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Joanne Freeman
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Freeman’s vibrant paintings evoke the transition from 20th-century Cubism to the more fluid, undulating forms of the 21st century. Her colorful shapes suggest skyscrapers, stained-glass windows, imaginary figures, illegible texts, or puzzle pieces.
— Lilly Wei
My paintings and drawings incorporate forms found in architecture, design, popular culture, and art history. I use adhesive tape to mask shapes and create stenciled forms. This process references early screen-printing techniques, as well as Cubism and collage.
My recent multicolored paintings and drawings are made with saturated dyed colors on linen and with gouache on handmade paper. They consist of hand-drawn shapes that spread flat and meet at the edges. The curves and irregularities of the edges emphasize the space between them, reading both as a line and as a structure. The shapes and colors are rendered intuitively, each choice informing the next, always keeping in mind the interaction of negative and positive space.
When I apply oil paint to linen, I try to preserve and emphasize the physical properties inherent to both materials—the weave of the linen and the pure, saturated color of the paint. This direct, tactile approach celebrates the detail of forms, the beauty of singular color, and the power of simplicity.
— Joanne Freeman
Inspiration
EDUCATION
M.A. Studio Art, New York University, NY, NY
B.S. Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York Conversation, New York
2021
Gilman Contemporary, Color as Form, Ketchum, Idaho
2018
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, My Generation, New York
2016
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York
2015
490 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013
University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor Me
2012
Gallery Ehva, Provincetown, Mass.
2008
Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York
2005
Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York
Au 9 Galerie D'art, Casablanca, Morocco
2004
Repetition & Change, Joanne Freeman, Gerri Rachins, Brant Gallery, Mass.College of Art, Boston Mass.
1992
Bess Cutler Gallery, Santa Monica, Calif
1991
Bess Cutler Gallery, NY. NY.
1990
Marc Jancou Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1989
Bess Cutler Gallery, NY. NY
1988
The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY.
1986
Hudson Gallery, NY. NY.
1984
White Columns, NY. NY.
1981
Just Above Midtown/Downtown, NY. NY.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Resonant Space, Mono Practice, Baltimore, Maryland
On Balance, New Work by American Abstract Artists, Brooklyn, NY
Pulp Reality, Exploring Paper as a Medium, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho
Blurring Boundaries, The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut
2022
Blurring Boundaries, The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present, LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
Magic, Metaphor Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Blurring Boundaries, The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present, Warner Gallery, South Bend Museum of Art South Bend, IN and the Baker Museum, Naples, FL
Four Season Downtown Residences, New York, NY
Digital: AAA Prints, 2012-2019, The Gallery at the Visual & Performing Arts Center at WCSU, Danbury, CT
2020
Deck Your Walls, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum Idaho
Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, Texas
IdeelArt Presents Homage to the Square Exhibition Curated by Richard Caldicott,
https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/ideelart-exhibition
2019
Blue Print Gallery, Dallas Texas
American Abstract Artists: Digital Prints, 2012 - 2019, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Six Painters, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor Me.
Black and White, online exhibition, Widewalls.ch
Homage to the Square, online exhibition, Artsy.net
Painters Prints, Stark Campus Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
2018
Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Pier 36, New York
2017
International Fine Print Dealers Association, New York
The 34th Annual Fine Print Fair, Cleveland, Ohio (juror's choice award)
Just Under 100, New Prints Summer 2017International Print Center, New York
2016
Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Pier 36, New York
2015
Formal Aspects, Visual Dialogue in Structure, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Mass.
A few Conversations About Color, dm contemporary, New York
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014
Familiar LIne, Key Projects, Queens, New York
Color, Shape and Form, Galerie Gris, Hudson, New York
2013
Wit, The Painting Center, NY. NY. Curator: Joanne Freeman
2012
Maine, Bogart Salon, Bushwick, New York
Instructors Show, The School House Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2011
Paper, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2010
Color-Time-Space, Rosenberg Gallery, Calkins Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead NY. Curators: Joanne Freeman and Kim Uchiyama
2009
Color-Time-Space, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn NY. Curators: Joanne Freeman, Kim Uchiyama
Color-Time-Space, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York. Curators: Joanne Freeman, Kim Uchiyama
Drawing Atlas, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA.
2008
Drawing Atlas, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York
Masur Museum of Art, Munro La.
Selections, Lohin Geduld Gallery New York
2007
Summer Group Show, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York
2006
Neo Plastic Redux, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio, TX.
Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY.
2005
Mod, Broadway Gallery, New York
Made in the USA, Pickled Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2001
History Lessons, Aramona Studio, New York
2000
One on One, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Mass.
1992
Persistence of Painting, Varieties of Vision, Kohn Pederson, Fox Gallery, New York
1990
Auction for Action Act Up New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Benefit Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1989
Gallery Artists, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
American Pie, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan (catalogue)
1988
Gold Show, Minor Injury, Brooklyn, New York
1986
Hudson Gallery, New York
1985
Nite Show, Public Image Gallery, New York
Shifting Views ,B.A.C.A. Downtown, Brooklyn, New York
wUpdate 84-85, White Columns, New York
1984
Art Against Apartheid, ABC No Rio, New York
Four Artists, Soho Center for the Visual Arts, New York
1983
Christminster Fine Art, New York
1982
Hot, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York
AWARDS
2024
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in the category of Painting
2021
Pollock-Krasner Foundation GranT
2019 - Present
Vice President of American Abstract Artists New York, NY.
2017
Just Under 100, New Prints Summer 2017 International Print Center, NY. (juror Katherine Bradford)
The 34th Annual Fine Print Fair, Cleveland, Ohio (juror's choice award)
2009
Fellowship, Bau Institute, Otranto, Italy
1987
Resident Palenville Art Center, Palenville, NY.
1986
Resident Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
CURATION PROJECTS
2019
Panel Discussion: Beyond the Gendered Lens: From the AAA Exhibition, Blurring Boundaries, to a larger discussion of Women in Contemporary Art, Pen and Brush, NY.
Signage (Artists in Cars) Online exhibition, Artsy.net
2017
Domestic Disturbances, 490 Atlantic, Brooklyn NY. Curator: Joanne Freeman
2013
Wit, The Painting Center, NY. NY. Curator: Joanne Freeman
2010
Color-Time-Space, Rosenberg Gallery, Calkins Hall, Hofstra University,
Hempstead NY. Curators: Joanne Freeman and Kim Uchiyama
2009
Color-Time-Space, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn NY. Curators: Joanne Freeman, Kim Uchiyama
Color-Time-Space, Lohin Geduld Gallery, NY. NY. Curators: Joanne Freeman, Kim Uchiyama
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