JOANNE FREEMAN

EDUCATION:
M.A. Studio Art, New York University, NY. NY.
B.S. Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.

EXHIBITIONS:
2021    Gilman Contemporary, Color as Form, Ketchum Idaho, 
2018    Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, My Generation, NY. NY. 
2016    Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY. NY.
2015    490 Gallery, Brooklyn NY.            
2013    University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor Me.
2012    Gallery Ehva, Provincetown, Mass.
2008    Lohin Geduld Gallery NY. NY.
2005    Lohin Geduld Gallery NY. NY.
2005    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.
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021   Blurring Boundaries, The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-                                             Present, Warner Gallery, South Bend Museum of Art South Bend, Indiana
2020   Deck Your Walls, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum Idaho
2020   Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2020   IdeelArt Presents Homage to the Square Exhibition Curated by Richard             Caldicott, https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/ideelart-exhibition
2019   Blue Print Gallery, Dallas Texas
2019   American Abstract Artists: Digital Prints, 2012 - 2019, Transmitter    Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 
2019   Six Painters, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor Me.
2019   Black and White, online exhibition, Widewalls.ch
2019   Homage to the Square, online exhibition, Artsy.net
2019   Painters Prints, Stark Campus Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
2018   Blurring Boundaries, The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-                                             Present, Murray State Univ. Murray, KY. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TE.
2018   The Built Environment, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY. NY. 
2018   Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Pier 36, NY. NY.
2017   International Fine Print Dealers Association, NY. NY.
2017   The 34th Annual Fine Print Fair, Cleveland, Ohio (juror's choice award)
2017   Just Under 100, New Prints Summer 2017 International Print Center, NY.                       (juror Katherine Bradford)
2016   Art on Paper, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Pier 36, NY. NY.
2015   Formal Aspects, Visual Dialogue in Structure, Cape Cod Museum of Art, 
          Dennis, Mass.
2015     A few Conversations About Color, dm contemporary NY, NY.
2015    Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2015    Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2014    Familiar LIne, Key Projects, Queens, NY.
2014    Color, Shape and Form, Galerie Gris, Hudson NY.
2012    Maine, Bogart Salon, Bushwick, NY.
2012    Instructors Show, The School House Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
2012    Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn NY.
2011    Paper, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2009    Drawing Atlas, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA.
2008    Drawing Atlas, Lohin Geduld Gallery, NY. NY.
2008    Masur Museum of Art, Munro La.
2008    Selections, Lohin Geduld Gallery NY. NY.
2007    Summer Group Show, Lohin Geduld Gallery, NY. NY.
2006    Neo Plastic Redux, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY. NY.
2006    Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio TX. Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn NY. 
2005    Mod, Broadway Gallery, NY. NY.
2005    Made in the USA, Pickled Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2001    History Lessons, Aramona Studio, NY. NY.
2000    One on One, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Mass.
1992    Persistence of Painting, Varieties of Vision, Kohn Pederson,
           Fox Gallery, NY.  NY.
1990    Auction for Action Act Up New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, NY. NY.
           Benefit Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY. NY.
1989    Gallery Artists, Bess Cutler Gallery, NY. NY.
           American Pie, Bess Cutler Gallery, NY. NY.
           Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan (catalogue)
1988    Gold Show, Minor Injury, Brooklyn, NY.
1986    Hudson Gallery, NY. NY
1985    Nite Show, Public Image Gallery, NY.
           Shifting Views ,B.A.C.A. Downtown, Brooklyn, NY.
           Update 84-85, White Columns, NY. NY
1984    Art Against Apartheid, ABC No Rio, NY. NY.
           Four Artists, Soho Center for the Visual Arts, NY NY.
1983    Christminster Fine Art, NY. NY.
1982    Hot, Gracie Mansion Gallery, NY. NY.

AWARDS AND HONORS:
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)
2017  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

CURATORIAL 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. http://www.penandbrush.org/event/beyond-the-            gendered-lens-from-the-aaa-exhibition-blurring-boundaries
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j9yMo-tqxcxb1vuW7zKCO07cYaj1iHaM/        view?usp=sharing
2019    Signage (Artists in Cars) Online exhibition, Artsy.net 
    https://www.artsy.net/show/ideelart-signage-artists-in-cars-curated-by-        joanne-freeman-vice-president-of-the-american-abstract-artists
2017    Domestic Disturbances, 490 Atlantic, Brooklyn NY. 
    http://domestic-disturbances.blogspot.com
2013    Wit, The Painting Center, NY. NY. 
    https://www.thepaintingcenter.org/wit
2010  Color-Time-Space, Rosenberg Gallery, Calkins Hall, Hofstra University,                 Hempstead NY. Co-curated with Kim Uchiyama          
2009    Color-Time-Space, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn NY.  
2009    Color-Time-Space, Lohin Geduld Gallery, NY. NY. 
 
