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BIOGRAPHY: Mitchell Friedman is a painter / printmaker who grew up in Chicago, Illinois, reading folklore and mythology, and roaming the friendly confines of the Art institute and Wrigley Field. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture as a recipient of the graphics scholarship award. The artist became a master printer and the director of his own graphics workshop, first, in Vermont, and then in New York City, for twelve years. At that time he worked with a diverse group of artists, including Jim Dine, Wolf Kahn, and R.B. Kitaj. He has taught and lectured on printmaking and drawing at Dartmouth, Harvard, Williams, the Toledo Museum, California State University and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking. His artwork has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions in Connecticut, New York and Los Angeles. His work is represented in many collections including: The Toledo Museum of Art, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Hood Museum, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The Oakland Museum, The Achenbach Foundation For The Graphic Arts, The San Diego Museum of Art, and The Library of Congress. EXHIBITIONS: 2008 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Group Show 2007 CONTRARY to the Laws of Nature, Sarah Lee Artworks & Projects, Santa Monica, CA, Group Show 2006 RECENT WORK, Don O’Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, One Person Show 2004 CT PRINTS, Westport Arts Center, Westport CT
2003
Surrealism Unbound, Ward Nasse Gallery Chelsea, New York City 2002 COLOR MY WORLD, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, One Person Show 2001 LITERARY SOURCES, Narrative Paintings & Works On paper, Weston Library, Weston, CT, One Person Show CHROMOPHOBIA, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT PAPER PRINT PROCESS, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT ART NOIR, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT, Three Person Show
2000 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS, Works on Paper, Hays Gallery, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT, One person Show CULTURAL EXCHANGE, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT PAPERWORKS, Connecticut Graphic Arts, Norwalk, CT PAST PRESENT FUTURE, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
1998 WEIR FARM VISITING ARTIST, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, Five Person Show ART AS SPECTACLE, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY
1997 NEW YORK ARTIST EQUITY 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT, Broome Street Gallery, NYC INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION, Connecticut Graphic Arts, Norwalk, CT
1996 WORKS ON PAPER, Rosenfeld Gallery, Westport Art Center, One Person Show ARTISTS INVITE ARTISTS, Art/Place, Southport, CT RESIDENT ARTISTS, Cheesebourgh Ponds Gallery, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT
1993 PAINTINGS & MONOTYPES, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale CA, One Person Show
1991 TEN CALIFORNIA ARTISTS, Downey Museum Of ART, Downey, CA
1989 PAINTINGS & MONOTYPES, Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles CA, One Person Show THE AMERICAN MONOTYPE, Sragow Gallery, New York, NY GALLERY ARTISTS, Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1988 DRAMA TO MELODRAMA, First Street Gallery, New York, NY, Four Person Show ARF ART, Trabia/Macaffee Gallery, New York, NY
1986 GALLERY ARTISTS, Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York, NY
1985 HUDSON VALLEY '85, Mid-Hudson Arts Center, Pougkeepsie, NY
1984 INVITATIONAL SHOW, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1983 INVITATIONAL SHOW, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1981 PRINTS & DRAWINGS, Upper Jewett, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, One Person Show
1980 GROUP SHOW, Elaine Horowitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
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TEACHING: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Printmaking workshop / lecture. Winter 2000 Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Gallery Talk: Jim Dine Prints, Summer 1999 Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT Advanced Monotype Course, 1998 AH-AH School of Art, Telluride, CO Introductory Etching, Summer 1993 California State University, Los Angeles, CA Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Introductory Drawing, 1992 Los Angeles High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA Drawing, 1990 The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Ohio Visiting Lecturer in Printmaking, Fall 1982 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Visiting Faculty in Art, Spring/Summer 1982 Advanced & Beginning Printmaking and Drawing Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Guest Lecturer with Jim Dine, Artist-in-Residence, 1980 Williams College, Williamstown, MA Guest Lecturer with Jim Dine, Artist-in-Residence, 1978 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Art Department Teaching Assistant, 1974-76 EXPERIENCE: Visiting Artist, Weir Farm Heritage Trust, Wilton, CT 1998 Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT, artist member 1997-present Master Printer, Mitchell Friedman Studio, New York, NY Shop Artists included: Jim Dine, Wolf Kahn and R.B. Kitaj 1975-83 Director, The Monotype Studio, New York, NY Experimental Printmaking Workshop EDUCATION: Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME Graphics Scholarship Recipient 1975 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH B.A. Cum Laude, 1974
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