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Resume
| Education: |
| The University of Wisconsin-Madison | Painting | MFA | 1980 |
| The University of North Dakota | Studio Art | MA | 1972 |
| Minnesota State University-Moorhead | Art | BS | 1970 |
| Selected Professional Achievements and Honors: |
| 1995 to Present | Who's Who in America, Marquis Publishing, New Providence, NJ |
| 1993 to Present | Who's Who in American Art, R. R. Bowker Publishing, Oldsmar, FL |
| 2010-2011 | "Juror's Choice", Endless Visions: The 4th Biennial South Dakota Governor's Exhibition, Shown at 6 locations across the state. |
| 1991 | Nominated for "Awards in the Visual Arts", Southeast Center for Contemporary Art,Winston Salem, NC, 1991. (One of fifty artists nominated in a region that includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Northern California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.) |
| 1985 | "Merit Award: Wall Relief", ARTQUEST '85, National Juried Show. |
| 1984 | "Honorable Mention", 25th Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Gallery and Museum, Moorhead, MN. June-August, 1984. |
| 1984 | "Cash Award", Joslyn Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. 1984. |
| 1983 | "Best Painting Award", Sioux City Fall Biennial, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA. December, 1983. |
| 1978 | "Jury Purchase Award", 1st Wisconsin Biennale, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI. May-July, 1978. |
| 1978 | "1st Place and Purchase Award", 19th Red River Annual, Plains Art Museum, Moorhead, MN. January-February, 1978. |
| 1978 | "Honorable Mention", Wisconsin '78, University Art Galleries, University of Wisconsin-Stephens Point, 1978 |
| 1972 | "3rd Place", 13th Red River Annual, Plains Art Museum, Moorhead, MN., 1972. |
| Selected Professional Activities: |
| Exhibiting Artist Gallery Lecture, “New Work” Bede Gallery, Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD, November, 2007. |
| Exhibiting Artist Gallery Lecture, University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD, March 18, 2005 |
| Exhibiting Artist Gallery Lecture, Minnesota West Community College, Worthington, MN, September 14, 2004. |
| Commissioned Assemblage/Construction, Dordt College, Campus Center, Sioux Center, Iowa, September, 2003. |
| Exhibiting Artist Gallery Lecture, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD, September 18, 2003. |
| Visiting Artist, Tianjin Art Academy, Tianjin, Peoples Republic of China, October 31 - November 19, 2001. |
| Visiting Artist, Tangshan Teachers College, Tangshan, Peoples Republic of China, November 9, 2001. |
| Visiting Artist, Shinhuangdao Oil Painters Club, Shinhuangdao, Peoples Republic of China, November 10, 2001. |
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Commisioned Mural, "Lewis and Clark in Southeast South Dakota, 1804", W. H. Over Museum, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. Dedicated on August 25, 2001. |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, November, 1998. |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, November 1998. |
| Juror, "Iowa Artist's Guild Exhibition", Art Gallery, Westmar College, Lemars, IA, March, 1996. |
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Visiting Artist Workshop, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, April, 1993. |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, February, 1993. |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, The Holter Museum, Helena, MT, February 15, 1993. |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, October, 1992. |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, Sculpture Department, Virginia Comonwealth University, Richmond, VA, September 21, 1992. |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, September 17-18, 1992. |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH, November 5, 1990. |
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Visiting Artist Gallery Discussion, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL, November 2, 1990. |
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Panelist, "Away from the Centers", Panel Discussion in Conjunction with "Midlands Invitational 1990: Painting and Sculpture", Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, NE September 15, 1990. |
| Selected Publications: |
| Catalogue: “Endless Visions – The 4th Governor’s Biennial Juried Art Exhibition”, The Dahl Art Center, Rapid City, SD and other locations around the state. 2010. |
| Catalogue: “Endless Imagination – The 3rd Governor’s Biennial Juried Art Exhibition”, The Dahl Art Center, Rapid City, SD and other locations around the state. 2008. |
| “The Next Resolution in Art (Art Dog-ma No. 6)”, Poem/Diatribe by Jeff Freeman, published in Paddlefish: A Literary Review, edited by Professor Jim Reese, Mount Marty College. 2009. |
| Catalogue: “On Alexander the Great - The 48th Midwestern Artists National Invitational Exhibition”, Rourke Art Gallery and Museum, Moorhead, MN, June 18 - August 30, 2008. |
| Catalogue: “Endless Possibilities – The Governor’s 2nd Biennial Juried Art Exhibition”, The Dahl Art Center, Rapid City, SD and other locations around the state. 2006. |
| Catalogue: “P3: Painters, Poets, Pavilion Number II”, Invitational Exhibition, Sioux Falls Visual Art Center, Sioux Falls Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD. December, 2009 to March, 2010. |
