Press
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2022 Artsy, 10 Best Booths at Art Basel Miami
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-best-booths-art-basel-miami-beach-2022
2022 Art Toronto returns with a focus on bringing Canadian perspective to the world, Leah Collins
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6632863
2022 Hyperallergic, A Meditation on Biotech’s Cycles of Healing and Harm, Leah Harrington
https://hyperallergic.com/736112/meditation-on-biotech-cycles-of-healing-harm/?utm_source=ourcommunitynow&utm_medium=web
2022 E-Flux, MIT List Visual Arts Center
https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/454819/matthew-angelo-harrisonrobotaraymond-boisjolythe-explanatory-voidlist-projects-24-sharona-franklin/
2022 Artforum, Reviews, Sharona Franklin LAMBDALAMBDALAMBDA, by Camila Hugh
https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202201/brussels
2021 The New York Times, feature article on disabled artists working during the pandemic, Zachary Small MIT List Center, Sharona Franklin, https://listart.mit.edu/exhibitions/list-projects-24-sharona-franklin
2021 E-Flux, Remai Modern, An Apology, A Pill, A Ritual, A Resistance, Canadahttps://www.e-flux.com/announcements/375884/winter-spring-2021-season/
2020 Cooper Hewitt-Smithsonian, American Alliance of Museums, by Ruth Starr, Prioritizing Image Descriptions and Digital Equity at Cooper Hewitt, USA
https://www.aam-us.org/2020/05/13/prioritizing-image-descriptions-and-digital-equity-at-cooper-hewitt/
2020 The BBC Radio, Sharona Franklin: Making Art Accessible for All, UK https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszj8d
2020 Vogue, by Brook Bobb, Artist Sharona Franklin Displays a Decomposing Jelly Cake -- And Explores Fresh Forms -- in Her New Solo Show, USA https://www.vogue.com/article/sharona-franklin-artist-solo-exhibition
2020 Arts News, by Zachary Small, For Chronically Ill Artists Coronavirus is the Worst-Case Scenario, USA
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/coronavirus-artists-chronic-illnesses-resources-1202681100/
2020 Canadian Art, by Dana Kopel, Sharona Franklin, King’s Leap, NYC, USA https://canadianart.ca/reviews/sharona-franklin/
2020 The Guardian, by Serena Fokschaner, ‘My Sculptures Are Like Shrines for my Treatments’ Sharona Franklin’s Mould-Breaking Artwork, UK
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/09/my-sculptures-are-like-shrines-to-my-treatments-sharona-franklins-mould-breaking-artwork
2020 ARTNews, by the Editors of ARTNews, Frieze L.A. Guide, Cooper Hewitt Director Steps Down, and More: Morning Links From Feb 10, 2020, USA
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/frieze-los-angeles-guide-morning-links-1202677399/
2020 Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Twilight Hour | Sharona Franklin, Canada
https://www.ecuad.ca/events/twilight-hour-sharona-franklin
2020 City of Vancouver, Disability Pride Plaques (Earth, Air, Fire), Canada https://covapp.vancouver.ca/PublicArtRegistry/ArtworkDetail.aspx?ArtworkId=836
