works:

featured works:



chronology:

2024

  • • Here Comes the Rain

    series of stitch drawings on vintage nightshirts

  • • Stitched Black Paintings

    acrylic on embroidered canvases

  • • Neon

    neon works

2023

  • • Reflecting Wounds

    performances in Venice & Stromboli

  • • Here Comes the Rain

    series of stitch drawings on vintage nightshirts

  • • Stitched Black Paintings

    acrylic on embroidered canvases

  • • Untitled Series

    stitch drawings on paper

2022

  • • Reflecting Wounds

    performances in London & Italy

  • • I'm Thinking of You

    performances in Carrara & Bari

  • • I Still Love

    diptych of ceramic sculptures

  • • Love is a Wound

    ceramic sculpture

  • • Cocks

    series of ceramic sculptures

2021

  • • I'm Here

    performances in Newcastle, London, Bristol, Norwich & Colchester

  • • Things That Make Me Cry

    exhibition at Globe Gallery, Newcastle

  • • Figures in Space

    ceramic sculptures

  • • Love is a Wound

    steel sculptures / maquettes

2020

  • • Flowers Series

    stitch drawings on canvas

  • • Stitches on Paper

    stitch drawings on paper

  • • All Dressed Up, Nowhere to Go

    ceramic wall hangings by Franko B with textile additions by Rachael Matthews

  • • I'm Here

    monograph responding to the acquisition of Franko B’s archive by the University of Bristol

2019

  • • Unloved

    exhibition at Rua Red, Dublin

  • • Unloved

    performance in Dublin

  • • Unloved Series

    stitch drawings on canvas

  • • Unloved

    series of ceramic sculptures & installation

  • • Time Travels

    series of multi-media sculptures

  • • Broken

    ceramic installation

2018

  • • Milk & Blood

    performance in London

  • • Lost Boys

    ceramic wall hangings

  • • Scenes from a Past Life

    ceramic sculptures

  • • I'm Thinking of You

    performances in Sopot & Vienna

  • • Because of Love: Franko B's Story

    autobiography

2017

  • • Homage to the New World Order

    mechanically engraved Black Zimbabwe granite sculptures

  • • Still Life Stitched

    stitch drawings on canvas

  • • Still Life

    photographic series

  • • Milk & Blood

    performances in Colchester & Nottingham

  • • Stained

    stitch drawings on canvas

  • • Sleeping Beauty

    exhibition at the Freud Museum, London

  • • How to Say it the Way it is!

    exhibition curated by Franko B at Rua Red, Dublin

  • • Eat Shit Fuck Die

    jewellery range

2016

  • • Sleeping Beauty

    hand carved Carrara marble sculpture

  • • Death & Romance in the XXI Century

    exhibition at Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi (PG)

  • • Stitched Heart

    exhibition at NonostanteMarras, Milan

  • • I'm Thinking of You: Version 2

    performance in Venice

  • • Milk & Blood

    performances in Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool, London & Cagliari

  • • Because of Love: Installation Version

    installation at The Foundry, France

  • • Childhood in Distress

    stitch drawings on paper

  • • Boy Soldiers Series

    stitch drawings on paper

2015

  • • Woof Woof I'm Back!!

