For much of her career, Faiya Fredman was known for large-scale sculpture and mixed-media paintings. She has found inspiration in the cycles of life, nature, the cosmos, ancient astronomy and mythologies, and archaeological artifacts. She has documented the decomposition of sea life on the beach near her former home in Del Mar, and indexed archeological excavations on the Mediterranean.
A few years ago, she began experimenting with new technologies, and the result is an eye-catching juxtaposition of the natural world with digital manipulation. She begins with found natural items, like leaves or flowers, and draws out their innermost beauty and elegance. She currently resides in La Jolla, California.
BORN: 1925, Columbus, Ohio
EDUCATION: 1949, University of California, Los Angeles, B.V.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Athenaeum Music & Art Library, La Jolla, California
2007 Pacific Beach Earl & Birdie Taylor Library, Pacific Beach, California
2004 Pacific Beach Earl & Birdie Taylor Library, Pacific Beach, California
2001 Grossmont College, El Cajon, California
1999 Faiya Fredman: She Who Knows and Is Unknown, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library,
La Jolla, California
1996 Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego
1995 University of California, San Diego Extension
1994 Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
University of California, San Diego, Extension, Downtown Center
Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, California
1990 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1989 Zack Shuster Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1988 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles
1985 University of California, Riverside
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles
1984 University of California, San Diego
University of California, Irvine
1981 Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1980 Information Series, San Diego State University, California
1977 Casat Gallery, La Jolla, California
1976 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
Galeria Chapultepec, Institutio Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
1975 Orlando Gallery, Los Angeles
1974 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1971 Arizona State University Gallery Collections,Tempe
Jewish Community Center Gallery, San Diego
1968 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1961 Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2003 Jewish Community Center, La Jolla
2002 Earl & Birdie Taylor Library, San Diego
1997 Women of the Book: Jewish Artists, Jewish Themes; organized by Judith A. Hoffberg;
1995 Three Painters Exhibition, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California
Happy Birthday,Johannes, Gutenberg Pavilion, Mainz, Germany
Unbuilt Southern California, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, California
1993 Permanent Collection Summer Group Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Boehm Gallery Palomar College, San Marcos, California
1992 David Lewinson Gallery, Del Mar, California
1991 COVA, San Diego
1989 KPBS Artist in Residence, San Diego Art Institute
1987 Introduction: Extended Images, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
Six Women, San Diego Lyceum
1986 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
Paris-Green Gallery, La Jolla
Cityscapes, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1982 Baker Gallery, La Jolla, California
1981 Boehm Gallery Permanent Collection, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
Permanent Collection Summer Show, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1980 American Women Artists 1980, São Paolo Museum of Contemporary Art, Brazil
Space Gallery, Los Angeles
Earthworks, Escondido Art Commission, Kit Karson Park, California
Information 5, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University
1979 Summer Show, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
Earth and Water, Women's Building, Los Angeles
Casat Gallery, La Jolla, California
40 Years, The Permanent Collection, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
New Artists in New York, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
1978 Big San Diego Show, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
Southern California Art 60's and 70's, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1976 Floating Wall Gallery, Santa Ana, California
1974 Robin Bright, Faiya Fredman, Reesey Shaw, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
1973 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
Mills College, Oakland, California
1972 Womanspace Opening Invitational, Los Angeles
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
Invisible-Visible: 21 Artists, Long Beach Museum of Art, California
AWARDS:
1978 First Prize San Diego Public Television Juried Show
Approved Artist for Public Artworks, National Community Art Competition, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Arizona State University, Tempe
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
Brandes Investmant Partners, San Diego
Banff Center for the Arts, Canada, Artist Book Collection
Bohem Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles
Chicago Art Institute, Artists Book Collection
Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Rare Book Special
Collections, Santa Monica, California.
