Franshesca Oliveras

Franshesca is a self-taught portrait artist living and working in the wild, inspiring hills of Topanga, California. Originally from Mexico City, she studied architecture and graphic design, where her love of structure met a passion for expressive form.

Her work centers on large-scale portraits in watercolor, ink, and acrylic. These are intimate explorations of power, wisdom, and the complexity of being human. Drawn to fearlessness in people, Franshesca seeks to reveal what lies beneath the surface: lived experience, quiet strength, vulnerability, and truth.

​Each portrait becomes a space of connection. Her subjects are not just sitters; they are companions in a shared process of storytelling, reflection, and recognition.

Painting is Franshesca’s practice of stillness and belief. Through it, she honors the richness of aging, the resilience of the body, and the presence of soul. Her work reflects a reverence for the past and a vision for a future charged with honesty, depth, and resilience.

Sothebys - Contemporary Art and Art History
Patricia Guzman - Water Color Realism
Fashion design - Parsons - NYC
Architecture - UIA - Mexico City

Alhambra City Hall Lobby Art Gallery - Solo Exhibit: Fire Keepers
Visual Arts Center - 15th Biennial National Art Exhibit - “Ava”
Robert A. Peck Gallery - Persona Exhibit: “Alice” “Lola” “Ava” “Ana”
Other Art Fair - Los Angeles Exhibitor
Superfine Art Fair - San Francisco Exhibitor
Racounteurs - Mexico City, Solo Exhibit: Fire Keepers Series
HMVC NY Times Square Billboard - “Josephine”
Marin Society of Artists - Fresh Art Exhibit: “Bridget”
HMVC Gallery - New York: “Josephine”
Open Call for Artists Virtual Exhibit - Light & Shadow - “Alice”
Boomer Gallery London - New Artists Exhibition - “Lola” “Bridget”
Enrique Guerrero Todos Santos B.C. Mexico, Solo Exhibit: Fire Keepers Series
Holy Art Gallery, Art Loop, Los Angeles - “Ana”
DTLA Art Night - Los Angeles: “Lola” “Alice” “Bridget”
Sfumato Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition - “Wisdom”
Dama Gallery, Los Angeles - Ladybug Exhibit - “Angela” “Jane” “Julia”
Studio ACE, Oceanside, CA - Unbound: Anything Goes - “Ava”
New York Times Square Billboard - Visual Art Journal, New York - “Alice”
Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, CA - Prime Time Exhibit - “Bridget”