Gwendolyn L. Fryer
2603 Huntington ave.
34232 SARASOTA, Florida
USA (United States)
www.gwendolynfryer.com
Kunstart: Skulptur
Technik: Materialmix
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Artist Statement
In searching for answers on what it means to be HUMAN, I find questions. My work is a meditation upon these questions.
I make found object constructions that are altar like. They are arrangements of ancient fragments that speak to me of wholeness as I redefine them in the present.
I work predominantly in wood, copper and plaster. As wood is a metaphor for flesh, the altar like piece becomes figurative by simple enclosure. The geometric shape symbolizes the “PHYSICAL BODY” in which something “NON PHYSICAL” is enclosed centrally, floating and gestating.
My work is strongly influenced by a childhood in the Islamic world of Libya, where I learned to read and write the language. Arabic is hauntingly similar to the EKG, electrical writing of the heart. The culture not only influenced my materials but also instilled in me a strong sense of RHYTHM, creating FLUX, setting in motion all metaphors for life.
Gwendolyn L. Fryer’s artwork has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in museums and cultural centers throughout the United states and abroad, including the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art in Washington DC; the Lancaster Art Museum in Pennsylvania; the Susquehanna Art Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; the Museum of Fine Arts in Tallahassee, Florida; COPIA: the American Center for Wine, Food and Arts in Napa, California; the Selby Gallery of the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida; the Institute for Contemporary Art and the Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art in Philadelphia; the American Embassy in Algiers; the American Legation Museum in Tangiers, Morocco; and the Archevecher in Paris.
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Fryer was born in Paris in 1957. In conjunction with her father’s discoveries as a petroleum geophysicist, she traveled throughout Europe and North Africa and spent most of her formative years in Tripoli, Libya. She experienced the Six-Day War in 1967 and was evacuated to Naples, Italy. She moved to the United States in 1973.
Fryer graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and was the Academy’s first exchange student to attend the Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Paris. She currently lives in Sarasota, Florida.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
Selected Solo Exhibitions *
2007 *” The Image and the Word” Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL.
2006 *” Fragments of my heart”, Women’s Resource Center, Sarasota, Florida.
2005 *” Evensong” NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR TODAYS ART, Philadelphia, PA.
2004 * “ Hit Me!” NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR TODAYS ART, new members show.
2002 *”Pas de Deux” (2) Marc and Gwendolyn Fryer, Salon Des Amis Gallery, Malvern, PA
2001 *“The Light“Mainline Unitarian Church, Wayne, PA.
*”Transfiguration“Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA.Curator: P. Nugent.
2000 *“Innur“Constructions and Paintings by Gwendolyn Fryer. University City
Science Center, Esther Klein Gallery, Phila., PA. Curator: Libby Newman.
Selected Group Shows
2007 “Art in Embassies” US Embassy Algiers, Algeria. US State Department, R. Soppelsa, curator.
“Trashformations East” Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, Ohio.
2006 “Trashformations East” COPIA, Napa Valley, CA. Juror: Lloyd Herman of Smithsonian
Institute, Renwick Gallery. Traveling show 2005-2008.
“Trashformations East” Lancaster Art Museum, Lancaster, PA.
“Women Contemporary Artists, juried Spring Show” Ringling School of Art and Design.
“Combined Talents: Florida International” FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL.
2005 “Trashformation East” Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton Mass.. Juror: Lloyd Herman
2004 “State of the Art” Arlington Art Center. Cindy Morrison, curator, Lancaster Museum of Art
“A Show of Hands” Moore College of Art., Phila, PA
2003 “Art of the State” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg PA.
“Inliquid at the Painted Bride: Repetition: Day after Day”, Painted Bride Art Center, Phila. PA
2002 “105th Members Exhibition” Penn Academy of the Fine Arts, Curator: S. Rosenberg PMA, PA
2001 “Art of the State” State Museum, Harrisburg, PA. Jurors: Judith Dolkart (Brooklyn Museum of Art) and Kathryn Galitz (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
2000 “Art of the State” State Museum, Harrisburg, PA Curators: Angela Adams (National Museum of Women in the Arts), S. Phillips from the Phillips Collection.
1999 “Art of the State” State Museum, Harrisburg, PA. Jurors: J. Mahoney (Editor Art in America) and P. Turner (Corcoran Museum)
“Confronting Cancer through Art” Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, PA.
Curator: D. Winnegrad, J. Stein (Critic), P. Guylai (Painter)
1998 “New Works” Curator: Julie Heller from Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
1997 “A Show of Hands” Institute of Contemporary Art, Phila, PA.
Selected Bibliography
Kevin Costello, Sarasota Herald Tribune, “Working Wonders with Images” Nov. 25. 2007.
Kevin Costello, Sarasota Herald Tribune, “Sarasota Artists calls for Religious Harmony through her work” July 2, 2006.
Libby Rosof, Critic Philadelphia Weekly, “Gwendolyn Fryer at Nexus”, Philadelphia, PA. Feb. 9th 2004.
Victoria Donohue, Philadelphia Inquirer, “Salon des Amis” June 23, 2002.
R.B Strauss, The Kennett Paper, “ Beyond the Whole” June 13, 2002.
R. Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, “Sketches & Round up Notes on Worthy Shows” Dec. 2000.
D. Shimmel, Art Matters, “The Alchemy of Found Objects” November, 2000.
Select Public and Private Collections
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Fellowship Collection, Philadelphia, PA.
American Legation Museum, Tangiers, Morocco.
Archeveche de Paris, France. Collection: Monsignor Pierre Boz.
Awards
1995 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Fellowship Purchase Prize.
2006 WCA at Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Fl. 3rd prize.
2006 Works from the Heart, Manatee Art Center, Bradenton, Fl., Special Merit Award
Commissions
1996 Ikon Records: Album Cover, Billy Freeze “Shelter”, Philly Breeze Music.
1999 Mural Arts Program, Mural Manayunk, with Patricia Ingersoll.
Education
1993-1994 Ecole Nationale Superieur Des Beaux Arts, Paris, France.
1989-1993 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1976-1980 Bryn Mawr Hospital School of Nursing, Bryn Mawr, PA.
1975-1976 Trenton State University, Trenton, NJ.
Selected Lectures
2007 Artist Lecture, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida.
2007 Artist Lecture, Sarasota Art Center, Women Contemporary Artist, Sarasota, Fl.
2005 Artist Lecture, NEXUS Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA.
2005 Artist Lecture, Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School, Phila. PA.
2001 Guest Lecturer, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA.
2000 Guest Lecturer, University Science Center, Philadelphia, P.A.
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