Debra Franses Bean 

Born 1967 in London, England. 

Education 

2002- 2005

BA FA Central Saint Martins, London

2001- 2002 

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, City & Guilds, London 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013  

London Art Fair, Islington

Mark Jason Gallery Hong Kong, AAF 

Mark Jason Gallery Scope Basel & Miami Wanrooij Gallery Arnhem 

Ghent Art Fair Axel Pairon Antwerp 

Amsterdam AAF Wanrooij Gallery Arnhem

Hamburg AAF Wanrooij Gallery Arnhem 

Upon Reflection􏰂 Quidley &Co, Boston
Battersea and Hampstead AAF Mark Jason Gallery 

Fight for Sight Art auction 

2012

Scope Miami, Wanrooij Gallery 

Affordable Art Fair (London, Singapore, New York), Mark Jason Gallery 

Affordable Art Fair (Hamburg, Amsterdam, Brussels), Wanrooij Gallery 

Boston Art Fair, Quidley & Company 

Gallery artists, Axel Pieron, Antwerp Belgium 

Greenwich Art and Design, Stanford USA, Manart Gallery Paris
Urban Intersections, Quidley & Company Boston 

Knokke, Axel Pairon , Antwerp, Belgium 

Gallery Opening Show, Manart, Paris 

Realisme, Amsterdam, Wanrooij Gallery

London Art Fair, Mark Jason Gallery 

2011  

London Art Fair, Mark Jason Gallery 

20/21 Royal College of Art, Mark Jason Gallery 

John Lennon Show, Legend Celebrity Art, London 

Affordable Art Fair (London and New York), Mark Jason Gallery

Affordable Art Fair (Brussels, Amsterdam), Wanrooij Gallery 

Art Chicago, Mark Jason Gallery 

A-P and Beyond, London London Design Week, Brompton

Oratory, London
Art London, London 

“Identity”, RED PENGUIN GALLERY, El Court Ingles Marbella, Spain 

Miljonair Fair, Amsterdam

 

2010  

London Art Fair, Mark Jason Gallery 

Affordable Art Fair (London, New York), Mark Jason Gallery

Legende Celebrity Art, Embassy Rooms, Art Auction 

Recollect, Hampstead Museum Burgh House, London 

Midsummer salon des artes, Hampstead, London 

London Design Week Milk Concept Boutique, London 

Art London, Mark Jason Gallery 

2009  

Group show portraits􏰄, Galleria Fine art gallery, Guatemala 

The destruction and the glory􏰄 New paintings, London

2006

June New Designers, Couturious, London 

Degree show, Saint Martins, London 

2004

The art of love, Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London 

The gift part 2, Elwyn Lynn Conference Centre, COFA, Sydney 

Third Draw Down, Kudos Gallery, Sydney 

Living London, London Collage of Fashion, London 

Sculpture, Central Saint Martins, London 

The Visitor, 23 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch, London
Visitors, Films, Hamburg, Germany 

 

Selected Solo Shows 

2013

Manart Gallery, Paris

2010

Koukan gallery, London

2009

Launch show 􏰀Artware editions, New York

2005

Handbag and wallpaper installation, Selfridges Design room, London 

Wallpaper and sculpture installation, Harvey Nichols, London


2004

"A collection of Bags", Glaxo Smithkline, Harlow, Essex 

 

Awards 

2005

Edward James Foundation bursary

2004

Digetex printing bursary

2003

Central Saint Martins printing & travel bursary for

Venice