Fran was born in Belfast (1945) his only education was at night classes where he met the great John Luke and worked closely with him for a period of three years.
Fran is a great lover of music, musicians such as Miles Dives, John Coultrane and others like Morrison, Ray Charles, Flyod are the sort of sounds one will hear coming from his studio in Gort, south Galway, where he lives.
He has held a number of exhibitions in Australia and Ireland and taken part in several international group shows in Italy and also runs a very successful art school in Gort.
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Fran Mc Cann has developed a highly personal and recognizable style, producing paintings of enormous energy and passion.
2005 Exhibitions;
The Gift Gallery, Tuam, Co. Galway
Farmlane Gallery, Moycullen
Kenny Gallery, Galway
International art exhibition, "Estense Castle" Italy
2006 Exhibitions;
Kenny Gallery, Galway
Farmlane, Moycullen
Tuam Library, Tuam
International exhibition, "Villa la Ferdinanda" Italy
The Gift Gallery, Tuam
International art exhibition, De Nitlis Foundation, Barletta, Italy International art exhibition, "Estense Castle" Italy
2007 Exhibitions
Kenny Gallery,
International art exhibition, De Nitlis Foundation, Trani, Italy International art exhibition, De Nitlis Foundation, Barletta, Italy
With a group exhibition comming up this summer in the Kilcock Gallery
Published in the "Casa Editrice Alba" Dizionario Enciciopedico Internazionale d' Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 2005/2006. www.albaeditrice.com
Published in the "Avanguardie Artistiche, 2007". www.cdiffusionearte.com
Also awarded "Professor Fran Mc Cann" Associated Academician Department - Arts from the Academia Internanazionale ( Greci Marino) Accademia del Verbano, Italy