The Urbane Arts Club
Portals: Frank Regan Solo Exhibit
September 2026 - February 2027
"Portals" presents the first public exhibition of Frank Regan's paintings, offering a glimpse into a body of work shaped by curiosity, patience, and a lifelong commitment to creative exploration. Working in abstraction, Regan creates compositions that balance bold geometry with translucent layers of color, inviting viewers to experience movement, tension, and moments of quiet reflection. Rather than depicting a fixed place or narrative, the paintings suggest landscapes of memory, emotion, and change that shift with each viewing. This exhibition celebrates not only the debut of an accomplished artist, but also the idea that creativity is not bound by age or convention. After decades of painting in private, Frank's work now enters into conversation with a wider audience, inviting viewers to discover the richness of a practice that has always existed, waiting to be seen.
Frank Regan discovered painting at the age of seventy, transforming his Greenpoint apartment into a studio filled with color, geometry, and experimentation. Over the years, he has created more than one hundred abstract paintings that explore movement, balance, and shifting relationships between form and space. Built through layers of transparent color, intersecting lines, and geometric compositions, his work reflects an intuitive process that continues to evolve with each painting. A longtime Brooklyn resident, Frank has shared more than thirty years of life with his partner, Koji, and has been an active member of New York City's queer community. "Portals" marks the first public presentation of his work, introducing a deeply personal body of paintings that has quietly developed over decades within the walls of his home.
To see the work, you may schedule a site visit or attend any of our upcoming events.
You are invited to the opening party on Sunday, September 27th at 4:30pm as part of Artmageddon.
"Tenacious"
Size: 20 3/4 x 22.5
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,050
“A Moon”
Size: 22 3/4 x 27
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,250
“Plague: Good Friday”
Size: 21 1/2 x 20 1/2
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,250
“Pea Shooter”
Size: 16 x 15
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $650
“Arrowood”
Size: 23 1/4 x 24
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,350
“Plague: Easter Sunday”
Size: 21.5 x 24 3/4
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,450
“Plague Monday”
Size: 21 1/4 x 29 5/8
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,850
“Charm School”
Size: 29 1/4 x 25 1/4
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,850
“Aragon”
Size: 22 1/4 x 21
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $950
“Convocation”
Size: 26.5 x 25 1/4
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,650
“Wash a Shore”
Size: 26 3/4 x 20 3/4
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $950
“That Morning at 5:35”
Size: 34 1/2 x 22
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,650
“East Harbor”
Size: 22 x 28.5
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,750
“Pool Self”
Size: 11.5 x 14.5
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $650
“Trapazoidal”
Size: 10 1/4 x 11 1/8
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $550
“Abigail”
Size: 29 1/4 x 24 3/4
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,750
“Summertime Sadness”
Size: 16x18
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $850
“Relativity”
Size: 22 1/4 x 21 1/4
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,050
“Green”
Size: 25 3/4 x 29 1/5
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,450
“High Season”
Size: 63 3/4 x 40
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,950
“Liberty”
Size: 23 x 26
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,750
“Gray Dawn”
Size: 29.5 x 23
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,650
“Yellow”
Size: 28 x 24
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,250
“The Sinking of the Carmania”
Size: 22 1/4 x 22 1/4
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,050
“Triplex”
Size: 22.5 x 24.5
Medium: Chalk, wax, acrylic paint, oil paint, and graphite on canvas
Price: $1,050
Collect a Frank Regan Original
To purchase a piece of artwork, please email urbanebrooklyn@gmail.com with the title of the piece in the subject line. Purchased artworks will be available for pick up in February when the exhibition has concluded. Inquire over email regarding shipping.
Our Permanent Collection:
From our first exhibition, Katie Kuzin's "Flower Show" (Nov 2024 - July 2025), we have collected the pieces that felt essential to us. These works became part of the ecosystem of The Urbane, and represent our growth as an artistic community. Our additions from "The Sum of Light" (August 2025 - February 2026) group show featuring alum of The Art Students League of New York, have found a new home bringing light to the bedrooms on our second floor. Wallace May's "Jetset" from our last exhibition "Drift" (March 2026 - August 2026) joins these paintings in the second floor bedrooms.
Wallace May
"Jetset"
Acrylic on linen, 24x30
Kate Sharkey
"Summer Dreams" (2007)
Acrylic on canvas, 60x44
Ed Giordano
"Sally Bo" (2010)
Oil on canvas, 36x36
Katie Kuzin
"Flower" (2023)
Plaster sculpture
Katie Kuzin
"Form" (2023)
Plaster sculpture