SUSAN FREDA www.susanfredastudios.com [email protected] 90 Worcester Ave., Riverside, RI 02915 401.225.3721
EDUCATION
Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Boston, MA, MFA Sculpture Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI, BFA
HIGHLIGHTS
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award Winner
DeYoung Museum Residency. SF, CA.
Dale Chihuly’s Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship Winner
Stuart Weitzman Sculptural Shoe Design Exhibition
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Public Art Grant. Providence, RI
EXHIBITION RECORD(*denotes solo exhibition) 2019 Alchemical Reactions, 2 person show with Alison Paschke, The Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI Women who Work, Care, Create, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC. Gallery at FOUR Tiverton, RI 2018 Drawing: Stretching the Line, 1/18 a three person exhibition, Providence, RI Jules Place, Gallery Artists, Boston, MA Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Celebrating 26 Years, Seattle, WA Affordable Art Fair, Represented by Shinn Art, Hong Kong, China Art Expo, Represented by Shinn Art, NY,NY 2017 Modern American Craft. Washington DC Artists Femina. Zenith Gallery. Washinton DC RISD CRAFT Providence, RI Art Providence. Providence, RI The Power of Paper. Gallery 4. Tiverton, RI Adorn. Arts On Douglas. New Smyrna Beach FL Endless Summer. Arts On Douglas. New Smyrna Beach FL New Work By Gallery Artists. Chicago Art i Gallery. Chicago, IL The Shayne Gallery, Montreal Canada Really Big Group Show. Charlestown Gallery. RI 2016 Art Expo NY. NY, NY. Forthcoming. Jules Place Gallery. Boston, MA.. Fashion Statements. Art Prov Gallery. Providence, RI * New Work. Jessica Hagen Fine Art. Newport, RI Candita Clayton Gallery. Pawtucket, RI Abstracts Artifacts Gallery 4. Tiverton, RI Nature Preserved. Gallery 4. Tiverton, RI 2015 Date Night. Jules Place. Boston, MA Adaptations. Patricia Rovzar Gallery. Seattle , WA Craft Forms 2015 & Living with Craft Exhibtions. Wayne Craft Center. Wayne, PA A Tribute to the Dress. Syd Entel Gallery and Susan Benjamin Glass. Safety Harbor, FL Paradise City Fine Craft Show. Marlborough MA Paradise City Fine Craft Show. North Hampton, MA 2014 Craft Forms 2014 & Living with Craft Exhibtions. Wayne Craft Center. Wayne, PA Parallel Worlds. Folcwald Gallery. Amherst. MA Good as Gold. Craft Alliance. ST.Louis, MO Introducing Jamestown Gallery. Jamestown, RI 2011 Annual Group Show. Patricia Rovzar Gallery. Seattle, WA Fashion Meets Art. Trudy Labelle Fine Art. Naples, FL The Gift Closet. Poughkeepsie, NY Charlestown Gallery. Charlestown, RI The Fuller Museum. Brockton, MA Patricia Rovzar Gallery. Seattle, WA 2010 Trudy Labelle Fine Art. Naples, FL The Gift Closet. Poughkeepsie, NY Charlestown Gallery. Charlestown, RI The Fuller Museum. Brockton, MA 2009 Providence Art Windows. Providence, RI Susan Freda Jewelry. Craft Alliance. St.Louis, MO All Dressed Up, a Two Person Show. DK Gallery. Marietta, GA Providence Art Windows. Providence, RI 2008 Gallery Artists. Trudy Labelle Fine Art. Naples, FL Providence Art Windows. Providence, RI Susan Freda Jewelry. The High Museum. Atlanta, GA 2007 Providence Art Windows. Providence, RI In Bloom. Elisa Contemporary Fine Art Riverdale, NY Couture Fashion Week Waldorf Astroia Hotel. New York, NY Vulnerable Silences. Studio West Eugene, OR Providence Art Windows Providence, RI 2006 Articles of Dress Craft Alliance. St. Louis, MO 12th Annual Fidelity Investments Open Juried Exhibition. Providence Art Club. RI 2004 Introducing Jamestown Gallery. Jamestown, RI Gallery Artists Elisa Tucci Contemporary Art. Riverdale, NY *Line Into Form Kimball Gallery at