420 East 51st St
New York, NY 10022
212 838 5761
www.barbarafreedmangallery.com
Since I was a child I have always dabbled in some form of art - painting, stitchery, enamels, silver jewelry, and about thirty years ago I rediscovered photography. All of this time I was working as a social work therapist and raising three children. I became very involved in the darkroom, both color and black and white. And then I discovered photoshop - a new world of creativity emerged combining art, collage, photographs and text - printed digitally on watercolor paper. I had been taking photographs for many years when I discovered a unique ability to utilize them in creating photo collages. Working on the computer, I combine my pictures with other art forms and texts, building complex “digital mixed media.”
People have noted a painterly quality to my work. This is primarily created by layering many images of varying transparency, giving the illusion of depth. Through stratification and the use of bold color, viewers can penetrate the many levels of complex symbolism.
Solo Exhibitions:
Temple Adas Israel, Sag Harbor, NY August 2003
Hebrew Union College, NY Sept–Jan 2002-2003
Soho Photo Gallery, April 2001
Elaine Benson Gallery, July 1995
United Jewish Appeal -2009
Group Shows:
Lever House, 2000
Guild Hall Show 2002 – Honorable Mention
Adas Israel Show 1997
Image Gallery, Riverhead 2000
Guild Hall Show 2002-Honorable Mention
Skirball shows 2002-2010
Temple Adas Israel, Sag Harbor 2004
Membership Soho Photo Gallery
The Artists Alliance of East Hampton
Professional Women Photographers
Photographers East
Private collections
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co.
Marvin Berk and Dennis Kord
Gloria Einbender
Janet Klion
