Joey Frank

Born 1981 in Washington, D.C.

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Born in 1981 in Washington, D.C. Joey Frank is an artist and sometimes astrologer or semiotician who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He earned his BA from Brown in 2005, and has since participated in exhibitions and performances in Los Angeles, Zurich, Istanbul, and New York, including Peas and Carrots, a recent collaboration with Daniel Kent at Orgy Park. Frank's artistic practice is unbound by preconception or any presumed demarcations between the varied media and conceptual bases that shape his work. Known for sculptural assemblages, painted and photographic collages, and sonic installations, Frank's artmaking is eclectic, and so too is his work beyond it, including art writing, criticism, and the production and assistant direction of Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Best Documentary Cinematography winning 'Manda Bala' (Send A Bullet).

Exhibitions

The Allimbus Device

Jan 13 - Mar 17, 2024

Works on Paper on Fridges

Aug 12 - Sept 6, 2022

Walk Artisanal

Jan 17 - Jan 30, 2016

Exhibited Works

Education

2005
Bachelor of Arts, Brown University
Providence, RI
2001
Slade School of Fine Art
London, UK

Solo & Two Person

2017
Peas and Carrots, with Daniel Kent
Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Be Fruitfly and Multiple
James Fuentes, New York, NY
Here to Go (Police Lite Show), with Daniel Kent
Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
Taking a Piss, with Mike Caputo
Waterfront at the Mothership, Woodstock, NY
2015
Color Squonge
Waterfront, Kingston, NY
2014
Summer Puzzles (Internal Return of the Grevious Angel)
Recess, New York, NY
2013
Records
Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2012
Seeker an’ the Trick
Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
2010
INequality of EXperience: Closets
Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, NY

Group

2017
Parallel Cities
Ms Barbers, Los Angeles, CA
Head Light
Spring/Break Art Show, New York NY
2016
Tandem
(harbor), New York, NY
The Nose, The Cane,The Broken Left Arm, by Shana Lutker, lead role of narrator
Performa 13, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland
Walk Artisanal
Curated by Peter Harkawik, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Quarter I 2015
Hooper Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2014
BAZAAR TEENS
205 Ave. A, New York, NY
2013
Brooklyn Artists Ball (table)
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
#summerfridays
Salomon Contemporary, New York, NY
I Killed My Father, I Ate Human Flesh, I Quiver With Joy: an Obsession with Pier Paulo Paslini
Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
The Nose, The Cane, The Broken Left Arm, by Shana Lutker, lead role of narrator
Performa 13, New York, NY
2012
Flooded Art Show, curated by Z Behl
Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, NY
Portrait of a Generation
The Hole, New York, NY
All That Shines Ain’t No Gold
Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Constellation (or the inspiration show)
Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2011
Happy Holidays! Drawings!
Alex Zachary, New York, NY
2010
Arcadian Night
Race Brook Lodge, Sheffield, MA
2009
Summer Reading, curated by Mike Bouchet
Invisible-Exports, New York, NY
Kings County Biennial, curated by James Fuentes
Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Wu Tang/googleplex
Gavin Brown’s Passerby, New York, NY

Awards

2007
Sundance Film Festival, winner Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature and Best Cinematography for Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Producer, Co-director
Cinema-Eye award for Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
1993
"Winner of Parkmont Poetry festival, Death”