bio
BIO
Georgie Friedman (USA, she/her pronouns) is an interdisciplinary artist whose projects include large-scale video installations, single and multi-channel videos and several photographic series. She is interested in our psychological and societal relationships to mild and severe natural phenomena. She investigates a wide range of powerful atmospheric and oceanic conditions, and is fascinated by the power of these natural elements in relationship to human fragility. She utilizes photography, video, sound, installation, engineering and the physics of light, all in order to create new experiences for viewers.
Friedman is currently based in Boston, MA and has lived, worked and exhibited nationally and internationally. She has been commissioned to create site-specific video-based public art pieces and has exhibited in national and international venues including: Geneva International Film Festival (Switzerland), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MA), The Cleveland Museum of Art (OH), Burlington City Arts, City Hall Park (VT), Peabody Essex Museum (MA), Union College (NY), deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum (MA), Boston's City Hall (MA), Transylvania University (KY), The Rose Kennedy Greenway in partnership with the National Park Service (MA), College of the Holy Cross (MA), and The Armory Center for the Arts (CA).
She has been awarded a number of grants and fellowships including: Artist Traveling Fellowship to Antarctica (SMFA/Tufts, 2017); Artist-in-Residence with The City of Boston, Boston AIR (2016); Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Sculpture/Installation (2013); five Public Media Art Commissions for Art on the Marquee (Boston Cyberarts/Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, 2012-2015). Her Boston AIR residency and project were supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and was made possible through the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.
Friedman earned her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in conjunction with Tufts University and her BA from UC, Santa Cruz. Her teaching appointments include: Visiting Assistant Professor and Digital Media Area Head, Boston College; MIT's Art, Culture and Technology program; Massachusetts College of Art and Design; Tufts University/The School of the Museum of Fine Arts; and LUCAD; among other institutions.
EDUCATION
MFA School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in conjunction with Tufts University, MA
Interdisciplinary MFA: Video Art, Installation, Film & Photography
Graduate honor: Cincotti Prize in Video
BA University of California, Santa Cruz Studio Art: Photography, Digital Media, Sculpture
UCLA Summer Session Art & Art History Program in Rome, Italy
EXHIBITIONS PAGE
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS PAGE
AWARDS | GRANTS | COMMISSIONS
2024
Commission: Heat Field, Youth Climate Summit, Museum of Science, Boston, MA
Chroma Art Film Festival, My Digital Sunrise: Honorable Mention, Superblue Miami, FL
2023
Brother Thomas Fellowship Award, Nominee, Boston, MA
2021
Massachusetts Cultural Council Sculpture/Installation/New Genres Finalist Grant
Brother Thomas Fellowship Award, Nominee, Boston, MA
2019
Massachusetts Cultural Council Film/Video Finalist Grant
Artists' Resource Trust grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, MA
2016
2017 Traveling Fellowship: Antarctica, awarded by SMFA/Tufts University, Boston, MA
Boston AIR: Artist-in-Residence for The City of Boston, Feb - Nov 2016 | Boston Globe article, Feb 19, 2016
2015
Brother Thomas Fellowship Award, Nominee, Boston, MA
Public Media Art Commission: Art on the Marquee, Future Fossils, a collaboration with Ria Brodell, curated round,
Boston Cyberarts/Mass Convention Center Authority, Boston, MA
2014
Public Media Art Commission: Art on the Marquee, Digital Waterfall, Boston Cyberarts/Mass Convention Center Authority,
Boston, MA (Dec)
Public Media Art Commission: Art on the Marquee, Contained Lightning, Boston Cyberarts/Mass Convention Center
Authority, Boston, MA (Jan)
2013
Massachusetts Cultural Council 2013 Artist Fellowship in Sculpture/Installation
Public Media Art Commission: Art on the Marquee, Science Influenced Art, Snow Study, Boston Cyberarts/Mass
Convention Center Authority, Boston, MA
2012
Temporary Public Art Commission, Overhead Current and Electrified Sky, Boston Harbor Island Pavilion,
Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA
Shortlisted: International Beers.Lambert Award for Emerging Art, London, UK
Public Media Art Commission: Art on the Marquee, Seas and Skies, IV, Boston Cyberarts/Mass Convention
Center Authority, Boston, MA
Finalist, 2011 New England Art Award for New Media
St. Botolph Club Emerging Artist Grant, Nominee
2011
Finalist, 2010 New England Art Award for New Media
2010
Artists' Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, MA
2009 New England Art Award: Critic’s Choice Award for “Standout work by a local artist in 2009 a group show” for:
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"Geyser," Boston College, Boston Cyberarts Festival and "Spiraling Water," H20: Film on Water, Newport, NH
St. Botolph Club Emerging Artist Grant, Nominee
2009
Nominated for two 2008 Boston Art Awards, categories: “New media” & “Standout performance by a local artist
in a group show”
2008
Public Art Program, artist pool for Art + Technology, San Jose, CA
Cincotti Prize in Video
Montague International Travel Grant: Iceland
Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship: Video Art I, Fall 2008, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Graduate Teaching Fellowship: Video Art I, Spring 2008, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Graduate Teaching Fellowship: Foundation Photography, Spring 2008, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2007
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Courtyard Gallery Curatorial Opportunity
Barlet Travel Grant: Alaska
Graduate Student Research Grant, Tufts University: Aurora Borealis
Graduate Teaching Fellowship: Video Art I, Fall 2007, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Graduate Teaching Fellowship: Foundation Photography, Fall 2007, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2006
Museum of Fine Arts Graduate Grant, Boston, MA
ARTIST TALKS | LECTURES | SYMPOSIA
2024
Artist Talk: Georgie Friedman: Light, Video, and Experiential Art, Kendricken Memorial Lecture Series,
Fitchburg State University, MA
Artist Talk: BREATHING– LIGHT, Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Artist Talk: Unfiguring: Experiments in the practice of science and art, Conference, Mahindra Humanities Center,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2023
Visiting Artist Talk: Moving Image in Contemporary Art, Global BFA in Film Art program, Emerson College, Boston, MA
2021
Hurricane Lost, Virtual Walk-through and Exhibit Q&A, Jan 27, 2021
Artist Talk: Hurricane Lost, Emerson Contemporary, Emerson College, Boston, MA: Feb 10, 2021
Artist Talk: New Art Center, Newton MA: Feb 25, 2021
Panel: "Let's Talk about the Weather (and Climate Change)" - a conversation at the intersection of art, science and
urban design with: artist Georgie Friedman, MIT atmospheric scientist Dr. Kerry Emanuel, and urban planner
Kishore Varanasi. Hosted by Emerson Contemporary and Long Now Boston, March 1, 2021
2020
Lecture: Understanding Video Art in a Contemporary Context - Indian Ocean Current: Six Artistic Narratives (exhibit),
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McMullen Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA (canceled – RE: COVID-19)
2019
Artist Talk, 60th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty Celebration, Environmental Studies Program and Science
Diplomacy Center, Tufts University, MA | Nov 21, 2019
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fragments of Antarctica Artist Talks:
Medici Group and MFA Friends of Photography, Riley Seminar room
Facebook LIVE event: "Georgie Friedman, Live Exhibit Talk"
Spotlight Talks, gallery 268
Presenter and panelist, Art + Science of Climate Change, with Nathalie Miebach, moderated by Leonie Bradbury,
HUBweek Open Doors, CBT Architects, Boston, MA
Artist Talk, Georgetown University Art Galleries, Washington, DC
2018
Artist Talk, Interdisciplinary Arts M.F.A. Program, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2017
Artist Talk, Focal Point Series, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
2016
Boston Artist-In-Residence panel talk with L’Merchie Frazier and Shaw Pong Liu, City Hall, Boston, MA
City of Boston Artist in Residence Finalist Presentation, Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, Roxbury, MA
Artist Talk: Slippery Slope, Site-specific Video Installation, Wold Center, Union College, Schenectady, NY
2015
Artist Talk & Panel Discussion with the Environmental Studies program, Science Complex, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Artist Talk, Advanced New Media Dept., Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2014
Catalyst Conversations: Art + Science, Georgie Friedman and Kerry Emanuel (MIT), Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,
Cambridge, MA
Artist Talk: Into the Wind, for Lesley College of Art and Design at the Foster Gallery, Dedham, MA
Georgie Friedman: Capturing Weather in Video and Installation, Art Technology New England (ATNE), Boston, MA
Artist Talk, New Materials Mixer, Cultural Organization of Lowell, MA
Itinerant Photography, artist panel discussion, moderator: Leslie K. Brown, BRINK v1 exhibit, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
Electrifying Images: Clint Baclawski & Georgie Friedman, Malden Public Library, Malden, MA
2013
Presenter: New England Foundation for the Arts, Public Art Discussion Series: Building for the Outdoors, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Film/Video Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Guest Critique, Studio for Interrelated Media Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2012
Artist Talk, Cornelius Ayer Wood Gallery, Middlesex School, Concord, MA
2011
Artist Talk, Flash Forward Festival, Fairmont Battery Wharf, Boston, MA
2010
Symposium panelist: “Who’s Afraid of New Media?” Contemporary Art Lecture Series, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Film/Video Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Artist Talk, The 2010 DeCordova Biennial Exhibition, DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, Lincoln, MA
2009
Artist Talk, H2O: Film on Water, The Newport Mill, Newport, NH
Artist Lecture, Boston CyberArts Festival, Higgins Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Panelist, MIT Sloan MBA Program Seminar: “21st Century Visual Arts for Business Leaders”
Visiting Artist Lecture, Post-Baccalaureate Program, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2008
Artist Talk, Tisch Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2007
Artist and Curator Talk, Courtyard Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED / CURATED
2023
Electronic Dimensions & Spatial Bodies, two screening programs for Boston Cyberarts' OMNI theater portion of
WaveForms, Museum of Science Boston, MA.
