RESUME

480 Gate 5 Road, Studio 205
Sausalito, California 94965
aqsfriedman@gmail.com
alexfriedmantapestry.com

Education Skidmore College, BA
Master classes with Archie Brennan, Jean-Pierre LaRochette, Marcel Marois, and Sharon Marcus.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012	'In the Wool,' Mill Valley City Hall, Mill Valley, CA
2012	Richioli Vineyards, Healdsburg, CA
2011	'In the Wool,' Mill Valley Council Chambers, City Hall, Mill Valley, CA
2010	'A Show of Hands,' Marin Cancer Center, Greenbrae, CA
2009	Clubhouse Gallery at Smith Ranch, San Rafael, CA
2002	'Travelling Ravelling,' Lewis Elton Gallery, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, England
1998	"The Weaver's Art," Fleming Gallery, TASIS, Thorpe, Surrey, England (Artist in residence)

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2011	'Fantastic Fibers,' Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY (international Juried show) 'Art of the Line,' Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2009	'Art of Fine Craft' National Juried exhibition, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE 'Small Artworks Invitational,' Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, ID
2008	American Tapestry Biennial 7, international show juried by Susan Warner Keene, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa, FL, and Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY 'Land,' Textiles Workshop, Australia National University, Canberra, Australia
2007	CraftForms 2007, Wayne Art Center, Philadelphia, PA. National craft show (juried by Mark Richard Leach of the Mint Museum of Design + Craft, Charlotte, NC)
2006	"Textile Arts Today" Synopsis Inc, Mountain View, California (invitation) "Tapestries on the Edge." Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA (Juried)
1996	First American Tapestry Alliance Biennial (juried)
1995	CRAFTS '95, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT (national Juried show) 'A Taste of Tapestry,' University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (Invitational 4 artists)
1992	'ITNET 2' Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. (juried) "White Nights," Marble Palace, St Petersburg, Russia (in conjunction with the Textile Design Symposium)
1990	'American Tapestry Today,' Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA (juried) 'A Fine Line,' Oregon school for the Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon and the Center for Tapestry Art, New York City, NY (juried)
1988	Corporate Art Collection, Old State House, Hartford, Connecticut
1976	'Tapestries,' Sheila Davidson Textile Gallery, London, UK

AWARDS AND INVITATIONS

2008	'Best in Show,' Contemporary Tapestry TWINE (Tapestry Weavers in New England) Rivertree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME
1995	Honorable Mention, CRAFTS '95, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT (National Juried Show) 'Best in Fiber,' Society of Connecticut Craft's Annual Show, Jewish Community Center, Bloomfield, CT Lyman Allen Museum, New London, CT
1994	'Alberta Pfeiffer Award for Best in Design,' Society of Connecticut Craft's Annual Show, Lyman Allen Museum, New London, CT
1993	Invited participant in Textile Design Symposium, St Petersburg, Russia.
1992	Panelist on Tapestry Design Seminar sponsored by the American Tapestry Alliance (ATA) in Washington, D.C.
1991	Fellowship Award for the Visual Arts from the New England Foundation for the Arts
1989	'Joseph S. Stackpole Trust Award for Best in Show,' Society of Connecticut Craft's Annual Show, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT

CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS

2011	"A Show of Hands: Alex Friedman" by Marianne Haller, Tapestry Topics, V37, no2, pp 18-21 online at americantapestryalliance.org/documents
2010	"Profile: Alex Friedman: Tapestry with a Twist" by Hollis Walker, Fiberarts Magazine, April May issue
2009	"Alex Friedman's New Twist" by Linda Rees. Tapestry Topics, V35 No 2, pp American Tapestry Alliance, summer issue Awards section, Fiberarts Magazine, Jan/Feb issue
2008	American Tapestry Biennial 7 catalog, American Tapestry Alliance
1994	"International Tapestry in the 1990's," Fiberarts Magazine, June /July issue, by Carol Russell, (illustration p.43)
1992	"Textilforum," summer issue, Hannover, Germany (cover photo) ITNET 2, Sponsored by ITNET and the Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
1990	American Tapestry Today, sponsored by the American Tapestry Alliance and the Syntex Corporation. American Craft, June/July issue, American Craft Council, New York City, N.Y. (photo)
1988	"Corporate Art Collections" sponsored by Corporate Curators, Inc., Hartford, CT

COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS

Aetna Life and Casualty Company, Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut Bank and Trust, Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut Business and Industry Associates, Hartford, Connecticut
Congregation Ahavath Achim, Colchester, Connecticut
Mechanics Savings Bank, Hartford, Connecticut
St. Francis Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Hale and Dorr, Attorneys, Boston, Massachusetts
...and numerous private clients

LECTURES

2010	"25 Years along the Warp" TWW 25 Year Exhibition, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA , January 24
2008	Lecture -slide talk for the Mt Tamalpais Weavers, Marin Garden Center
2008	"Metamorphoses, Contemporary Tapestry." Oakland Cultural Art Center, Oakland, CA, August
1994	"Fabulous Fibers Series," Wadsworth Athenuem, Hartford, CT
1993	"Contemporary American Tapestry" Textile Design Symposium, St Petersburg, Russia, June
1992	"ITNET 2," Docent talk, Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, August
1992	"Tapestries," Connecticut Handweavers Guild, South Glastonbury, March

MEMBERSHIPS

ICB Artist Association, Sausalito (ex-President, secretary, and board member)
Marin Arts Council
American Tapestry Alliance (Co Director and Board Member 2002-2010)
Baulines Craft Guild (Master member)
Friends of Fiber Art International
Surface Design Association
Tapestry Weavers West (vice president, 2007-ongoing )
Textile Arts Council, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
TWiNE (Tapestry Weavers in New England) charter member
Costume and Textile Society, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (years 1989-1996)
Society of Connecticut Craft (years 1985-1996)
Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
London Guild of Handweavers, (years 2000-2005)
ITNET (International Tapestry Network)