SHORT BIO:

For 28 years,  Francis’ photographs have been nationally exhibited.  His photography  has  been displayed  throughout the country in art  museums,  universities, college  fine-art centers, outdoor  mural  projects,  history museums, and cultural  centers. His subjects depict eclectic festivals,  environmental portraits, and the most recent project;  "Moonlight  Garden"  that creatively renders images from the natural landscape.   


EXHIBITIONS:

*  “Common Bond”,   Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Pensacola State College, 

 (curated exhibit)  8/2023 – 11/2023   Pensacola, FL


*  “Legends and Lore of the Valley of the Sun”,   Fountain Hills Public Art,  3/2023 - 3/2024

Fountain Hills,  AZ


* “Rituals”, Dairy Arts Center, Hand-Rudy Gallery, 6/23/17 - 7/30/17

Boulder, CO


* “Rituals”, Hardee Center for the Arts, NFCC, (solo show) 9/2016

Madison, FL


* “Photo Mural Project”, King Co. Metro/Photo Center NW, 2016

Seattle, WA


* “Connect”, Woody Gaddis Photo Arts Gallery, UCO, Dept. of Mass Communication, 8/2016

 Edmond, OK


* “America's Parks: A Centennial Celebration”, Sangre de Cristo Arts &

Conference Center, 6/2016 - 8/2016, Pueblo, CO


* “Art of Adoption”, Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, PSC, 8/2014 – 9/2014 

Pensacola, FL


* “The Perimeter of the World”, Rayko Photo Center, 8/2014 – 9/2014

San Francisco, CA


* “Moving Past The Camera”, Texas Photographic Society, 2014

Johnson City, TX


* “Photo Mural Project”, King Co. Metro/Photo Center NW, 2014 -2015

Seattle, WA


* “Shoot & Tell”, (cell phone photography) Stone Crop Gallery, 5/2014 – 8/2014

York, ME


* “Spirit of Flight Photography Exhibition”, The Museum of Flight, 6/2014 – 12/2014

Seattle, WA


* “Rituals”, Orange Coast College Photography Gallery, (solo show) 4/2014 – 5/2014

Costa Mesa, CA


* “Rituals”, Valdosta State University, Fine Arts Gallery, (solo show) 2/2014 – 3/2014

Valdosta, GA


* “Rituals”, Abbeville Cultural & Historical Alliance Center, (solo show) 10/2013 – 12/2013

Abbeville, LA


* “Multiples”, Pensacola Museum of Art, (solo show) 9/2013 – 10/2013

Pensacola, FL


* “Rituals”, Old Alabama Town, History Museum, (solo show) 8/2013 – 9/2013

Montgomery, AL


* “Rituals”, Eastern Shore Art Center, (solo show) 7/2013

Fairhope, AL


* “Rituals”, University Of Mississippi, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, (solo show)

4/2013 –6/2013 Oxford, MS


* “Valdosta National 2013” Valdosta State University, Fine Arts Gallery, 1/2013 – 2/2013

Valdosta, GA


* “Rituals”, Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Pensacola State College, (solo show) 8/2012 – 10/2012 Pensacola, FL


* Beyond Pixeltorialism: “Digital Imaging in the 21st Century”, College of Lake County

2/2010 – 4/2010, Grayslake, IL


* “Above Ground Level”, Minnesota State University, (solo show) 04/2009

Moorhead, MN


* Cinco Banderas Juried Show, Artel Gallery 10/2004 - 12/2004

Pensacola, FL


* “Us, Featuring the PJC Art Faculty”, The Steamboat House Gallery,

7/2003, Pensacola, FL


* "Visible Spectrum", A Selection of Florida A&M Photographers,

22nd Floor Capitol Gallery, 1/24/2002 - 2/11/2002, Tallahassee, FL


* “Sex and Nature”, Invitational, Featuring Mark Alan Francis, Mariposa

Gallery, (solo show) 6/22/2001 - 7/28/2001, Pensacola, FL


* “Go Figure”, The figurative work of Mark Alan Francis & Scott Mueller, Cultural Center

7/02/2001 - 7/28/2001, Pensacola, FL


* "Red Hot Art", Invitational/Juried group exhibition, Red Gallery

2/14/2001 - 5/28/2001, Savannah, GA


* “Vista Cruise”, WUWF, Gallery 88 - University of West Florida (solo show)

7/2000 - 8/2000, Pensacola, FL


* “A Couple Favorites”, Right Angles Gallery (solo show)

11/1999 - 12/1999, Pensacola, FL


* "If It Ain’t Baroque, Don’t Fix It", Right Angles Gallery (Juried Show)

8/1999, Pensacola, FL


* Capitol Complex Exhibition, Supreme Court Building (solo show) 11/1998 - 1/1999

Tallahassee, FL


* "Pensacola Today", A Collaborative Photo Essay, Pensacola Museum of Art,

10/1998 - 1/1999, Pensacola, FL


* Tricentennial, A Photo Essay, A Collaborative Photo Essay, PJC Art Gallery,

10/1998 - 11/1998, Pensacola, FL


* "Laying Hands: Expressions of Religion", Artel Gallery, 8/1998 - 12/1998

Pensacola, FL


* Pensacola Museum of Art (Annual Members Show 1998)

Pensacola, FL


* PMA 100 Mile Radius Juried Art Show 4/1997 - 5/1997

Pensacola, FL


* "Cinco Banderas Juried Show", Artel Gallery 10/1996 - 11/1996

Pensacola, FL


* 1996 Juried 35th Bay Annual, Visual Art Center of NW FL 8/1996 - 10/1996

Panama City, FL


* 1996 Juried Wiregrass Biennial Art Competition 1/1996 - 2/1996

Dothan, AL


* “Left Handed”, Mobile Townhouse Gallery (solo show) 9/1995

Mobile, AL


* “Left Handed”, Savannah College of Art & Design (solo show) 4/1995 

Savannah, GA


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