Gallery Ehva ~ Contemporary and Early Provincetown Art: Lorrie Fredette

My work explores the misrepresentation of information and the ways these distortions are presented. I am interested in how information becomes altered over time, specifically, what is the source or source material, the intricacies of how the information changes and, then, its latest presentation. My work is about exaggeration; I use presumably reliable biological specimen, statistical data, social systems, diseases and current events as a point of departure. Through continually combining this reference material, I make diagrams, drawings and hand-made objects. Each incarnation is a different version of an initial truth that has been liberally mixed and altered demonstrating how we continually adjust facts and create fiction. The end result is new information that has been made beautiful and reintroduced as another account for closer inspection. -- Lorrie Fredette

Lorrie Fredette

A Pattern of Connections: Falling, 2007
2B Pencil on Strathmore Watercolor Paper, 4" x 6"

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (* Solo Shows)

2010
MARKS (working title), Columbia Greene Community College, Hudson, NY

2009
INTRODUCTIONS, Gallery Ehva, Provincetown, MA

ECOTONES AND TRANSITION ZONES, Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY. Brian Wallace - curator

GRAPHICA CREATIVA, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland. Jukka Partanen - curator

2008
THINK BABY THINK!, No_Space Gallery, Rosendale, NY

10 x 10 x 10, Town of Ellenville, Ellenville, NY

*A PATTERN OF CONNECTIONS, The Gallery at R & F, Kingston, NY

2007
TWENTY YEARS AGO, Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson, NY. Peter Donahoe - curator

HUDSON VALLEY ARTISTS, Historical Materialism, Hudson, NY

ENCAUSTIC PAINTING EXHIBITION, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA. Zola Solamente - juror

ENCAUSTIC INVITATIONAL, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ

CURATORS AS ARTISTS, bau, Beacon, NY,.Christopher Staples - curator

RED AND WHITE, Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

2006
SAUGERTIES ARTISTS, Catskill Gallery and Opus 40, Saugerties, NY

MOHAWK HUDSON REGIONAL, University Art Museum, Albany, NY. Lilly Wei - juror

MAKING THE CUT, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY. Apsara DiQuinzio, Whitney Museum of Art - juror

2005
ENCAUSTIC WORKS 2005, Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY. Dr. Karl Emil Willers and Beth Wilson - co-curators

PULSE: A SURVEY OF ARTISTS WORKING WITH FIBER, Catskill Mountain Foundation Gallery, Hunter, NY. Invitational

OPEN ENDS: THE NARRATIVE IMPULSE, Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge, NY. Carl Van Brunt, Director Van Brunt Gallery - juror

2004
SMALL WORKS, Harper College, Palatine, IL. Lynn Warren, Curator Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago - juror

2003
4 NARRATIONS, R & F Gallery , Kingston, NY. Laura Moriarty - curator

WAXING POETIC, Catskill Mountain Foundation Gallery, Hunter, NY. Fawn Potash - curator

HOME & GARDEN, Studio Place Arts Gallery, Barre, VT

CROSSING EASTERN PARKWAY, Rongio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002
TEMPERANCE, Rongio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Marilyn Hawthorne - curator

GAZPACHO, Highland Cultural Center, Highland, NY

2001
FACES/PHASES, Manhattan Borough President's Office, New York, NY. Mariano Del Rosario, Robin Dann and Janice Taylor - curators

THE LANGUAGE OF VISION, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY. Yuko Nii, Artistic Director - curator

THE LANGUAGE OF VISION, Watchung Art Center, Watchung, NJ

1998
*FINAL FIGURES, American States Insurance Company, Indianapolis, IN

1996
BEHIND THE RED DOOR, Galeria de Ros, Indianapolis, IN

A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN. Jennifer Complo, Curator at the Eiteljorg Museum of Western Art - curator

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Mieselman, Port Washington, NY

Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)

staff journalist, "Five Artists/Five Media", Daily Freeman , April 3, 2009

A Brief History of R&F Handmade Paints, October 2008

* Beth E. Wilson, "You Had To Be There", Chronogram , March 2008

Robert Bangiola, "One-on-one with Lorrie Fredette", Burlington Times Union, March 20, 2008

*Paul Smart, "Great Things", The Saugerties Times, February 14, 2008

Kandy Harris, "Tour de Force", The Saugerties Times, August 3, 2006

*Jacqueline Keren, "A Subtle Nature", Metroland, August 3, 2006

*Karen Bjornland, "UAlbany show features works by 38 artists", The Daily Gazette, July 7, 2006

Lilly Wei, Mohawk Hudson Regional Catalog, University Art Museum, Albany, NY, 2006, illustration.

*Beth Wilson, Gallery Guide, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY 2005, illustration & review

*Beth Wilson, Encaustic Works Catalog, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY, 2005, illustration and review.

Paul Smart, "Encaustic Comments" The Woodstock and Saugerties Times, September 16, 2005

*Paul Smart, "Thereby hangs a tale", The Woodstock and Saugerties Times, March 31, 2005

Susan Jeffers, Open Ends Catalog , Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge, NY, 2005, illustration & statement

Lynne Warren, Small Works Catalog , Harper College, Palatine, IL, 2004, illustration.

Patricia Malarcher, "Exposure", Surface Design, Spring 2004, illustration.

*Paul Smart, "Surprising oneself: Lorrie Fredette and Wendy Klein have learned that the best art always pushes all the boundaries", The Woodstock and Saugerties Times , September 11, 2003.

*Ann Galloway, "Home & Garden: Studio Place Arts glorifies the mundane", The Barre Montpelier Times Argus , April 24, 2003.

*Sue Stovall, "ARTSPACE", Catskill Mountain Region Guide, January 2002

*Staff journalist, "City Exhibitor", New Saugerties Times , Saugerties, NY, December 6, 2001

*Nicole Edwards, "Local Artist Exhibits in City", Poughkeepsie Journal , Poughkeepsie, NY, November 30, 2001

*Staff journalist, "Watch This Space" Magazine Cover and Featured Artist , ARTS INDIANA , January/February 1998

AWARDS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

2009
NYFA MARK, New York Foundation for the Arts

2007
Strategic Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts

2006
Albany Center Galleries Board of Directors Juror's Award selected by Lilly Wei, Independent Curator and juror for the University Art Museum exhibition "Mohawk Hudson Regional"

2005
Award of Excellence selected by Aspara DiQuinzio, Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of Art and juror for Nassau Community College exhibition "Making the Cut"

1997
Residency. Mary Anderson Center, Mount St. Francis, IN; Sponsored by the Indiana Arts Commission

EDUCATION

Herron School of Art - Indiana University, BFA in Sculpture

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