2022
BC After Dark: Fall Program, student video art and installations, McMullen Museum, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
2008
Islands of Isolation, Courtyard Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2007
Hijacking the Future: Hugs and Kisses, co-curated from a national call for work, Donnelly Gallery, Boston, MA
JUROR: AWARDS, RESIDENCES, EXHIBITIONS, & SCREENINGS
2024
Illuminating Perspectives: Exploring Light in Innovative Art, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA
2023
WaveForms: Experimental Animation, Video and New Media Art, co-juried with curators Leonie Bradbury and Al Miner
for the Boston Cyberarts' OMNI theater screenings, Museum of Science Boston, MA.
2020
MIT's Program in Art, Culture and Technology, MFA application review committee, 2020
2016
Boston Artist-In-Residence Program 2017, Boston Art Commission, Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, Boston, MA
The Quad Competition, Art/Design/Installation Competition to Create a Social Space, WHAT'S IN for
ArchitectureBostonExpo 2016
2015
SMFA Film, Video & Animation Annual Festival, Screenings and Awards determined, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2014
Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2015 Sculpture/Installation/New Genres Artist Fellowship, with Denise Markonish
(MASS MoCA) and Beth Galston
Boit Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012
Thoreau Medal for the Arts, Middlesex School, Concord, MA
2008
I was just looking for a pot of gold…, Weems Atrium, Boston, MA
COLLECTIONS
Boston Properties
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
Noble and Greenough School
Scotiabank
Private Collections
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2023 - Boston Cyberarts
SELECTION OF ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Visiting Assistant Professor, Digital Media Art Area Head | Fine Arts & Film Studies Departments
Part-Time Faculty, Fine Arts | Film Studies Departments
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Part-Time Lecturer, Media Arts Department
Part-Time Lecturer, Graduate Program in Fine Arts
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT), Cambridge, MA
Lecturer, Art, Culture and Technology Program
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Boston, MA
Visiting Assistant Professor, Film/Video Department
Visiting Lecturer: Film/Video Department | Fine Arts 3D | Studio Foundation Department |
Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) | Film/Video Graduate Program
Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD), Cambridge, MA
Studio Adjunct, Interdisciplinary Studies
Artist Mentor for Graduate Students, MFA program
Northeastern University, College of Arts, Media ad Design, Boston, MA
Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Art and Design
School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Boston, MA
Visiting Part-Time Faculty, Video Art Department
Postgraduate Teaching Fellow, Video Art Department
SELECTION OF COURSES
Introduction to Video Art
Introduction to Video and Related Media
Fundamentals of Video
4D Studio Fundamentals (Video, Sound, and Animation)
Video Art I
Video Art II
Video Art III
Narrative Video Art
Intermediate Digital Media: Animation
Advanced Video and Related Media
Advanced Moving Image Projects
Film/Video Graduate Studio Class
Intro to Video Installation
High-Definition Video Installation
Intermediate to Advanced Video Installation
Video Installation: Art, Architecture, and Related Media
Advanced Digital Media: Projection & Installation
Installation Art: Site, Space, Interaction
Space, Time, Form
Motion, Matter, Meaning
TIME / Visual Language II (Intro to time-based media)
Intro to Digital Media
Intro to Photoshop and Illustrator
Art & Digital Technology
Recycle, Revamp and Reposition (analog and digital)
Photoshop I
Photoshop II
B&W Photography (Darkroom)
Digital Photography
Color Photography & The Digital Darkroom
Art, Life, Money (professional practices course)
Video Art, Directed Studies (BFA, MFA)
Independent Studies: BFA, MFA
Mentor for MFA candidates
Graduate Group Critique
Individual Graduate Critique
Last updated: Nov 2024
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