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  CHARLEY FRIEDMAN
Brooklyn NY 11222

www.charleyfriedman.com
email: charleyelrahc@gmail.com
cel: 646-247-3361

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010    Gallery Diet, Magical Powers, Miami FL.
            VOLTA, Gallery Diet, New York NY
2008    Gallery Diet, A’Cappella, Miami FL.
2007    Sheldon Museum of Art, The Anatomy of Charley Friedman:10 year survey,        Lincoln NE
2006    Barbara Mathes Gallery, Gross Anatomy, New York
           Kantor/Feuer, Project Space Window, New York
2003    White Columns, White Room  #1, New York
2002    Queens Museum, Ramp & Wedge, New York
1998    CRP Inc, Recent Work, New York

GROUP SHOWS/PERFORMANCES,
2010    Artware Editions, Gross Anatomy/Anatomia Completa, New York NY
           Parsons Hall Projects, Speculation (Elation), Holyoke MA
2009    Gallery Diet, Second Skin, Miami FL.
           Kuf-Mold, Video Project, curators: B.Doherty, S.Batu, Rotterdam Holland
           Black and White Gallery, Commune, curator: Dominique Nahas NYC NY
           Saint Louis Book Fair, Arte Dos Grafico, Saint Louis MS.
           Berkeley International Book Fair, Arte Dos Grafico, Berkeley CA.   
2008    PS 1/MOMA, Performance: Betsey Geffen tour of Gino De Dominicis,
           Pulse Miami, Performance: Betsey Geffen ,Miami FL
           Nebraska Museum of Art, RSVP, curator: Teliza Rodriguez,     Kearney NE
           Jan Colle Gallery, Küf/Mold, curators: B. Doherty, S. Batu, Ghent Belgium   
           Entrée, curator: Krista Saunders, NYC
           Gallery Diet, Betsey Geffen: Gallery Tour, Miami FL.
           Codex Book Fair, Arte Dos Grafico, San Franciso CA
2007    PS 1/MOMA, Site Specific Project, NYC
           Sarah Meltzer Gallery, Ceci n'est pas… (This is not…),curators:Rachel               Gugelberger/Jefferery Walkowiak, NYC
          Dowling College, Inventory Control, curator: Judith Page, Islip NY
          MASH, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud Amy Smith-Stewart, NYC
          Feria International del Libro  de Bogota , represented by Arte Dos Grafico,     Bogota Colombia
          PS1/MOMA, Emergency Room, Long Island City NY
          Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, One Pill Makes You Small, curator: Sherry     Bittle
2006   Exit Art, Renegades: A history of Performance Art, NYC  NY
          EAB Bookfair, PS 1 exhibitor, NYC NY
          Frankfurt Book Fair, Ediciones Arte Dos  Graficos, Frankfurt Germany       
          Pulse, Miami Art Fair, Freight + Volume Gallery, Miami FL
          NY Bookfair, Freight + Volume Gallery,  NYC  NY   
          Vox Populi, Parts of  the Whole, curator: Elizabeth Grady, Philadelphi PA
          Peekskill Project, curator: Alison Levy, Peekskill NY   
          Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Signal Channel, Omaha NE
2005   Makor Gallery, Real Art; A Salon Celebebration, curator: Dave  Gibson, NYC
          La Rebeca,  Wish You Were Here, curator: Michele Faguet, Bogota      Colombia
          Manhattan Borough Presidents Gallery, Method Makes Practice, NYC   
          Participant, HHORRRAUTICA, NYC  NY
          Cooper Union,  Summer Exhibit,  NYC  NY
2004   Capsule Gallery, Sympathetic Nerve, New York  NY
          Aljira Center for Contemp.Art, Timesless, Timeliness, curator:Dominique          Nahas  Newark NJ
          Vox Populi, Screwball, Philadelphia NY
2003   The New Museum of Contemporary Art,  Mother’s Day Install. w/store,     New York, NY
          Hallwalls, B-List: Brooklyn, Angst, Desire,  Buffalo NY
          CAA , Crossings, curated by Anne Ellegood/Rachel Gugelberger,  Perf.  as       Betesy Geffen
2002   PS1/Institute of Contemporary Art, Performance, New York
          The Soap Factory, Pretending to Pretend, Minneapolis MN.
          White Columns, Face Value, New York
          The Joymore, The Milk of Human Kindness, Chicago, ILL.
          Scopes Art Fair: Curateor: Anne Ellegood , New York
          Momenta Art, Enough About Me: Curated By Deborah Kass, New York
          "Felix, Flowers, Flags & Poems": Performance-corner of 22nd and 10ave;     Chelsea, NYC
          Exit Art, Reactions, New York & Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
          Soap Factory, Video Installation, Minneapolis MN.
          Clifford/Smith Gallery, Project Space, Boston  MA.
2001   Ten In One Gallery, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Recession,     New York
          Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera Gallery, Performance, New York
          Knoedler Gallery/Skowhegan, Auction, New York
          White Columns, Silent Auction, New York
          Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, 20 of  Excellence, Omaha NE
2000   Meat Market Fair, Chelsea; New York
          White Columns, Posers, New York
          Makor Gallery, In Its Own Way, New York
          Site Simpatico, Performance, New York
          Sheldon Museum, Documenting Performance/Preserving Idea, LIncoln NE
          Creiger/Dane Gallery, New Work/New York, Boston
          Exit Art, The End, SoHo, New York
1999   CRP Inc, Trauma, New York
          Jack Tilton Gallery, performance, New York
          P.S. 122, avantegardearama, New York
          Sheldon Museum, Recent Acquisitions, Lincoln NE
          Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Selected Alumni Work, Omaha NE
          CRP Inc, Hottenanny, New York
          Double Pleasure, Mountainslide, New York

