Shingo Francis Paintings
American, b. 1969
Shingo Francis grew up in Los Angeles, immersed in the intense light and vast ocean vistas of life in southern California. Like many LA artists, Francis became fascinated with the ever-changing qualities of light and how it affected one’s perception and experience of the world. As the son of painter Sam Francis, Shingo also happened to grow up in the heart of LA’s nascent artworld, where artists such as Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, James Turrell, Craig Kaufman and Peter Alexander were utilizing new materials to explore the phenomenology of how we perceive. These pursuits became loosely known as California’s Light and Space movement and for many of them, their artwork was as much a catalyst for exploring perception as it was an art object unto itself.
Francis has continued this pursuit with a series of gossamer-like paintings with colors that appear in constant flux, changing as one moves about them. Utilizing interference paints – a medium of crushed, titanium-coated mica that refracts light - the colors in these pieces shimmer and shift depending on the angle of the viewer and the reflection of light. Rectangular shapes conform to the shape of the canvas, creating a framework of change as viewers move. What one sees becomes inherently tied to their particular perspective and the character of the light at any given time.
The necessity of the viewer’s presence and engagement with the seeing and experiencing of the “work”, is a driving interest for Francis. He intends these paintings to counter the notion that the virtual reproductions of artwork on our phones, tablets and screens can replace, or even approximate, the actual physical and emotional experience of being “present” with a work of art.
Shingo Francis has been the subject of numerous national and international exhibitions. He was awarded the Fumio Nanjo Award from the Mori Museum in Tokyo and is in numerous museum and institutional collections, including The Frederick R. Weisman Foundation in Los Angeles.
Francis received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pitzer College in Claremont and a Master of Arts degree from ArtCenter College of Design, in Pasadena, California.(Biography provided by William Turner Gallery)
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Artist: Shingo Francis
Orange and White
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
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Somewhere Between Time and Space
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2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
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Healing Circle
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2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Violet Bliss
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Shingo Francis grew up in Los Angeles, immersed in the intense light and vast ocean vistas of life in southern California. Like many LA artists, Francis became fascinated with the ev...
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Infinite Space (blue-magenta)
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Shingo Francis grew up in Los Angeles, immersed in the intense light and vast ocean vistas of life in southern California. Like many LA artists, Francis be...
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Moment Here
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Shingo Francis grew up in Los Angeles, immersed in the intense light and vast ocean vistas of life in southern California. Like many LA artists, Francis be...
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Subtle Impression (inner red)
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Utilizing interference paints – a medium of crushed, titanium-coated mica that refracts light - the colors in these pieces shimmer and shift depending on the angle of the viewer and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Color Field Gradient Painting California Minimalism Shingo Francis
By Shingo Francis
Located in Surfside, FL
Francis, Shingo (Japanese/American, born 1969),
W3 , 1999
Encaustic and watercolor painting on Arches paper,
23.5 x 22.5 inches,
Hand signed and dated verso
Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop
Shingo Francis is a painter, drawer and photographer who employs a minimal and abstract approach in his work, exploring color, time and space. This was done at Garner Tullis workshop. Francis was born in Santa Monica, California in 1969. At the age of three he moved to Japan with his Japanese mother, and went to an international school in Tokyo until the age of thirteen. He subsequently moved back to California to live with his father, the Abstract Expressionist artist Sam Francis during the academic year, spending the summer and winter breaks in Tokyo. Francis received degree Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992 from Pitzer College in Claremont, California. In 2001, he moved his studio from Los Angeles...
Category
1990s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Abstract Color Field Gradient Painting California Minimalism Shingo Francis
By Shingo Francis
Located in Surfside, FL
Francis, Shingo (Japanese/American, born 1969),
W3 , 1999
Encaustic and watercolor painting on Arches paper,
23.5 x 22.5 inches,
Hand signed and dated verso
Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop
Shingo Francis is a painter, drawer and photographer who employs a minimal and abstract approach in his work, exploring color, time and space. This was done at Garner Tullis workshop. Francis was born in Santa Monica, California in 1969. At the age of three he moved to Japan with his Japanese mother, and went to an international school in Tokyo until the age of thirteen. He subsequently moved back to California to live with his father, the Abstract Expressionist artist Sam Francis during the academic year, spending the summer and winter breaks in Tokyo. Francis received degree Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992 from Pitzer College in Claremont, California. In 2001, he moved his studio from Los Angeles...
Category
1990s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Interference (blue, green, yellow)
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Shingo Francis presents beautifully subtle, gossamer-like oils that shift and move with a grace that’s like wind over water.
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Color Field Gradient Painting California Minimalism Shingo Francis
By Shingo Francis
Located in Surfside, FL
Francis, Shingo (Japanese/American, born 1969),
W3 , 1999
Encaustic and watercolor painting on Arches paper,
23.5 x 22.5 inches,
Hand signed and dated verso
Provenance: Garner T...
Category
1990s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Reflection in Four
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Shingo Francis presents beautifully subtle, gossamer-like oils that shift and move with a grace that’s like wind over water.
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mirroring Light (cerulean-scarlet)
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Francis has continued this pursuit with a series of gossamer-like paintings with colors that appear in constant flux, changing as one moves about them. Utilizing interference paints...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vibrations Up and Down
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Medley of What is In or Out
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
From the Depth
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Let it Flow
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mixed Together
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Homage to Peter Alexander
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
So Many Roads
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Equilibrium
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Parts and Components of Happiness
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Colors in Darkness
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Path Up
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
To See the Light
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Category
2010s Abstract Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Interference Paint on Board
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Shingo Francis Paintings
Materials
Board
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