| Catalogue: “Disguises, Trophies, Roadmaps and the Assorted Odd Narrative: Recent Work by Jeff Freeman,” The University of South Dakota Art Galleries, 2007. |
| Article: Northern Art: The Journal of The Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, 2002, No. 1, Page 84. |
| Article: “My Art View”, Chinese Oil Painting Magazine, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, 2002, No. 4, Pages 29-30 |
| Catalogue: "Midlands Invitational 1990: Paintings and Sculpture", Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, 1990. |
| Catalogue, "High Visibility 1990", Arts Midwest - NEA, Minneapolis, MN, 1990. |
| Catalogue, "Jeff Freeman: Constructions", University of South Dakota Art Galleries, Vermillion, SD. 1990. |
| Color Reproduction of Artwork, "An Illustrated History of the Arts in South Dakota" by Arthur Huseboe, The Center for Western Studies, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD 1989. |
| Catalogue, "Art for a New Century", Sioux Falls Civic Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD and South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD 1989. |
| Catalogue, "South Dakota Selects", Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD 1988. |
| Catalogue, "The Painting as Artifact - Works by Jeff Freeman, David McCullough, and Warren Rosser”, Published by Sioux City Art Center, 1986. |
| Artwork Reproduced, "University of North Dakota College of Education Record", February, 1971, Vol. LVI, No. 5. |
| Selected Exhibitions: |
| 2011: | "Remains of the Day", An Exhibition, the result of "Seize the Day": A Gallery/Studio event featuring 28 artists creating a work apeice in a 10 hour continuous session in one day; Sioux Falls Visual art Center, Sioux Falls, SD.; Sioux Falls Visual Art Center, Sioux Falls, SD. October 1 - December 7, 2011 |
| 2011: | "Take the Day": A Gallery/Studio event featuring 28 artists creating a work in a 10 hour continuous session in one day; Sioux Falls Visual art Center, Sioux Falls, SD. October 1, 2011. |
| 2011: | “52nd Midwestern Artists National Invitational Exhibition”, Rourke Art Gallery and Museum, Moorhead, MN, June 18 - August 30, 2011. |
| 2010-2011: | "Endless Visions: The Governor's 4th Biennial Juried Art Exhibition", Shown in several locations around the state throught the years 2010-2011. |
| 2010: | "Take the Day": A Gallery/Studio event featuring 26 artists creating a work in a 10 hour continuous session in one day; Sioux Falls Visual art Center, Sioux Falls, SD. November 13, 2010. |
| 2010: | “The Remains of the Day”, Exhibition of works done by artists during the “Take the Day” Event, Sioux Falls Visual Art Center, Sioux Falls Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD. November 13 – January 16, 2011. |
| 2010: | “Abstraction 100: Abstract Art in the Southern Red River Valley”, Center for the Arts Gallery, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, August 16 – September 22, 2010. |
| 2010: | “51st Midwestern Artists National Invitational Exhibition”, Rourke Art Gallery and Museum, Moorhead, MN, June 18 - August 30, 2010. |
| 2009-2010: | “P3: Painters, Poets, Pavilion Number II”, Invitational Exhibition, Sioux Falls Visual Art Center, Sioux Falls Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD. December, 2009 to February, 2010. |
| 2009: | “South Dakota College Art Association Faculty Exhibition,” Eide-Dalrymple Gallery, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. October, 2009. |
| 2009: | “P3: Painters, Poets, Pavilion”, Invitational Exhibition, Sioux Falls Visual Art Center, Sioux Falls Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD. December, 2008 to March, 2009. |
| 2009: | “Selections From The Permanent Collection: Staff Favorites”, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA. June 13 to August 22, 2009. |
| 2008-2009: | “Endless Horizons – The Governor’s 3rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition”, Shown in several locations around the state throughout the year. 2008-2009. |
| 2008: | “48th Midwestern Artists National Invitational Exhibition”, Rourke Art Gallery and Museum, Moorhead, MN, June 18 - August 30, 2008. |
| 2007: | “New Work”, Bede Gallery, Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD, November, 2007. |
| 2007: | “South Dakota College Art Association Faculty Exhibition”, Northern State University Art Galleries, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD, October 1-26, 2007. |
| 2007: | “Disguises, Trophies, Roadmaps and the Occasional Odd Narrative”, A Sabbatical Exhibition, September 12 – October 2, 2007, University Art Galleries, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. |
| 2007: | “47th Midwestern Artists National Invitational Exhibition”, Rourke Art Gallery and Museum, Moorhead, MN, June 18 to September 9, 2007. |
| 2007: | “South Dakota College and University Art Faculty Exhibition”, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD, April –June, 2007. |
| 2007: | “South Dakota College and University Art Faculty Exhibition”, The Journey Art Museum, Mitchell, SD, September-October, 2007. |
| 2006: | “46th Midwestern Artists National Invitational Exhibition”, Rourke Art Gallery and Museum, Moorhead, MN, June 18 - August 30, 2006. |
