Curriculum Vitae
Awards
Gearbox Gallery Award – Bluets Exhibit, Gearbox Gallery, Oakand, CA – 2017
Coordinator Award – The Art of the Book Exhibition, Sebastopol, CA – 2016
Second Place in Show – 7th Annual Altered Books & Book Arts Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA, Juror: Donna Seager – 2016
Donna Seager Award – 7th Annual Altered Books & Book Arts Exhibition, Marin MOCA , Novato, CA – 2016
Solo Exhibitions
“Register” Sticks Framing and Fine Art, Berkeley, CA – Feb-Mar 2020
“Suspended Dialogue” Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA – Apr 2020 (canceled due to Covid)
“Salvage” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA – Jan 2018
“Record of the Journey” Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA – Mar 2018
“Evidence” Sticks Framing and Fine Art, Berkeley, CA – Nov 2017
“Artifactual” Sticks Framing and Fine Art, Berkeley, CA – Aug- Sep 2016
“Art in the Library Program” Napa County Library, Napa, CA – Jun 2016
Two & Three Person Exhibitions
“Pieced Together” North Berkeley Wealth Management, Berkeley, CA – Feb-Apr 2020
“Restive and Uprising” with Phyllis Lasché, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA – Mar 2019
“About Face” with Marsha Balian, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA – Nov 2018
“Common Denominator” with Susan Brady, Walnut Creek Library Community Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA – July 2016
Juried Exhibitions
“Thread Count: New Directions in Fiber Art” Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA – Jun 2018
- Juror: Susan Taber Avila, Professor of Design, University of California, Davis, CA
“Intertwined {Fiber from One Extreme to the Other}” Healdsburg Center For the Arts, Healdsburg, CA – Jul 2018
- Jurors: Carole Beadle, Fiber Sculpture Instructor, College of Marin, Novato, CA;
Marlie de Swart, on Board of Directors of Fibershed, San Geronimo, CA and owner of Black Mountain Wavers/Artisans in Point Reys Station, CA;
Vicky Kumpfer, Gallery Manager/curator at Fulton X Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA;
Carol Larson, International Exhibitor and Associated with numberous arts and community organizations in San Francisco Bay Area, CA
“8th Annual Altered Book & Book Arts Exhibition” Marin MOCA, Novato, CA – May 2017
- Juror: Mary Austin, Co-Founder of the San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
“Fiber Art VIII International Biennial Exhibition” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA – Jul 2017
- Jurors: Eszter Bornemisza, Fiber Artist, Budapest, Hungry;
Wendy Lugg, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Artist, Curator, Writer, Educator, Perth, Australia;
Jason Pollen, Professor emeritus Kansas City Art Institute, President emeritus Surface Design Association, & an American Craft Council Fellow
“Bluets” Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA – Aug 2017
- Juror: Jack Fischer, Owner of Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA,
“Mapping as Source” Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA – Aug 2017
- Juror: Katherine Harmon, Book Producer at Tributary Books, Seattle, WA
“Gems IV, Exquisite, Intricate, intimate Works of Art” Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA – Dec 2017
- Juror: Donna Seager, Partner, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
“Order and Chaos” Arts Benicia, CA – Aug 2016
- Juror: Catherine Clark, Owner & Founding Director of Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The Art of the Book Exhibition” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA – Jul 2016
Juror: Betsy Davids, owner of Rebis Press in Berkeley, CA
“7th Annual Altered Books and Book Arts Exhibition” Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA – Apr 2016
- Juror: Donna Seager, Partner, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
“Gems III, Exquisite, Intricate, Intimate Small Works of Art” Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA – Dec 2015
- Juror: Ruth Santee, Co-Owner & Director Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA & Professor at San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
“Fragments: The Art of Collage and Assemblage” Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA – Jul 2015
- Juror: Robert-Jean Ray, Curator MicroARTCollection, Sacramento, CA
“Summer National Juried Exhibition” Marin Museum of Contemporary Art,CA – Jun 2015
- Juror: Nancy Meyer, Curatorial Assistant at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Bibliophoria III” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA – Jun 2014
- Juror: Mary Austin, Co-Founder San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA, Owner of The Underground Press, Board of Kahle/Austin Foundation
Group Exhibitions
“On the Edge” De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA – Nov 2020
“Ordinary Matters” with Phyllis Lasché and Gina Telcocci, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA – Nov 2020
“Small Footprint” Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA – Jun 2020
“Rough Around the Edges” Artwork Alliance, Jen Tough Gallery – Aug 2020 (online exhibit)
