Curriculum Vitae
Ruth Freeman
b. Enid, Oklahoma
Lives and Works in the Hudson Valley, NY
Education
MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 2016
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 1993
Solo Shows
#CANITBEMOREAWKWARD, Beers London Gallery, London UK 2016
Selected Exhibitions/Group Shows
SPATIAL REVERIES, Upstate Art Weekend, Art Fort, Kerhonkson, NY 2025
TROVE [FLAT FILE] 2024, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY 2024
KEEPSAKE. Uprise Art, New York, NY 2024
HEY NEIGHB, Stony Kill Studios, curated by Alex Gingrow and Michael Scoggins, Kerhonkson, NY 2024
RADIUS, Woodstock Artist Association Museum, juror Jayne Drost Johnson, Woodstock, NY 2022
FUTURE FAIR, Ruth Freeman and Damien Davis, curated by Uprise Art, New York, NY 2022
THROWING SHAPES, Art Austerlitz, curated by Ryan Turley, Austerlitz, New York, NY 2021
COMING SOON, Art Austerlitz, curated by Ryan Turley, Austerlitz, New York, NY 2020
PULSE MIAMI, Uprise Art, New York, NY 2019
FACEBOOK AIR Program, curated by Tamara Weg, New York, NY 2019
AD ASTRA PER ASPERA, The Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition, Wassaic, NY 2019
PULSE MIAMI, K. Imperial Gallery, Miami, FLA 2018
SEATTLE ART FAIR, K. Imperial Gallery, Seattle, WA 2018
ART MARKET SAN FRANCISCO, K. Imperial Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2018
HOLDING TIGHT, Woskob Gallery Penn State University, curate by Mark Epstein and Stina Puotinen 2018
139 X NOTHING BUT GOOD, Park, curated by René Korten, Tilburg, Netherlands 2018
INTRODUCTIONS 2018, Trestle Gallery, curated by Enrico Gomez, Brooklyn, NY 2018
OPTICALLY TOPICAL, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, curated by Alex Allenchey, New York, NY 2017
SMALL PAINTINGS, County Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 2017
HYPERMAGIC, Mountain Gallery, curated by Michael Fleming, New York, NY 2017
VERBLIST, E.Tay Gallery, curated by Mark J. Epstein, New York, NY 2016
POPULAR CULTURE IS WHERE THE PEDAGOGY IS, The Hole Gallery, curated by Jasmine Wahi, NY 2016
BROKEDOWN PALACE, Group Show, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY 2016
PULSE ART FAIR, SVA Galleries, New York, NY 2016
SEARCH PARTY, Curating Contemporary, curated by Kimberly Rowe 2015
SEE US ROAR, Curating Contemporary, curated by Kimberly Rowe 2014
ARRAY, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2013
FIFTY-FIFTY, juror Lonnie Lee of Vessel Gallery, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA 2013
ELEMENTS, Hive Gallery, Oakland, CA 2012
ACE EXHIBITION, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2012
Awards and Residencies
Women's Studio Workshop, Ora Schneider Regional Residency Grant, Rosendale, NY (forthcoming May 2026)
Wassaic Project, August 2023, Wassaic, NY 2023
Nicholas Buhalis Award, Radius 50, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum 2022
Facebook Artist in Residence Program, New York, NY 2019
Wassaic Project, June 2018, Wassaic, NY 2018
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Grant, Johnson, VT 2015
Publications
Kaugars, Marisa. “In Conversation with Ruth Freeman.” VALLEY MMAG. Issue No7. Summer 2025.
Broderick, DK. Artist’s Profiles Wassaic Project, Wassaic Project Website 2018
Nafziger, Christina. ARTMAZE Mag, Abstraction and the Digital Realm: Interview with Ruth Freeman 2017
Uprise Art Journal, Meet Ruth Freeman 2017
New American Paintings, Issue #129, MFA Issue 2017
Sargent, Antwaun. “Art School Exhibition Explores the Politics of Pop Culture”, The Creators Project/Vice, Jun 2016
New American Paintings, Issue #122, Northeast Issue 2016
The Studio Work Blog, hosted by Elise Morris 2014
Related Projects
Abstraction and Its Discontent, Panelist with Gary Stephan, Deborah Brown, and Sharon Butler, moderated by Jsun Laliberté, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 2014