Curator

Since leaving art school Franciscus has been often involved in organising successful exhibitions. When he began to feel too much of a hermit in the private of his studio he started using his acquired knowledge of the international art scene, by stepping into an art realted discourses.
Programming and curating art shows has become a substantial part of his professional practice since 2007. From 2007 he has worked more than eight years as a programmer of the great exhibition halls of the Amsterdam based artists' association Arti et Amicitiae. He has been able to make Arti an official Amsterdam Museum night location. Three times they have been awarded with the Amsterdam Museum Night Award.
Franciscus also coordinated the 25th anniversary of artists studio complex ‘Nieuw en Meer’ in Amsterdam, where he has had his studio since 1999. This anniversary took place during the summer of 2013 and featured a large number of cultural events and two major festivals
He was curator of two large painting exhibitions called ‘For the Sake of Paint’ and 'For the Sake of Paint 2, the Flood'. In these shows an exuberant variety of painters channeled his belief in the art of painting, and his great love for the art of painting.