MARTHA FRIEDMAN
b. Detroit, MI, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2003 MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2001 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, MA
1998 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1996 University of Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK (audited)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Martha Friedman: Castoffs, The Henry Museum, Seattle, WA (catalogue)
2017 Dancing Around Things, Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, New York, NY
2016 Some Hags, The IFA Great Hall, New York, NY
2015 Pore, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2012 Caught, Wallspace, New York, NY
2010 Rub, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
Rubbers, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Plug, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 The Organization of Batter, Wallspace, New York, NY
2007 Not Simply Connected, Wallspace, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Rose Ocean: Living With Duchamp, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 Weaving Gender / Quilting Race; The Politics of Digital Labor, Barnard Tunnel Gallery, New York, NY
2016 In the Flesh, Part II: Potential Adaptations, Diet, Miami, FL
2015 Not A Painting, The Hole, New York, NY
Civilization and Its Discontents: SAIC Alumni Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Drawing for Sculpture, TSA, New York, NY
Foundation Barbin Presents: Redeux (Sort of), Kai Matsumiya Gallery, New York, NY
2014 The Rhythm That Laughs You, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2013 Ten Years, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Frieze New York Sculpture Park—curated by Tom Eccles, New York, NY
Flesh and Blood, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, IL
2012 Buy My Bananas, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Catherine Konner Sculpture Park at RoCA, West Nyack, NY
The Big Toe, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Erogenous Zones, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Flesh and Blood, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, IL
Flights From Wonder, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2011 New York Minute—organized by Kathy Grayson, The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, RU
B-B-B-B-Bad, Anna Kustera, New York, NY
Sculpture is a three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials..., Johann Koenig, Berlin, DE
2010 Rock Garden, Salon 94 Freemans, New York, NY
Swagger, Drag, Fit Together, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Herd-Thinner - organized by David Hunt, Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 New York Minute—organized by Kathy Grayson, MACRO, Rome IT
In the Between—organized by Suzanne Egeran, Istanbul, TR
Offset—curated by Matthew Spiegelman, Mt Tremper Arts, Mt Tremper, NY
Time-Life Part Two, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
From Yarn to Yucca-A Continuation of the Dialogue Between Abstraction and Figuration, John Connelly
Presents, New York, NY
Submerging Artists—curated by General Store, The Dark Fair, Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
Presents, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 The Station—curated by Nate Lowman and Shamim M. Momim, Miami, FL
Lost in the Supermarket, Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY
Thank You for Coming Triple Candie, 2001-08, Triple Candie, New York, NY
2007 Trapdoor, Public Art Fund, New York, NY
Bunch, Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Obscene Soft Sounds, Wallspace, New York, NY
Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, New York, NY
2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Mystic River II, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Mystic River—curated by Noah Sheldon, SouthFirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Space Between The Spokes, KS Art, New York, NY
Dynasty—curated Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Gallery MC, New York, NY
2005 Excitations—curated by Matt Keegan, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2004 The Reality of Things, Triple Candie, New York, NY
Buy American—curated by Joe Scanlan, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, FR
