Nine Francois, Photographer
Statement of Intent
I use photography to express personal versions of my own selective truths. My images start off in the objective, as all photographic records do, but frequently don't stay there. They are transformed through various techniques and processes to make them mine -- to take them out of the realm of fact and reportage and place them into the service of exploring and responding to my world.
Making discoveries and telling stories through images excites me and makes the photographic experience meaningful and rich.
Biography
Nine holds a Masters of Fine Art degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has been represented internationally in publications such as Communication Arts, Foto&Video (Moscow) and The British Journal of Photography. Her photographs are part of numerous public and private collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the University of Texas at Dallas collection.
Nine currently lives in Austin, Texas where she has taught photography at Texas State University, the University of Texas at Austin and Austin Community College.
She also teaches workshops focusing on creativity, visual story telling and making meaningful, project–oriented work. Currently, she’s working with the Texas Photographic Society in developing Our Town, a series of traveling workshops aimed at encouraging residents of communities and towns to create their own photographic essays about their lives.
For more information about these workshops, please contact Nine through the Contact page on this website.
Selected Solo/Featured Exhibits
| 2006 | Oswald Gallery, Jackson, WY |
| 2005 | Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Austin, TX |
| 2004 | Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock, AK |
| Fotofest '04, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX | |
| 2001 | Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Austin, TX |
| Peacock Gallery, Austin, TX | |
| 1998 | Ameen Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA |
| The Gallery at Concordia University, Austin, TX | |
| 1996 | Fotofest '96, New Gallery, Houston, TX |
Selected Group Exhibits
| 2008 | Biennial Southwest '08, The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM [Juror: Dr. Stephanie Hanor, Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego] |
| La Fontaine Obscure, Musée des Tapisseries, Aix-en-Provence, France | |
| People's Gallery 2008 Exhibition, Austin, TX | |
| 2007 | Tillie Arts, Marfa, TX |
| East Meets West, Tractorbeam, Dallas, TX | |
| Gallery II, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX | |
| 2006 | Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY |
| 2005 | Oswald Gallery, Jackson, WY |
| People's Gallery 2005 Exhibition, Austin, TX | |
| 2004 | Curious Music: Alternative Photographic Processes, Gallery II, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX |
| 2003 | Exposure: Hereford Photography Festival, City Art Gallery, Hereford, England |
| Exposure: Photographs from Central Texas and Southern France, f/8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX (touring: Williams Tower Gallery, Houston; Robot Gallery, San Antonio) | |
| 2002 | Regards Croisés, Musée des Tapisseries, Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Texas Photographers, The Month of Photography, Thessalonique, Greece | |
| Alma Thomas Fine Art Center, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX | |
| 2001 |
Rencontres Internationales de Photo, Arles, France |
| REGARDS: 10¸me Recontres Photographiques, Villeneuve La Rivi¸re, France |
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| Edizione Internazionale di Marghera, Venice, Italy |
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| Photography Invitational: Spirituality and Creativity, SW School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX | |
| 2000 | Rencontres Internationales de Photo, Arles, France |
| 40th Annual Invitational PhotoView 2000, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX Juror: Peter H. Halpert, writer and photography critic |
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| TPS 15th Member's Only Show: Fotofest 2000, Houston, TX Juror: Wendy Watriss, Co-Founder & Artistic Director, Fotofest |
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| 1999 | Krappy Kamera Exhibition, SOHO Photo Gallery, New York, NY |
| The Manipulated Photographic Image, Fine Art Center En Taos, Taos,NM Juror: Holly Roberts, Artist |
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| Works on Paper: Recent Drawings, Prints & Photographs, Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA Juror: Mark Pascale, Assistant Curator; Dept. of Prints & Drawings, Art Institute of Chicago |
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| 1998 | Voies Off, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France |
| Juror's Choice, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX Juror: Lynn Herbert, Curator; The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX |
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| 1997 | Women on Woman, New Gallery, Houston, TX |
| 1996 | New American Talent: The Twelfth Exhibition, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX Juror: Lisa Phillips, Curator; Whitney Museum of American Art, NY |
| Expo '96, Gallery 500 X, Dallas, TX Juror: Peter Mears, Assistant Curator and Head of the Department of Art; Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, TX |
Selected Publications
| Communication Arts: Photography Annual 49, USA, 2008 |
| Foto & Video, Moscow, Russia, Issue #9, August 2007 |
| Extra Small, Paris, France, Issue #2, Spring 2004 |
| Arkansas Democrat Gazette, USA, April 2004 |
| The Marches Journal, UK, Volume 22, October 2003 |
| The Times, UK, October 2003 |
| British Journal of Photography, UK, October 2003 |
| Voices of Art Magazine, USA, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2003 |
| The Austin Chronicle, USA, Volume 22, #29, 2003 |
| La Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France, October 2002 |
| Dauphine Libere, Aix-en-Provence, France, September 2002 |
| Voices of Art Magazine, USA, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2003 |
| The Austin Chronicle, USA, Volume 22, #29, 2003 |
| La Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France, October 2002 |
| Dauphine Libere, Aix-en-Provence, France, September 2002 |
| Tribeza Magazine, USA, August 2002 |
| Austin American Statesman, USA, March 20 1999 |
| The Photo Review, USA, Summer 1997 and Summer 1999 |
| Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, USA, No. 12, Fall/Winter 1998 |
| Photographer's Forum Magazine, USA, February 1995 |
| Public News, USA, Issue #12, June 1995 |
| Best of Photography Annual, USA, Volumes1994 and 1989 |
Awards
| US Embassy of London Travel Grant, 2003 |
| First Place, TPS 15th Member's Only Show: Fotofest 2000, Houston, TX Juror: Wendy Watriss, Co-Founder & Artistic Director, Fotofest |
| Selected Artist for Collector's Print Program, Texas Photographic Society, 1999 |
| First Place, Expo '96, Gallery 500 X, Dallas, TX, 1996 Juror: Peter Mears, Assistant Curator, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, TX |
| Texas Photographic Society Grant, 1996 |
| David Bruton, Jr. Endowed Graduate Fellowship in the College of Fine Arts, 1992 |
| First Place, Members Only Exhibit, Texas Photographic Society, Austin, TX, 1990 Juror: Marianne Fulton, Associate Curator of Photographic Collections, George Eastman House |
Collections
| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX |
| New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA |
| Photographic Archives of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, TX |
| Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography, San Marcos, TX |
| Caddell and Conwell Foundation for the Arts, Houston, TX |