Dellis Frank is currently a full-time artist. Her passion is visual art and Arts Education, specifically fiber sculptures. Previously she taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District where she was a staunch advocate for Arts Education. Dellis participated in advocating for and the writing of the Media Arts curriculum and standards that was eventually separated from the Visual arts standards as a stand-alone discipline.
Much of Dellis’ current work centers around social justice issues that are impacting the nation in these times. Her passion for speaking up about the disparities she sees in communities of color is evident in her work. She does so with an environmental slant. Repurposing items that were headed for the landfill is the foundation of her practice. She has coined the phrase The Greening of Fine Art to capture the essence of her practice.
She currently sits on the board of several arts organizations which include Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA), Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art (SCWCA), SoLA Contemporary Gallery in Los Angeles (SoLA) Friends of Redondo Beach Arts, and Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC) Third Dimension. Dellis works with numerous community organizations that focus their attention on the arts. These organizations include LA Commons, International Eye Los Angeles, the Empowerment Congress of the second congressional district of Los Angeles, Arts for LA, Textile Arts LA, Fiber Art Now and the Cultural Arts Department of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Frank has had numerous group and solo gallery shows in the US and internationally.
Dellis is a wife, mother of three and grandmother of two. She resides in Lomita, California.
Special Projects and Catalogs
It Takes a Village, Catalog, Rogers Park, Inglewood, California
The Community Quilt Project, 2020 – 2021
We Are Home, Community Quilt Project Catalog
We Are Home, Community Quilt Project Artist Talk Panel Lancaster Museum of Art
Protest In Place, SoLA Gallery, Inglewood, California
Protest In Place, Permanent collection CAAM
CA101 2022, Catalog
Collectively Shifting, Bridgeport Art Center Chicago, Illinois
Exhibitions Juried
Ocean, 2021, Long Beach Creative Group, Long Beach, California
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Systemic – Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa
2008 Assunta Fox Gallery Santa Ana, California
2006 Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California
Group Exhibitions
2024
A Woman’s Place, The Ebell, Los Angeles, California
A Woman’s Voice In A Pivotal Time, SCWCA, The Makery, Los Angeles, California
Art With A Message, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
Blackout, Ashton Gallery@Art on 30th, San Diego, California
Bloom, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, California
Breaking Boundaries: Women Redefining Art, Women Painters West, Los Angeles, California
Closet Installation, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, California
Divergent Synthesis, Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Dreams and Imagining, Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Freedom, Black in Mayberry, Venice, California
Fuerte! Eva Montealegre & Betty Brown, The Makery, Los Angeles, California
Honoring The Feminine: 6000 Circle Project, Range Projects Gallery, Los Angeles California
Honoring The Feminine: 6000 Circle Project, Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills, California
Illuminated – The Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art League, Pomona, California
Midway Marvels, Artbar LA, Los Angles, California
Mother, Dorado 806 Projects, Santa Monica, California
New Perspectives, INSA Art Center, Korea
NOMAD III, Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance, California
Opulent Mobility 2024, The Makery, Los Angeles, California
Pair, Redondo Beach Historic Library, Nina Zak Laddon curator, Redondo Brach, California
Pattern and Design, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, California
Rubbish Remix, Arroyo Arts Collective, Pasadena, California
SCWCA All Member Show, Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills, California
Tangents, Range Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Art of Black Joy, Art Against Racism, New Jersey
The Summer Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Waves of Creativity, Women Painters West, North Coastal Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
2023
A Bridge for Peace, The Makery, Los Angeles, California, LELA International Artists
A Keen Eye Range Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, California SCWCA
Ancestral Connections, Avenue 50 Studios, Los Angeles, California SCWCA
Beloved Planet, SCWCA, The Makery, Los Angeles, California
