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Hurricane Lost - Hurricane Lost
Hurricane Lost
Nine-channel, site-specific, video and sound installation, eight sculptural forms (two kinetic; six fixed), 2021
Georgie Friedman - Georgie Friedman: Fragments of Antarctica, installation view
Georgie Friedman: Fragments of Antarctica, installation view
Site-specific, three-channel video installation on existing architecture; kinetic sculptures; photography; two-channel video, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2019
Traces of Wind and Water - Traces of Wind and Water
Traces of Wind and Water
Two-channel, site-specific video installation on existing architecture, Strand Theatre (exterior), Dorchester, MA, Boston Artist-in-Residence project, projection area: 32' tall x 93' wide (approx.), 2016
Georgie Friedman - Contained Lightning
Contained Lightning
Public Art Commission for "Art on the Marquee", seven screen video installation with programed base lights, approx. 80’ tall x 24’ wide, 2014
Dark Swell - Dark Swell
Dark Swell
Two-channel sculptural video installation with audio, 9 ft x 16 ft x 11 ft (H x W x D), 2010
Georgie Friedman - Eye of the Storm III
Eye of the Storm III
Circular, B&W HD video, surround-sound audio, 10 minutes, continuous loop, 2017
Georgie Friedman - In the Wake of Icebergs, Antarctica Series
In the Wake of Icebergs, Antarctica Series
Two-channel video, 25 mins, continuous loop, silent, 2019
Our Freezing and Melting World  - Our Freezing and Melting World
Our Freezing and Melting World
Three-channel video installation, The Cleveland Museum of Art, projection area: 47' tall x 220' wide (approx.), 58:45 min, continuous loop, silent, 2016
Sea Like a Mirror - Sea Like a Mirror
Sea Like a Mirror
Single-channel, site-specific video installation, temporary public art installation, City Hall Park, Burlington, VT, 15 min looped, silent, projection area: 9' x 19', 2017
Georgie Friedman - Slippery Slope
Slippery Slope
Two-channel, site-specific video installation on existing architecture, Wold Center Atrium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, projection area: 30' 7" x 4', video: 6:40 min, continuous loop, silent, 2016
Biography

Georgie Friedman is an interdisciplinary artist whose projects include large-scale, experiential, video installations; single and multi-channel videos; photography; sculpture; and site-specific public art projects. She is interested in our psychological and societal relationships to mild and severe natural phenomena. She researches and bases her projects on a range of atmospheric and oceanic conditions, with a concentration on how these natural elements are changing in relation to the Anthropocene. Friedman has traveled to five continents, including Antarctica, to film for her projects. She utilizes video, sound, installation, engineering, and the physics of light, all in order to create new experiences for viewers. 

Her fellowships and awards include: Artist Traveling Fellowship to Antarctica (SMFA/Tufts, 2017); Boston A.I.R., City of Boston Artist-in-Residence (2016); three Mass Cultural Council grants, Sculpture/Installation/New Genres (2013 Fellowship; 2021 Finalist) and Film/Video (2019 Finalist); two A.R.T. Grants, Berkshire Taconic Foundation (2010; 2019); Montague International Travel Grant: Iceland (2008); Barlet Travel Grant: Alaska (2007), along with commissions for over fifteen video-based public art pieces.

Friedman has been based in Boston since 2005 and has exhibited nationally and internationally. Screenings, public art projects, and exhibits include: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (solo, 2019); Emerson College, Boston, MA (solo, 2021); The Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland (2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (2016); Muratcentoventidue Artecontemporanea, Bari, Italy (2018; 2019; 2020); Georgetown University, DC (solo, 2019);  Boston City Hall – exterior, MA (2017); Union College, NY (solo, 2016); Shelburne Museum, VT (2016); Lesley University College of Art and Design, MA (solo, 2015); College of the Holy Cross, MA (solo, 2015); Transylvania University, KY (2013); and The Armory Center for the Arts, CA (2013); Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA (2011–2012); deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, MA (2010).

Friedman's work has been featured on NPR and CBS News and in The Boston Globe, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Orion Magazine, among many others. 

Friedman's teaching appointments include: MIT (Art, Culture and Technology), Boston College (Studio Art and Film Studies), Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Film/Video; Fine Art 3D; Studio Foundation), and Lesley University College of Art and Design (Interdisciplinary Studies). She earned her MFA. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in conjunction with Tufts University (2008), and her BA from University of California, Santa Cruz (1996). 

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