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CHARLEY FRIEDMAN

 

www.charleyfriedman.com

email: charleyelrahc@gmail.com

cellular: 646-247-3361

 

Works/Lives: Brooklyn NY, Lincoln NE 68502

born: 1991


EDUCATION

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME.

MFA: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University

BFA: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012      Gridspace, curated: Charles Goldman, Brooklyn NY

2011      Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, This Place Has No Atmosphere,                  

             Curator: K Bear Koss, Dublin Ireland

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, Curator: Dan Siedell, 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,


2013      Lehman College Art Gallery, Contemporary Cartographies, NYC NY                 

              Blanc Gallery, The Written Word, Boston MA

2012      Artist Alliance, Abrazo Interno Gallery, Curated by Edwin Ramoran NY

              Culture Fix, Looking Into The Light, Curator: Leo Reijnders, NYC

2011       Fabric Workshop, Fighting Kissing Dancing, Curator:Carlos Rigau, Philadephia PA

              U-Turn Gallery, People That Make Us Smile, Cincinnati OH

2010      Pulse Miami, Gallery Diet, Miami FL

              White Box, Sanctioned Array, New York NY

              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 , 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 Celebration, 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 Betsey 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 Memorial Art Gallery, Documenting Performance/Preserving Idea.  U. of  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 Memorial Art Gallery, Recent Acquisitions, University of Nebraska/Lincoln

                  Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Selected Alumni Work, Omaha NE

                  CRP Inc, Hottenanny, New York

                  Double Pleasure, Mountainslide, New York

 

 

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

2011                  Smack Mellon, “Hot Picks Artist”, NYC NY

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.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GQ Italia Autunno + Inverno, November 2011, p 23

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

 

2012           University of Nebraska, Hixson-Lied Graduate Lecturer

2011           De La Cruz Collection, Miami FL

                   University of Nebraska, Lincoln

                   Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY

                   University of Nebraska, Wilson Memorial Lectures, Omaha NE

2010           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