FRANKSULLIVAN
Education
1986 BA, Visual Arts (Studio), College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
1987 Graduate Fellowship Studies in Fine Art, The American University, Washington, DC
1999 Graphic Design Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1999 Life Drawing Studies, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Select Solo and Group Exhibitions
2025 Frank Sullivan: Familiar Places, Arts in the Capitol,Maine State House Gallery, Augusta, ME (solo show)
2024 UMPI Art Faculty Show, Reed Art Gallery at The University of Maine, Presque Isle
2023 Frank Sullivan Paintings, Ignight Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME (solo show)
2020 Bangor Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Bangor, ME
2019 Frank Sullivan: All The Things I Couldn’t Say, Reed Art Gallery at The University of Maine, Presque Isle (solo show)
2018. Frank Sullivan: The Way I Remember It - New Paintings, Wired, Houlton, ME (solo show)
2017 Bangor Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Bangor, ME
2016 Bangor Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Bangor, ME
2015 Frank Sullivan: The Stories We Don’t Tell, KADA Gallery, Erie, PA (solo show)
2015 Frank Sullivan: Sometimes There Are No Words, Morning Star Art & Framing, Presque Isle, ME (solo show)
2014 Frank Sullivan: New Paintings and Pastels, Morning Star Art & Framing, Presque Isle, ME (solo show)
2013 Frank Sullivan: Paintings and Pastels, KADA Gallery, Erie, PA (solo show)
2012 Waterville Art Society Maine Open Juried Art Show, Waterville, ME
2012 Frank Sullivan’s Maine, Reed Art Gallery, University of Maine, Presque Isle, ME (solo show)
2012 Frank Sullivan: New Paintings & Pastels, Morning Star Art & Framing, Presque Isle, ME (solo show)
2011 Wish You Were Here: Images of Aroostook County by Frank Sullivan, Blue Moon Gallery, Houlton, ME (solo show)
2011 Frank Sullivan: Paintings and Pastels, Courtyard Café, Houlton, ME (solo show)
2010 Waterville Art Society Maine Open Juried Art Show, Waterville, ME
2010 Frank Sullivan: Paintings & Pastels, Barresi Gallery, Wintergreen Art Center, Presque Isle, ME (solo show)
2010 Frank Sullivan: Paintings & Pastels, Morning Star Art & Framing, Presque Isle, ME (solo show)
2009 Frank Sullivan: New Paintings, Courtyard Café, Houlton, ME (solo show)
2009 Waterville Art Society Maine Open Juried Art Show, Blue Marble Gallery, Waterville, ME
2009 Kennebec Valley Art Association Annual Juried Show, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME
2009 Frank Sullivan: New Paintings & Pastels, Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle, ME (solo show)
2008 Frank Sullivan: New Paintings, Café de la Place, Madawaska, ME (solo show)
2008 Frank Sullivan: New Paintings, The Eastport Gallery, Eastport, ME (solo show)
2007 Northern Light: Paintings by Frank Sullivan, Courtyard Café, Houlton, ME (solo show)
2006 Kennebec Valley Art Association Annual Juried Show, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME
2006 Bangor Art Association Juried Exhibition, Bangor, ME
2006 Kennebec Valley Art Association Summer Members’ Show, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME
Awards
2006 Kennebec Valley Art Association Annual Juried Show, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME – First Prize: Pastel
2003 Friends of the Marlborough Public Library Annual Juried Exhibition, Marlborough, MA – Best in Show
1990 Friends of the Marlborough Public Library Annual Juried Exhibition, Marlborough, MA – Best in Show
1986 The American University, Washington, DC – Graduate Fellowship
1986 Friends of the Marlborough Public Library Annual Juried Exhibition, Marlborough, MA – Best in Show
1986 College of the Holy Cross Juried Student Show, Worcester, MA – First Prize: Black & White
My Story
I began drawing obsessively at the age of 3 or 4. I was (and still am) in awe of the power that visual images have to convey emotions and tell stories.