Patrick Francis
Artist & Athlete
Professional info
Patrick works as a visual artist producing paintings, chiefly acrylic on paper or canvas, many of which are used in exhibitions promoting disability awareness. He is well known in art circles and has work in several private collections worldwide.
Patrick has won numerous art, sport and community awards, some of the recent ones are enumerated below:
2014:
-Winner of the Victorian Young Achiever - Coffee Club Arts Award
-Finalist in Maribyrnong Council Civic Awards for Emerging Leaders
-Nominee for Victorian Disability Sector Awards for service to the community
-Finalist in the Aspect Volunteer Award
-Winner of National Inspiration Award for Individual Achievement - Aspect National Recognition Awards
-Silver & Bronze medals at Special Olympics Athletics State Games
2013:
-Winner of Spirit of Moonee Valley Outstanding Service Award
-Finalist in Young People's Human Rights Award
-MIRA Highly Commended Award for disability service
-Winner of DSR Male Sportsperson of the Year Award 2013
-Winner of Maribyrnong City Council MIRA Individual Sporting Achievement award
-Winner of Maribyrnong Inclusive Recognition Award for Art Achievements
-Gold & silver medals at Special Olympics Athletics & Tenpin Bowling State Games.
-Gold & bronze medals at swimming at Canberra Centenary Celebrations at Australian Institute of Sport
2012:
-Maribyrnong City Council MIRA Individual Art award
-Art & Australia / Credit Suisse Bank Contemporary Art Award 2012-13
-Gold & silver medals at Special Olympics Swimming & Tenpin Bowling State Games
-Gold & bronze medals at SO Trans-Tasman Tenpin Bowling Games, Cairns
2011:
-Finalist in the Spirit of Moonee Valley Meritorious Awards
-Winner of MVCC Youth Reward & Recognition Award
-Winner of Maribyrnong City Council MIRA Individual Art award
-Gold & silver medals at Special Olympics Swimming & Tenpin Bowling State Games
2010:
-Winner of Maribyrnong City Council MIRA Individual Sports award
-Gold & silver medals at Special Olympics Swimming & Tenpin Bowling State Games
-Winner of Freedman Foundation Acknowledgement for Emerging Artists
-Winner of Moonee Valley Foundation Encouragement Award for sport
2009:
-Local Sporting Championship from the Hon Bill Shorten, MP
-Gold & silver medals at Special Olympics Swimming & Tenpin Bowling State Games
See more at: AbsolutelyAwetisticAwards.weebly.com or facebook.com/AbsolutelyAwetisticArts
Work experience
Alongwith sister Lesley, Patrick has prepared slideshows and written a few books on art and autism e.g.
1) Athlete & Artist
2) Poetic Paintings vol 1
3) My Arts Project Adventures
4) Bird Tales
5) Absolutely Awetistic Arts
where Lesley is the author / poet / publisher and Patrick the artist / illustrator. These books are available for sale on Amazon.com and through Absolutely Awetistic Arts:
http://absolutelyawetisticawards.weebly.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html
2010 - present
2010 - present
As always, utilising his talents and abilities to promote disability awareness is high on the agenda with the following exhibitions planned / executed this year:
-Expressions Exhibition, Splash Gallery, Footscray
-World Autism Awareness Day, Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds
-Time & Tide Exhibition, Moonstone Art Gallery, St Albans
-Awetism Exhibition, Aspect National Awards, Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sydney
-Artworx, Meriton Apartment Hotel, Sydney
-Ebony & Ivory Exhibition, Moonstone Art Gallery, St Albans
-Patrick Francis solo, Little Woods Gallery, Collingwood
-Retrospective Exhibition, Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds
-Aspirations Exhibition, Moonstone Art Gallery, St Albans
-Dreamweavers Exhibition, Phoenix Youth Centre, Footscray
See more at: patrick-francis.webs.com or moonstone-art.webs.com
In addition to the disability awareness exhibitions presented by Lesley & Patrick Francis listed above, Patrick has also been selected for numerous general exhibitions displaying artwork with mainstream artists, detailed below:
2014:
-Art & Australia Collection 2003-2013 National Travelling Exhibition, featuring Patrick Francis paintings:
Napoleon and Ned Kelly:
a) New South Wales : Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre: 15 Dec 2013 – 27 Jan 2014
b) Dubbo Regional Gallery : 8 March – 4 May 2014
c) Victoria, Gippsland Art Gallery : 17 May – 13 July 2014
d) Art Gallery of Ballarat : 16 August – 28 September 2014
e) Queensland, Ipswich Art Gallery : 1 November – 21 December 2014
http://www.artaustralia.com/article.asp?issue_id=216&article_id=442
-Safari 2014 exhibition - Patrick Francis Installation: Sydney Biennale, Mar 14 - Apr 4, 2014
http://safari.org.au/2014/patrick-francis-vic/ (Patrick was the only special needs artist selected for this national exhibition).
-Face 2 Face Exhibition, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney: July 12 - Aug 6, 2014
-Patrick Francis solo exhibition: July 19 to Aug 23, 2014 at Arts Project Australia, Northcote
-Melbourne Art Fair: Aug 13 - 17, 2014, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens
-Patrick Francis at Annual Gala exhibition: Dec 6 - 20, 2014 at Arts Project Australia
-ADEC, Federation Square, Melbourne Dec 2014
2013:
-Melbourne Now, National Gallery Of Victoria/Australia, Federation Sq, Melbourne Nov 2013 - Mar 2014
-At the Table, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
-Classic Albums, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD
-Exit, Pursued by a Bear, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
-Aradhana, Chennai, India
-National Youth Week, Phoenix Youth Centre, Footscray
-Hobsons Bay Youth Arts, Williamstown
-Connected 13, Yarra Gallery, Federation Sq, Melbourne
-ADEC, Federation Square, Melbourne
2013: solo exhibitions and slideshows
- Athlete & Artist Exhibition - Splash Gallery, Phoenix Youth Centre, Footscray
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- Poetic Paintings Exhibition - Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds
http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-07a0-4968-8b0d
- Inspirations Exhibition - Coburg Town Hall
http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-07ca-a014-621b
See more at: art-exhibitions.weebly.com
2012:
-Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
-Walsh Bay Arts Table 2012, the Wharf–Pier 2, Sydney
-Melbourne Art Fair 2012, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
-Out of the Blue, Sheffer Gallery, Darlington, Sydney
-Classic Albums, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
-ADEC, Federation Square, Melbourne
2011:
-Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
-Movement & Emotion, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
-Connected 11, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
-This Sensual World, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
-National Gallery of Victoria 150th event, Melbourne
-ADEC, Federation Square, Melbourne
2010:
-Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
-Sweet Relief, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
-Wasaboshi Festival, Bangkok
-ADEC, Federation Square, Melbourne
-Rob McNamara Exhibition, Collingwood
2009:
-Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
-Annecto, Boxhill Town Hall, Melbourne
-Killara, Prince Palace Hotel, Bangkok
-ADEC, Federation Square, Melbourne
The complete list of exhibitions is available at: patrick-francis.weebly.com, art-exhibitions.weebly.com AbsolutelyAwetisticAwards.weebly.com and patrick-francis.webs.com
