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Marcia Freedman

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Masters of Fine Arts Degree, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Bachelor of Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2002 Cary Gallery, Rochester, Michigan , A Line of Color , paintings by Marcia Freedman
1999 Cary Gallery, Rochester, Michigan, Marcia Freedman - New Works - Recent Paintings
1996 Start Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, Marcia Freedman - New Work
1994 Macomb Community College, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Marcia Freedman - Recent Work
1994 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan, Installation
1993 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Marcia Freedman - Drawings

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Linda Ross Contemporary Art + Projects, From Childers Street to E. Grand Blvd, Painting and Drawings by Marcia Freedman and Fraser Taylor.
2007 Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, Painters, Paintings
2006 Karen Lynne Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan
2005 Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College,New Acquisitions
Karen Lynne Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
CAID Gallery, Detroit, Michigan “Actual Size”
2004 Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Self Portraits 21
Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield , Michigan, “Different Strokes Michigan Painters
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, Foundation Faculty Exhibition
2003 Elaine Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 2003 Regional Drawing Exhibition
A. I. R. Gallery, New York, New York Wish You Were Here
Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, Michigan September Group Show
2002 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan, 20th Year Celebration Invitational
2001 Birmingham, Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan, Luce
Museum of New Art, Detroit, Michigan, Documenta USA
Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan, 24 Eyes
Swords and Plowshares, Peace Center and Gallery, Detroit, Michigan Quo Vadis
Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Actual Size
2000 The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan, Hot Bed
Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Actual Size
Pangborn Design Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Art Detroit, 2000
1999 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Ohio, “63rd Annual Midyear”
Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, “Art for the Park”
Wayne State University, Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Alumni Exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Art, Pontiac, Michigan, Documenta USA
1998 The Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan, Jesse Pye Annual
Parker-Webb Building, Detroit, Michigan, Up North Meets Downtown
1996 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, Faculty Exhibition
Michigan Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Out of Solitude
Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan, A Moveable Feast
Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers Campus , Camden, New Jersey, Rutgers National '96 Works on Paper
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Arc National Drawing Show
1995 Metropolitan Center for the Arts, Detroit, Michigan, The Art of Women
Michigan Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Carbonari
Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Chew on This
Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan, Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibition
Michigan Education Association, East Lansing, Michigan, 31st Annual MEA/MAEA Art Purchase Exhibition
1994 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Image and Idea: Educators on View
Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Change Is In The Air
Center Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Show, Objects For and About Detroit
Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, The Figure: Part II
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan, Michigan Fine Arts
Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, Michigan, Sketchbook
1993 A .I. R. Gallery, New York, New York, State of the Art
Willis Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, John Burkwhat, Marcia Freedman, Karen Lewis
Bradley University, Heuser Art Center, Peoria, Illinois, 24th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition
San Jaciento College South, Houston, Texas, Works on Paper
Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan, All Michigan/All Media
1992 Wayne State University, Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Drawing for Drawing
South Bend Regional Art Museum, South Bend, Indiana, Her Art Works
Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York, 1992 National
Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan, Focus on Michigan Families
Wayne State University, Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Focus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Two Off the Wall, Two on the Wall
1991 Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan, Drawing Show
The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Michigan Annual XIX
Wayne State University, Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Graduate Exhibition
Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, Michigan, 5th Annual Michigan Art
The Art Center, South Bend, Indiana, 17th Biennial Michiana
Battle Creek Arts Council, Battle Creek, Michigan, 12th Annual
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan, Michigan Drawing '91
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan, All Media Exhibition - Spring, Fall
Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, No Bigger Than, No More Than
1990 Flint Art Council, Flint, Michigan, All Media Exhibition
Michigan Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Salon De Refuse, Graduate Exhibition
Focus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Art in the Nineties
1989 Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan, All Media
Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan, Works on Paper
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan, Celebrate Michigan Artists
Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, Michigan, Realism, Small Works
Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan, 31st Mid-Michigan Exhibition
1988 Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, Michigan, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan, All Media Exhibition - Spring, Fall
Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 7th Annual Helen DeRoy Exhibit
1987 Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 6th Annual Helen DeRoy Exhibit

SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

Rebecca Mazzei, Metro Times, April 2, 2008: "In Praise of Paint"
Robinson, Phaedra, Metro Times, Sept. 29, 2004: "D-town three- for-all, Different Strokes, Michigan Painters"
Sousanis, Nick, The Detroiter.Com, Sept. 9, 2004: "Marcia Freedman, Different Strokes, Michigan Painters"
Nawrocki, Dennis (Professor, Art History, College for Creative Studies), August 2004: "Marcia Freedman’s Hard Charging Abstractions"
Guten Cohen, Keri, The Detroit Free Press, June 27,2004: "Portraits of the artists as they see themselves"
Guten Cohen, Keri, The Detroit Free Press, Sept. 29, 2002: "Artists comment on women"
Bashi, Mervit, The Detroit Jewish News, Nov. 8, 2002: "Style at the JN"
Guten Cohen, Keri, The Detroit Free Press, March 19, 1999
Bates - Rudd, Rhonda, The Detroit News, February 10, 1999: "Art Show A Tribute to WSU Alumni"
Klemic, Mary, The Eccentric Newspapers, May 23, 1996: "Paintings Look at Human Nature"
Azizian, Carol, The Flint Journal, July 3, 1994
Klemic, Mary, The Eccentric Newspaper, March 10, 1994: "Artist's Enthusiasm Comes Through in Display"
Colby Hakanson, Joy, The Detroit News, October 16, 1992
Miro, Marsha, Detroit Free Press, January 26, 1992
Miro, Marsha, Detroit Free Press, April 26, 1991
Channel 20, Southfield, Michigan, 1991 "Metro Arts Review" (Producer, Elaine Kirschman)
Continental Cable Co., Southfield, Michigan, 1991 "Metro Arts Review" (Producer, Elaine Kirschman)

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES, BROCHURES

Dennos Museum Center, New Acquisitions, 2004
Butler Institute of American Art, 63rd Annual Midyear, 1999
Rutgers National 96, Works on Paper, Stedman Art Gallery, 1996
Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, 1995
Bradley National Paint and Drawing, Heuser Art Center, 1993
All Michigan/All Media, Krasl Art Center, 1993

AWARDS

1995 Jurors Choice Award, 31st Annual MAE/MAEA Art Purchase Exhibition, Michigan Education Association 1995 Award Winner, Artists Who Teach, Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan
1993 Krasl Art Center Award
1991 Foremost Insurance Award, Holland Area Arts Council
1990 Award Winner, Flint Annual
1988 Award Winner, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Oakland Community College
1988 Award Winner, 7th Annual Helen DeRoy Exhibit, Oakland Community College

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Detroit Medical Center, Receiving Hospital

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Ernst & Young
MGM Grand Casino
Steven Rost/Andrea Eis
Dr. and Mrs. David Susser
Jean Bieri
Barry Waldman
Joan Lovell
Arlene and Richard Selik
Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin, O'Hare, Helveston & Waldman, P.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Katz
Judy and Dennis Michaels
Freedman & Freedman P.L.C.
Helene and Daniel Stewart
Frank & Freedman, P.C.
Julie Seregny
Patricia and Charles Perry
Roberta Grossinger
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hoskow
Claudia Shepard
Carol Ball
Mr. and Mrs. James Weitzman
Angelina Davis
Barbara Dorchen
Mr.and Mrs. David Freedman
Julie Sabit
Dennis and Peggy Frank
Michelle and Max Dubrinsky
Janie Slayden
Hope Palmer
Dr. & Mrs. Bert Rabinowitz
Alan Cary
Dominic Abbate
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Plunkett
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Gross
Bridget Neal
Christine Welch
Thomas Thewes
Heather Adamczyk
Barbara & Terry Fields
Lisa Doran
Linda Ross
William Bowles
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Freedman
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Rockind
Myrna Edgar
Shelly Gordon
David Mikesall
Emma Mitchell
Erman, Teicher,Miller, Zucker & Freedman P.C.
Marlene and Richard Schwartz
Maureen VanDine
Diane and Mel Clayton

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

College Art Association

WORK EXPERIENCE

2004 Adjunct Instructor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
2003 Adjunct Instructor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
Juror, Ann Arbor Women Artists Spring Exhibit, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2002 Adjunct Instructor, College for Creative Studies ,Detroit, Michigan
1981-2000 Artist/Teacher, Western International High School, Detroit, Michigan
1996 Adjunct Instructor, Drawing - Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan