藝術家 / Brett Freund

Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Brett Freund has studied and traveled in a variety of areas in the United States. After a residency at St. Petersburg Clay Company in Florida Brett received his MFA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and later was awarded the Lormina Salter Fellowship from Baltimore Clayworks. He exhibits nationally and was chosen as 2012 Emergency Artist by Ceramics Monthly.
 

EDUCATION

2011 – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Master of Fine Arts

 

2001-2005 – Indiana University of Pennsylvania
– BFA Art Studio

RESIDENCIES
2012-Present – Baltimore Clayworks, Lormina Salter Fellowship

2005-2007 – St Petersburg Clay Company, Artist in Residence

AWARDS

2012 – Lormina Salter Fellowship, Baltimore Clayworks
– “Emerging Artist 2012” Ceramics Monthly

2011 – Below the Surface: Fourth Annual Lillstreet International 
Chicago, IL, Honorable Mention
– Student Success Arts Competition Award, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

2010 – Research Grant for Graduate Students, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
– Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
– Friends of Art Annual Art Auction, Honorable Mention

2009- Student Art Showcase, 22nd Art Fair, Laumeier Sculpture Park,
St. Louis Missouri, Jurors Choice: Third Place
– Friends of Art Annual Art Auction, Honorable Mention

2008 – First Illinois Teapot Invitational, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois. Jurors Choice: Third Place

2007 – Pinellas County Art Grant
– Its Only Clay 2007, Bemidji Community Art Center, Purchase Award

2006 – Cup: The Intimate Object V, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN, Jurors Choice Award: Pete Pinnell 

 

2004 – Frank Ross Memorial Scholarship

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 – Bliss Point, Baltimore Clayworks

2011 – Ornamentation of Regret, Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MI

2006 – Tightening the Strings, Tim Salen Gallery
– St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, FL

2005 – Working Towards a Standard, Miller Gallery, IUP

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JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2014 – New Media Exploration, Mimi and Ian Rolland Art  Center, University of Saint Francis

2013 – Featured Artist, Plum Collective
– Cup: The Intimate Object IX, Charlie Cummings Gallery
– Containment IV: Allstars, Crimson Laurel Gallery

– 2013 Yumoni Invitational, AKAR
– Distilled Essences I, Charlie Cummings Gallery
– Multiplicity, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University Maryland

2012 – Our Cup Runneth Over, The Society of Arts and Craft, Boston
– Three Cups, Durango Arts Center
– Cup: The Intimate Object VIII, Charlie Cummings Gallery
– Source Material, Crimson Laurel Gallery
– 20th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National

Juror: Jack Troy
– Clay National VIII Sculptural Ceramics, Carbondale Clay Center
– Clay EVV, University of Southern Indiana 
– New Work, New Problems, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries
– Daily Companions, Baltimore Clayworks
– Small Favors VII, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2011 – Cup: The Intimate Object VII, Charlie Cummings Gallery
– 19th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National. Juror: Mary Barringer
– Below the Surface, 4th Annual Lillstreet International, Chicago, IL
– The Eighth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 
– Student Success Arts Competition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 
– “A.I.R. Support” of The Resident Show, St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, FL
– NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, USF Tampa, Florida
– MFA Juried Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

2010 – Student Success Arts Competition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
– MFA Juried Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
– Shino Redux 2010, Clay Art Center, Juror: Malcolm Davis

2009 – The Sixth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 
– Friendly Fire-CERAMICS, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
– Student Art Showcase, 22nd Art Fair, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis Missouri. Jurors Choice: Third Place
– ‘Endangered’, Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
– MFA Juried Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

2008 – Cups Galore, JFH Studio, Missouri
– First Illinois Teapot Invitational, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois

2007 – Craft Art 2007, Florida Craftsman, Inc., The Coliseum, St. Petersburg, Fl
– Its Only Clay 2007, Bemidji Community Art Center. Juror: Jeff Oestreich
– Hopelessly Devoted, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
– Cup: The Intimate Object V, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN. Juror: Pete Pinell

2006 – Craft Art 2006, Florida Craftsmen, Inc., The Coliseum, St. Petersburg, Fl
– Holiday Member’s Show, Florida Craftsmen, Inc. St Petersburg, Fl
– 40 under 40, The Clay Place, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
– 662.16 A Resident Exchange, Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, Odyssey Gallery and St. Petersburg Clay Company, Tim Salen Gallery

 

PUBLICATIONS
– “Emerging Artist 2012” May 2012, Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly, p. 74
– “Exposure” April 2012, Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly, p. 18
– Merino, Tony, The 2011 National Student Juried Exhibition, Ceramics Monthly, September 2011, pages 58-59, Image of Artwork p. 59

 

COLLECTIONS
– Kamm Teapot Foundation, NC
– Student Success Center, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
– Margaret Harlow Collection, Bemidji State University, MN