G C G, Art in the Office, 22 Courtland St. New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Goings On About Town: Art; Martha Friedman,” The New Yorker, March 2017
Sweeny, Erin. “Gut Feeling, Martha Friedman: Dancing Around Things,” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2017
Droitcour, Brian. “Martha Friedman” Art in America, The Lookout, March 2017
Bennett, Molly Jean. “Martha Friedman’s Two Person Operating System” The Dilettante Army, March 2017
Haber, John. “Dancing in the Dark: Simon Starling and Martha Friedman” Haber’s Art Reviews, March 2017
Ho, Yin. “Critic’s Picks: Martha Friedman, NYU Institute of Fine Art, Great Hall” Artforum.com, October
Cascone, Sarah. “Editors’ Picks: 8 Art Events to See in New York This Week” Artnet.com. October 25,
Brathwaite, Hunter. “Reviews in Brief: Martha Friedman,” Blouinartinfo.com, February 2016
Heddaya, Mostafa. “Q&A: PAMM Curator Diana Nawi’s Miami,” Blouinartinfo.com, December 10, 2015
Levin, Jordan. “Art Basel- “Pore” at Locust Projects a Dance of Moods,” The Miami Herald, December 4, 2015
“Let the Bile Flow,” The Art Newspaper, December 4, 2015
Uszerowicz, Monica. “Two Artists Give Shape to Our Outer and Inner Selves,” Hyperallergic, December 4, 2015
Meier, Allison. “A Battle Between Body, Blood, and Bile Through Dance and Sculpture,” Hyperallergic, December 4, 2015
Phillips, Kaitlin. “In the Land of Women,” Artforum, December 2 2015
Creahan, Daniel. “AO On-Site: Art Week Miami Opening Night, December 1st, 2015,” AO, December 2, 2015
Indrisek, Scott. “Beyond the Fairs: Must-See Exhibitions in Miami During ABMB,” Blouinartinfo.com, December 1, 2015
Cascone. Sarah. “Wyclef, Deitch Get the Partying Masses Warmed Up at Art Basel in Miami Beach,” Artnet, December 1, 2015
Vartanian, Hrag. “Your Concise Guide to the 2015 Miami Art Fairs,” Hyperallergic, December 1, 2015
Pini, Gary. “Mega Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2015,” Paper, November 23, 2015
Lengel, Rebekah Lanae, “A Sculptor and a Dancer Collaborate on ‘Pore’ at Locust Projects,” The Miami Herald, November 6, 2015
Yau, John, “From the Pictorial to the Abstract: The Recent Sculpture of Martha Friedman,” Hyperallergic.com, September 16, 2012
Kerr, Merrily, “Martha Friedman,” Time Out New York, October 11-17, 2012
“Goings On About Town: Art; Martha Friedman,” The New Yorker, October 2012
Belasco, Daniel, “Martha Friedman in the Studio with Daniel Belasco,” Art in America, February 2012
Peetz, John Arthur, “Martha Friedman: 500 Words,” Artforum.com, September 9, 2010
Hodges, Michael H., “New Fall Exhibits Riveting,” The Detroit News, September 30, 2010
Bergerson, Chris, “At the deCordova: ‘Rubbers’ will stretch your imagination,” The Metro West Daily News, October 7, 2010
Hodges, Michael H., “Artists inspired buildings in MoCAD show,” The Detroit News, October 14, 2010
Einspruch, Frank, “Visual Arts Review,” The Arts Fuse, October 27, 2010
Kathy Grayson (Ed.), New York Minute: Sixty Artists on the New York Scene, Miami: O.H.W.O.W., September 2009
Kathleen Madden (Ed.), In the Between, (Ex. cat), London: Egeran Art Advisory, September 2009
Douglas, Sarah, “Summer in the City: Group Shows,” Artinfo, July 24, 2009
Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update,” Artnet, July 22, 2009
Gelber, Eric, "Martha Friedman: The Organization of Batter at Wallspace," Artcritical, May 14, 2009
Rochelle Steiner and Abigail Clark, Trapdoor, Public Art Fund, April 2009
Momin, Shamim M., “Future Greats,” Art Review, March 2009
Vogel, Carol, “Inside Art: Appetite For Sculpture,” The New York Times, November 7, 2008
Bunch, Alliance and Dissolve, (Ex. cat), New York: Public Holiday Projects. November, 2006
Saltz, Jerry, “The Undead of Art History,” The Village Voice, October 30, 2006
Fry, Naomi, “EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist Exhibition,” Critics’ Pick, Artforum.com, Oct 6, 2006
Alemani, Cecilia, “Mystic River,” Critics’ Pick, ArtForum.com, May 31, 2006
Mystic River, exhibition catalogue, May 2006
Cotter, Holland, “Art in Review: Mystic River,” The New York Times, May 19, 2006
“Dynasty,” exhibition catalogue, March 2006
“ETC.” exhibition catalogue, September 2005
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: ‘Justin Lowe,” The New York Times, August 5, 2005
North Drive Press Issue 2, collaboration with Rachel Harrison
2004
