Carole Freeman | |
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| Born | June 29, 1954 St. Boniface, Canada |
| Nationality | American, Canadian |
| Education | Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| Known for | Painting |
| Website | https://www.carolefreeman.art/ |
Carole Freeman is a Canadian American contemporary figurative artist known for portraits and paintings of cultural, social, political, and personal significance. Freeman works in drawing, painting, and photography. [1]
Freeman was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba in 1954, as the youngest of two brothers and three step-sisters. [1]
Between 1973 and 1977, Freeman studied at the University of Manitoba School of Visual Arts in Winnipeg, Manitoba, her main mentor being Canadian painter Ivan Eyre. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Honors. She continued postgraduate studies at the School of Painting, Royal College of Art in London, England, earning a Master of Arts Degree in 1980, which expanded her artistic practice while rubbing shoulders with art world figures such as Roberto Matta, James Rosenquist, Ernst Gombrich, John Golding, and tutors Peter de Francia, and Ken Kiff. [1]
Freeman later obtained a second Bachelor Degree in Education from the University of Toronto in 1991. [1]
Freeman's artwork, mainly figurative, depicts varied subjects that include celebrities, artists, historical or newsworthy figures, family, friends, and strangers. Freeman's imagery and technique are influenced by the work of many artists such as Diego Velazquez, Édouard Manet, and John Singer Sargent, as well as contemporary artists Alice Neel, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, and Henry Taylor.
In 2011, Freeman adapted this genre to the digital age through the production and exhibition of 200 paintings based on digital images from Facebook profile pictures, utilizing the social media giant as a source as well as disseminator of jpegs of completed paintings to the public and individual subjects. [2]
Unsung, Freeman's first New York solo exhibition in 2018, [3] [4] small portraits of 24 unsung American heroes, was reviewed in New York Magazine as "beautiful meditations in paint on great women and men...rendered lovingly and intensely; the works impart that the chariot to greatness comes in many forms and that every artist is also one of these mighty figures, laboring with passion in private shadows." [5]
Freeman received awards during her studies which include the Royal College of Art Travel Award, [6] and the University of Toronto Visual Art Award. She was granted two Canada Council Project Cost Grants and a four month residency at La Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, France. Following her 2011 Toronto solo exhibition, Friend Me: Portraits of Facebook, Freeman was invited to the Canadian Arts Summit at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity as a guest panelist on the topic, Making Art in the Age of New Media, [7] moderated by Janet Carding, Director of the Royal Ontario Museum. In 2018 she was invited by the Department of Visual Art, Brown University, Providence, RI, to conduct individual student critiques and deliver a talk about her work, specifically her New York solo exhibition Unsung. [8] Freeman has produced commission work for Jerry Saltz, senior art critic for New York Magazine and Roberta Smith, co-chief art critic for The New York Times,Lord and Lady Glentorran, the Barron Collection, and Morgan Spurlock, filmmaker. [1]
Freeman has staged solo exhibitions at galleries in New York, Toronto, and Winnipeg. Her notable shows include Unsung, [10] Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York (2018), Something About Winnipeg, [11] Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg, Canada (2016), Selections 2012-2016, [12] Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, Canada (2016), and Portraits From Facebook, [13] Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2011-2012).
She has also participated in international group exhibitions and art fairs, including Faces and Figures, [14] Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York (2024), Roar, [15] Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York (2023), Young Masters, [16] Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London, UK (2017), Classical Values: Modern and Contemporary Drawing, [17] Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (2014), Women's Art Now, [18] Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (2012), Satellite Art Show, Miami, FL (2018), Boston International Fine Art Show, Brenda Taylor Gallery, Boston, MA (2018), Art New York, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, New York (2017), Art Toronto, Gurevich Fine Art, Toronto, Canada (2014, 2015).
Freeman has received recognition through various international newspapers, magazines, and online publications. Most notable are: New York Magazine by Jerry Saltz, The Guardian , Wall Street International, Artnet News , Winnipeg Free Press, The Globe and Mail , The National Post , and Artoronto, as well as two major features in Arabella Magazine by Gary Michael Dault and MIA Magazine.
Inspiring Minds: Perspective. Sean Moore, Fall, 2019
Visiting artist aims to show 'ray of hope'; in paintings. Jango McCormick, November 12, 2018
Carole Freeman: Unsung, The difference-makers. Jerry Saltz, April 15, 2018
Unsung heroes: portraits of figures who deserve artistic recognition. Nadja Sayej, March 16, 2018
22 Apr 2018 at Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York. March 28, 2018
Editor's Picks: 14 Things to See in New York This Week. Sarah Cascone, March 12, 2018
Editor's Picks: 14 Things to See in New York This Week. Sarah Cascone, April 16, 2018
Painting the Faces of Winnipeg. Alison Gilmore, October 31, 2016
Carole Freeman's Selections 2012-2016 at Walnut Contemporary. David Saric, August, 2016
Surprise Appearances.Gary Michael Dault, Summer Issue, 2016
Carole Freeman Finds Her Muse on Facebook, James Adams, December 2, 2011
Carole Freeman's Facebook Friends. December 2, 2011
Friend Me: Portraits and Projects, Carole Freeman. January 22, 2012
Getting Friended With a Paintbrush. December 15, 2011
Notable commissions include The Glass House in New Canaan, CT, three paintings for Jerry Saltz (Senior Art Critic, New York Magazine) and Roberta Smith (Senior Art Critic, NY Times), New York, NY, art dealer Jim Kempner, New York, NY, Guy Barron, Barron Collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI, the final portrait of Los Angeles art dealer Leslie Sacks for African Art from the Leslie Sacks Collection published by Skira, documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, New York, NY, Lord and Lady Glentorran, Dublin, Ireland, Portraits of Norman Jewison and David Mirvish for Harold Green Theatre Company, Toronto, Canada, Stefan Olsson, billionaire owner Stena Line, London, UK, and many other international private collectors.
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