Kevin Frank is a 1983 graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University with a BFA in drawing and painting. He executes figurative work in the encaustic medium and technique used in the Egyptian funeral portraits.
Frank has also worked as a graphic artist in television, most recently as graphics director for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. He also worked for the full 16-year run of Late Night With Conan O’Brien. He presently lives and paints full time in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Recent Publications
R&F Biennial Juried Catalog
To be published Fall 2012
Rankin, Lissa
Encaustic Art — The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art with Wax, 2010
Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, New York
pp 16–17, 93, 116–119
Parker, Charley
Kevin Frank
www.linesandcolors.com/index.php?s=kevin+frank&submit=Search,
March 1, 2010
Womack, Linda and William
Embracing Encaustic — Learning to Paint with Beeswax, 2008
Hive Publishing, Portland, Oregon
pp 6–7, 62
Exhibitions
The Mills Gallery/Boston Center for the Arts
Group Show, The Future of the Past
Fall 2012
Keene State College, Keene, NH
Group Show, New Views of Encaustic Work
September-October 2011
Columbia River Gallery, Troudale, OR
Group Show, Encaustic Masters
September-October 2011
Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Oregon
Group Show, Luminous Layers: Exploring Contemporary Encaustic
June 2010
Chairs' Choice Award
Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Group Show, Encaustic Works
March–June 2009
Arts Guild of Rahway, NJ
Group Show, Bee-ing
November–December 2008
Cain Schulte Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Translucent, Contemporary Works in Wax
July 11 – August 14 2008
Gallery at R&F, Kingston, NY
Group Show, Get Real, April–May 2007
Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
Group Show, Wax: Encaustic Techniques in Contemporary Art
November – January 2006
Boon Gallery, Salem, MA
Group Show, Cooled & Collected: Modern Masters of Encaustic Painting
June–July 2005
Sotheby’s
Odyssey House Benefit Auction
Group Show, June 2005
Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY
Group Show, May–June 2003
ArtExpo New York
Group Show, March 2003
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, January 2003
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Solo Show, December 2002
Farrell Pollock, Williamsburg, NY
Solo Show, May–June 2002
R&F Gallery, Kingston, NY
Solo Show, September 2001
R&F Biennial Encaustic Competition, Kingston, NY
Group Show, December 1999 – January 2000
Director’s Award
Farrell Pollock, Williamsburg, NY
Solo Show, October 1999
Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, DC
Group Show, February–March 1999
AAA Gallery, New York, NY
Solo Show, December 1997 – January 1998
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY
Solo Show, June–September 1993
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, January 1993