EXHIBITIONS / INSTALLATIONS
Flower Power, Core Art Space, Denver, Colorado. 2023
Art and Ecology, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, California. 2023
Black and White But NO COLOR, Artruckish, Evanston, Illinois. 2023
Earth Abundance, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2022
Best of the East, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2021
Photography: Your Vision, D’Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2021
Diversia: Earth – 2021. Exhibizone, Ontario, Canada, 2021
2019/2020 Chelsea International Photography, New York City, 2020
Intersections, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, Oregon, 2020
Margins: International Contemporary Arts Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, 2020
Schwa Show, Emerge Gallery & Art Center, Greenville, North Carolina 2019
Biennial Quad-State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois, 2017
Faculty Exhibition, The R. T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois. 2016
Artruck, Evanston, Illinois, 2015
Interstice (Cullars Rotation), Out of the Box Exhibit, The Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn, Alabama. 2013-2014
Artruck, Evanston, Illinois. 2012
Artruck, Evanston, Illinois. 2011
Down to Earth, Fact and Faith – Critical Encounters, Chicago Illinois. 2010
This is the Robbins Corn Field, (installation) Chicago, Illinois. 2009
Maxwell Street MAiZE (installation), South Union Arts, Chicago, Illinois. 2008
La Division Maize: Restoration Year, (installation) Chicago, Illinois. 2008
WormWorld, Cool Globes Project, U. S. Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C. 2008
La Division Maize: A Heritage Year, (installation) Chicago, Illinois. 2007
WormWorld, Cool Globes Project, Chicago, Illinois. 2007
The Nature of Art, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, Indiana. 2007
La Division Maize: The Three Sisters, (installation) Chicago, Illinois. 2006
Interstice (River), (installation) Oregon, Illinois. 2005
Interstice, Sea Arts Festival 2004, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea, Finalist. 2003-2004
The Sower, (installation), The Fields Project, Ogle County, Illinois. 2003
3 Acres on the Lake: The DuSable Park Proposal Project, Gallery 312, Chicago, Illinois. 2001
Prairie Parcel (Sabra’s Field), (installation) Lake County, Illinois. (2000-2005)
MAiZE (Blue), (installation) Tampa, Florida. 2000
MAiZE, (installation) Barrington, Illinois. 1995-1996
Choices, M. Ward Gallery, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 1983
Group Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois. 1983
Group Exhibition, Institute of Design, The Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois. 1982
Magic Silver Show 1981, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky. 1981
Fifth Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition, Coos Bay Art Gallery, Coos Bay, Oregon. 1979
Coastal College Show, The University of South Carolina, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 1979
Fourth Annual Magic Silver Show, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky. 1978
Salon of the Fifty States, Ligoa Duncan Gallery, New York, New York. 1978
Group Exhibition, Ligoa Duncan Gallery, New York, New York. 1978
Akademia Raymond Duncan Gallery, Paris France. 1978
PUBLICATIONS
3 Acres on the Lake: The DuSable Park Proposal Project, Laurie Palmer, editor, WhiteWalls Publications 2003
Reviewer: Harry Bowers Exhibition, New Art Examiner, Vol. 9, No. 9, Chicago.
Reviewer: Patty Carroll Exhibition, New Art Examiner, Vol. 9, No. 6 Chicago.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts / Photography. The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 1983
Bachelor of Arts in Art / Photography. The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 1975
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Teaching Associate, Coastal Carolina University, Department of Visual Arts, Conway, South Carolina. 2023 –
Part-time Faculty, Comm. Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts Department, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois. 2016 – 2018
Adjunct Faculty, Photography Department, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 1987 – 2014
Judge, Science in Society’s Annual Scientific Images Competition, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 2010 – 2014
Visiting Artist, A.C.R.E. Residency, Steuben, Wisconsin, 2010
“The Importance of Failure”, Artist Presentation, Oregon Public Library, Oregon, Illinois 2005
Artist Presentation, Oregon Public Library, Oregon, Illinois 2003
Excellence in Teaching Award (Adjunct finalist, shared award) Columbia College 2003
Curator, In Progress, C33 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 2003
Fellow, Center for Teaching Excellence, Columbia College Chicago 2000-2002
Acting Chair – Photography Department, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Summer 2002
Artist Presentation, Lykes Center for the Arts, Tampa, Florida 2000
Interim Associate Professor of Photography – The University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. 1987
Photography Instructor (part-time) – W.R. Harper Community College, Palatine, Illinois. 1984 – 1986
Contact
billfriedman1@gmail.com
Bill Friedman 