Ricardo Francis

Ricardo Osmondo Francis, Jr. (born September 8, 1976) is a mixed media visual artist who is known for his representation of socio-political issues such as race, culture, and sexuality.

Francis was born in Houston, Texas where he attended and matriculated 1998 from the Maryland institute College of Art located in Baltimore, Maryland with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting. Prominent in the New York City region, he primarily produces paintings but also has performances. He has received a Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

• "MEN: A Pictorial Sketchbook from 2001 to the Present"
• "Brother to Brother", 2006
• "The Anonymous Life", 2004
• "New Skin", 2002
• "Exhibit A", 2002
• "Catch the Monkeys", 1996

Group exhibitions

• "SUB (URBAN)"
• "AMERICAN MADE/MADE IN AMERICA", 2003
• "DL: The Down Low in Contemporary Art", 2003
• "Dancing in the Dark: Part II", 2003

• The List, 2005
• Resting Faith, 2006
• Lust Becomes Night, 2007
• In the Garden of Hopes and Dreams, Obama 2007, 2007