Francis John Caprani

Website: www.serraz.com 
E-mail: franciscaprani@aol.com 
Address: 353 Rossmore , Burlington, Ont. L7N 1R9 
Phone: 905 633 8857

Born August 2, 1950 in Dublin, Ireland

Education:

• 1972-74 Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec Major in Fine Arts
• 1974-77 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec B.F.A. Major in Fine Arts (lithography, painting, sculpture & drawing)
• 1977-78 Studied printmaking at Le Centre de gravure contemporain de Genève, Switzerland,  under Master Printer Daniel Divorn

Grants & Awards:

• 1979 Awarded first prize jointly with Gerald Pedros for Impressions of the Holocaust exhibition sponsored by the Holocaust Remembrance Commitee, Canadian Jewish Congress Eastern REgion Ladies' Division of the Association of Survivors of Nazi Oppression.
• 1979 Grant from Elizabeth T. Greenshield Foundation on the basis of art work submitted
• 1977 Grant from Elizabeth T. Greenshield Foundation on the basis of art work submitted, to allow the artist to travel and work in Europe
• 1976 Canada Council Project Grant

Publications:

• 1996 "An Autumn Week at Sally's Pond", Magazine Art, Vol. 9, No. 1, Fall 1996
• 1989 Old Brewery Mission Exhibition and Auction, catalogue
• 1989 Biennale du dessin de l'estampe et papier du Québec, catalogue
• 1989 A l'ombre du génie, catalogue
• 1989 Fondation pour la santé mentale des jeunes, catalogue
• 1988 Entrée libre à l'art contemporain, Galerie d'art Lavalin, catalogue
• 1987 Publications Norte May-June Revista Hispano-Americana, No. 337
• 1984 Cover of Montreal Calendar Magazine, February 1984
• 1984 Tout l'art du monde, catalogue, p.. 4
• 1983 Au Masculin, Vol. 3, No. 1, illustration p. 21

Selected Exhibitions:

• 1993 Two man exhibition, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal
• 1992 Group exhibition Erin Cara, Montreal Trade Centre
• 1992 Group exhibition Erin Cara, Kilkenny, Ireland
• 1991 Group exhibition Totem de Piedra, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal (also shown in Mexico City, Chicago and other North American cities)
• 1991 Three man exhibition "La Raza Group", Guinness Hop Store Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• 1990 Three man exhibition "La Raza Group", Galerie Ernst Brandt, Köln, West Germany
• 1989 Three man exhibition "La Raza Group", Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal "Sanctuaries"
• 1989 Biennale du dessin de l'estampe du papier du Québec, Alma, Quebec
• 1989 Group exhibition "A l'ombre du génie", Association des galeries d'art contemporain (AGACM) et la Fondation des maladies mentales, Montreal
• 1989 Group exhibition, Masonic Temple, Montreal, art auction to raise funds for Old Brewery Mission
• 1988 Group exhibition, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, "Entrée libre a l'art contemporain galerie d'art Lavalin"
• 1987 Three man exhibition at Sociedad Mexicana de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City
• 1987 Three man exhibition at Universidad de Mexico, Queretaro, Mexico
• 1987 Two man exhibition, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal
• 1985 Two man exhibition at Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal
• 1985 Painting sold to permanent collection "Tout l'art du monde" sponsored by le Ministère des communautés culturelles et de l'immigration du Québec
• 1984 Two man exhibition, Galerie Joyce Goldman, Montreal
• 1984 Painting sold to permanent collection "Tout l'art du monde" sponsored by le Ministère des communautés culturelles et de l'immigration du Québec
• 1983 Awarded contact for art work for television series "Survivors of the Holocaust"
• 1982 Two man exhibition of drawings, paintings and video, Bellair Gallery, Toronto
• 1980 Three man exhibition of paintings and prints, SAW Art Gallery, Ottawa
• 1978 Had work accepted into the collection of the Musée d'estampes, Geneva, Switzerland
• 1978 Had work accepted into the collection of the Centre de gravure, Geneva, Switzerland
• 1973 Awarded mural contract for Dawson College, Lafontaine Campus, Montreal
• 1972 Awarded mural contract for Dawson College, Viger Campus, Montreal
• 1971 Awarded mural contract for Buckminster Fuller Exhibition, Montreal