| 2006: | “Endless Possibilities – The Governor’s 2nd Biennial Juried Art Exhibition”, Shown in several locations around the state in the year 2006. |
| 2006: | “Dreams of the Mystic Knights of the Carnival Grotesque: Works by John Banasiak and Jeff Freeman", Nuance Gallery, Beresford, SD. March, 2006. |
| 2006: | “The University of South Dakota Art Department Faculty Exhibition”, University Art Galleries, Vermillion, SD. January, 2006. |
| 2006: | “South Dakota College Art Association Faculty Exhibition”, University Art Galleries, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. September, 2006. |
| 2005: | “45th Midwestern Artists Invitational Exhibition”, Rourke Art Gallery and Museum, Moorhead, MN, June 18 - August 30, 2005. |
| 2005: | “A Different Side of the Collection: Abstract Paintings from the Plains Art Museum”, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. July 21 - September 25, 2005. |
| 2005: | “Solo Exhibition”, Sioux Falls University, Sioux Falls, SD. April, 2005. |
| 2004: | “Solo Exhibition,” Minnesota West Community College, Worthington, MN, September 8 - 30, 2004. |
| 2004: | “Solo Exhibition,” Bede Gallery, Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD. April, 2004. |
| 2003: | "Cul de Sacs", Solo Exhibition, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD; July 4 -November 1, 2003. |
| 2003: | "Solo Exhibition," Dordt College Gallery, Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, October-November, 2003. |
| 2003: | “Solo Exhibition,” Tianjin Art Academy, Contemporary College of Fine Art Gallery, May 2003. |
| 2001: | "Solo Exhibition," Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska, October, 2001. |
| 2001: | "41st Midwestern Artists Invitational Exhibition", Rourke Gallery, Moorhead, MN, June - August 30, 2001. |
| 2001: | "Sioux City and Vicinity Juried Exhibition", Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA. July-September,2001. |
| 2001: | "Printed and Painted", Gallery 72, Omaha, NE. February 9-30, 2001. |
| 2001: | "Eclecticism: Works by Jeff Freeman", University Art Galleries, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. January 10-30, 2001. |
| 1999: | "Eclecticism: Works by Jeff Freeman", Bede Art Gallery, Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD. October, 1999. |
| 1999: | "Sioux City Annual Regional Juried Exhibition", Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA. January, 1999. |
| 1999: | "Solo Show", Pegasus Gallery, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA, November, 1999. |
| 1998: | "Jeff Freeman: Constructions and Small Paintings", Gus Lucky Gallery, Minneapolis, MN January 3-February 2, 1998 |
| 1998: | "Space, Form, and Substance", Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA. October 21-December 27, 1998. |
| 1998: | "Works from the Permanent Collection", Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. October-December, 1998. |
| 1998: | "38th Midwest Artists Invitational Exhibition", Rourke Gallery, Moorhead, MN. Jue 18-August 30, 1998. |
| 1997: | "Mixed Medium Works: From the Collection", South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD. March 1-April 13, 1997. |
| 1997: | "University of South Dakota Faculty and Graduate Student Exhibition", Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany, September-November, 1997. |
| 1996: | "South Dakota Colege Art Faculty Exhibition", The New Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD. January, 1996. |
| 1995: | "South Dakota Colege Art Faculty Exhibition", South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD. October 6-December 15, 1995. |
| 1994: | "After the Holidays: Small Works by Gallery Artists", Thimmesh Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. January 15-February 18, 1994. |
| 1994: | "South Dakota Colege Art Faculty Exhibition", The New Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD. January, 1994. |
| 1993: | "Solo Show", Northfield Gallery, Northfield, MN. September, 1993. |
| 1993: | "Solo Show", Nordstrand Gallery, Wayne State College, Wayne, NE. March 1-26, 1993 |
| 1993: | "Solo Show", The New Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD. March, 1993. |
| 1993: | "Solo Show", Thimmesh Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. December 19, 1992-January 22, 1993. |
| 1993: | "Chicago Art Expo", Thimmesh Gallery, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. May, 1993. |
| 1992: | "Solo Show", University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR. October-November, 1992. |
| 1992: | "Group Show", Thimmesh Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. June 18-August 31, 1992. |
| 1992: | "South Dakota Sculpture Invitational", The New Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD. April-May, 1992. |
| 1992: | "South Dakota Sculpture Invitational", Isaac Lincoln Gallery, Northern Sate University, Aberdeen, SD. February-March, 1992. |
| 1991: | "Off the Wall", Group Show, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. October-November, 1991. |
| 1991: | "South Dakota Colege Art Faculty Exhibition", South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD. September 29-November 10, 1991. |
| 1991: | "Summer Arts XVI", University Art Galleries, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. July 5-31, 1991. |
