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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019
- Unloved - Rua Red, Dublin Ireland
2018
- Lost Boys and Other Stories - NonostanteMarras, Milan, Italy
- The House on the Lake - Italian Cultural Institute, London, UK
- Franko B: A Monument - Eugster, Belgrade, Serbia
2017
- Sleeping Beauty - Freud Museum, London, UK
- Love Letters - Palazzo Sant’Elia, Pelermo, Sicily
2016
- Death & Romance in the XXI Century - Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi (Perugia), Italy
- Stitched Heart - NonostanteMarras, Milan, Italy
- Insignificant - East Street Arts, Leeds, UK
2015
- Woof Woof I’m Back!! - The Mayor’s Parlour Gallery, London
2013
- Fil Rouge - Nonostante Marras, Milan, Italy
- Reading Franko B: Moments in Love - University of Bristol Theatre Collection, UK
2011
- Someone to Love - Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster, UK
- I Still Love - The Nunnery Gallery, London , UK
2010
- I Still Love - PAC Padiglione d'Arte Conemporanea, Milan, Italy
- Black + Blood - Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy
- Love In Times Of Pain - Globe Gallery @ Monument Mall, Newcastle, UK
2009
- Love in Times of Pain - Globe gallery, Newcastle , UK
2008
- I’m Thinking of You - Galleria changing role, Naples, Italy
- The Golden Age - Lipanjepuntin artecontemporanea, Rome, Italy
- Franko B/Zhang Huan: Position and Deposition - Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy
2007
- Love in Times of Fear - RuArts, Moscow, Russia
- Full of love, Marena Rooms Gallery, Turin, Italy
2006
- The Black Period - Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy
2005
- Long Live Romance - Galleria LipanjePuntin, Trieste, Italy
2004
- Volume 2: Franko B - Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy
2003
- E-FEST - Great Eastern Hotel, London, UK
- This Is For You (selected works: 1997/2003) - Luke & A Gallery, London, UK
- Poverty Is Not A Crime - Neon Gallery, London, UK
2001
- Oh Lover Boy: The Exhibition - Home, London, UK
- Now You Know Me - Klaus Engelhorn 20, Wien, Austria
2000
- Franko B, I miss you - Icon Gallery, London, UK
- Oh Lover Boy (Collages) - Chamber Of Pop Culture, London, UK
- Franko B: Paintings - The Centre Of Attention, London, UK
1999
- I Miss You - Toynbee Studios, London, UK
- I Miss You - Walter Van Beirendonck’s Window Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
1998
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-Who’s Going to Lick My Wound? - Galleria Luciano Inga-Pin, Milan, Italy
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DESIGN:
2016
- Antonio Marras & Franko B T-Shirt & Bag Collaboration - Capsule collection of 4 unisex T-shirts, each with a corresponding tote bag, designed by Antonio Marras from stitched drawings by Franko B
2015
- BAD - Boots with embroidered design by Franko B, produced by Piu Bello Quality Store, Italy
- Fai Bene - Unisex fashion range designed by Franko B, produced by Rruna, Italy.
2013
- Franko B designed the album artwork for the album, New Hope For the Dead, by UK Decay.
- Heart & Soul [2] - Bass Guitar commissioned by Eko, Italy for Saturnino
2012
- My Home - Fender guitar with modification designed by Franko B, produced for Rewind (exhibition marking 50 years of Fender in Italy, curated by Luca Beatrice)
2010
- Heart & Soul - guitar designed by Franko B, commissioned by Eko for Giovanotti, used in his tour and the video for his single, Il Piu Grande Spetacolo Dopo il Big Bang Sai Tu.
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SELECTED SCREENINGS - VIDEO, TELEVISION AND RADIO
- Blood Counts - LADA screening programme at Copeland Gallery, London for Science Gallery London’s season of work, BLOOD: Life Uncut - October 2017
- Because of Love - A film about Franko B by Nathaniel Walters - screening at Sicilia Queer Film Fest, Palermo, May 2017
- LADA Screens: Because of Love: A Film About Franko B - Live Art Development Agency, London, November 2016
- Le Corps, Arme Artistique de Franko B - Tracks - Arte, France / Germany, October 2015
- Art News - Rai Educational, Italy, April 2011
- I Still Love - Documentary video screening at the Nunnery Gallery, London
- The Body of Art - BBC Radio 4, June 2009
- My Heart is Broken - National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, March 2004
- Taxonomy (video collaboration with Tim Etchells) - Exhumed, Museum of Garden History, London, July 2003
- Red Room - Tricycle Theatre, London, March 2003
- Oh Lover Boy (Theme) - Rotterdam Film Festival, Holland, January 2003
- You Make My Heart Go Boom Boom - South London Gallery, London, November 2002
- The Last Few Years - Arnolfini, Bristol, March 2002
- I’m Not Your Babe, parts 1 & 2 - Performing Bodies, Tate Modern, London, October 2000
- Dead Mother - The Lux Cinema, London, February 2000
- The South Bank Show: body art - LWT Television, April 1998
- Protect Me - Renegade TV, Channel 4 Television, August 1997
- Midnight Underground - Channel 4 Television, August 1996
- When I Grow Up I Want to be Beautiful - National Film Theatre, London, 1993
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Because of Love: Franko B's Story - Live Art Development Agency, London, 2018
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PUBLISHED MONOGRAPHS
- I Still Love - catalogue to the exhibition at PAC, Milan, Italy, 2010 - published by 24 Ore Cultura
- Blinded by Love, with texts by Dominic Johnson, Amelia Jones, Ron Athey, David Thorp, Vaginal Davis, Jennifer Doyle, Achille Bonito Oliva - Damiani Editore, Bologna 2006
- Still Life, with a text by Tim Etchells - Black Dog Publishing, London, 2003
- Oh Lover Boy, with a text by Sarah Wilson and an interview by Gray Watson - Black Dog Publishing, London, 2001
- Franko B, with texts by Lois Keidan and Stuart Morgan and photographies by Nicholas Sinclair - Black Dog Publishing, London, 1997
- Franko B - Costa & Nolan/Virus & Mutation,
Milan, 1997
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ARCHIVE
Franko B's archive is held at the University of Bristol.
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