Johnson, Ken, “The Reality of Things,” The New York Times, June 18, 2004
Ammirati, Domenick, “Art in the Office,” Critics’ Picks, ArtForum.com, April 13, 2004
Selbach, Gerard, “Buy American,” Paris Art, March 6, 2004
ARTIST PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
2017 Visiting Artist Fellowship, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2016 NEA grant recipient in collaboration with Susan Marshall Dance Company
2013 Stage set for the Spring Dance Festival, with choreography by Merce Cunningham, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2011 Curator, Forcemeat, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Sculpture for Trapdoor, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Sculpture for EAF 06, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
TEACHING
2017 Director of the Visual Arts Program, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2011 - Present Full-time lecturer, Princeton University, Senior Seminar, Junior Seminar, Advanced Sculpture, Introductory Sculpture, Body/Object, Princeton, NJ
2013 Acting Director of the Visual Arts Program, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Advisor and Visiting Artist, New York University, New York, NY
2009-2011 Part-time lecturer, Princeton University, Introductory Sculpture, Princeton, NJ
2008 Part-time Lecturer, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, Sculpture I, Artistic Practice I & II, New Brunswick, NJ
2007 Instructor, The Cooper Union, Foundational Sculpture, New York, NY
2008 Instructor, The Cooper Union, Foundational Sculpture, New York, NY
2006 Adjunct Professor, Yale University, Introductory Sculpture, New Haven, CT
2005 Visiting Artist, New York University, New York, NY
Instructor, The Cooper Union, Casting Techniques/Foundry, New York, NY
Co-instructor with Joe Scanlan, The Cooper Union, Advanced Sculpture, New York, NY
2004 Visiting Artist, Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Instructor, Wesleyan University, Introduction to Sculpture, Middletown, CT
2002 Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Introductory Sculpture, New Haven, CT
1205 Manhattan Ave I Brooklyn, NY 11222 I studiomarthafriedman@gmail.com
b. Detroit, MI, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2003 MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2001 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, MA
1998 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1996 University of Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK (audited)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Martha Friedman: Castoffs, The Henry Museum, Seattle, WA (catalogue)
2017 Dancing Around Things, Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, New York, NY
2016 Some Hags, The IFA Great Hall, New York, NY
2015 Pore, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2012 Caught, Wallspace, New York, NY
2010 Rub, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
Rubbers, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Plug, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 The Organization of Batter, Wallspace, New York, NY
2007 Not Simply Connected, Wallspace, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Rose Ocean: Living With Duchamp, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 Weaving Gender / Quilting Race; The Politics of Digital Labor, Barnard Tunnel Gallery, New York, NY
2016 In the Flesh, Part II: Potential Adaptations, Diet, Miami, FL
2015 Not A Painting, The Hole, New York, NY
Civilization and Its Discontents: SAIC Alumni Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Drawing for Sculpture, TSA, New York, NY
Foundation Barbin Presents: Redeux (Sort of), Kai Matsumiya Gallery, New York, NY
2014 The Rhythm That Laughs You, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2013 Ten Years, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Frieze New York Sculpture Park—curated by Tom Eccles, New York, NY
Flesh and Blood, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, IL
2012 Buy My Bananas, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Catherine Konner Sculpture Park at RoCA, West Nyack, NY
The Big Toe, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Erogenous Zones, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Flesh and Blood, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, IL
