SHINGO FRANCIS
Born 1969 in Santa Monica, California. Currently lives and works in New York and Yokohama, Japan. He received his Bachelor’s degree of Fine Arts from Pitzer College, Claremont, California in 1992. He
explores the potential of abstract painting through his blue monochrome paintings and works focusing on line and light. He established a curatorial organization, Hatch in 1996, has organized exhibitions in Los Angeles and Yokohama. His major exhibitions include “Ties over Time” (Residence of the US ambassador to Japan, Tokyo), “The Unseen Relationship: Form and Abstraction” (DIC Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan), “Kaleidoscope” (Lobby Gallery, Durst Organization, New York). His works are in collections including JP Morgan Chase Bank, Banco de Espana, Frederick R. Weiseman Art Foundation.
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