    exhibition at The Mayor’s Parlour Gallery, London

  • • Neon

    neon works

  • • Milk & Blood

    performances in London & Norwich

  • • Art Education Series

    stitch drawings on paper

  • • Insignificant

    text

  • • Play Time

    video

  • • Play Series: Adults Only

    steel sculptures

  • • Death & Romance Series

    stitch drawings on canvas

  • • Death & Romance Series

    stitch drawings on paper

2014

  • • Fai Bene

    fashion range

  • • Woof Woof

    stitch drawings on paper

  • • Because of Love

    performance in Munster

2013

  • • Fil Rouge

    exhibition at NonostanteMarras, Milan

  • • I Hurt

    stitch drawings on paper

  • • Because of Love

    performances in London, Norwich, Warwick & Verona

  • • Reading Franko B: Moments in Love

    exhibition at University of Bristol Theatre Collection

  • • Untitled Series

    stitch drawings on canvas

2012

  • • Because of Love

    performances in London, Colchester & Lancaster

  • • I'm Thinking of You

    performance in Rome

  • • Untouchable

    series of live events curated by Franko B

  • • Guitars

    various guitars designed by Franko B

2011

  • • I'm Thinking of You

    performances in Montpellier, Geneva, London & Newcastle

  • • I Still Love: Part 2

    exhibition at The Nunnery Gallery, London

2010

  • • I Still Love

    exhibition at Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan

  • • I'm Thinking of You

    performances in London, Colchester & Brussels

  • • I'm Thinking of You: Version 2

    performances in London

  • • I Still Love Series

    stitch drawings on canvas

  • • Love in Times of Pain

    performance in Milan

2009

  • • I'm Thinking of You

    performances in Glasgow, London, Prato, Madrid & Thessaloniki

  • • I'm Thinking of You: Version 2

    performance in London

  • • Don't Leave Me This Way

    performance in Tilburg

  • • Love in Times of Pain

    exhibition at The Globe Gallery, Newcastle

  • • Untouchable

    text

2008

  • • Don't Leave Me This Way

    performances in Berlin, Warsaw, Ljubjana, London, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Colchester & Sheffield

  • • Love in Times of Pain

    series of sculptures & installation

  • • Haute Couture

    series of garments made from blood-stained canvas

2007

  • • The Golden Age

    series of sculptures

  • • Don't Leave Me This Way

    performances in Bristol, Birmingham & Murcia

  • • Full of Love

    exhibition at Marena Rooms Gallery, Turin

  • • Black Paintings

    acrylic on canvas

2006

  • • Don't Leave Me This Way

    performances Rome & Salerno

  • • The Black Period

    exhibition at Galeria Pack, Milan

  • • Black Paintings

    acrylic on canvas

  • • Still Life

    performance in Colchester

  • • Neon

    neon works

2005

  • • I Miss You

    performance in Brussels

  • • Still Life

    performance in Glasgow

  • • Oh Lover Boy

    performance in Cork

  • • Aktion 893: Why Are You Here

    performances in Glasgow & Cork

  • • Self Portrait Sculptures

    cast resin & fibreglass sculptures

2004

  • • Still Life

    performance in London

  • • Black Paintings

    acrylic on canvas

  • • Circle Paintings

    acrylic on wood panels

  • • Volume 2

    exhibition at Galleria Pack, Milan

  • • Painted Objects

    series of sculptures

2003

2002

  • • I Miss You

    performances in Madrid, Beograd & Ljubljana

  • • Still Life

    photographic series

  • Oh Lover Boy: The Exhibition

    exhibition at Home, London

  • • Aktion 398

    performances in Madrid & Warwick

  • • Blood Canvas

    series of collages & wrapped objects

2001

  • • Oh Lover Boy

    performances in Copenhagen, London, Birmingham & Losanna

  • • Aktion 398

    performances in London & Vienna

  • • Now You Know Me

    exhibition at Klaus Engelhorn 20, Vienna

  • • Please Disturb Me

    installation at The Great Eastern Hotel, London

  • • Milk & Blood

    video

  • • Neon

    neon works

2000

  • • I Miss You

    performances in Turin, Malmo, Birmingham & London

  • • Aktion 398

    performances in Zurich & London

  • • Mama I Can't Sing

    performance in Malmo

  • • Blood Canvas

    series of collages & wrapped objects

  • • Resin

    cast resin sculptures

  • • Carving

    deigns carved into wood

1999

  • • I Miss You

    performance in Antwerp

  • • Aktion 398

    performance in London

  • • Collages

    mixed-meda collages

  • • Haute Couture

    series of garments made from blood-stained canvas

  • • I Miss You: TV Version

    video

  • • Relics

    series of sculptures

1998

  • • Aktion 398

    performances in Milan & Mexico City

1997

  • • I'm Not Your Babe

    performances in Florence & Zagreb

  • • Mama I Can't Sing

    performance in Voltaira

1996

  • • I'm Not Your Babe

    performances in London

  • • Mama I Can't Sing

    performance in London

  • • Early Works for Camera

    performances for camera

1995

  • • I'm Not Your Babe

    performance in London