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:
* “Legends and Lore of the Valley of the Sun”, Fountain Hills Public Art, 3/2023 - 3/2024
Fountain Hills, AZ
* “Common Bond”, Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Pensacola State College,
(curated exhibit) 8/2023 – 11/2023 Pensacola, FL
* “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