SUSAN FREDA Education 2009 Massachusetts College of Art and Design; Boston, Massachusetts, M.A., M.F.A. Sculpture 1996 Rhode Island School of Design; Providence, Rhode Island, B.F.A. Sculpture Selected Solo Exhibitions 2007 Line Into Form, Kimball Gallery, de Young Museum; San Francisco, California 2006 Aumakua, KMOCA; Kingston, New York 2002 Crystalis, Coffey Gallery; Kingston, New York 1997 Oakland Windows Project; Oakland, California Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 Art Expo New York; New York Forthcoming, Jules Place Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts Fashion Statements, Art Prov Gallery; Providence, Rhode Island Jessica Hagen Fine Art; Newport, Rhode Island Candita Clayton Gallery; Pawtucket, Rhode Island Gallery 4; Tiverton, Rhode Island 2015 Date Night, Jules Place; Boston, Massachusetts Adaptations, Patricia Rovzar Gallery; Seattle, Washington Craft Forms 2015 & Living with Craft Exhibtions, Wayne Craft Center; Wayne, Pennsylvania A Tribute to the Dress, Syd Entel Gallery and Susan Benjamin Glass; Safety Harbor, Florida Paradise City Fine Craft Show; Marlborough, Massachusetts Paradise City Fine Craft Show; North Hampton, Massachusetts 2014 Craft Forms 2014 & Living with Craft Exhibitions, Wayne Craft Center; Wayne, Pennsylvania Parallel Worlds, Folcwald Gallery; Amherst, Massachusetts Selected Group Exhibitions (continued) 2014 Good as Gold, Craft Alliance; Saint Louis, Missouri Annual Group Show, Patricia Rovzar Gallery; Seattle, Washington Fashion Meets Art, Trudy Labelle Fine Art; Naples, Florida The Gift Closet; Poughkeepsie, New York 2013 Charlestown Gallery; Charlestown, Rhode Island The Fuller Museum; Brockton, Massachusetts Patricia Rovzar Gallery; Seattle, Washington Trudy Labelle Fine Art; Naples, Florida The Gift Closet; Poughkeepsie, New York 2012 Charlestown Gallery; Charlestown, Rhode Island The Fuller Museum; Brockton, Massachusetts Providence Art Windows; Providence, Rhode Island 2011 Susan Freda Jewelry, Craft Alliance; St.Louis, Missouri All Dressed Up, A Two Person Show, DK Gallery; Marietta, Georgia Felicity, DK Gallery; Marietta, Georgia Providence Art Windows; Providence, Rhode Island Gallery Artists, Trudy Labelle Fine Art; Naples, Florida Providence Art Windows; Providence, Rhode Island 2010 Susan Freda Jewelry, The High Museum; Atlanta, Georgia Providence Art Windows; Providence, Rhode Island In Bloom; Elisa Contemporary Fine Art; Riverdale, New York Couture Fashion Week, Waldorf Astroia Hotel; New York, New York 2009 Vulnerable Silences, Studio West; Eugene, Oregon Providence Art Windows; Providence, Rhode Island Articles of Dress, Craft Alliance; St. Louis, Missouri 2008 12th Annual Fidelity Investments Open Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club; Providence, Rhode Island Introducing, Jamestown Gallery; Jamestown, Rhode Island Gallery Artists, Elisa Tucci Contemporary Art; Riverdale, New York 2007 BYC, Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston, Massachusetts Friends of Mass Art, Chappell Gallery; Chelsea, New York Nature After Nature, Thesis Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art and Design; Boston, Massachusetts Selected Group Exhibitions (continued) 2007 The Perfect Fit—Shoes Tell Stories, The Fuller Museum; Brockton, Massachusetts Midway Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design; Boston, Massachusetts Traps, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of And and Design, Boston, Massachusetts 2006 Laced with History, John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Sheboygan, Wisconsin 2004 Into The Woods, Four Corners Art Center Sculpture Park; Tiverton, Rhode Island Windows Exhibition, Stuart Weitzman; Los Angeles, California and New York, New York Fiber Arts Show, Martina and Co. & Gallery Agniel; Providence, Rhode Island Resident Artists, Platte Clove Exhibition; Platte Cove, New York Radius 2004, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Ridgefield Guild of Artists; Ridgefield, Connecticut 2003 DIFFA Dallas, Sculptural jacket design and construction for runway, AIDS benefit; Dallas, Texas 2002 Summer Show, Kingston Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts 2000 Ferragamo, exhibition of dresses and shoes; San Francisco, California Pins and Needles, John Michael Kohler Art Center; Sheboygan, Wisconsin Frozen, Museo Italo Americano, two person show; San Francisco, California Scintillation, B. Sakata Garo, two person show; Sacramento, California 1999 San Francisco International Art Exposition; San Francisco, California Lenore Grey Gallery, two person exhibition; Providence, Rhode Island Well Heeled, Kirkland Art Center; Kirkland, Washington 1998 West Coasting, Michael Martin Gallery and the Elton John Aids Foundation; Notting Hill, London The Fall Collection, Diane Farris Gallery; Vancouver, Canada Friends of the diRosa Preserve, collector gathering; Oakland, California SHED, Quotidian Gallery; San Francisco, California Selected Group Exhibitions (continued) 1997 Bing Gallery, two person exhibition, Oakland, California Fairy Tales, Women Made Gallery; Chicago, Illinois 1996 Runway Trapeze, Edinburgh Castle; Sculptural body wear fashion show and exhibition; San Francisco, California Artist Residencies De Young Museum Artist Residency; San Francisco, California Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood, Washington Platte Clove Artists Residency; Platte Clove, New York Museo Italo Americano, Artist-in-Residence Award; San Francisco, California Grants/Fellowships/Awards Nomination, Cooper Hewitt Design Award /Fashion; New York, New York Nomination, Joan Mitchell Foundation Award; New York, New York Nomination, St. Bartolph’s Grant Grant, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Public Art ; Providence, Rhode Island Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School;Stanwood, Washington Grant, Jackson Pollock-Lee Krasner Foundation; New York, New York Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design; Providence, Rhode Island Select Collections Fidelity Investments; Boston, Massachusetts Meditech; Fall River, Massachusetts Stuart Weitzman; New York, New York Jane Bryant Quinn; New York, New York Neiman Marcus; Naples, Florida Museo Italo Americano; San Francisco, California Cirque Du Soleil; Montreal,Canada Women’s Studio Workshop; Rosendale, New York San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist Gallery; San Francisco, California Publications “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral,” Art New England, October 2011. “Discarded Objects,” Stuff, March 2010. 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