The de Young Museum. San Francisco, CA. BYC Boston Young Contemporaries. Boston, MA 2003 Friends of Mass Art Chappell Gallery. Chelsea, NY Nature After Nature Thesis Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Boston, MA The Perfect Fit-Shoes Tell Stories The Fuller Museum. MA Midway Show Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2002 Traps Doran Gallery. Massachusetts College of Design Laced with History John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, WI *Aumakua KMOCA. Kingston, NY 2000 Into The Woods Four Corners Art Center Sculpture Park. Tiverton, RI Windows Exhibition Stuart Weitzman. Los Angeles,CA 1999 Fiber Arts Show Martina and Co. & Gallery Agniel. Providence, RI Resident Artists Platte Clove Exhibition. Platte Cove, NY Radius 2004 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 1998 Ridgefield Guild of Artists. Ridgefield, CT DIFFA Dallas Sculptural jacket design & construction for runway. AIDS benefit. Dallas, TX (catalogue) *Crystalis Coffey Gallery. Kingston, NY Vulnerable Silences. Studio West Eugene, OR Providence Art Windows Providence, RI Articles of Dress Craft Alliance. St. Louis, MO 12th Annual Fidelity Investments Open Juried Exhibition. Providence, RI Introducing Jamestown Gallery. Jamestown, RI Gallery Artists Elisa Tucci Contemporary Art. Riverdale, NY Summer Show Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA Ferragamo Exhibition of dresses and shoes. San Francisco, CA 1997 Pins and Needles John Michael Kohler Art Center. Sheboygan, WI (catalogue) Frozen Museo Italo Americano. Two person show. San Francisco, CA Scintillation B. Sakata Garo. Two person show. Sacramento, CA 1996 San Francisco International Art Exposition San Francisco, CA Lenore Grey Gallery. Two person exhibition. Providence, RI Well Heeled Kirkland Art Center. Kirkland, WA First Triennial Sculpture Exhibition RISD. Providence, RI Recent Works B.Sakata Garo. Two person exhibition. Sacramento, CA Outdoor Art Exhibition Byrdcliffe Art Colony. Woodstock, NY Gallery Artists Michael Martin Gallery. San Francisco, CA Bastille: A Fashion show Hudson, NY San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery. CA West Coasting Michael Martin Gallery and the Elton John Aids Foundation, Notting Hill, London. (catalogue) The Fall Collection Diane Farris Gallery. Vancouver, Canada Friends of the diRosa Preserve Collector gathering. Oakland, CA SHED Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA *Oakland Windows Project Oakland, CA Public Art Installation, two person exhibition, Bing Gallery Oakland, CA Fairy Tales Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL Runway Trapeze, sculptural body wear fashion show and exhibition, Edinburgh Castle, San Francisco, CA
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
De Young Museum Artist Residency. San Francisco, CA
Pilchuck Glass School. Stanwood, WA
Platte Clove Artists Residency. Platte Clove, NY
Museo Italo Americano. San Francisco, CA Artist-in-Residence Award
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS
Nomination“Cooper Hewitt Design Award /Fashion” New York, NY
Nomination “Joan Mitchell Foundation Award” New York, NY
Nomination “St. Botolph’s Grant”
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Public Art Grant. Providence, RI
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship. Stanwood, WA
Jackson Pollock-Lee Krasner Foundation Grant. New York, NY
Rhode Island School of Design Scholarship Providence, RI
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Fidelity Investments. Boston, MA
Meditech. Fall River, MA
Stuart Weitzman. New York, NY
Jane Bryant Quinn. New York, NY
Neiman Marcus. Naples, FL
Museo Italo Americano. San Francisco, CA