About Frank Moore
Frank Moore, born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1946, started his life in art by literally using his head to paint when he was in high school in 1963. Because Moore had cerebral palsy, he painted with a brush on a helmet. His big, bright oils of nudes and superheroes have been exhibited around the U.S. and Canada. Later in his life Moore created digital art.
But visual art has been only one aspect of the creative activity of Moore who first came to be known in the 1970s as the creator of the popular cabaret show, The Outrageous Beauty Revue. In the 1980s he became one of the U.S.'s foremost performance artists. In 1992 he was voted Best Performance Artist by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. In the early 1990s he was targeted by Senator Jesse Helms. In 1991 Frank Moore played the role of publisher and editor of the acclaimed underground zine, The Cherotic r(E)volutionary ... until he started the web "radio" station http://www.luver.com in 1999. LUVER became a powerful channel for the alternative cultures. Moore continues to be a late night fixture on B-TV, Berkeley's public access cable channel since 2001. He also toured both the U.S. and Canada, often backed up by his band, the Cherotic All-Stars. Award-winning filmmaker and well-published poet/critic round out his field of activity. His work is being archived at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library and two of his oil paintings are now part of the permanent collection at BAMPFA. But he failed in his bid to become U.S.President in 2008. WHAT A LOSER!
LINKS
DOWNLOAD a list of all Frank Moore Paintings (PDF)
DOWNLOAD a complete exhibition list (PDF)
DOWNLOAD the Matrix 280 - Frank Moore Brochure (PDF)
WEBSITES
Frank Moore's Web of All Possibilities - eroplay.com
Frankly Speaking - Frank Moore's Writings on Substack
The Frank Moore Archives - eroplay.org
Frank Moore Video Collection on The Internet Archive
LET ME BE FRANK - video series about the life and art of Frank Moore - frankadelic.com
Frank Moore painting his self-portrait in New York City in the early 1970s.
"Self Portrait", oil on canvas, 28” x 30”, 1973.