Adrian French

1248 Carbone Dr.

Columbus, OH 43224

abfrench@hotmail.com

Website: abfrench.com

Formal Education:

2003-07 MFA in furniture Design. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

1995-98 BFA in Studio Art: Concentration in Printmaking. Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

1993-95 Majored in Fine Art (transferred credits). Montgomery County Community College,

Blue Bell, PA

Seminars/Courses:

2007 Shaped Video: Working with objects, space and video (E.G. Crichton and Susan

Working) Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO

2004 Birds, Beasts, Nymphs, & Satyrs (A wood carving class taught by Susan Hagen)

Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC

2002-03 Enrolled in Fine Metals Courses. Foothills Community College, Westminster, CO

2001 Independent Study in Furniture Design. Virginia Commonwealth University,

Richmond, VA

2000 Glassblowing Workshop. (participated in two Back to back month long weekend workshops) Hot Soup Glass Studio, Philadelphia, PA

1995 Summer Study in Archaeology. Buckinghamshire College, High Wycombe, England

Experience:

2008 Owner and Manager. Wooden Fabrications: Furniture Design and Creative

Woodwork, Columbus, Ohio.

Exhibition Technician. COSI (Center of Science and Industry), Columbus, Ohio

Temporary Exhibition Preparator and Art Handler. Andy Warhol: Other Voices,

Other Rooms. Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Set Designer. Working with Kinderdeutsch Projects designing the touring set for their

Preservation (A Bird Mutation), and Foreign C – performed in association with The Ontelogical-Histeric Incubator at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY.

2007-08 Playground Designer & Builder. (Assisting Designer, Tilman Stachat in the

Planning

and Construction of children’s playgrounds in Northern Germany)

Holzgestaltung, Berlin, Germany

2007 Invited lecturer. San Diego State University, CA

Resident Artist: (5-week winter residency). Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass

Village, CO

2003- 06 Graduate Teaching Associate. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Summer 2006 – Beginning Furniture Design (Instructor of Record)

Spring 2006 – Drawing and Composition (Instructor of Record)

Fall 2005 – Design in Crafts (Instructor of Record)

Spring 2005 – Design in Crafts (Instructor of Record)

Fall 2004 – Drawing and Composition (Instructor of Record)

Spring 2004 – Drawing and Composition (Instructor of Record)

Fall 2003 – Drawing and Composition (Instructor of Record)

2005- 06 Student Assistant. Furniture Society Conference 2006, Indianapolis, IN

Furniture Society Conference 2005, San Diego, CA

2004 Exhibition Designer and Co-Curator. Asking for Eyes: The visual Voice of

Southeast Africa, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

2003 Exhibition Designer and Curator. Functional Discourse: The Works of Six

Contemporary Woodworkers. A. R. Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO

2001-03 Art Handler. (Responsible for the transportation and Installation of off-site exhibitions)

University of Colorado, CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO

2001-03 Production Fabricator. (Constructing and assembling wooden looms)

Schacht Spindle Co. Inc., Boulder, CO

2000-01 Exhibit Preparator. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

1998-00 Furniture Maker’s Apprentice. (Assisted in the construction of “Arts and Crafts” style furniture). J. D. Lohr Woodworking: fine furniture, Schwenksville, PA

1998-99 Resident Artist: (I year residency). Furniture Design Program, Kutztown University,

Kutztown, PA

1996-97 Printmaking Studio Monitor. Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

1994-95 Photo Editor and Cartoonist. The Mustang (college newspaper,) Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA

Exhibitions:

2006 Show us Your Drawers: The Furniture Society’s Biennial Juried Exhibit. Herron

School of art, Inianapolis, IN

Abiding Fortune: MFA Thesis Exhibition. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Selections: By Wendy Maruyama. Zazou Home, San Diego, CA

2005 Coded Messages: SDSU Graduate review Exhibition. Flor y Canto and Everett G. Jackson Galleries, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

“The Maruyama School: Maintaining a Tradition of Alternatives”.