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS:
2020    Elsa Lacock, Oen, Delving into Abstract Shapes - Paintings & Prints by Joanne Freeman,
     https://the189.com/?s=Joanne+freeman
2019    Elena Martinique, Widewalls.ch, Paint Your World Black and White With These  Artworks,
     https://www.widewalls.ch/black-and-white-artworks/
2019    Phillip Barcio, Widewalls.ch, Diversity is Key to the Future of American             Abstract Artists, 
    https://www.widewalls.ch/american-abstract-artists-interview/  
2019    Meet Joanne Freeman, Boston Voyager Magazine
     http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/meet-joanne-freeman/      
2017    Joanne Mattera, Joanne Mattera Art Blog, Autumn in New York, Part 6:         Eccentric Domesticity,
     http://joannematteraartblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/autumn-in-new-york-        part-6-eccentric.html 
2016    Daniel Larkin, A Blue Gallery Tour of Chelsea, Hyperallergic, March 11
    https://hyperallergic.com/281199/a-blue-gallery-tour-of-chelsea/
2016    Christelle Thomas, Joanne Freeman Interview, Ideel Art Blog, March 5
    https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/joanne-freeman-interview
2016    Celeste Kaufman, In Conversation with Joanne Freeman, Kathryn Markel         Fine Arts, February Feb.16
    https://www.markelfinearts.com/blog/58/
2016    Phillip J. Mellen, ahtcast, Artist Interview, Joanne Freeman, February 2
    http://www.ahtcast.com/2016/02/artist-interview-joanne-freeman.html
2015    Rhiannon Lee, Formal Aspects at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Artscope         webzine, March
    https://artscopemagazine.com/2015/03/formal-aspects-at-the-cape-cod-        museum-of-art/
2013    Franklin Einspruch, When Hostility turns into Mannerism, Subtle Simplicity offers Respite, Artcritical, Dec. 16, 2013
    http://www.artcritical.com/2013/12/06/franklin-einspruch-on-aqua-miami-        beach-2013
2013    George Kinghorn, Three Chords, UMaine Museum of Art, Catalogue essay, June
2013    Daniel Kany, Art Review: Paintings in the Key of Bob Dylan anchor strong         line up at UMMA, Portland Press Herald, August 25
    https://www.pressherald.com/2013/08/25/paintings-in-the-key-of-dylan-        anchor-strong-lineup-at-umma_2013-08-25/
2013    Brett Baker, Joanne Freeman: In Conversation, Painters' Table, Aug.27
    https://www.painters-table.com/blog/joanne-freeman-                    conversation#.UiTBsRZlr7I
2013    Joanne Freeman, Wit, The Painting Center, Catalogue essay, February
    https://www.thepaintingcenter.org/wit
2012    Joanne Mattera, Calligraphic Blue, Joanne Mattera's Art Blog. May 10
    http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2012/05/calligraphic-blue.html
2009    James Panero, Gallery Chronicle, The New Criterion, October
    https://newcriterion.com/issues/2009/10/gallery-chronicle-4290#back7
2009    Joanne Mattera, Color-Time-Space Joanne Mattera's Art Blog, October 
    http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2009/10/color-time-space-at-lohin-        geduld.html
2008    Lily Wei. Joanne Freeman and Kim Uchiyama Lohin Geduld, Artnews,                 December
2008    Joanne Mattera, Acute Conditions, October 8
    http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2008/10/acute-conditions.html
2006    David Cohen, The Afterlife of an Ideal, New York Sun, June 29
2005    Mario Naves. Patience and Care Engender Paintings in Perpetual Motion, NY Observer, December 19
1991    Peter Frank, Art Picks of the Week, LA Weekly, March 13 -  March 19
1988    John Marzuli, Tanks for the Paintings, Daily News, August 26
1988    Claudia Schwalb, Group Show Queens Museum, Cover Magazine, October
1988    Sylvia Falcon, Hots, Part I & II, East Village Eye, September


VISITING ARTIST:
New York University, New York, NY.
New School for Social Research, New York, NY.
New York Studio School, New York, NY.
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston Ma.
Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY.
Marie Sharpe Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Rome Art Program, Rome, Italy