FRANCIS A WILLEY
B.1969 CANADIAN
CURRENT REPRESENTATION
2023 | The Commotion, Vancouver
2021 | The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary, AB
2020 | Ryde, Intellectual Property Agency, Berlin, Zurich
2019 | Kodakone, Image Rights Agency, Marina del Rey/Berlin
2018 | Art + Commerce/ Vogue Italia, Photo Vogue, New York City, NY
2016 | Jeschke van Vliet Auction House, Modern Photography Collection & Catalog, Hans-Joachim Jeschke, Berlin, Germany
JURIED AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
2023 | The Legacy of Doug and Lois Mitchell, Outstanding Calgary Artist Award, The Mayor’s Celebration for the Arts,Calgary
2023 | WMOP, World Masters of Photography, Contemporary, Breath from Breath, Vienna
2022 | Foto Nostrum Portrait Awards, Jury Special Selection by Adam Ferguson, Barcelona
2022 | WMOP, World Masters of Photography, Fashion, Carnival Lily & Psychotherapist, Vienna
2022 | Viepa, People and Portrait Photography Award, Aisha, Vienna
2022 | PX3, The Prix de la Photographie, Bronze Winner, Fine Art, This Fragile World, Paris
2021 | Pinacothéque Award, Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art Prize
2020 | PX3, The Prix de la Photographie, Bronze Winner, Fine Art, This Fragile World, Paris, France
2020 | IPA, International Photography
Awards, Hollywood Harmony, Capillaries, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, California
2018 | Calgary’s People’s Portrait Prize, 1st Place Winner, Blindness, Calgary, AB
2017 | NYC4PA, New York Center for Photographic Art, B&W 2017, Honourable Mention, Longing of a Ghost, New York City, NY
2014 | PX3, The Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Bronze Winner, Fine Art Book, Ghost Book, Paris, France
2013 | Calgary Fashion, Calgary Culture Ambassador in Photography, Calgary, AB
2013 | IPA, International Photography Awards, Fine Art Portrait, Honorable Mention, Blindness, Lady Iliad, New York City, NY
2012 | IPA, International Photography Awards, Fine Art Nude, 3rd Place Lucie Award, Mythos, Los Angeles, California
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
2023 | Founder and Editor, The Scribes Nest, Calgary
2022 | Single Onion, 22 Years, Feature Artist, Calgary
2022 | Curator, manyeyescity Presents: IDIOM, Loft 112, Calgary
2021-22 |Mentor, Immigrant Mentorship Artist Program, Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation, Calgary
2011-2020 | Artistic Advisor & Curator, Seities Studio, Calgary, AB
2019 | Founding Member, World Art Secession W.A.S, Austrian Cultural Centre of Vienna, Austria
2008 | The Parlour Kiss, Piano Concerto, Babylon Theatre, Berlin, Germany
2006 | Founder, The Salon Romantique,
2005 | MGMT First Modeling Agency, Photographer, New York, NY
2004 | Canada’s Next Top Model, Talent Scout, Photographer, Edmonton, AB
TALKS & LECTURES
2022| 999 Hertz: Destruction Era Fantasy and the creation of an image, The Collectors Gallery of Art.
2014 | The Grand Cypher: Hip Hop, Iran and Syria, Ethics & Justice Panel, Moderator Julie Ashcraft Jigsawnovich
featuring Immortal Technique & Rakim, Francis A. Willey, Ehsan Ziya (Atour) Rush Arts
Gallery, NYC, NY
2013 | Calgary Cultural Ambassador, Fashion Calgary, Gala Panel, Calgary, AB
2008 | Lecture, Foothills Camera Club, Fort Calgary, AB
PUBLISHED BOOKS
2020 | Pandemic Poems, Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2020, USA
2018 | Series of Dreams: Selections from 68 Issues of Shots Magazine, Edited by Russell Joslin, first edition, 2018, Norway
SELF PUBLISHED BOOKS
2020 | Ghost (3rd Edition)
2018 | Morpheus Visible
2016 | Ghost (2nd Edition)
2014 | Mythos
2012 | The Romanticist
2011 | Ghost (1st Edition)
2011 | Prayer for a Bird (Poetry)
SOLO PIANO ALBUMS
2023 | Angel Without a Frame, Jinn Julian (OST)
2021 | A Study of Clouds
2017 | Moonglow
2011 | The Parlour Kiss
2009 | When We Loved
2007 | Longing of a Ghost
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
• Vogue (Italia & Germany)
• Art on Paper & Global Women (USA)
• Sang Bleu (Switzerland)
• Kunst & Fine Art Photo (Germany)
• Fotoblur & SHOTS (USA)
• Dong (France)
• Mystery, Cover (Greece)
• Adbusters (Canada)
• PH Magazine, Cover (Canada)
• Adore Noir (Canada)
• PhotoED (Canada)
• SEITIES (Canada)
• New Forum, Cover (Canada)
• Enchanted Living (US)
SELECT COLLECTIONS
• National Portrait Gallery, London, England
• Brian Eno, London, England
• Chrysta Bell, Los Angeles, California
• Duncan Sinclair, Vancouver, BC
• JJ Cortez, New York City, NY
• Azure Parsons, Los Angeles, California
• Yann Martel, Saskatchewan
• Naheed Nenshi, Calgary, Alberta
