Artist: Brett R. Freund
Brett R. Freund, MINNESOTA
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When working I think about my own definitions of preciousness and value. How does an object qualify itself as being important? Is what I’m after rare like a diamond, does it take time to grow like a crystal or is it a symbol that references a status or identity? Most importantly, how can I scrutinize hierarchies without undermining the possibility of growing in my craft?
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
2015 Jerome Ceramic Artists Project Grant Awarded by Northern Clay Center
2014 The LEAP Award, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh PA
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
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
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
JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2016 Featured Artist, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
A Kook Milieu, Kelly Behun Studio, Barneys New York
2015 Exhibition with Kari Smith and Holly Walker
2015 Featured Artist, Sintra Gallery, Sweden
2014 American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center
2014 Edge, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2014 New Media Exploration, Mimi and Ian Rolland Art Center, University of Saint Francis
2013 Featured Artist, Plum Collective
2013 Cup: The Intimate Object IX, Charlie Cummings Gallery
2013 Containment IV: Allstars, Crimson Laurel Gallery
2013 2013 Yumoni Invitational, AKAR
2013 Distilled Essences I, Charlie Cummings Gallery
2013 Multiplicity, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University Maryland
2012 Our Cup Runneth Over, The Society of Arts and Craft, Boston
2012 Three Cups, Durango Arts Center
2012 Cup: The Intimate Object VIII, Charlie Cummings Gallery
2012 Source Material, Crimson Laurel Gallery
2012 20th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National
Juror: Jack Troy
2012 Clay National VIII Sculptural Ceramics, Carbondale Clay Center
2012 Clay EVV, University of Southern Indiana
2012 New Work, New Problems, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries
2012 Daily Companions, Baltimore Clayworks
2012 Small Favors VII, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Cup: The Intimate Object VII, Charlie Cummings Gallery
2011 19th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National
Juror: Mary Barringer
2011 Below the Surface, 4th Annual Lillstreet International
Chicago, IL
2011 The Eighth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Student Success Arts Competition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2011 “A.I.R. Support” of The Resident Show,
St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, FL
2011 NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition
USF Tampa, Florida
2011 MFA Juried Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2010 Student Success Arts Competition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2010 MFA Juried Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2010 Shino Redux 2010, Clay Art Center, Juror: Malcolm Davis
2009 The Sixth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Friendly Fire-CERAMICS, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2009 Student Art Showcase, 22nd Art Fair, Laumeier Sculpture Park,
St. Louis Missouri Jurors Choice: Third Place
2009 ‘Endangered’, Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 MFA Juried Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2008 Cups Galore, JFH Studio, Missouri
2008 First Illinois Teapot Invitational, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
2007 Craft Art 2007, Florida Craftsman, Inc.
The Coliseum, St. Petersburg, Fl
2007 Its Only Clay 2007, Bemidji Community Art Center
Juror: Jeff Oestreich
2007 Hopelessly Devoted, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
2007 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
2006 Holiday Member’s Show, Florida Craftsmen, Inc. St Petersburg, Fl
2006 40 under 40, The Clay Place, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
2006 662.16 A Resident Exchange Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, Odyssey Gallery St. Petersburg Clay Company, Tim Salen Gallery
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Ceramics Contemporary Artists Working In Clay publication, Chronicle Books, Kate Singleton, p. 56-59
2015 Graphic Clay; publication, Lark Books, Jason Bige Burnett, p. 56
“Exposure” September 2012 Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly, p. 18
2012 “Emerging Artist 2012” May 2012 Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly, p. 74
“Exposure” April 2012 Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly, p. 18
2011 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