Flights From Wonder, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2011 New York Minute—organized by Kathy Grayson, The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, RU
B-B-B-B-Bad, Anna Kustera, New York, NY
Sculpture is a three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials..., Johann Koenig, Berlin, DE
2010 Rock Garden, Salon 94 Freemans, New York, NY
Swagger, Drag, Fit Together, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Herd-Thinner - organized by David Hunt, Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 New York Minute—organized by Kathy Grayson, MACRO, Rome IT
In the Between—organized by Suzanne Egeran, Istanbul, TR
Offset—curated by Matthew Spiegelman, Mt Tremper Arts, Mt Tremper, NY
Time-Life Part Two, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
From Yarn to Yucca-A Continuation of the Dialogue Between Abstraction and Figuration, John Connelly
Presents, New York, NY
Submerging Artists—curated by General Store, The Dark Fair, Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
Presents, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 The Station—curated by Nate Lowman and Shamim M. Momim, Miami, FL
Lost in the Supermarket, Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY
Thank You for Coming Triple Candie, 2001-08, Triple Candie, New York, NY
2007 Trapdoor, Public Art Fund, New York, NY
Bunch, Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Obscene Soft Sounds, Wallspace, New York, NY
Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, New York, NY
2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Mystic River II, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Mystic River—curated by Noah Sheldon, SouthFirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Space Between The Spokes, KS Art, New York, NY
Dynasty—curated Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Gallery MC, New York, NY
2005 Excitations—curated by Matt Keegan, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2004 The Reality of Things, Triple Candie, New York, NY
Buy American—curated by Joe Scanlan, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, FR
G C G, Art in the Office, 22 Courtland St. New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Goings On About Town: Art; Martha Friedman,” The New Yorker, March 2017
Sweeny, Erin. “Gut Feeling, Martha Friedman: Dancing Around Things,” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2017
Droitcour, Brian. “Martha Friedman” Art in America, The Lookout, March 2017
Bennett, Molly Jean. “Martha Friedman’s Two Person Operating System” The Dilettante Army, March 2017
Haber, John. “Dancing in the Dark: Simon Starling and Martha Friedman” Haber’s Art Reviews, March 2017
Ho, Yin. “Critic’s Picks: Martha Friedman, NYU Institute of Fine Art, Great Hall” Artforum.com, October
Cascone, Sarah. “Editors’ Picks: 8 Art Events to See in New York This Week” Artnet.com. October 25,
Brathwaite, Hunter. “Reviews in Brief: Martha Friedman,” Blouinartinfo.com, February 2016
Heddaya, Mostafa. “Q&A: PAMM Curator Diana Nawi’s Miami,” Blouinartinfo.com, December 10, 2015
Levin, Jordan. “Art Basel- “Pore” at Locust Projects a Dance of Moods,” The Miami Herald, December 4, 2015
“Let the Bile Flow,” The Art Newspaper, December 4, 2015
Uszerowicz, Monica. “Two Artists Give Shape to Our Outer and Inner Selves,” Hyperallergic, December 4, 2015
Meier, Allison. “A Battle Between Body, Blood, and Bile Through Dance and Sculpture,” Hyperallergic, December 4, 2015
Phillips, Kaitlin. “In the Land of Women,” Artforum, December 2 2015
Creahan, Daniel. “AO On-Site: Art Week Miami Opening Night, December 1st, 2015,” AO, December 2, 2015
Indrisek, Scott. “Beyond the Fairs: Must-See Exhibitions in Miami During ABMB,” Blouinartinfo.com, December 1, 2015
Cascone. Sarah. “Wyclef, Deitch Get the Partying Masses Warmed Up at Art Basel in Miami Beach,” Artnet, December 1, 2015
Vartanian, Hrag. “Your Concise Guide to the 2015 Miami Art Fairs,” Hyperallergic, December 1, 2015
Pini, Gary. “Mega Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2015,” Paper, November 23, 2015
Lengel, Rebekah Lanae, “A Sculptor and a Dancer Collaborate on ‘Pore’ at Locust Projects,” The Miami Herald, November 6, 2015
Yau, John, “From the Pictorial to the Abstract: The Recent Sculpture of Martha Friedman,” Hyperallergic.com, September 16, 2012