Creative License, Art Fluent, Boston Massachusetts
L’Amore and More, The Makery, Los Angeles, California
Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Pivotal: An Exploration of Art and Activism, Montpelier Arts Center, Maryland
quiet as it’s kept, International Juried Exhibition, Trolley Garn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Raising Our Brushes, Women Painters West, Yuma Art Center, Arizona
Seeing Red, SCWCA exhibition, Palm Desert, California
Spectral Analysis, Launch LA, Los Angeles, California
SCWCA Holiday show, The Makery, Los Angeles, California
The Portrait Show, WPW, California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, California
Used, A National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
2022
A Century of California Women Artists, Women’s Painters West, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, California
Acting Out: Visual Responses to A Changing World, Wilma Daniels Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina
CA 101 2022 Redondo Beach, California
Call and Response Special Edition: Body, online exhibitions, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, California
Call and Response Special Edition: Nature, online exhibitions, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, California
Call and Response Special Edition: Time, online exhibitions, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, California
Earth Day, online exhibition, SCWCA members only exhibition, Los Angeles, California
It’s Time: Two-person exhibition, Shelley Heffler Contemporary gallery, Palm Desert, California
It Takes a Village – Community Quilt Project, Inglewood, California
Peace Together, Gallery Western, Los Angeles, California
Summer Open Call, El Camino College Art Gallery
Surface Design Association, Southwest Regional Juried Exhibition, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona
The New Past, Show with Korean Women Artists, Gallery Western, Los Angeles, California
The Summer Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California
What’s Next! Betsy Leuke Creative Arts Center, Burbank, California
2021
Art Against Racism, online exhibition, Main Gallery Art Against Racism
Call and Response 13, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, California
Critical Response, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, California
Ginburyung Art Gallery, Gang Wo Do, Korea
High Beams Sculpture Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
NOMAD, sponsored by Torrance Art Museum, Del Amo Crossing
SoLA Collective, Juried by Adrian White, SoLA Contemporary Gallery
Tricksters & Transformation, Helms Design Center, Culver City, California
UHM Gallery, Seoul Korea
We Are Home, Community Quilt Project, Lancaster Museum, Lancaster, California
We Are Home, Community Quilt Project, SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2020
360 Degrees of Healing, Artfully Spaced Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Pulse of LA in the Time of Quarantine, online exhibition
Pulse of LA, Protest, online exhibition
2019
Creative Practice and Collaboration, SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, California
#Enough, Neutra Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Unfettered, Avenue 50 Gallery, Highland Park, California
2017
Fresh, SoLA Gallery, Curators Peter Frank and Fatemeh Burnes, Los Angeles, California
Touchstone, Art Transforming Trauma, A Window Between Worlds,
2009
SAA Squared, Avenue 50, Highland Park, California
2007
Found, Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, California
2006
Fall Show, Assunta Fox Gallery, Santa Ana, California
Local Color, Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California
2002
In the Spirit of Carnivale, Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California
2001
Small works, Off Rose Gallery, Venice, California
Interviews
2022 Voyage LA, Los Angeles, California
2009, Refrigerator Art, Los Angeles, California
2006 Downtown LA Life Magazine, Los Angeles, California
Awards
2022 Honorable Mention, El Camino College Gallery, (Tulsa Kinney, owner/Editor: Artillary Magazine, Rebeca Guerrero, Manager, City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs jurors)
2006 Best in Show Assunta Fox Gallery, Santa Ana, California
2006 Most Original Assunta Fox Gallery, Santa Ana, California
Professional Affiliations
Cultural Equity, Inclusion and Access Advisory Committee, LA County
LA Commons, Collaborative Arts Organization
Palos Verdes Art Center Third Dimension Group
Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Director Newsletter Editor
SoLA, South Bay Contemporary Gallery, VP
Women’s Caucus for Art, Regional VP
Women’s Painters West
Textile Arts LA
Teaching Experience
Art Instructor, LAUSD
Arts Advisor, LAUSD
Adjunct Professor, USC Workshop Instructor, Craft Contemporary Museum