2020 The Tyee, by Geoff Dembicki, Tiny Virus, Big Picture, Canada
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/03/27/Tiny-Virus-Big-Picture/
2020 Vice, by Ione Gamble, Chronic Illness Keeps Me Home Anyway -- Here’s How You Can Cope, USA
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5x9k9/immunocompromised-people-coronavirus-lockdown-tips
2020 Printed Matter, Limeflower Heterodoxy, USA
https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/56224/
2020 CBC, by Leah Collins, In the Newsletter: Armour Made of Flowers, Jelly Art and More, Canada https://www.cbc.ca/arts/in-the-newsletter-armour-made-of-flowers-jelly-art-and-more-of-the-week-s-best-links-1.5466996
2020 CBC, Leah Collins, There’s Much More Than a Satisfying Wobble to Sharona Franklin’s Incredible Jelly Sculptures, Canada https://www.cbc.ca/arts/there-s-so-much-more-than-a-satisfying-wobble-to-sharona-franklin-s-incredible-jelly- sculptures-1.5475181
2020 Journal.fyi, Sharona Franklin, King’s Leap, USA
https://www.journal.fyi/new-page-77
2020 Art Viewer, Belgium
https://artviewer.org/sharona-franklin-at-kings-leap/
2020 The Editorial Magazine, Sharona Franklin’s New Psychedelia of Industrial Healing, Canada
http://the-editorialmagazine.com/sharona-franklin-kings-leap/
2020 Pin Up Magazine, by Vivien Lee, The Politics Behind Sharona Franklin’s Sculptural Jelly Cakes, USA
https://pinupmagazine.org/articles/interview-sharona-franklin-jelly-sculpture-disability-vivien-lee
2020 Something Curated, Interview: Artist Sharona Franklin on the Politics of Gelatin & Therapeutic Memes, UK
https://somethingcurated.com/2020/05/04/interview-artist-sharona-franklin-on-the-politics-of-gelatine-therapeutic-memes/#about
2020 Grunt Gallery, Limeflower Heterodoxy by Sharona Franklin. Canada https://grunt.ca/limeflower-heterodoxy-by-sharona-franklin-june-6-july-3-2020/
2020 The Mahalat Review, No.211 Summer 2020, Cover Sharona Franklin, Mycoplasma 2020, Canada
http://www.malahatreview.ca/issues/211.html
2020 Coveal Magazine, by Kate Bishop, Sharona Franklin, Europe
https://www.coeval-magazine.com/coeval/sharona-franklin
2020 Miriam Gallery, Happy Hardcore, Brooklyn, NYC, USA
https://www.artforum.com/artguide/miriam-gallery-20381/happy-hard
2020 The Art Newspaper, by Gabriella Angeleti, Three Exhibitions to see in New York This Weekend, USA
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/three-exhibitions-to-see-in-new-york-this-weekend-4-september
2020 Byrdie Magazine, by Sydney Gore, Meet Sharona Franklin, the Artist Using Memes to Dismantle Ableism, USA
https://www.byrdie.com/sharona-franklin-interview-5079044
2020 Vocal Eye, Audio Tour of: Sharona Franklin, Tellurian Dinner, by Stephanie Bokenfohr, Vancouver CA
http://www.vocaleye.ca/shows/almost-live-tellurian-dinner/
2020 The Billboard Creative, by Jasper MacMohan, Sharona Franklin, USA https://www.thebillboardcreative.com/sharona-franklin
2019 Images Festival, New Psychedelia of Industrial Healing
https://imagesfestival.com/news/images-festival-2019-full-program-is-here!
