Amanda Friedman’s art is rooted in drawing,
painting, and writing. She directs plays and makes ceramics, installations,
drawings, paintings, and performances that connect. Her work exists in
different fields of action and poetry – varying spaces of concreteness,
collaboration, and interiority. Friedman’s work is attuned to routine and rituals. It is moved
by a holistic drive to make worlds.
Friedman has had recent solo and two-person
shows at Grifter, NYC (2020) and Safe Gallery, Brooklyn (2018). She has been
included in group shows at Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn; Situations, NYC; Adds Donna,
Chicago; and Redling Fine Art, LA, among many others. Her plays or time-based
paintings have been staged in NYC at All Saints Church, Essex Flowers, Safe
Gallery, and White Columns. She holds an MFA from Bard College in Painting,
where she was the recipient of the Hartog Travel Grant, and has participated in
residencies such as Shandaken Projects, NY; Autocenter, Berlin;
and Clay Break at The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Friedman published
an artist book, Because Nothing Ends, with Peradam in 2013. Drawing Hilma Af
Klint, made in collaboration with artists Ariel Dill and Denise Schatz, was
published by Miniature Garden in 2014. Friedman is a founding member of the artist-run
cooperative gallery Essex Flowers in NYC. She was a Visiting Artist in
Painting and Drawing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2021-22). Friedman lives and works in NYC.
Contact: amandabfriedman at gmail dot com