Kerr, Merrily, “Martha Friedman,” Time Out New York, October 11-17, 2012
“Goings On About Town: Art; Martha Friedman,” The New Yorker, October 2012
Belasco, Daniel, “Martha Friedman in the Studio with Daniel Belasco,” Art in America, February 2012
Peetz, John Arthur, “Martha Friedman: 500 Words,” Artforum.com, September 9, 2010
Hodges, Michael H., “New Fall Exhibits Riveting,” The Detroit News, September 30, 2010
Bergerson, Chris, “At the deCordova: ‘Rubbers’ will stretch your imagination,” The Metro West Daily News, October 7, 2010
Hodges, Michael H., “Artists inspired buildings in MoCAD show,” The Detroit News, October 14, 2010
Einspruch, Frank, “Visual Arts Review,” The Arts Fuse, October 27, 2010
Kathy Grayson (Ed.), New York Minute: Sixty Artists on the New York Scene, Miami: O.H.W.O.W., September 2009
Kathleen Madden (Ed.), In the Between, (Ex. cat), London: Egeran Art Advisory, September 2009
Douglas, Sarah, “Summer in the City: Group Shows,” Artinfo, July 24, 2009
Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update,” Artnet, July 22, 2009
Gelber, Eric, "Martha Friedman: The Organization of Batter at Wallspace," Artcritical, May 14, 2009
Rochelle Steiner and Abigail Clark, Trapdoor, Public Art Fund, April 2009
Momin, Shamim M., “Future Greats,” Art Review, March 2009
Vogel, Carol, “Inside Art: Appetite For Sculpture,” The New York Times, November 7, 2008
Bunch, Alliance and Dissolve, (Ex. cat), New York: Public Holiday Projects. November, 2006
Saltz, Jerry, “The Undead of Art History,” The Village Voice, October 30, 2006
Fry, Naomi, “EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist Exhibition,” Critics’ Pick, Artforum.com, Oct 6, 2006
Alemani, Cecilia, “Mystic River,” Critics’ Pick, ArtForum.com, May 31, 2006
Mystic River, exhibition catalogue, May 2006
Cotter, Holland, “Art in Review: Mystic River,” The New York Times, May 19, 2006
“Dynasty,” exhibition catalogue, March 2006
“ETC.” exhibition catalogue, September 2005
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: ‘Justin Lowe,” The New York Times, August 5, 2005
North Drive Press Issue 2, collaboration with Rachel Harrison
2004
Johnson, Ken, “The Reality of Things,” The New York Times, June 18, 2004
Ammirati, Domenick, “Art in the Office,” Critics’ Picks, ArtForum.com, April 13, 2004
Selbach, Gerard, “Buy American,” Paris Art, March 6, 2004
ARTIST PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
2017 Visiting Artist Fellowship, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2016 NEA grant recipient in collaboration with Susan Marshall Dance Company
2013 Stage set for the Spring Dance Festival, with choreography by Merce Cunningham, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2011 Curator, Forcemeat, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Sculpture for Trapdoor, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Sculpture for EAF 06, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
TEACHING
2017 Director of the Visual Arts Program, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2011 - Present Full-time lecturer, Princeton University, Senior Seminar, Junior Seminar, Advanced Sculpture, Introductory Sculpture, Body/Object, Princeton, NJ
2013 Acting Director of the Visual Arts Program, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Advisor and Visiting Artist, New York University, New York, NY
2009-2011 Part-time lecturer, Princeton University, Introductory Sculpture, Princeton, NJ
2008 Part-time Lecturer, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, Sculpture I, Artistic Practice I & II, New Brunswick, NJ
2007 Instructor, The Cooper Union, Foundational Sculpture, New York, NY
2008 Instructor, The Cooper Union, Foundational Sculpture, New York, NY
2006 Adjunct Professor, Yale University, Introductory Sculpture, New Haven, CT
2005 Visiting Artist, New York University, New York, NY
Instructor, The Cooper Union, Casting Techniques/Foundry, New York, NY
Co-instructor with Joe Scanlan, The Cooper Union, Advanced Sculpture, New York, NY
2004 Visiting Artist, Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Instructor, Wesleyan University, Introduction to Sculpture, Middletown, CT
2002 Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Introductory Sculpture, New Haven, CT
1205 Manhattan Ave I Brooklyn, NY 11222 I studiomarthafriedman@gmail.com