Frank Wasser is an Irish artist and art historian born in Dublin, Ireland and currently based in London.
Frank Wasser is supported by the Arts council of Ireland
Wasser is currently researching the proliferation of the 'lecture-performance' form in contemporary and modern art practices as part of a practice based Fine Art Dphil at University of Oxford.
BIO
'Detritus 2' Mixed media, 2019
EDUCATION
M.I.T Ceres Connection Award 2005
HKU, Erasmus exchange, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2007
BA Fine Art Painting, Dublin, Ireland, 2009
MFA Fine Art, NCAD, Dublin, Ireland, 2012
Dphil, University of Oxford (Starting October 2019)
SELECTED PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT (For full history of employment email francis.wasser@gmail.com)
Heritage Researcher at Turner Contemporary (September 2018 – June 2019)
Lecturer/Artist educator at Tate Modern and Tate Britain on Art History and Contemporary Art Theory (2012 - ongoing)
Lecturer at the European Cultural Academy, Venice, Italy (August 2017)
Visiting tutor at Reading University (Spring 2014, Winter 2017)
Visiting Lecturer, Royal College of Art (2019)
Performance participant for Tino Sehgal (Palais De Tokyo, Paris, 2016)
Tour guide for Artstorming, Art Basel, Switzerland (2017 – ongoing)
Lecturer and Private Tour guide at Frieze Art Fair, London (2015 – ongoing)
Freelance Private Tour guide, The Design Museum, London (March 2017 – ongoing)
Freelance Private Tour guide at Tate Modern and Tate Britain (September 2012 – ongoing)
Consultant Lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute of Art (Spring 2014 – ongoing )
Visiting tutor and Lecturer at The National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland (Winter 2015)
Resident Schools and Teachers SEN Workshop Artist at Tate Modern Learning Department (2012-2013) https://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/frank-wasser-good-example-bad-idea
Elected Students Union President of the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin, Ireland (2009-2010)
Curator for Dublin City Council Summer Projects (Summer 2007-Summer 2011)
Education Assistant at the National Gallery of Ireland (2005-2007)
SOLO SHOWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Title TBC, a publication by Frank Wasser of writing, Edited by Dr. Sharon Kivland (Forthcoming)
Scene 93 Omitted, Xero, Kline and Coma, London, curated by Joseph Noonan-Ganley and Sam Keogh, October 2014
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS (For full history of exhibitions email francis.wasser@gmail.com)
The living Newspaper presents 'IT LIVES', Tate Modern, Tate Exchange, August 2019
Survey, Baltic Contemporary Arts Centre, Gateshead, July 2019
Survey, Bluecoat, Liverpool, April 2019
Survey, G39, Cardiff, February 2019
Trust is the Ultimate Currency, Harlesden High Street, London, April 2019
Is this it? Publication and Screening, Space, Mare Street, London, January 2019
Survey, Jerwood Arts, London, October 2018
'The Slow Abrogation of the..' Performance, Jerwood Arts, London, December 2018
'Slew/Slew' commissioned performance for paperwork magazine, PEER gallery, London, November 2019
Sad Mirror with Joseph Noonan-Ganley , Xero, Kline and Coma, London, October 2018
'Leters of last Resort', curated by Padraic E.Moore featuring Liam Gillick, Jenny Holzer, Eric Baudrelaire and Simon Bedwell at Damien and the Love Guru, Brussels, Belgium, June 2018
Paperwork Magazine, new commissioned text, May 2018, London.
Hmm 11, invited by Anne Tallentire and Chris Fite-Wassilak, featuring Frank Wasser, Corin Sworn and Paul Clinton, November 2017
SITUATION, Group Show featuring Frank Wasser, Marlie Mul, Asad Raza, Andrew Hardwidge, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium, November 2017
'A curatorial history of the Venice biennale' Artist talk and lecture, Venice, November 2017
'The slow cancellation of the future part 2' performance at RCA, Battersea Space, March 2017
'The slow cancellation of the future' performance at foaming at the mouth curated by Emer Lynch and Tracey Hannah, Dublin, Ireland December 2016
‘Dear Diogenes, this is something else’ , performance, DECOR at Villa Empain, Brussels, October 2016, curated by Asad Raza
Habitation residency at Villa Empain, Brussels, September 2016 – February 2017
'On Curating Histories', Curated by Kate Strain and Supported by the Arts council of Ireland, NCAD, Dublin, November 2015
9 TO 5, Performance with Andrew Hardwidge and Dan Graham, Max Mayer Gallery, Dusseldorf, August 2015
The girl who killed the boy who cried wolf (part 2) in 'How to see from a distance', curated by Jennie Guy, Tulca 2014, Galway, November 2014
Nag, Nag, Nag, Punk and sheep, London, Group show, Sam Keogh, Frank Wasser and Doyle and Mallison, October 2014 Paperwork Issue 2, Launch Event, London, October 2014
Concrete song as part of Mirrorcity with Pil and Galia Kollectiv, London, Hayward Gallery, October 2014
EX, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Jonah King, Frank Wasser, Jeremy Hutchison, Michael Fortune, Eva and Franco Mattes, Ebrahim El Moly, August 2014
Shady Dealings with Language, Curated by Claire Potter, Toast (Castlefield Gallery) Manchester, July 2014