• Justin Trudeau, Canada
• Philip Glass, New York City, NY
• Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger, Zurich, Switzerland
• Renate Aspacher, Artografie, Eugendorf, Salzburg, Germany
• Eydis Evensen, Iceland
Selected Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023| The Artwork of Francis A. Willey and Manyeyescity, The Collectors Gallery of Art, Calgary (Romana Kaspar-Kraft)
2023| manyeyescity, The Commotion, Vancouver (Peppa)
2023 |Disguise the Limit, Broadcast Lab, TD Incubator, Arts Commons, Calgary (Sargeant X Comrade)
2022 | 999 Hertz, The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Exposure Photography Festival, Calgary, AB (Romana Kaspar-Kraft)
2021 | Illumination, The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Exposure Photography Festival, Calgary, AB (Romana Kaspar-Kraft)
2018 | Oracles of Nature, Window Galleries, Exposure Photography Festival, Arts Commons, Calgary, AB (Natasha Jensen)
2016 | Golden Wings, Rumble House, Calgary, AB (Jess Szabo, Rich Theroux)
2015 | Dream of the Golden Violet, Feather Gallery, A.C. Leighton House, Calgary, AB
2009 | The Prevailing Muse, Hotel Arts, Calgary, AB
2009 | A New Romanticism, Gallery 101, Calgary, AB (David Walker)
2008 | The Vision of Ghost, AB Project Galerie, Lucas Carrieri Gallery, Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week, Berlin, Germany (Sven Kruger, Lucas Carrieri)
2008 | Longing of a Ghost, Solo Piano Concert & Exhibition, National Music Centre, aka
Cantos Music Foundation, Calgary, AB
1994 | 1000 Candle Power Flash, Thee House of Shaamonn Gallery, Edmonton, AB
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 |New Architects in a Liminal Time, Chinook Blast, Calgary (Jae Sterling)
2022 | Manyeyes City Presents: IDIOM, Loft 112, Calgary
2022 |Cards for Community, Loft 112, Calgary (Lisa Lamb)
2021 | Art Limited, International Art Exhibition, Editors Selection, Bordeaux (Denis Olivier)
2021-2 | Black and White Exhibition, The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary, AB (Romana Kaspar-Kraft)
2021 | The BIG Picture Colorado, Month of Photography, Denver, Colorado (Mark Sink)
2021 | Shifting Landscapes, Burnt Toast Studio, Calgary, AB
2019 | Identity, Mount Royal University, Exposure Photography Festival, Calgary, AB (Curtis Desiatnyk)
2019 | Blindness, Jack Singer Concert Hall, +15 Galleries, Arts Commons, Calgary, AB (Natasha Jensen)
2018 | The Stimulant, Lightbox Studio, Arts Commons, Calgary, AB (Natasha Jensen)
2016 | Theme Music, Jack Singer Concert Hall, Arts Commons, Calgary, AB (Seities Studio)
2015 | Lucie e Ombre, International HR Giger Tribute, DeSlow Art Ripattoni Arte, Teramo, Italy (Cultural Association Dedalus Studi)
2015 | Lucie e Ombre, International HR Giger Tribute, Oil Mill of Lucio Ruggieri, Via Del Vecchio Slaughterhouse, Teramo, Italy (Cultural Association Dedalus Studi)
2015 | Lucie e Ombre, International HR Giger Tribute, Audio/Visual Room, Provincial Library Melchiorre Delfico, Teramo, Italy (Cultural Association Dedalus Studi)
2015 | See.Me, The Exposure Awards, Mystical Ecstasy Musée du Louvre, Paris (William Etundi JR.)
2015 | The Salon Romantique Presents: The Nude, Entre Nous Gallery, Month of Photography, Denver, Colorado (Sanja Lukac)
2014 | The Grand Cypher: Hip Hop, Iran and Syria, Rush Arts Gallery, New York (Julie Ashcraft Jigsawnovich)
2014 | See.Me, Art Takes Time Square, Sun Goddess, New York City, NY (William Etundi JR. via chashama)
2013 | The Stimulant, SEITIES Gallery, Art Central, Calgary, AB
2012 | The Salon Romantique, AXIS Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (Rob Mabee)
2012 | Attempts on Her Life: Shifting Illusions, The Grand Theatre, Calgary, AB (Sanja Lukac)
2011 | The Big Picture, Illiterate Gallery, Denver Month of Photography, Denver, Colorado
2011 | Light Proof: A Darkroom Photo Show, Untitled Arts Society, Calgary, AB (Vicki Chau)
2010 | God Show 2, Sugar Shack Gallery, Calgary, AB
2010 | Sang Blue 5, Magazine Tour, Milan, Bern & Zurich (Maxami Plescia-Buchi)
2009 | Homage Berlin, Project Galerie Show Room, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Berlin, Germany (Sven Kruger, Lucas Carrieri)
2008 | Man and Object, Lucas Carrieri Gallery, Art Berliner, Berlin, Germany (Sven Kruger, Lucas Carrieri)
2006 | Modern Amusement Group Show, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2004 | Immortalizing the Nude, The Saddlery Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1994-2004 | Various group exhibitions in Edmonton, AB
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