Fernanda Franco

Fernanda Franco is a graphic designer, artist, printmaker.
Born and bred in Mexico City, former corporate designer for Wall Street, and MS in Communication Design from Pratt Institute; she finds inspiration for her watercolors and prints in the beauty, harmony, colors and craft traditions of her home country.
Fernanda loves touring mercados, jardines and patios and has a passion for handmade Mexican textiles. She has also traveled and extensively in Italy and France. Her work is aesthetically influenced by the color palette of Maestro Pedro Coronel and poetry of Octavio Paz.

 Having lived in New York for over 25 years, her current work explores the concept of identity, the vocabulary of her mexicanidad as a carrier of emotion and essence. 

Group Exhibitions
Artist Members / Edward Hopper House, Nyack NY, May 2023
Art Café/ Wildflowers, Nyack, NY, April 2022
Hastings on Hudson Art Commission / We are not in Kansas anymore, Hastings on Hudson, NY, 2019
Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY, 2018
I Think We Are Alone Now-Artwork for Reed Murano Film, Hastings on Hudson, NY 2017
440 Gallery / Off the Press, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 2015
Kentler International Drawing Center 100 works on Paper, 2009
Printworks at Borgo Pignano, Volterra, Italy, 2007
Galeria Mexicana de Diseño, Mexico City, Blanco Group Exhibition, 1999

Education
Master of Science (Communication Design)
Pratt Institute, New York, 1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Graphic Design)
Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico City, 1993

Fine Art studies 
Jacqueline Cedar, MoMA, New York, NY 2012
Master Printer, Kathy Caraccio, New York, 2006-2010
Book Arts Open studio, Peg Gignoux, Champtocé-sur-Loire, France, 2008
Master Printer, Lisa Mackie, Women’s Studio Workshop, Italy, 2006
Sean Mayers, Central Saint Martins School of Design, UK, 2007
Lower East Side Printshop, New York, 2005-present
Elaine Breiger, School of Visual Arts, New York, 2001-2003
Letterpress and book arts at Center for Book Arts, New York

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