SDSU Current Students and Alumni Exhibition. The Everett G. Jackson & Flor Y Canto Galleries, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

The Other Side: Large Works Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA

UCSDSU. University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA

Dialogues. Collaborative exhibition w/ ceramic artist, Jessica Knapp

Flor Y Canto Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

2004 Full Service: SDSU Graduate Review Exhibition Flor y Canto and Everett G. Jackson Galleries, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

2003 Objectifying VCU School of Arts in Qatar, Doha, Qatar

Function: Furniture Design Graduate Exhibition. The Everett G. Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Disclosed: SDSU Graduate Review Exhibition. Flor y Canto and Everett G. Jackson Galleries, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Functional Discourse: The works of Six Contemporary Woodworkers. A. R. Mitchell Museum and Gallery, Trinidad, CO

2002 “the Art Faculty Collects.” .A Showcase of Extra-Studio Interests of the EKU Art Department, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

2001 Crafts National 35. Zoller Art Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA

2000 Invited Artists Exhibition. Gallery 20, West Reading, PA

Kutztown University Furniture Design Alumni Exhibition. The Venue gallery, Kutztown, PA

1998 William Penn Charter Juried Art Show. William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, PA

6^th Annual Student Exhibition. Doshi Gallery for Contemporary Art of the Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

1998 National Printmaking Exhibition. Blue Ridge Arts Council, Front Royal, Virginia

1997 Printwork ‘97: National Printmaking Exhibition,

Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY

Westmoreland Art Nationals. Westmoreland, PA

National Spring Open Juried Exhibition. Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

5^th Annual Student Exhibition. Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA

Timelines. Freyberger Gallery, Reading, PA.

Awards:

2007 Conover Fellowship. (to participate in E.G Crichton & Susan Working’s Shaped

Video: working with objects, space and video) The Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO

2006 Paul Lingren Memorial Scholarship, SDSU, San Diego, CA

2005 Paul Lingren Memorial Scholarship, SDSU, San Diego, CA

2004 Patricia Clapp Memorial Scholarship, SDSU, San Diego, CA

Assistantship award. (To participate in Birds, Beasts, Nymphs, & Satyrs. A wood carving class taught by Susan Hagen) Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC

1998 2^nd Prize. William Penn Charter Juried Art Show. William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, PA

Award of Merit. 6^th Annual Student Exhibition

Doshi Gallery for Contemporary Art of the Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

1^st Prize .1998 National Printmaking Exhibition Blue Ridge Arts Council, Front Royal, Virginia

1997 Award of Merit. Westmoreland Art Nationals. Westmoreland, PA

Cash Award. National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

Bibliography:

2006 “Blurring the Boundaries by Maintaining a Tradition of Alternatives” In Furniture

Studio: Focus on Materials. A publication of the Furniture Society

(Photo & review)

“Show us Your Drawers” Exhibition Catalogue, Furniture Society, 2006.

2005 “The Maruyama School: Maintaining a Tradition of Alternatives”

Catalogue for exhibition, 2005 Furniture Society Conference. San Diego

State University, San Diego, CA.

2004 Ed. Sowell, Teri. Asking for Eyes: The Visual Voice of Southeast Africa. University Art

Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

Ed. Gunter, Veronica Alice. 400 Wood Boxes: The Fine Art of Containment &

Concealment. Lark Books, New York

2003 Functional Discourse: The works of six contemporary woodworkers. Exhibition

catalog for the 5/03 A. R. Mitchell Museum Exhibition.

1998 February issue of BRAC, (Blue Ridge Arts Council,) Arts News, (Photo)

1997 Fox, Marilyn J. “Nittany Lion Show a Matter of Time,” Reading Eagle, (Review)

Collections:

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Edward M. Smith Family Art Foundation

Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Kutztown University

Kutztown, PA