ANCA Artist Profile - Franki Sparke Print/Mixed media/Public Art   born 25 June 1953, Newcastle, NSW, Australia address   45 Molesworth Street, Watson ACT 2602 web  www.frankisparke.com.au          contact   email  frankisparke@hotmail.com     ph 02 62411008   mb 0410 813 993  education 1974          Bachelor of Arts  Australian National University, Canberra 1979          Diploma of Visual Arts (Printmaking)  Canberra School of Art 2006          Graduate Diploma (TESOL)  University of Canberra, ACT solo and joint exhibitions 1982          Sporting Round-up, Bitumen River Gallery, ACT 1985          The Grand Parade, joint exhibition with John Pratt, Canberra Show 1987          My Place, Tilley Devine's Café Gallery, ACT 1992          Bette Noir I, Dog Dreams, Recession Nativity, Stamping Ground,                  (a series of small exhibitions in the portable Bette Noir  Gallery, Canberra) 1993          Dropping the Hammer, Tilley Devine's Café Gallery, ACT; Mongrel, joint exhibition with John Pratt, Gorman House, ACT 1995          Sitting on a Rock, australian Girls Own Gallery, ACT 1999          Fastwork, window installations, Gorman House ACT, Festival of   Contemporary Art;  The Dog and the Shadow, Helen Maxwell Gallery, ACT; Following the Sun, digital projections for Refugee Week,  Garema Pl, Canberra City 2004          The Crack, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra 2005          Everything breaks, digital projections on to High Court Building,; Canberra, Dwell 24/7 selected group exhibitions 1982          Staff Show, Canberra School of Art 1986          Staff Show, Canberra School of Art 1996          Swanky Hankies, group exhibition,  ANCA Gallery, Canberra 1997          International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney 1998          Dog's Breakfast, group exhibition, ANCA Gallery, Canberra  2003          Mixed Blessings, group exhibition, ANCA Gallery, Canberra 2006          M16 Drawing Prize (1st prize) 2007          Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2007 Bologna Children's Book Fair major collections National Gallery of Australia professional experience 1981              Co-founder of the Free Milk Workshop, North Ainslie Primary  School, supported by grants from the Dept. of Capital Territory Arts Program, Community Arts Board of the Australia Council and CAPO 1981-2006     Part-time lecturer and tutor, Canberra School of Art (ANU), University of Canberra, CIT  1988-2006     Freelance illustrator with major commissions from Austudy, AUSaid, and the Canberra Festival 1989-94         Artist/Co-ordinator of Community Arts projects including Backyard Projects 1 and 5, Postmarks, Helles Belles Lettres and the Environmental Artists Scheme 1992              Co-founder of the Bette Noir, a small portable gallery located       around Canberra 1996              Member of Visual Arts Consultant Team for the New Canberra  Playhouse 1997              Commissioned by the Gungahlin Development Authority to  develop  visual arts ideas for  Gungahlin Town Centre, ACT (a project which received both  Australian and international planning awards) Artist/ Consultant to Kinhill Engineers for Gungahlin Town  Centre Entry Project 1997-98          Artist/Consultant new site specific bus shelters, Gungahlin ACT 1997                Commissioned to design public art (doormats, mosaic pillars, logo) for the award-winning (ACT Art in Architecture award) Canberra Museum and Gallery building, Civic Square, ACT 1997-98           Commissioned by the Gungahlin Developmental Authority to design architectural detail for the Gungahlin Marketplace building, street furniture (rubbish bins and manhole covers) and to collaborate on the clock design for the Gungahlin  Town Centre, ACT 1998                Professional Development Grant from artsACT 1998                Artist/Consultant to Dorrough-Britz on preliminary stage redevelopment of Curtin Shops, ACT 1998-99           Artist/Consultant to ACT Landscape  - commissioned to design public art (metal screens and pavement inlays) for  the Yerrabi Pond District Park, Gungahlin, ACT; Commissioned by Canberra Museum and Gallery to design and  produce banners for Floriade 2002                Awarded ACT Creative Arts Fellowship 2003-7            Member of BEAM projection project, funded by ArtsACT 2003-5            Tutor, Messengers, Bungee Programs (building resilience in young  people through art) 2005                Commissioned to launch Colour-in Canberra by painting first  Traffic Control BoxWinner, M16 Drawing Prize 2006                Winner, Australian Graphic Design Association Distinction Award for Illustration 2007                Selected exhibitor, Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, 2007 Bologna  Children's Book Fair