Art and Language (Curated seminar by Frank Wasser), Tate Modern, June 2014
Art and Interpretation (Curated seminar by Frank Wasser), Tate Modern, March 2014
Pigdogandmonkeyfestos,Sarah Lucas, Benedict Drew, Simon Fujiwara, Doyle and Mallyson and more, Airspace gallery, Stoke on Trent, June 2014
Underline, Occupy Limerick, June 2014
Penumbra, Tactic Art, Cork, February 2014
An egg in the sky, publication for Jason Dunne, Hato Press, November 2013
Beaker, Open Space, Dublin, June 2013
Exhibition continues, this Way, Manchester International Festival, June 2013
PaperworkMagazine and Exhibition, Bristol Diving school, Bristol, London , The Lighthouse Glasgow, Exeter, Summer 2013
Acropolis Adieu!, Venice, August, 2013
PROJECT VISIBLE, (with Tate Learning department) Tate Modern, London, June 2013
TRIGGER WARNING, Curated by Linda Stupart, London, May 2013
My Beautiful Laundrette, Cobourg Road gallery, London, March 2013
Football Match (2013), Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, February 2013
Exhibition continues, this Way, Curatorial Timeshare ( Coordinated by Vaari Claffey and Paul O'Neil) ENCLAVE, Depthford, London, December 2012
Modern Times- Faster Slower, Cinema Zuid, Amsterdam, December 2012 NCAD MFA Show 2012. Steambox Imoca, Dublin, June 2012
WORKHEAD, Curated by Frank Wasser and Marcel Vidal, featuring Sam Keogh, Joseph noonan Ganley, Marcel Vidal, David Eager Maher, Francis Wasser and Jason Dunne. June 2012
Conditions Applied, new work by Francis Wasser included in Brown Thomas art and Style Exhibition, May 2012 The Basement Tapes, Solo Show, Greenpont vacant space, New York, March 2012
BASIC SPACE SHOP, NCAD gallery, March 2012, featured fragment of work.
POSSIBLE, Dublin, Thomas Street, March 2012
Ached grew point jot, The Drawing project, IADT, curated by Lee Welch, featuring Karl Burke, Sean Carpio, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Russell Hart (ETP), Barbara Knezevic, Vincent Lestienne, Ruth E. Lyons, Niamh O'Malley, Vaari Claffey &Sarah Pierce, Frank Wasser, February 2012
One Trillion Dollars, Solas Nua, Washington DC, John Byrne, Alan Butler, Shelia Rennick, Declan Hurley and Francis Wasser, Curated by Peter Prendergast, November 2011
Radical Love II: A Pilgrimage, featuring Mark Garry, Sean Carpio, Rebecca Le Marre, Andreas Von Knobloch, Sam Keogh, Joseph Noonan Ganley, Padraic E. Moore, James Hayes, Dublin, September 2011
Disavow, The Joinery – Francis Wasser, Ella Burke, Elaine Reynolds, August 2011
MFA/ADW Interim Show, various locations, wall piece, Francis Street, May 2010
Applause, Moxie Studios, IMOCA, Dublin, Appointed Curator for Ncad end of year undergraduate show, May 2011
BYOB/ You are tearing me apart, Utrecht centre of fine arts, Utrecht, the Netherlands, May 2011
THE STATE OF THE UNION, Selected by exchange Dublin for group show, Occupy Space, Limerick, March 2011
BASIC SPACE, Group Show, Dublin, January 2011 -
Radical Love, curated by Joseph Noonan Ganley and Sam Keogh, August 2010-Observations from the Wayside,
Performance, culture night, Four Gallery and Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin, September 2009
Lebanon International Video festival, September 2009
Apophenia, Degree Show, Ncad, June 2009
24/7, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, Selected Video Projection as part of the cultural programme for the 2008 Olympic Games, August 2008
Selected One Minutes at MOMA ,New York, November 2008
Indecision, Group Show, Broadstone Studios, May 2008
NOWHERE!, Group Show, Das Blit Gallery, Utrecht, the netherlands, May 2008
Stem, Group Show/performance, Utrecht, the netherlands, May 2008
Opening of the Rembrandt Screen, Europe's largest outdoor screen, selected artist, Amsterdam, December 2007
Ghent Video festival, selected artist, Ghent, Belgium, November 2007
RECENT AWARDS
The Inger Lawrence Award, University of Oxford, 2019
Arts Council of Ireland Bursary 2018
RECENT PRESS
https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/survey-jerwood-exhibition-donald-trump-a3952721.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000n3y
https://www.artmonthly.co.uk/magazine/site/issue/november-2018
http://contemporary.burlington.org.uk/reviews/reviews/londons-emerging-artists-at-jerwood
http://www.daily-lazy.com/2019/03/trust-is-ultimate-currency-at-harlesden.html
For further details and a portfolio please do not hesitate to get in contact francis.wasser@gmail.com
0 Hour Fragments
A new book by Frank Wasser published by MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE.
Coming Soon.
You know, I think that you should let your ideas be second-hand, and if possible tenth-hand, for then they will be far removed from that disturbing element - direct observation. Do not learn anything about this subject of mine - the French Revolution. Learn instead what I think that Enicharmon thought Urizen thought Gutch thought Ho-Yung thought Chi-Bo-Sing thought Lafcadio Hearn thought Carlyle thought Mirabeau said about the French Revolution.
Give me break, it's Monday again. Those are not your own words.
I know. Ok, Great, you have a half hour break in an hour.