lucy fradkin
Statement
Replete with references to the ancient frescoes and mosaics of the Etruscans, Romans and Byzantines, my paintings capture a timeless moment through a contemporary eye. For the past twelve years I have concentrated on a series of figurative works painted in oil or gouache on paper and board. Inspired by Indian and Persian miniatures, the vanishing art of hand-painted signage and a variety of sacred and folk-arts, I create portraits of diverse individuals. Following in the tradition of genre painters, I place figures, often women, in domestic settings. The figures are quiet and inactive, which contributes to the solemn and mysterious atmosphere of the scene.
At times I incorporate collaged decorative elements from a variety of sources including old catalogs, field guides and vintage books into the work. Through meticulous cutting and pasting, I develop intricate designs and motifs, which become a subtle aspect of the surface of the work. I push the collage element further in a series of new pieces in which the collaged elements are literally placed into domestic interiors, adding a new dimension to the work. I use color and pattern to evoke emotion and tell stories of daily life where the viewer is drawn into an intimate world. My work is clearly inspired by the traditional, but the impact of personal history is evident in the quiet presentation of issues of gender and race.
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Honors and Awards
2009
Pollock-Krasner Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
2007
Individual Support Grant, Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York, NY
2005
Artist Fellowship-Drawing, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
1998
Artists Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1997
Artist-in-Residence Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
1996
Artist-in-Residence Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
1995
Artist Fellowship-Drawing, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Artist-in-Residence Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
1994
Artist-in-Residence Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
1993
Artist-in-Residence Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
1992
Artist-in-Residence Grant, La Fundacion Centro Cultural, La Romana, D.R
1987
Solo Exhibition Grant, Artists Space, New York, NY
1978
Community Artist Grant, Vermont Council for the Arts Montpelier, VT
Selected One and Two Person Exhibitions
2010
Lucy Fradkin, Nancy Margolis Gallery New York, NY
2008-9
Lucy Fradkin Nicolayson Museum, Casper, WY
Lucy Fradkin Terra Cotta, Terra Firma, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2007
Lucy Fradkin: Works on Paper, Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
Intricate Simplicity, Lucy Fradkin, Gallery San Angel, San Antonio, TX
Lucy Fradkin, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Lucy Fradkin, Untold Stories” Kenise Barnes Fine Art Larchmont, NY
2004
Roman Holiday-New Work From A Year Spent In Rome-Lucy Fradkin and Arthur Simms, Kenise Barnes Fine Art ART Larchmont, NY
2003
Lucy Fradkin-Spring Line, American Academy In Rome, Rome, Italy
Lavori Italiani: Lucy Fradkin e Arthur Simms, Galleria Officina Ceramica, Cagliari, Italy
2002
Lucy Fradkin and Mark Newton, Port Washington Library, Port Washington, NY
2000
Lucy Fradkin, A Brief History of History of Fashion and Friendship” Kenise Barnes Fine Art Larchmont, NY
1998
Emily and Lucy, Sideshow, 195 Williamsburg, NY
1996
Pintura Lucy Fradkin, Galeria Azul Guadalajara, Mexico
1987
Lucy Fradkin, Port Washington Library, Port Washington, NY
1982
Lucy Fradkin Works on Paper, West Village Gallery Brattleboro, VT
1981
Lucy Fradkin-Paper-Weavings, Alternative Space New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
It’s A Wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2009
Summer At The Paramount, Mulry Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL
Party At Chris’s House, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Flower Power, Clark Gallery Lincoln, MA
2008-9
As Others See Us, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
2008
Family Portrait, Gallery San Angel, San Antonio, TX
Fifteen Artists Address The Issue Of Love, Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
Rock, Scissors, Paper, Mulry Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2007
Sugar Buzz, Lehman College of Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2006
Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian Museum National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
3rd Wave, BAC Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Art Bar Artists 2006-2007, Art Bar Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Winter Salon, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
A Thing of Beauty, Kenise Barnes Fine Art Larchmont, NY
2005
Portraits-A Group Show, L Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA
8th Annual Mermaid Show, Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Long Island City: The Creative Path Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY
2004
War & Peace, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
First Annual, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
Gallery Artists, Kenise Barnes Fine Art Larchmont, NY
2003
Biennale di Arte Contemporanea di Porto Ercole, Forte Stella, Porto Ercole, Italy
Merry, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
Gallery Artists, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2002
5th Annual Mermaid Show, Holland Tunnel, Williamsburg, NY
Botanical Gardens: The Birds and the Bees, Kenise Barnes Fine Art Larchmont, NY
Botanical Gardens: The Birds and the Bees, Gallery @ Pfizer Learning Center, Ryebrook, NY
Body Language, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2002
New Work, Kenise Barnes Fine Art Larchmont, NY
2001
Merry, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
Drawing On Language, Spaces, Cleveland, OH
Group Show, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
21st” Suffragettes, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
2000
Recess” Kenise Barnes Fine Art Larchmont, NY
1999
Angels For The Millennium, The Works Space, New York, NY
Group Show, Rush Arts, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Jeffery Hoffeld & Co., The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Wall Paper, Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, Larchmont, NY
Wish You Were Here, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Small Works, PS 122 Gallery New York, NY
1998
Local Color, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Pay Per It, Sideshow 195 Williamsburg, NY
Pierogi 2000 Goes To College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Women View Women, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
Works On/Of Paper, Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Queens, NY
1997
New York Drawers, Gasworkds, London, England
New York Drawers, Corner House, Manchester, England
1997
Current Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Group Show, Flushing Gallery, Queens, NY
1995
NY Soho Biennial, 473 Broadway, New York, NY
Freaks, The Museum of Unnatural History, New York, NY
Group Show, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
Works for a Fun House, E.S. Vandam New York, NY
1994
The Box Show, K & E Gallery New York, NY
1993
Memorial Exhibition of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
The Art of Discovery, Krasdale Gallery, Bronx, NY
1992
Group Show, Phillipe Briet Gallery, New York, NY
Artistas en Residencia Otono ‘92, Galeria Altos de Chavon, La Romana, Dominican Rep.
1991
Art Works/Art Workers, A.C. Project Room, New York, NY
Group Show, Jamaica Art Center, Jamaica, NY
1990
Dia de Los Muertos III, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
China Show, P.S. 1 MUSEUM Long Island City, NY
China International Arts Festival, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, China
1989
Best of the Annual Juried, Queens Museum, Flushing, NY
Jurors: Henry Geldzahler, Grace Glueck, John Perrault
1988
Pier Show, Studio K. Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Art From Western Queens, Kaufman-Astoria Studios, Astoria, NY Juror: Allan Frumkin
Small Works Show, Baca Downtown, Brooklyn, NY Jurors: Peter Frank, Valerie Smith
Long Island City Artists Part II, Studio K. Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Group Show, Art Directors Gallery, ART Jurors: Holly Solomon, Patterson Sims, Judy Pfaf
Wall to Wall, Flushing Gallery, Flushing, NY
1986
Annual Juried, Queens Museum, Flushing, NY Juror: Holly Solomon
1985
Long Island City Artists Part I, Studio K Gallery, Long Island City, NY
1984
Art Against Apartheid, Langston Hughes Library, Queens, NY
1983
Art From Lower Manhattan, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA
Group Show, Ava Gallery, Hanover, NH
Group Show, A.J. Allan Gallery, New York, NY
1982
Group Show, On Paper Gallery, On Paper Gallery, Lenox, MA
