XRSTINE FRANCO, ARTIST

X R S T I N E  F R A N C O 

L O S A N G E L E S, C A 

Photography, mixed media 

BFA from The Academy of Art College, 1986 

C/V 

2014 “13 Ghosts” Paul Williams Gallery Ontario, CA Solo Show 

2016 Featured photograph Image: “The Orphan Rock” online (Jane Chaffin’s On-Ramp NPR) 

2016 “My Shitty Commute” SPACE Gallery Claremont Xrstine Franco / Anne M. Bray 

2016 Lifework Gallery Group Show - SPACE Gallery Pomona, 

2017 “Book of Beautiful Dead People” SPACE Gallery Claremont 2020 The Billboard Creative "The Immortals" Billboard corner of Sunset and Micheltorena, Silverlake, Los Angeles, CA 

2020 “CUT + PASTE” Group show (Photographic Collage) Neon Moon Art Supply & Studio 

2020 “The Billboard Creative “The Immortals” Billboard corner of Sunselt and Micheltornea, Silverlake, Los Angeles, CA 2021 “Nex-Us” Neon Moon Art Supply & Studio Photographic works 

2021 “Eleven Eleven” Group Show at Square i Gallery Claremont, CA 

2023 "The Billboard Creative "The Tree Witch" Billboard corner of Fountain and Van Ness Ave. Hollywood, CA 

2024 Seattle Art Fair  "Group Showing" with AfterTime Collective

2025 San Francisco Art Fair "Group Showing" with AfterTime Collective

Artist Statement: 

Xrstine Franco, Academy of Art SF, BFA 1986, Involved with family food business and by 2011 returned to the art sector working in galleries, founded SPACE Pomona and currently runs The LMF Gallery in Sierra Madre, CA   Franco’s Photographic mixed media work moves seamlessly between divergent visual languages, Photographic mixed media and hand-cut collage. Her photographs and mixed medium work carry a sense of directness and mystery. This work often deals with personal and philosophical themes. Her current projects are “The Self Help & The Death of Empathy” Photographic Mixed media, and “Song of The CVS” ( A photographic / video project) and "The SG (Scapegoat) Series" A series of oil / mixed media paintings

Franco has a studio in Claremont, CA