Joanne Freeman
Artist Statement:
My paintings reference forms found in architecture and design. I create compositions based on loose geometry and layered saturated colors. The hard edge process of cutting shapes and layering color onto treated raw linen, recalls qualities of midcentury low-tech graphics, colorfield painting and collage.
When applying oil paint to linen I try to accentuate the inherent qualities of both mediums. I consider both the transparency and opacity of the colors and their response to the textured tooth of the linen. Abutting and overlapping forms create ambiguous figure ground relationships. I work intuitively in the studio with prior works informing the process and external sources both conscious and unconscious influencing decisions.
Building on historical precedence, visual memory and the emotional residue of color, my reductive abstract paintings are about the beauty of singular color, the impact of pure abstract forms and the quiet order that cuts through the noise.
Artist Biography:
Joanne Freeman received a BS in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin and a MA in Studio Art from New York University. She is a 2024 recipient of NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in the category of Painting and is the recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2021.
Selected solo shows include; Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York NY. 490 Atlantic, Brooklyn NY. Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York NY. Marc Jancou Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, Au 9 Galerie, Casablanca, Morocco, White Columns, New York NY. The Queens Museum, Queens, New York and the Zillman Art Museum University of Maine, Bangor Me.
Freeman has been a visiting artist at; New York University, The New School for Social Research, The New York Studio School, Massachusetts College of Art, Chautauqua School of Art, The Marie Sharpe Foundation and the Rome Art Program
AAA:
Member Since: 2018
Vice President: 2019 -2024
