Scott Frankel

A native of California now living and working in Oakland, Scott Frankel works in a variety of media ranging from oils and watercolors to generative digital synthesis and alternative photographic processes. A former fine arts filmmaker with a career pursued in film, Scott is a member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Association for Computing Machinery. The most pronounced unifying thread in his work is the pursuit of processes that are largely uncontrollable. Wet on wet watercolors run where they will; gum bichromate prints attain lustrous depth after a dozen or more layers; long exposure pinhole cameras capture what they please; and generative 3D processes take days of processing to reveal their uncanny, synthetic imagery. Each forces a dialogue that demands focused attention, the process requiring process to steer. Scott's work has been collected both privately and by corporations, with a 12 piece commission recently completed for a national financial institution.

BA Fine Arts, University of California at Davis
Drawing & Painting: Wayne Thiebaud, Roy De Forest, Cornelia Schulz. Filmmaking: Robert Arneson, Michael Rudnick, Mike Henderson

2021 "Landscapes," Artroom Gallery, juried group exhibition
2021 "Cityscapes," Light Space & Time Gallery, juried group exhibition
2021 "Landscapes," Las Laguna Gallery, juried group exhibition
2014 “A Few Small Things,” The Lightroom Gallery, Berkeley CA, solo show of gum bichromate photographs
1988 “Buzz Kulick’s Forests of Azure,” The No Nothing Cinema, San Francisco CA, group show of short films and Live Performance
1987 “Battle of the Film Bands: SF Art Institute vs. The No Nothing Cinema,” The Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco CA, invitational show of short films
1986 “Circle of Confusion,” Gallery Name, Berkeley CA, solo show of pinhole photographs
1986 Short Films, The No Nothing Cinema, San Francisco CA, group show of short films
1986 Short Films, The Roxy Cinema, San Francisco CA, invitational show of short films
1985 Short Films, The No Nothing Cinema, San Francisco CA, group show of short films