Frank Parga is currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He was born and raised in El Paso, TX where he studied art at the University of Texas at El Paso. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting with a minor in sculpture. In 1996 he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as an artist as well as a supervisor in digital visual and audio post production. He then went on to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree in studio art from New York University. Frank is a professional artist who works as an educator and mentor for youth from elementary schools to the university level. Frank is currently working in collaboration with the Brooklyn Arts Council and Creative Arts Workshops for Kids on various creative projects and workshops. He recently completed projects with el Museo del Barrio (NYC), Community Word Project as well as Groundswell Mural Project. He is a recipient of the Jacob T. and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation’s Visual Harlem Grant Program. He was also a Resident Artist for the Workspace Grant for New York Emerging Artists through the Center for Book Arts in New York City. Frank was selected as a Resident Artist for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Residency at the Woolworth Building. He later received the Weir Farm Trust Residency in Wilton, CT. as well as the Joshua Tree National Park Artists Residency, CA. Frank was also the recipient of an Artists Community Fellowship through Earthwatch Institute entitled Archeology of the Pacific Northwest in Washington state. Frank has worked as an artist/mentor in the Global Youth Media and Arts Program through World Savvy as well as a panelist for the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution Native Arts Program in Washington D.C. Most recently Frank completed an Artist Residency with CATWALK in Catskill, NY. Frank’s work has been shown nationally as well as internationally.