Group Show, Pratt Gallery, Amherst, MA
1981
Collage, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
Group Show, Pratt Gallery, Amherst, MA
Group Show, Grove St. Gallery, Worcester, MA
Women Valley Artists, Hampshire College Gallery, Amherst, MA Juror: Lucy Lippard
Selected Collections
The Agnes Gund Collection
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center
Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz
Tom and Alice Tisch
Pamela Joseph and Rob Brinker
University Hospitals, Cleveland
Lesley Heller
Michael and Joy Millette
Selected Publications and Media
“In the Morning” , Live Radio Interview, WLIU, Southampton, NY, July 21, 2009
“Artists on the Subjectivity and Objectivity of Looking”, Southern Vermont Arts Magazine, Winter 2009
“As Others See Us” , Yankee Magazine, December 2008
“It’s All In How Things Are Projected”, The Boston Globe , November 26, 2008
“Spotlight Focus”, The Keene Sentinel , November 26, 2008
“Weekender”, Casper Star Tribune , October 17, 2008
“Lucy Fradkin”, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Lisa Hatchadoorian , October 2008
“Sugar Buzz”, New York Times, May 11, 2007
“Portrait Competition 2006”, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, 2006
“Portrait 21” National Portrait Gallery, , Canberra, Australia Spring 2006
“Images That Capture Romance of Europe”, New York Times, February 15, 2004
“American Academy in Rome 2002-2003” (Video) Dantia MacDonald 2004
“Biennale di Arte Contemporanea di Porto Ercole 2003” (Catalog) August 2003
“Italian Works :Lucy Fradkin e Arthur Simms”, Exibart, May 22,2003
“Contemporary Views”, New York Times, January 27, 2002
“Self Taught Artists”, Mutts Magazine (Japan), August 2001
“Drawing On Language”, SPACES, May 2001
“Making Flat Statements”, New York Times, December 17, 2000
“New American Painting Number 32″ , THE OPEN STUDIOS PRESS , February 2001
“Through A Woman’s Eyes”, New York Times, November 19, 2000
Cover , The Westchester County Times , October 2000
“Art: Pick of the Litter:” New York Press , December 16,1998
“Art Renaissance Speak Out”, Channel 25, May 6, 1997
“Video: Jun Sakamoto Meets NY Artists”, Saga TV, November 1996
“Pintura y collage de Lucy Fradkin”, Siglo 21, 8 de Febrero 1996
“La exposición de Lucy Fradkin se inaugura esta noche”, Siglo 21, 9 de Febrero 1996
“Bitácora de collages”, Siglo 21, 9 de Febrero 1996
“Days Without Art”, Village Voice, January 18, 1994
“Artistas en Residencia Otono ‘92″, Fundacion Centro Cultural, 1992
“Eric is Homeless”, Lerner Publications Co., 1992
“Dia de Los Muertos: Homelessness III” ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM, 1990
“The Best of Annual Juried”, THE QUEENS MUSEUM, March 1989
“3-D Collage”, Bangor Daily News”, July 26, 1989
“Review”, New York Times, April 3, 1988
“Column One”, New York Times, December 18, 1986
“Annual Juried”, QUEENS MUSEUM, December 1985
“By Artists for Artists”, Newsday, October 18, 1985
“Artists to Speak”, Brattleboro Reformer, April 28, 1982
“Vermont Visions”, BRATTLEBORO MUSEUM, April 1982
“Lucy Fradkin: Paper-Weavings”, Art New England, February, 1982
“Fradkin’s Paper-Weavings”, Brattleboro Reformer, January 27, 1982
Selected Professional Experience
2009 Artist in Residence, East End Arts Council Riverhead, NY
2008 Artist/Lecturer, Civitella Ranieri Foundation Umbertide, Italy
2006 Artist/Lecturer, Anderson Ranch Aspen, Colorado
2005 Artist/Lecturer, Hunter College MFA Program, New York, NY
2003 Artist/Lecturer, Sala Convegni Camera di Commercio Cagliari, Italy
Artist/Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design Rome Program Rome, Italy
2002 Artist/Lecturer, Temple University Rome Program Rome, Italy
Artist/Lecturer, Islip Art Museum East Islip, NY
2001 Artist/Lecturer, New York Public Library/New York Foundation for the Arts
1992-07 Artist/Educator, Young Audiences New York New York, NY
1989-95 Artist/Educator, P.S. 1 Museum Long Island City, NY
1994-95 Artist/Educator, Socrates Sculpture Park Long Island City, NY
1989-Present Artist/Educator, Dept. of Education New York City, NY
1989-1992 Artist/Educator, Bronx Museum Bronx, NY
1989 Artist/Educator, Chautauqua County High Schools Chautauqua Cty, NY
1987-1992 Artist/Educator, Jamaica Arts Center Jamaica, NY
1987 Artist/Educator, Port Washington Library Port Washington, NY
1987-1998 Artist/Educator, New York Foundation for the Arts New York, NY
1982-1978 Artist/Educator, Brattleboro and Newfane, VT
1978-1975 ArtistPuppeteer, Beholders Puppet Theatre Brattleboro, VT
1973 Art Teacher, New York City Prisons