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2008    Fountainhead Residency, Miami Fl.
2006    Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient
           Tallier Arte Dos Grafico, Bogota Colombia
2005    Rema Hort Nominee
2005    Cooper Union, AIR Summer Studio
2004    Rema Hort Nominee
2003    Aljira  Program, Emerge, Newark NJ
2002    Eastern Frontier, Norten Island ME.
2001    Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha NE.
2000    MacDowell Colony, Peterborough NH.
1998    Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha NE.

EDUCATION
1996    MFA: School of the Museum of Fine Arts ,Boston/Tufts University
1990    BFA: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
1995    Skowhegan School of Art, Skowhegan  ME.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nancy Jones, Art Slant, www.artslant.com, February 2010
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, New Miami Times, February 2010
Brett Sokol, The Miami Herald, Feb. 8, 2008, p.F2
Adriana Herrera, El Nuevo Herald, Feb. 24, 2008 p.2D
Chris  Bors, Art Info, March, 2008
Benjamin Genocchio, The New York Times, January 28, 2007 p.11
Dan Bischoff, The Sunday Star-Ledger, August 15, 2004, p. 3
Cynnie Gaasch, Art voice, April 20, 2003, p.16
Richard Huntington, “Art Reviews”, Buffolo News, May 2 ,2003, p.19
Joelle Shrestha, “Arts”, Night & Day, April 17, 2003, p.11
Johnson, Ken, “Reviews”, New York Times, Feb 21, 2002 Weekend Sec. p. 5
Johnson, Ken, “Reviews”, New York Times, Dec 4, 1998 Weekend Sec. p. 4
Walgamott, L. Kent, “Reviews”, Lincoln Journal Star, June 3, 2001 p. 16H
Walgamott, L. Kent, Sunday Journal Star, Nov 1998, p. 6   
Smith, Roberta,  New York Times “Terra Bomba, A Performance View of Installation”, January 31, 1997, Sec C, p.28
Freedman, Matt, “Terra Bomba, Exit Art” Review, January 15, 1997, p. 18
Levin, Kim, “Terra Bomba”, Village Voice, December 24, 1996, Choice Section

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
    Brooklyn Museum, Artist Books Collection, Brooklyn NY
    Stanford University, Stanford CA.
    Goldman Collection, New York NY
    New York Public Library, Prints & Drawing Collection,, New York City
    Amherst College, Amherst MA.
    Sheldon Memorial Museum, Lincoln NE
    Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha NE

VISITING ARTIST & LECTURES


2010    Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY
           The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2008    University of Buffalo, Buffalo NY
           Mont Clair State, Mont Clair NJ
           Buffalo State, Buffalo NY
           New York Studio School, Panel Coordinator: John Tomlinson
2007    Cooper Union, Guest Artist, NYC
2006    New York Studio School, Panel Coordinator: Dominique Nahas
           Makor Center, Guest Panel, Panel Coordinator:Dave Gibson, NYC  NY
2005    Makor Center, Guest Panel, Panel Coordinator:Dave Gibson, NYC  NY
2004    University of Tennessee, Visiting Artist; Sculpture Deparment
2003    New York University, Guest Lecture
2000    The MacDowell Colony, Guest Lecture
1998    Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Guest Lecture