Deborah Friedman

 
 

Publications:

  • Gateways to Drawing, Steven CP Gardner, Thames Hudson Books, 2018

  • The Encyclopedia of Colored Pencil Techniques, Judy Martin, Search Press Classics 2016

  • The Artist's Magazine, All-Media Competition Winners, July/August 2010

  • Strokes of Genius Drawing  Volume 7, North Light Books, 2015

  • Strokes of Genius Drawing Vol. 6, North Light Books, 2014

  • American Artist Drawing; 2005 Drawing Competition Winners, Spring 2006

Grants and Fellowships:

  • 1984 MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

  • 1983 Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony, Steepletop, NY

  • 1981 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA

  • 1980 Recipient, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada

  • 1980 Ossabaw Island Project, Ossabaw Island, GA

  • 1978 Recipient, Ford Foundation Grant, Printmaking

Awards:

  • Award for Graphics, Allied Artists of America, September 2023

  • Gold Medal for Graphics, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Basic Triptych, 2022

  • Dorothy Berberis Memorial Award, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition, Cairn Triptych, 2019

  • DerWent/MacPherson's Art Award for Exceptional Merit, CPSA 26th International Exhibition, Cairn Triptych, 2018

  • Second Place, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 106th Annual, Angle of Repose, 2017

  • 2013 CPSA Great Explorations Award for Exceptional Achievement, Explore This! 9

  • 1981 Finalist, Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship Program

  • 1980 Finalist, Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship Program

Commercial Affiliations:

  • 2022-present ~ ”Basic Triptych” being marketed at  IKEA stores worldwide

  • Koh-I-Noor Brand Ambassador for Colored Pencils 2018-2021

  • 2009 Graphite Pencil Drawing, Derwent House, Cumberland Pencil Company, UK

Drawing used on Graphite tins globally

 Professional Memberships

  • Allied Artists of America, Elected Member

  • Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Elected Member

  • Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts

  • Signature Member, Colored Pencil Society of America

  • Wellesley Society of Artists