“Socially Distanced” Artwork Alliance, Jen Tough Gallery – Jul 2020 (online exhibit)
“It’s A Wonderful Life” Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA – Dec 2019
Member’s Exhibition, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA – 2018
Member’s Exhibitions – Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA – Almost monthly from Apr 2018-present
Coal + Ice participant at Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA – Sep 2018
“Paper as Voice” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA – Apr 2017
“Reclaiming Earth” Jewett Gallery, SF Public Library, San Francisco, CA – Apr 2017
“Salon de Reusé” Neilsen Arts, Berkeley, CA – Jun 2014
“4th Annual Altered Books and Book Arts Exhibition” Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA – Apr 2013
“A Thread Runs Through It” Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA – Jul 2012
Higher Education
Reed College, Portland, OR – 1973- 1974
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, BA in English – 1974-1977
New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, D.V.M. – 1980-1985
Animal Medical Center, NY, NY – Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery – 1985- 1986
University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, WI – Residency in Comparative Ophthalmology – 1986 1989
Art Education - Workshops
Hanna Vogel – Sculptural Wire Weaving – Aug 2020 (online)
Mark Eanes – Language of Color - August 2020 (online) Mark Eanes – Color and Design – April 2020 (online)
Paul Cristina – Experiments with Drawing & Collage, Benicia, CA - Mar 2020
Melinda Tidwell – How to Make Abstract Art that Works - Feb 2020 (online)
Sonja Williams - Horticultural Drawing, Cornell University - Jan 2020 (online)
Barry Ebner – Gestural Monotype, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA – Jan 2020
Paula Roland – Encaustic Monotype, Santa Fe, NM - Nov 2019
Michelle Wilson – Intro to Paper Sculpture, San Francisco Center for the Book – Oct 2019
Jen Cole – Monotype Explorations, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA – Sep 2019
Trevor Tubelle – Drawing Inspiration: Developing a Creative Practice, Stanford University – Jan 2019 (online)
Kate Weese – Intro to Watercolor, Kensington, CA – 2018 and Jan 2019
Susan Stover – Sculptural Encaustic, Graton, CA - Oct 2018 Paula Roland – Encaustic Monotype, Santa Fe, NM - Aug 2018
Alisa Golden – Friendly Writing for the Visual Thinker, San Francisco Center for the Book, SF, CA – May 2018
Joanna Kidney – Encaustic Workshop, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland – May 2018
Jiyoung Chung – Joomchi and Beyond - Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, Ohio - May 2017
Jiyoung Chung – Joomchi - The Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA - Mar 2017
Heather Wilcoxon – Drawing My Way, Sausalito, CA – Nov 2016
Pamela Lanza – Ink Painting Workshop, San Francisco, CA – Oct 2016
Tamara Wilder - String Making at UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA – Mar 2016
Lisa Kokin – Reuse Muse: Ephemerama, El Sobrante, CA – Jan - Sep 2016
Lisa Kokin – Reuse Muse: The Joy of Limitations, El Sobrante, CA – (weekly) 2016-2019
Rhiannon Alpers – Sculptural Papermaking, San Francisco, CA - Aug 2015
Michelle Wilson – Making Paper with Garden Plants, UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA – 2015
Nicholas Yeager – Medieval Pocketbook Class, San Francisco Center for the Book, SF, CA – 2014
Helen Heibert – Paper Balloons, Tubes & Vessels, San Francisco Center for the Book, SF, CA - 2014
Daniella Woolf - Encaustics, Burn and Rust, Wax Works West, Corralitos, CA – Aug 2013
Lisa Kokin – Reuse Muse: Sewing & Found Materials, El Sobrante, CA – Jan - Oct 2013
Michael Cutlip – Collage Workshop, Berkeley, CA – Dec 2012
Lisa Kokin – Thread, El Sobrante, CA – Oct 2011
Judith Serebrin – Making Miniature Books, San Francisco Center for the Book, SF, CA – May 2011
Sculpture Workshop - Golden Gate Atelier, Oakland, CA - Aug 2011
Lisa Kokin – Sewing and Alterations, El Sobrante, CA – Feb 2011
Chris Kanyusik – Intro to Sculpture, Center for Community Arts – 2010 and 2011
Lisa Kokin – Once Removed: Found Photo Collage Workshop, El Sobrante, CA – Nov 2010
Lisa Kokin – Spines & Fragments, El Sobrante, CA – Aug 2010 & May 2012
Lisa Kokin – Point of Departure, El Sobrante, CA – Aug 2010 Life Drawing Class, UC Berkeley Extension, Berkeley, CA – 2010
Links:
Youtube videos of the mobiles I created in collaboration with my husband, Tom Russell:
DBF Interview with Elise Morris for her blog, The Studio Work, published October 2016:
http://thestudiowork.blogspot.com/search?q=deborah+friedman
Exhibit at North Berkeley Wealth Management, Berkeley CA - Spring 2020
https://northberkeleywealth.com/art/art-exhibit/pieced-together
Online Interviews:
“Fragments” exhibit artists talk at: https://youtu.be/p8Qs6V2diNQ
Studio Visit with Jen Tough on Artis Alliance: https://www.artistalliance.community/c/recorded-webinars/studio-visits-live-sun-nov-22
Acknowledgements:
Almost all photos on this website were taken by Lia Roozendaal Photography.