Joanne Freeman

Abstract painter Joanne Freeman's paintings are grounded in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. Her palate is based on primary, heavily saturated colors and collage like shapes. Freeman's work utilizes hard edges to crease stencil-like forms that mimic collage and screen printing. Each painting has a sense of space that is created through thoughtful application of color and paint on linen. The simplicity of Freeman's colors and shapes demonstrate an intuitive understanding of the two-dimensional nature of painting, while mimicking three-dimensional space.

 

Joanne Freeman received a BS in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin and a M.A. in Studio Art from New York University. She serves as the Vice President of American Abstract Artists founded in 1936 and based in New York City. She is the 2021 recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Selected solo shows include; Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY. Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID. 490 Atlantic, Brooklyn, NY. Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY. Marc Jancou Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland. Au 9 Galerie, Casablanca, Morocco. White Columns, New York, NY. The Queens Museum, Queens, NY. And the Zillman Art Museum University of Maine, Bangor, ME. Freeman has been interviewed and her work has been reviewed in various publications including; ARTnews, The New Criterion, The L.A. Weekly, The New York Observer, The Portland Press Herald, and online with; Ahtcast, Artcritical, Boston Voyager Magazine, Hyperallergic, Ideelart, Joanne Mattera Art Blog, Painters' Table, Oem and Widewalls.

 

Freeman has been a visiting artist at; New York University, The New School for Social Research, The New York Studio School, Massachusetts College of Art, Chautauqua School of Art, The Marie Sharpe Foundation and the Rome Art Program.