Artist
Fran Mc Cann
Fran was born in Belfast (1945) his only education was at night classes where he met the great John Luke and worked closely with him for a period of three years.
Fran is a great lover of music, musicians such as Miles Dives, John Coultrane and others like Morrison, Ray Charles, Flyod are the sort of sounds one will hear coming from his studio in Gort, south Galway, where he lives.
He has held a number of exhibitions in Australia and Ireland and taken part in several international group shows in Italy and also runs a very successful art school in Gort.
Fran Mc Cann has developed a highly personal and recognizable style, producing paintings of enormous energy and passion.
2005 Exhibitions;
The Gift Gallery, Tuam, Co.Galway
Farmlane Gallery, Moycullen
Kenny Gallery, Galway
International art exhibition, "Estense Castle" Italy
2006 Exhibitions;
Kenny Gallery, Galway
Farmlane, Moycullen
Tuam Library, Tuam
International exhibition, "Villa la Ferdinanda" Italy
The Gift Gallery, Tuam
International art exhibition, De Nittis Foundation, Barletta, Italy
International art exhibition, "Estense Castle" Italy
2007 Exhibitions
Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland.
Quadreria gallery in Trani, Italy
International art exhibition, De Nittis Foundation, Barletta, Italy
Group exhibition Kilcock Art Gallery. Ireland.
Galway Art Fair, Galway, Ireland.
International art exhibition, “Estence Castle” Ferrara, Italy
Gort, 1st.Courthouse Art Exhibition, Ireland.
2008 Exhibitions (Upcoming)
Premio Internazional San Valenitino, Vico al Gragano, Italy
Dolmabahce Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Lahinch Art Gallery, Ireland.
Art Domain Leipzig, Germany
“Little Treasures” Galleria Dé Marchi, Bologna, Italy
Work on permanent display.
Inis Aoibhinn, Galway, Ireland.
De Nittis Foundation, Barletta, Italy.
Publications and Awards.
Published in the "Casa Editrice Alba" Dizionario Enciciopedico Internazionale d' Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 2005/2006. www.albaeditrice.com, Italy.
Published in the “Avanguardie Artistiche, 2007”. www.cdiffusionearte.com
Also awarded "Professor Fran Mc Cann" Associated Academician Department - Arts from the Academia Internanazionale ( Greci Marino ) Accademia del Verbano, Italy 2007
Awarded, Percorsi Magici Dell’Arte, Paola Trevisan e Fondazione arteXarte. 2007.
Awarded, “Anthony Van Dyck 2007” Brindisi, Italia in Arte, 2007
Awarded, Premio Internazional San Valenitino, Vico al Gragano, Italy, 2008
One art critic in Bath states that “it takes a good artist and a brave one to paint in dark colors..the public tend to like bright pretty colors”. Sure enough, the McCann style is unique, and reflects a deep-drawn talent and thought.
Banjo, Pipes and Fiddle
To fully interpret Fran’s art, we also must understand his profound tie with the music; the author firmly believes music and creativity, in a mutual exaltation and inspiration, complement each other, helping him to express and transmit on canvas, his emotions, his life and his country.
Paola Trevisan
Curator, ArteXArte
Italy
Special award from San Valenitino, Vico al Gragano, Italy. 2008
