CV/Bio
Richard Allen Freiwald – 412 Braun Avenue – Highland Park, NJ 08904 (732) 354-4633 [email protected] FreiwaldArtPottery.com, RichardFreiwald.com Web Galleries
EDUCATION
Mason Gross School for the Arts 1980-1982
MFA, Sculpture and Graphic Design
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Montclair University 1976-1979
BFA, Fine Arts
Upper Montclair, New Jersey
AWARDS
Everson Museum acquired "Stand Your Ground" 2020
"Renegades and Reformers", Everson Museum NY February-October 2020
The National Endowment for the Arts and The Council for Basic Education, Grant recipient
NCECA Annual 2018. The international juried competition, "Visual Voices; Truth Narratives".
The Geraldine R Dodge Foundation, Grant recipient
The Cape Branch Foundation, The Johnson Family, Richard Freiwald Studio Dedication, The Pingry School, 2003
The Albert W. Booth Chair for Master Teachers, The Pingry School
The E. Murray Todd Chair for Teaching, The Pingry School
The Herbert Hahn Teaching Award, The Pingry School
Emerging Artist Grant recipient, The New Jersey State Council for Arts and Morristown Crafts Market, NJ
Summer Fellowship Grants 2008, 1997, The Pingry School
The Waylande Gregory Foundation Sculpture Restoration Project
Purchase awards, two works in the permanent collection of the city of Fukui, Japan
(Sister City to New Brunswick, NJ)
Purchase award, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ
TEACHING 1980-2020
The Pingry School. Martinsville, NJ 1988-2020
Middlesex College. Edison, NJ 1981-2006
Montclair University. Upper Montclair, NJ 1987-1988
Brookdale College. Lincroft, NJ 1985-1988
Raritan Valley College. Somerville, NJ 1982-1992
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts. Summit, NJ 1985-1986
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ 1980-1985
Newark College of Arts and Science. Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 1982-1983
Mason Gross School for the Arts. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1980-1982
Douglas College, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ 1980-1982
EXPERIENCE
Teaching all beginning and advanced levels in Sculpture, Clay working I-IV, Portfolio Development, Photography, Metal Working, Jewelry Making, Introduction to Art, Art Fundamentals, 2D Design, 3D Design, Advanced Glaze Techniques, and Graphics/Printmaking. Practicing interdisciplinary teaching projects in the Arts and Sciences. Sustainable art practice.
EXHIBITIONS and Representations
"In Hand" Juried Exhibition. Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ 2024
American Art Pottery Association, Annual Conference Show. Syracuse, NY 2023
Fox-Nahem Design Associates, LLC High-End Interior Design. NYC 2020
Modern Redux Gallery. Austin, Texas 2020
"Renegades and Reformers", Everson Museum acquisition. Syracuse, NY 2020
NCECA Arts Annual 2018. "Visual Voices; Truth Narratives". Pittsburgh Pa. 2018
The Everson Museum, Ceramic Arts Showcase. Syracuse, NY. 2017
Stella Art and Antiques, Pier Show, New York, NY. 2013
American Art Pottery Association Show, Bruce Block Gallery, Philadelphia PA. 2013
The International Ceramic Arts Fair, The National Design Museum, New York City. 2010
Bruce Block Gallery, Antique Underground, Hudson, NY 2013
The New Jersey Arts Annual, The Morris Museum, Morris Plains, NJ 2006
The Amos B. Hostetter Arts Center The Pingry School. Martinsville, NJ 1988-2020
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, NJDC group invitational, New Brunswick, NJ 1994
Metropolitan Life Gallery, NYC. NJAIS juried Exhibition 1994
Middlesex County Museum, MCC Faculty invitational. Piscataway, NJ
The Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ Eight Works on the River
Georgian Court College, Lakewood, NJ Invitational Exhibition
The Long Beach Island Foundation for Arts, National Juried Invitational. LBI, NJ
Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ One Man Show
The Bergen Museum, Group invitational. Bergen, NJ
Mandeville Annex Gallery, Lajolla, California. Group show
The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington. The 22 Contemporary Crafts Exhibition
The Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ Group Benefit Exhibition
Mason Gross School for the Arts Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Robeson Gallery, Newark, NJ Emerging Artist exhibition
Artworks in private collections worldwide