Born :
1959 in Utrecht, The Netherlands

Education :
1982 - 1986: Academy for Visual Art, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Exhibitions :
1986 - 1995 (a choice of solo and group exhibitions) :
1987 - 1994: Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1990: Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
1990 - 1993: Several exhibitions in Snoei Gallery,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1992: Sonsbeek, Arnhem, The Netherlands
1993: "Animals dead and alive", Museum "De Wieger",
Deurne, The Netherlands
1993: KunstHAL, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1993: Unfair, Cologne, Germany
1993 - 1994: "Mondriaan at Jamaica",
Municipal Museum of Helmond, The Netherlands
1994: "Elvis lives!", Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994: Art Fair, Rosmalen, The Netherlands
1995: "Franciscus in Franeker", Museum
"'t Koopmanshus", Franeker, The Netherlands

Prize :
1986: Royal Subsidy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

FRANK HOENJET ABOUT FRANS FRANCISCUS
(pieces of an interview)

Today, the world has become a global village because of
modern communication and transportation advances.
In this world,
the work of art has become the refuge of a kaleidoscopic vision.

Franciscus is a true habitant of our global village.
Therefore, his opinion about art is far beyond dogmatic.
Every canvas is a boisterous witness of art
as a refuge and therefore an invitation to fundamental critics
to push aside the art work as if it weren't a serious piece of art.

Travelling through time and space
with a case of mistaken identity is typical
for Franciscus' narrated work,
which is consiously combined with deformation of anatomy,
perspective and proportion.
Colours appear to be almoust candy-like
as one can see in artificial fruit.

Franciscus masterly reforms big religious, mythological,
contemporarial historical art themes into room temperature.
With the utmost pleasure,
Franciscus kicks at the fundaments of art and the art world.
His weapons are his mild irony and his incredible joy for painting.
His technique and themes play on
the always sensitive human behaviour.