| 1990: | "Solo Show", Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH. November 5-December 18, 1990. |
| 1990: | "Solo Show", Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL. October 12-November 2, 1990. |
| 1990: | "Solo Show", University Art Galleries, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. September, 1990. |
| 1990: | "Perceptions, Group Show, Gallery 72, Omaha, NE. September-October, 1990. |
| 1990: | Midlands
Invitational 1990: Painting and Sculpture", Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha,
NE. September 14-November 5, 1990. (One of sixteen artists selected from
a seven state area including Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota, Missouri,
Wyoming, and Colorado.) |
| 1990: | "31st Midwest Artists Invitational Exhibition", Rourke Gallery, Moorhead, MN. June 18-September 30, 1990. |
| 1989: | "Art for a New Century", South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD and Sioux Falls Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD, October 29 – December 10, 1989. |
| 1989: | "Out of Bounds", University of Nebraska-Lincoln Art Department Gallery, Richards Hall, Lincoln, NE January 20 – February 16, 1989. |
| 1988: | “Midwest Visions: Constructed Realities", Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE September 1988 - January 1989. (One of nine artists from a seven state area including South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Wyoming, Missouri, Kansas and Minnesota.) |
| 1988: | "One-Man Show", Ruddell Gallery, Black Hills State College, Spearfish, SD, September 19 - October 17, 1988. |
| 1988: | "South Dakota Selects", Works by South Dakota Arts Council Grant Recipients, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD September - October, 1988. |
| 1988: | "One-Man Show", Gallery 72, Omaha, NE, October 1988. |
| 1988: | "Less is More, Big is Better", Group Show, Gallery 72, Omaha, NE June 15 - August 15, 1988. |
| 1988: | "The Sioux City Art Center Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition and Auction", Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA April, 1988. |
| 1987: | "Contemporary South Dakota Artists", Isaac Lincoln Gallery, Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD, December 1-30, 1987 |
| 1987: | “Contemporary South Dakota Artists”, Sioux Falls Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD , April 28 - May 30, 1987. |
| 1987: | "One-Man Show", Gallery 306, Sioux Falls, SD, October 1987. |
| 1986: | "The Painting as Artifact: Paintings by Jeff Freeman, David McCullough, and Warren Rosser", Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA. September 14-November 2, 1986. |
| Teaching: |
| The University of South Dakota | Professor of Art | 1980 to 2011 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Graduate Teaching Assistant | 1978-1980 |
| Minnesota State University-Moorhead | Adjunct Professor | 1973-1975 |
| Central Cass Public Schools | Faculty-Adult Education | 1973-1974 |
| Moorhead Public Schools | Substitute Teacher | 1973 |
| University of North Dakota | Graduate Teaching Assistant | 1970-1972 |
| Classes Taught: |
Undergraduate Painting I through VI, Undergraduate Painting Special Problems, Graduate Painting, Drawing I and II, Drawing IV, Design I and II, Design III: Color Studies |
| Graduate and Undergraduate Seminars: Current Issues and Criticism, Professional Preparation. |
| Grants and Honors: |
| University of South Dakota Faculty Research Grant, University Research Council | 2002 |
| University of South Dakota Faculty Research Grant, University Research Council | 2000 |
| University of South Dakota Faculty Research Grant, University Research Council | 1996 |
| National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. | 1991 |
| Arts Midwest-National Endowment for the Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota | 1990 |
| South Dakota Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship | 1989 |
| University of South Dakota Bush Foundation Faculty Development Grant | 1988 |
| University of South Dakota Faculty Research Grant, University Research Council | 1992 |
| University of South Dakota Faculty Research Grant, University Research Council | 1986 |
| Public and Corporate Collections: |
| The Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska |
| Tianjin Art Academy, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China |
| Quality Telemarketing, Vermillion, South Dakota |
| The W. H. Over Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota |
| The Donaghey Foundation, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| The University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Legrand and Company, Sioux City, Iowa |
| Klinger Corporation, Sioux City, Iowa |
| South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota |
| Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa |
| Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota |
| North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota |
| Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin |
| Comstock Memorial Union, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minnesota |
| University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota |
| Norwest Bank, Moorhead, Minnesota |
| Norwest Bank, Grafton, North Dakota |
| Contact: jfreeman64@vyn.midco.net |
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