Knightsbridge Associate Appellate Court, San Diego
Luce-Forward, San Diego
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
The Museum of Modern Art, Artist Book Collection, New York
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Artist Book Collection
Oakland Museum, California
La Jolla Sculpture Garden, La Jolla, California
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artist Book Collection
Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles, Artist Book Collection
University of California, San Diego, Artist Book Collection
A few years ago, she began experimenting with new technologies, and the result is an eye-catching juxtaposition of the natural world with digital manipulation. She begins with found natural items, like leaves or flowers, and draws out their innermost beauty and elegance. She currently resides in La Jolla, California.
BORN: 1925, Columbus, Ohio
EDUCATION: 1949, University of California, Los Angeles, B.V.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Athenaeum Music & Art Library, La Jolla, California
2007 Pacific Beach Earl & Birdie Taylor Library, Pacific Beach, California
2004 Pacific Beach Earl & Birdie Taylor Library, Pacific Beach, California
2001 Grossmont College, El Cajon, California
1999 Faiya Fredman: She Who Knows and Is Unknown, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library,
La Jolla, California
1996 Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego
1995 University of California, San Diego Extension
1994 Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
University of California, San Diego, Extension, Downtown Center
Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, California
1990 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1989 Zack Shuster Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1988 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles
1985 University of California, Riverside
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles
1984 University of California, San Diego
University of California, Irvine
1981 Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1980 Information Series, San Diego State University, California
1977 Casat Gallery, La Jolla, California
1976 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
Galeria Chapultepec, Institutio Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
1975 Orlando Gallery, Los Angeles
1974 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1971 Arizona State University Gallery Collections,Tempe
Jewish Community Center Gallery, San Diego
1968 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1961 Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2003 Jewish Community Center, La Jolla
2002 Earl & Birdie Taylor Library, San Diego
1997 Women of the Book: Jewish Artists, Jewish Themes; organized by Judith A. Hoffberg;
1995 Three Painters Exhibition, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California
Happy Birthday,Johannes, Gutenberg Pavilion, Mainz, Germany
Unbuilt Southern California, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, California
1993 Permanent Collection Summer Group Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Boehm Gallery Palomar College, San Marcos, California
1992 David Lewinson Gallery, Del Mar, California
1991 COVA, San Diego
1989 KPBS Artist in Residence, San Diego Art Institute
1987 Introduction: Extended Images, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
Six Women, San Diego Lyceum
1986 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
Paris-Green Gallery, La Jolla
Cityscapes, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1982 Baker Gallery, La Jolla, California
1981 Boehm Gallery Permanent Collection, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
Permanent Collection Summer Show, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1980 American Women Artists 1980, São Paolo Museum of Contemporary Art, Brazil
Space Gallery, Los Angeles
Earthworks, Escondido Art Commission, Kit Karson Park, California
Information 5, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University
1979 Summer Show, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
Earth and Water, Women's Building, Los Angeles
Casat Gallery, La Jolla, California
40 Years, The Permanent Collection, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
New Artists in New York, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
1978 Big San Diego Show, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
Southern California Art 60's and 70's, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
1976 Floating Wall Gallery, Santa Ana, California
1974 Robin Bright, Faiya Fredman, Reesey Shaw, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
1973 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
Mills College, Oakland, California
1972 Womanspace Opening Invitational, Los Angeles
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
Invisible-Visible: 21 Artists, Long Beach Museum of Art, California
AWARDS:
1978 First Prize San Diego Public Television Juried Show
Approved Artist for Public Artworks, National Community Art Competition, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Arizona State University, Tempe
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
Brandes Investmant Partners, San Diego
Banff Center for the Arts, Canada, Artist Book Collection
Bohem Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles
Chicago Art Institute, Artists Book Collection
Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Rare Book Special
Collections, Santa Monica, California.
Knightsbridge Associate Appellate Court, San Diego
Luce-Forward, San Diego
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
The Museum of Modern Art, Artist Book Collection, New York
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Artist Book Collection
Oakland Museum, California
La Jolla Sculpture Garden, La Jolla, California
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artist Book Collection
Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles, Artist Book Collection
University of California, San Diego, Artist Book Collection