Disruption.International juried group photography exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Honorable Mention (Praxis Directors)
2025 Reflections. International juried group photography exhibition, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, New York, First Place Winner (Juror: Darren Ching)
2025 All About Photo Magazine #47 - Shadows. International photography competition, Particular Merit Award Winner
2024 All About Photo Awards 2024 - “The Mind’s Eye.” International photography competition, Particular Merit Award Winner
2023 Patterns and Shadows. International juried group photography exhibition, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, New York, Grand Prize Winner (Juror: Traer Scott)
2019 Quickproject Grant. Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho
2019 Alexa Rose Foundation Grant. Local grant given to visual, performing and literary artists, Boise, Idaho
2018 America, The World. National juried group photography exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, First Place
2018 The Abstract Image. International juried group photography exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Directors Choice award for a series
2018 Quickproject Grant. Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho
2017 Alexa Rose Foundation Grant. Local grant given to visual, performing and literary artists, Boise, Idaho
2017 Artworks NW 2017. Group regional art exhibition, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, Oregon Fourth Place
2017 TheJourney: Photographs Along the Way. National juried group exhibition, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, Third Place
2015 Quickproject Grant. Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho
Print/Digital
2026 “Moments In Transition.” Dodo Magazine June 2026. Online article, https://www.dodho.com/moments-in-transition-by-john-m-francis-landscapes-between-time-and-motion/
2026 “Seeing Things” Frames Digital MagazineMay 2026. 5-10. Five reproductions of my photographs. PDF
2025 “Spotlight #2.” Darkrooms Magazine August 2025 no. 2: 33. One reproductions of my photograph. PDF.
2024 “Discrete Particle of Reality.” Edge of Humanity Magazine July 11, 2024. Article about Moments In Transition photography series. Online
2019 “Motion..” Art Ascent Magazine December 2019 v40: 48 and 49. Two reproductions of my photographs. Print.
2016 “30th Annual Tallahasse International.” On View Magazine July/September 2015 v6, no. 2: 88 and 89. One reproductions of my photograph. Print.