Fran O’Neill

Fran O’Neill is an Australian American artist who currently lives and works between Australia and Brooklyn, New York. O’Neill attended Monash University, Melbourne, earning a BFA and a postgraduate degree. Her post-graduate work continued at the New York Studio School’s Certificate Program, and she completed her MFA at Brooklyn College in 2012. In addition to her studio practice, O'Neill has been the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant and has taught at the New York Studio School, and various institutions in America and Australia.

Graham was a friend, a mentor, a fellow traveler through life’s detours. The ultimate painter/adventurer. To have known him was to be given a gift, and his influence will stay with me always. He was one of a kind. I’m endlessly grateful to have called him my friend.

Portrait of Graham Nickson, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui.

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