‘PEACE OUT | FOREVER USA ‘ 'VISION'aries Collection.
commemorating the compelling E. Washington Avenue installation in Santa Ana CA commissioned by Chiarini Marble & Stone.
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'VISION'aries' Collection
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BLAME IT ON JACK
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GOT JACK?
JACK SWAG
(Stolen with a Gun)
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Born a creative AND A Storyteller.
"Why do I Create Pop-Art?
Education, Experience and Exhibits.
Education, Experience and Exhibits.
“The only thing better than creating Pop-Art is living with it. It really does love you back. It’s always there when you need it…to brighten your day, enliven your space, and even agree with you no matter what. It’s evocative…and sometimes it speaks louder than words…and more effectively too.
It’s actually an amazing way to define your space. I want everyone to have that experience, even if it’s just with a small piece tucked away somewhere they can appreciate it every day.”
Live it. Love it. Hang it. Wear it! But first, you have to buy it! XO
~ Teri Franta
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Teri Franta is a visual artist from Southern California. Her vibrant pop-art style fuses her passion for photography and digital mixed media with her love of all things iconic and ironic.
After graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in Journalism, Franta enjoyed a long and award-winning career in the wonderful and very exacting world of advertising. A few years back, she set her “exacting” hat aside. Tired of perfect, she set out on a new path where unique is better...and coloring outside the lines is encouraged.
Franta credits her combined experience as a photographer, storyteller, graphic artist and creative director for her distinctive style. Whether she painstakingly stages or builds a scene, model or diorama from her vast collection of pop culture toys, mannequins and memorabilia…or captures something interesting that enters her airspace, her process is all her own.
Franta’s work is fresh and timely, yet nostalgically familiar. That’s her way of paying tribute to all those who paved the way and inspired her love of unconventional , non-traditional art and gave her the courage to follow her own path wherever the colors (and lens, and pixels) may lead.
Not one to label or force art or any type of creativity into nonconforming boxes, Franta simply thinks of herself as a storyteller: your story, his story, her story, our story and their story...and she’s constantly experimenting to get the story right. Where she goes or what she takes on next depends entirely on the tales she feels compelled to tell and the bits of irony and pop culture that hit her unique radar.
Education, Experience and Exhibits.
Education, Experience and Exhibits.
Education, Experience and Exhibits.
EDUCATION...
University of
Southern California
-Bachelor of Arts
-Annenberg School
of Journalism
International Institute
of Madrid, Spain
- Art History, Museo Prado
- Spanish (Castellano)
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE...
Franta Design Group
Advertising |
Communications
Creative Director
and Chief Storyteller
for over 20 years.
EXHIBITION
HISTORY...
SANTA ANA ART INSTALLATION
Solo Featured Artist
“VISION’aries” (2021 - Present)
836 E. Washington Ave.
Santa Ana, CA
(Commissioned by
Chiarini Marble and Stone)
SPECIAL EVENTS
Solo Featured Artist
“Wine Down Wednesdays”
580 Anton
Costa Mesa, CA (Aug/Sept 2021)
GROUP EXHIBITS AND SHOWS:
- The Love Show
Ethos Contemporary Art
Newport Beach, CA (2025)
- ICONS
Ethos Contemporary Art
Newport Beach, CA (2024)
- Comic Expo
Ethos Contemporary Art
Bower’s Museum
Santa Ana, CA (2024)
-Pop Art Masters
Laguna Beach, CA (2023)
- COMMUNITY! (Juried)
Artists Council at the Galen
Palm Desert, CA (2022)
-Off the Wall
Artists Council at the Galen
Palm Desert, CA (2022)
-Hot Times - Cool Art
Artists Council at the Galen
Palm Desert, CA (2022)
-Ethos Salon II
Ethos Contemporary
Newport Beach, CA (2020)
-Nalle Fine Art
Spurgeon Building
Santa Ana, CA (2020)
-Fly Me to the Moon
Ethos Contemporary
West Hollywood, CA (2019)
-Nalle Fine Art
Spurgeon Building
Santa Ana, CA (2019)
-It’s the Streets Baby!
Ethos Contemporary
West Hollywood, CA (2019)
Made in Los Angeles and Beyond....
Education, Experience and Exhibits.
Made in Los Angeles and Beyond....
”When I was five years old I won a collage contest and my mother predicted I would be an artist some day. After I won an essay contest in the sixth grade, she said I would be a writer some day. Pressed to choose between the two in college, and heavily influenced by a scary elementary school teacher who harshly told me that my collages and finger-painting were not really art, I followed the words and studied print and broadcast journalism at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles.
Luckily, my degree included classes in video production, photography, advertising, marketing and public relations. So there I was creating collages again. They were just a lot more technical in nature.
Eventually, after an enlightening (and extremely lean) year working and studying Spanish and art history in Madrid, Spain, I completed my Bachelor of Arts program in Los Angeles. When I realized journalism wasn't going to bring in enough money to pay off my student loans, I gravitated into marketing and advertising. I wrote, designed, created, photographed, produced and directed many projects to my clients' content—-but my heart longed for more unstructured and less commercial pastures. Like those I found throughout Europe.
I still remember in vivid and glorious color the precise moment I took my first bite out of a Macintosh Apple — when the tiny little amazing pixels exploded onto the screen, just waiting to go exploring with me. It was love at first bite. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
In retrospect, I guess my mother was right about both the writer and artist thing. However, I've always just thought of myself as a teller of stories. I think they have a name for that now...and a college major. Storytelling 101 anyone?
A Peek Behind the creative curtain...
Lady Zoltar gets her glasses of tolerance!
Lady Zoltar gets her glasses of tolerance!
Lady Zoltar gets her glasses of tolerance!
Jack bobble-head at work...again!
Lady Zoltar gets her glasses of tolerance!
Lady Zoltar gets her glasses of tolerance!