2019 Artsy.net, Genomic Candelabra, USA
https://www.artsy.net/artist/sharona-franklin
2019 Akimbo, by Justina Bohach, Dog Ear to Left of the Centrefold, at Duplex, Vancouver, Canada
https://akimbo.ca/akimblog/dog-ear-to-the-left-of-the-centrefold-at-duplex-vancouver/
2019 The Knowculture, by The Know Desk, Sharona Franklin’s Destabilizing Theories of Healing, USA
https://www.theknowculture.com/2019/05/31/sharona-franklins-destabilizing-theories-of-healing/
2019 Pollyanna Library, Blockchains & Cultural Padlocks Research Showcase, Canada
http://polly-anna.ca/activity/blockchains-cultural-padlocks-research-showcase
2019 New York Times T Magazine, by Emma Orlow, Jello As Art, Apocalypse Ready Clothing and More, USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/t-magazine/francesco-balzano-furniture-jello-art-culture-news.html
2019 New York Times T Magazine, by the Editors of T Magazine, The T List: What to Know About, Wear and Smell This Week, USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/t-magazine/venice-hotel-june-oven-tlist.html
2019 Stuff, by Melissa Singer, ‘Illness is not a Fashion Statement’: When Fashion Shows Go Too Far, New Zealand
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/fashion/116242416/illness-is-not-a-fashion-statement-when-fashion-shows-go-too-far
2019 Audrey Julia Gordon, Sharona Franklin on Her Enchanting Edible Art, Disability Erasure, and the Importance of Natural Elements in Her Work, USA
https://www.audreyjgorden.com/articles/sharonafranklin
2019 Daily Mail, by Freya Drohan, Gucci is Accused of ‘Ripping Off’ a Disabled Artist Who Says the Brand Used Her for Ideas and then FIRED Her Before Getting Someone Else to Copy Her Signature Jello Art for A Campaign, UK
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7560233/Gucci-accused-ripping-disabled-artist-Sharona-Franklin-Jell-O-art.html
2019 Art News, by Rahel Aima, Artist Accuses Gucci of Ripping Off Her Art for Ad Campaign -- Fashion Brand Responds, USA https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sharona-franklin-gucci-plagiarism-allegations-13400/
2019 Pop Dust, by Eden Arielle Gordon, The Story Behind Gucci’s Plagiarism of Disabled Artist Sharona Franklin, USA
https://www.popdust.com/gucci-sharona-franklin-2640990952.html
2019 The Art Insider, by David Guido Pietroni, Gucci Accused by an Artist of Ripping Off Her Art for an Ad Campaign, the Brand Responds, Italy
https://www.art-insider.com/gucci-accused-by-an-artist-of-ripping-off-her-art-for-an-ad-campaign-the-brand-responds/1167
2019 The Guardian, by Adrienne Matei, The Latest Internet Trend I Can’t Get Enough Of: Gelatin, UK https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/oct/17/jelly-jell-o-gelatin-internet-trend
2019 Bon Appetit, by Adrienne Matei, This Artist is Making Psychedelic Jelly Worlds to Explore Disability, USA
https://www.bonappetit.com/story/sharona-franklin
2019 The Globe and Mail, by Marsha Lederman, Vancouver Artist and Her Jelly Creations at the Center of a Controversy with Gucci, Canada
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-vancouver-artist-and-her-jelly-creations-at-the-centre-of-a/
2019 Bitch Media, by Stephanie Barclay, Sharona Franklin is Calling Out Gucci for the Exact Reason You Think, USA
https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/sharona-franklin-edible-jelly
2019 Vancouver Is Awesome, by Elana Shepert, This Vancouver-based Artist Says Gucci Ripped Off Her Jelly Sculptures, Canada https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-entertainment/sharona-franklin-gucci-vancouver-1946804
2019 Fashion Magazine, by Pahull Bains, Gucci, Diet Prada and Vancouver Artist Sharona Franklin: What Really Went Down, Canada
https://fashionmagazine.com/culture/gucci-sharona-franklin-jelly-artist/
2019 Instagram, @instagram official, Welcome to the Sharona Franklin’s @paid.technologies botanical cake museum, where her edible jellies are made with love, USA
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2jxbIzAp7v/?hl=en
2019 Flaunt Magazine, by Sam Trainer, Considerations | Aspic Gentrification, USA
https://flaunt.com/content/considerations-aspic-gentrification
2019 CITR Discorder Magazine, by Fatemeh Ghayedi, Sharona Franklin: Art at the Hem of Our Nerves, Our Skin, Our Organs, Canadahttps://www.citr.ca/discorder/winter-2019-20/sharona-franklin/
2019 The Brooklyn Rail, Jillian Weise with Kathleen Rooney, USA
https://brooklynrail.org/2019/12/books/JILLIAN-WEISE-with-Kathleen-Rooney
2019 Opening Ceremony Instagram, @openingceremony, BTS with Sharona of @paid.technologies, USA https://www.instagram.com/tv/B6Ehqj6BgRs