Gabriele Magnani

Mike Francis

1938 Born Mitcham, Surrey. He is self-taught.
1964 One-man show, Furneaux Gallery, London
1964-72 Miscellaneous group exhibitions
1973 Art 4/73 Basle, Switzerland
Group exhibitions, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
I.K.I. Dusseldorf, Germany
1974 F.IAC. Pans
Eros in the Arts, Treadwell-Van Vliet Gallery, Amsterdam
Art Fairs, Brussels and Berlin
Harsh Reality, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
Art 5/74 Basle. Switzerland
The Mona Lisa Show, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
I.K.I. Dusseldorf, Germany
1975 F.I.A.C. Paris
Drawings, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
Art 6/75 Basle, Switzerland
All Too Human, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Lancs
Kunstmesse, Cologne
1976 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
Bottoms, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
Theme No. 1, Stadt Gallery, Vienna
Aspects of British Realism, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
All Too Human, Kamp Gallery, Amsterdam
Art 7/76 Basle, Switzerland
I.K.I. Dusseldorf, Germany
Sporting Pictures, Nicholas Treadwell, Gallery
1977 Italy and the Italians, Del Naviglio Gallery, Milan
Mythologies Quotidienne, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Art 8/77 Basle, Switzerland
Art Fair, Cologne
Feast, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
1978 From London with Love, Kamp Gallery, Amsterdam
Washington Art Fair
Art 9/78 Basle, Switzerland
Add Colour and Mix, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
I.K.I. Dusseldorf, Germany
The Holiday Picture Show, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
1979 Art Expo, New York
Washington Art Fair
Art 10/79, Basle, Switzerland
Grands et Jeunes d'Aujourd'hui, Grand Palais, Paris
Casa Nova Exhibition, Rotterdam
F.I.A.C. Paris
A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To The Gallery, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
1980 Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery
Ostermalm Gallery,
Stockholm Art Expo, New York
Art 11/80 Basle, Switzerland
Nicholas Treadwell Gallery at Denne Hill
Women 1980, Die Insel Gallery, Munich
F.I.A.C. Paris
I.K.I. Dusseldorf, Germany
The Fat Figurative Art Exhibition, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
1981 Superhumanismus, Kunstverein, Neustadtan der Weinstrasse
Superhumanism, Ostermalm Gallery, Stockholm Current, one-man exhibition, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
1982 Art Fair, Basle, Switzerland
Female Forms, Newcastle Polytechnic
Art Fair, Dusseldorf
1983 Arnold Katzhan Gallery, New York
Superhumanism, Denne Hill House, Canterbury
1984 Joint Show, Denne Hill, Canterbury
FI.A.C. Paris
Commissions for URS Schwarzenbach, Pears Competition
1985 Preparation for one-man show at Smith's Gallery, Covent Garden
Joint Show at Smith's Gallery, Covent Garden
1986 Group Shows at Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, Bradford
1987 Commissioned to paint 12 Greatest Post-War Cricketers (Lords Taverners)
Exhibition at Cafe Royal, Piccadilly
1988 Commissioned to paint 12 Greatest Post-War Golfers [Lords Taverners)
Exhibition at Cafe Royal, Piccadilly
1989 Private commissions, URS Schwarzenback, Ace Publicity Shell UK
1990 Joint Show at Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, Bradford
Private commissions
1991 Exhibitions at private galleries
Boxing paintings, Tyson, Hagler, Louis, Hearns, Ali for print reproductions
1992 Golfing paintings commissions: Woosnam, Faldo, Palmer, Nicklaus
Tennis painting: Borg.
Snooker painting: Davis
Boxing paintings for print reproductions, Ryder Cup Golf
1993 Commissions, Exhibitions at private galleries
Bob Dylan painting commission for print reproduction
Lynford Christie for Wingfield Sporting Gallery
Post-War Footballers: Greaves, Finney, Matthews, Moore, Charlton for Wingfield Sporting Gallery
1994-5 Preparation for show in Cannes for 1996 Film Festival
1995-6 Various private commissions: National Film Theatre,
Atlanta Olympics Commission
1998 One-man exhibition, Whitford Fine Art, St James's
Gallerie des Arts, les Adrets, France
1999 Only in Dreams, one-man exhibition, Whitford Fine Art, St James's Gallerie des Arts, les Adrets, France
2000 London Pride, one-man exhibition, Whitford Fine Art, St James's
Gallerie des Arts, les Adrets, France
2002 Scratch the Silence, one-man exhibition, Whitford Fine Art, St James's
Gallerie des Arts, les Adrets, France
2003 Looking Through Time, Whitford Fine Art, St James's
2004 Galerie des Arts, les Adrets, France
Night Riders, Whitford Fine Art, St James's
2005 Reunion, Whitford Fine Art, St James's
2006 Messum's, Cork Street, London
2007 Call of the Running Tide, Messum's, Cork Street, London
2008 Messum's, Cork Street, London