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Marina Fridman arranging drawings on a drawing board in an art studio

Marina Fridman photographed by Saige Ashton Photography

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Residency: At
StudioWorks
Winter 2022
Tides Institute & Museum of Art,
Eastport, MN

I am thrilled to be a a StudioWorks Artist-in-Residence at the Tides Institute and Museum of Art in Eastport, Maine!



Vice Versa

Two-Person Exhibition with Nick Lenker
June 4 - June 29, 2022
Headstone Gallery
Kingston, NY

I am delighted to announce Vice Versa, my two-person exhibition with Nick Lenker at Headstone Gallery in Kingston, NY from June 4 to 29! A massive thank you to the Edmonton Arts Council for their support of my work for this show.


GRANT: Major Artist-Driven Project Grant from the Edmonton Arts Council

I'm thrilled to be awarded a Major Artist-Driven Project Grant by the Edmonton Arts Council, to complete and ship my new drawing installation to an exciting show on the East Coast of the US. All my gratitude to the Edmonton Arts Council and the City of Edmonton for their support!

 
 
 

MAGAZINE COVER: New Orleans Review

It’s an honor to have my work featured on the digital cover of the New Orleans Review! These graphite eye drawings are from The Fear Project, an in-progress installation that you can read about here. Check out Issue 47 of NOR here as well!



GROUP EXHIBITION: Artists in the Fallow [Part II]

September 9 - 25
Brighton Block
9666 Jasper Ave
Edmonton, Alberta

I am delighted to be exhibiting part of my Omniscient Body installation in my hometown for the first time, in a stunning, unique space, among artists whom I admire! Come check out our work and the amazing Brighton Block building this September.

 
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My charcoal drawing ‘Overview’ in the Artists in the Fallow exhibition

My charcoal drawing ‘Overview’ in the Artists in the Fallow exhibition

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PUBLICATION: Manifest International Drawing Annual

My installation ‘Omniscient Body’ has won third prize in Manifest’s 14th International Drawing Annual! The INDA 14 publication is available for purchase here.

For the INDA 14 Manifest received 1187 submissions from 353 artists from 43 states, Washington D.C., and 25 countries. The publication includes 110 works by 66 artists from 26 states, Washington D.C., and 7 countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, and Scotland.

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GROUP EXHIBITION & PUBLICATION

Drawing Discourse: 12th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition
University of North Carolina Asheville, NC

On the last day of 2020 I received the wonderful news that my drawing installation ‘Overview’ would be included in UNC Asheville’s 12th Drawing Discourse exhibition and catalog!

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It is one of 120 works selected from 1925 entries by juror Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum. The exhibition is online this year due to Covid, and can be viewed at the following link: https://aah.unca.edu/exhibitions/drawing-discourse/dd-13-test

I’m delighted and honored to be among such phenomenal artists and works of art in this exhibition.

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RESIDENCY:
MacDowell (Full Fellowship)
Artist-in-Residence
Attended in December 2019

RESIDENCY: Vermont Studio Center (Full Fellowship)
Artist-in-Residence
Attended from July 7 - August 2, 2019



GROUP EXHIBITION

Interlopers: Works on Paper
(April 26 - May 18, 2019)
EVOKE Contemporary
Santa Fe, NM

I am delighted to be exhibiting two drawings in the Interlopers: Works on Paper exhibition at EVOKE Contemporary. Earth, shown below, from both my Omniscient Body and Overview installations, will be on display, as well as a portrait drawing.

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EXHIBITION REVIEW: Cincinnati CityBeat


Thank you so much to the Cincinnati CityBeat for the lovely review of my recent exhibition Overview at Manifest Gallery, and for selecting it as the 'Best Solo Exhibition at a Gallery' in Best of Cincinnati 2019!

Read the review below or in the online version of the magazine at:

https://local.citybeat.com/publication/best-of-cincinnati/best-of-cincinnati-2019/arts-and-culture/best-solo-exhibition-at-a-gallery

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COMPETITION & EXHIBITION: Manifest ONE Prize

I am delighted to have won Manifest Gallery’s ONE Prize, an international prize from which my work ‘Overview’ was chosen from 927 entries by 18 jurors across the U.S. Please visit the Manifest Gallery website for more information.

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RESIDENCY: ArtBnB Jerusalem

I am very excited to be one of 20 artists from around the world heading to Jerusalem, Israel in a month's time, where I have been invited to create a site-specific installation at an artist residency at HaMiffal Cultural Center!

From the former ArtBnB website: “20 artists from around the world are coming to Jerusalem for two weeks of art. They will join 21 local artists to create artworks, workshops and one big exhibition that will display the products of the residency.”

I will be staying and working at HaMiffal (‘The Factory’) Cultural Center:

 

 

Upcoming Workshop:

Marina Fridman Still Life

Composition
& Still Life Drawing

I will be teaching a Composition and Still Life Workshop for the Peace River Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists on Saturday, November 24 from 9:30am to 4:30pm.

Please see the Peace River Chapter’s Workshop page for details on how to sign up!

 

 
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Booooooom feature


Thank you to Booooooom for featuring my older series of interior drawings in an Artist Spotlight!

 

 

Very excited to be featured on Hi Fructose Magazine's website!
Click on the image to read the full article.

 

 

I am thrilled to have received an Honorable Mention in the International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award! Click on the image above to read the entire Press Release on Alfred University's website.

 

 
 

Please join me on Saturday, April 28th for the opening reception of my two-person MFA Thesis Exhibition with Brian Westrick,
titled 'Out of Body/Into Being.' It will feature my first immersive drawing installation, as well as other works.
 

MFA Thesis Exhibition: April 28, 2018
'Out of Body, Into Being'
 

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Show cards have arrived for my upcoming MFA Thesis Exhibition!

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Sculpture Space Artist in Residence 2019
 

I am thrilled to have been selected to be an Artist in Residence at the Sculpture Space Artist Residency in 2019!