ARTIST STATEMENT
Collage is a kind of visual poetry. It seeks coherence in disorder, elegance amidst anarchy.
I am a published poet and novelist. I began working in collage as a way to further indulge my fascination with story.
From the start I’ve found it incredible how two distinct images – placed in proximity – can create a totally new and unexpected energy. For me it’s exactly like writing poetry. It’s this energy I seek to harness in my collages.
Much of my work focuses on issues of gender expectations and historical perceptions of femininity and sexuality. I’m particularly interested in the notion of nostalgia -- how old perceptions collide with current societal realities -- and the emotional artifacts women continue to carry as a result.
There is a lot of "fragmenting" in my collages: dissociated arms and legs; eyes peering or assessing or spying, mouth's stuffed, agape, or blacked out. This is something that has just "happened" in my work: it seems to be where I land. No body is entirely intact. Figures are there and not there are the same time. My imagination tends toward the provocative - the visually arresting pairing or detail. A dapper business executive side-eyes a 16th-century Dutch girl, her left hand nested neatly over her belly. A deconstructed Eve in the garden brandishes a perfect, tiny, silver nipple ring.
My pieces have been shown widely in small and large group shows throughout the northeastern United States and earned numerous juror’s awards and mentions. In 2018 I curated and participated in the show “Waste Not,” which was featured as the cover story for ArtScope Magazine (Nov. 2018). My work can be found at http://www.kimtriedman.com and in numerous private collections here and abroad. I am also the author of three poetry collections and a novel.
Past, Current, and Upcoming Exhibitions
2024
“Where Do We Come From and Where Do We Go?” (April, 2024). Selected for group exhibition at the Goethe Institute, Boston University, Boston, MA.
“Members Juried II” (March, 2024). Selected for annual juried members show at Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
“New England Collective” (February 2024). Selected for group exhibition at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA.
“Burning Down The House: Women and Art in an Uncertain World” (February, 2024). Selected for curatorial exhibit at the PEG Center for Arts and Activism with artists Kathryn Geismar, Virginia Mahoney, Tira Khan, and Lorraine Sullivan, Somerville, MA (Kim Triedman, Curator).
“Burning Down The House: Women and Art in an Uncertain World” (January, 2024). Selected for curatorial exhibit at the Brickbottom Gallery with artists Kathryn Geismar, Virginia Mahoney, Tira Khan, and Lorraine Sullivan, Somerville, MA (Kim Triedman, Curator).
2023
“Pairings” (September 2023). Selected for group exhibition at Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA.
“Fluid Borders” (August 2023). Selected for small group exhibition at Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
“Used” (June 2023). Selected for juried group exhibition at Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
“Women, Life, Freedom” (May - June, 2023). Selected for group exhibition at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022
“National Collage Society: 2022 Annual Juried Exhibition” (October -November 2022). Selected for annual juried exhibition at The Coburn Art Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio.
“Members Prize Show” (Juried, March-April 2022). Selected for group exhibition at Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
“When She Was Good” (January 2022). Selected for solo show at Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
2021
“Illuminations” (December 2020). Selected for group exhibition at Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA.
“2021 National Prize Show” (Juried, May-June, 2021). Selected for group exhibition at Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
“Turmoil and Transformation” (Juried, May-June 2021). Selected for group exhibition at Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI.
“Give And Take”. (Juried, April 2021). Selected for small group curatorial show at Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
“Collage Biennial”. (Juried, March-April 2021). Selected for group show at Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY.
“Double Visions”. (Juried, March, 2021). Selected for group exhibition at Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA.
“Self Reflections”. (Juried, January/February 20201). Selected for group exhibition at Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO.
2020
“Illumination”. (Decmeber2020/January 2021). Selected for group show at Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA.
“Exhibition Program – New England Biolabs - ArtFocus”. (Juried March – April 2020). Selected for two-person exhibition at New England Biolabs Gallery, Ipswich, MA.
“Broken Beauty”. (Juried, Jan. 2020). Group exhibition at Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
2019
“In God We Trust: Reflections On Religion In America” (Juried, Oct-Nov 2019). Group exhibition at Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI.
“20th Frances N. Roddy Open Competition” (Winner, Juror’s Prize; Juried by Josephine Halvorson; Sept-Oct 2019). Group exhibition at Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
“2019 Mary Schein Fall Salon” (Sept, 2019). Group exhibition at Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
"New England Collective IX" (Juried by Katherine French; August 2019). Group exhibition at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA.
“Emerging Artists Exhibition” (Juried, July, 2019). Group exhibition at Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
“Opposites” (Juried, June/July, 2019). Group exhibition at Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA.
“Thrive” (June/July, 2019). Group exhibition at Gallery Twist, Belmont, MA.
"D I V E R S E" (January, 2019). Group exhibition curated by Art In Suburbia at The LAP Gallery, Waltham, MA
2018
“Waste Not” (October - November 2018). Selected for four-person exhibition (as curator and exhibitor) with artists Lorraine Sullivan, Anne Plaisance, and Stephen Martin at ArtSpace Maynard, Maynard, MA
"About Time" (September - October, 2018). Group exhibition at Gallery Blink, Lexington, MA
"Frances N. Roddy Open Competition" (Juried, September - October, 2018). Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
"V I N T A G E" (August - September, 2018). Group exhibition curated by Art In Suburbia at The LAP Gallery, Waltham, MA
"New England Collective IX" (Juried, August 2018). Group exhibition at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
"Up Close and Personal" (Juried, July 2018). Group exhibition at Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
“Collage 2” (April - May, 2018) Selected for two-person exhibition with artist Anne Plaisance at Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
“Pentimento” (April, 2018) Selected for two-person exhibition with artist Cynthia Triedman at Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
"Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales" (Juried, March-May, 2018). Group exhibition at Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA
"Members Juried 2" (Juried. Winner, Juror's Prize; Juried by Abigail Ogilvy. February - March, 2018). Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2017
“Illuminations” (Juried, December, 2017). Group exhibition at Gallery Blink, Lexington, MA
Arlington Open Studios (Juried, October 14, 2017). Group exhibition at Arlington Town Hall, Arlington, MA
“WordPlay” (September - October, 2017). Group exhibition at Gallery Blink, Lexington, MA
Annual Members Exhibition (Juried; September-October, 2017). Group exhibition at Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
“Fay Chandler Emerging Art Awards/Exhibition” (Juried; September, 2017). Group exhibition at Scollay Square Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
“Body Politic” (Juried; August, 2017). Group exhibition at the Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
“Connections” (Juried; July – August, 2017). Group exhibition at the Six Bridges Gallery, Maynard, MA
“Reclaimed,” (Juried; April-July, 2017), Group exhibition at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Earlier
“A Book About Death,” (2009), Group exhibition at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York, NY
Awards and Honors
Featured artist with multipage spread in Kolaj Magazine Issue 38, 2023.'
Featured artist with article on solo show in ArtScope Magazine .
Finalist for Attleboro Arts Museum’s 2022 “8 Visions” show.
One of five finalists for Bromfield Gallery’s 2022 Solo show competition
Finalist for Attleboro Arts Museum’s 2021 “8 Visions” show.
Juror’s Prize (Josephine Halvorson, judge), Frances N. Roddy Open Competition (Sept/Oct 2019), Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
ArtScope Magazine: Cover Story for “Waste Not” show (Nov. 2018), a large, 4-person exhibition I curated and participated in at ArtSpace Maynard, Maynard, MA.
Juror’s Prize (Abigail Ogilvy, judge), Members 2 Exhibition (Feb/March 2018), Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.