Photo by Cal Siegel
About Frank J. Stockton
Frank J. Stockton was born and raised in Southern California. After receiving a B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design in 2005, he moved to New York City, where he drew pictures for magazines and newspapers by day, and made paintings in the studio by night. He eventually returned to the West Coast and earned an M.F.A. from U.C.L.A. in 2015. Since then, he has had multiple solo shows and his work has been exhibited internationally. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Vanessa and their children Grey and Rose.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Frank J. Stockton
Born 1980, Santa Ana, California
EDUCATION
2015 MFA in Drawing & Painting, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Participant, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2005 BFA in Illustration, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Come Together, Iris Project Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 You're An Eagle Now, Samuel Freeman, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2018 Big House, Denk Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 True Believers, Samuel Freeman, Culver City, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Nomad II, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2019 Event Horizon, Curated by Carl Berg, CMAY Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2019 Nixed_Index, Curated by Nathan Halwel and Wilson Minshall, Geroge Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO.
2019 Somos Art House Hosts Nothing Special, Curator/participant, Somos Art House, Berlin, Germany.
2017 American Genre: Contemporary Painting, Curated by Michelle Grabner, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2016 Faculty Exhibition, Riverside City College, Riverside, CA.
2015 UCLA MFA Thesis Exhibition #4, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
2015 Inside/Outside: Works from the Skowhegan Archives, Curated by Michelle Grabner, Common Street Arts, Waterville, ME
2014 UCLA Department of Art MFA 2015 Preview Exhibition, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Top Coat, Curated by Roger Herman, The Pit, Glendale, CA
2014 MAS (LTD ED), Henderson, NV
2014 The States of Portraiture, Curated by Grant Vetter, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA
CURATORIAL AND OTHER PROJECTS
2019-present, Curator/director, Nothing Special, artist-run exhibition series, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Participant, Skowhegan Book Meet, NY, NY
2018 Moderator, Sarah Awad's "Double Field," Exhibition walk-through and conversation with the artist, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2014 Guest Lecturer, James Welling’s Special Topics in Art: Notes on Color, UCLA
2014 Participant, The Status of Portraiture Artist's Panel Discussion, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Co-Curator, UCLA New Wight Gallery Theme Exhibition: Keep In Touch, UCLA
2011 Presenter, Design Symposium: The Art of Frank Stockton, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2010 Presenter, Rocky Mountain College of Art Artist Lecture Series,, Lakewood, CO
REVIEWS, & OTHER RECOGNITION
2018 Interview, “What an MFA Degree Is and What You Need To Know,” by Ilana Kowarski, US News and World Report, published 12/12/2018 [link]
2018 Exhibition Review “Larry Gagosian Curates Show Stopping Booth at Seattle Art Fair and Other Opening Day Observations,” by Paul Laster, Galeriemagazine.com published 8/3/2018 [link]
2018 Exhibition Review, “Shift and Big House Perfectly Paired Exhibitions at DENK Gallery,” by Genie Davis, artandcakela.com, published 2/9/2018, [link]
2018 Exhibition Review, “Frank Stockton at DENK, Los Angeles,” by Beatrice Chassepot, beartmagazine.com, published 2/10/2018 [link]
2018 Featured Artist, New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Ed. (#133)
2017 Featured Artist, New American Paintings, MFA Annual Ed. (#129)
2017 Cover Artist, West Branch Magazine, Bucknell University #85
2014- 15 Recipient, UCLA Graduate Fellowship
2013- 14 Recipient, Lorser Feitelson & Helen Lundeberg Feitelson Arts Foundation Award
2013 -14 Recipient, D’Arcy Hayman Scholarship
2013 - Recipient, Booth Scholarship
2012 - Recipient, Levinson Scholarship
2012 - Silver Medal in Editorial Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2011 - Nominee, “Best Short Story,” Eisner Comic Industry Award
2011 - Featured Contributor, Runner’s World Magazine
2011 - Featured Artist, Heavy Metal Magazine
2010 - Featured Contributor, Orange Coast Magazine
2009 - Cover Artist, Communication Arts 50th Anniversary Illustration Annual
2009 - Featured Artist, Communication Arts Magazine
2009 - Merit Award, Society of Publication Designers
2008 - Featured Contributor, Baltimore Magazine
2008 - Featured Contributor, Zeit Magazin (Germany)
2007 - Featured Artist, DPI (China)
2007 - Featured Contributor, Best Life (Germany)
2004 - Featured Book Review, Giant Robot
2004 - 1ST PRIZE, Society of Illustrators Scholarship Competition
TEACHING
2021 - 2022, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA. Associate Faculty: Beginning & Intermediate Illustration.
2015 - 2021, Moreno Valley College, Moreno Valley, CA., Associate Faculty: Beginning & Intermediate Drawing; Life Drawing; Painting; Beginning & Intermediate Illustration.
2016 - 2017, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA., Associate Faculty: Advanced Life Drawing; Head & Hands Drawing.
2016 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA., Summer Art Institute: Drawing
2015 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA., Teaching Assistantship to Dan McCleary: Beginning Drawing
2014 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA., Teaching Assistantship to Brad Eberhard: Beginning Painting
2014 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA., Teaching Assistantship to Patty Wickman, Advanced Painting
2013 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA., Teaching Assistantship to Mari Eastman: Advanced Drawing
2013 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA., Teaching Assistantship to Don Suggs: Beginning Drawing
2010 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD., Adjunct Faculty: Beginning Illustration; Sequential Art; Narrative Color
2008 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD., Adjunct Faculty: Advanced Illustration