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Freda Guttman
fgnewmail@gmail.com
http://www.fredaguttman.com/
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Education
1973 Photographic Processes in Printmaking, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1968-71 Printmaking, Jennifer Dickson, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montréal 1960-62 Pedagogy of Art, École des Beaux Arts, Montréal
1959-60 Teacher Training, McGill University, Montréal
1956 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
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Teaching Experience
1971-85 Dawson College: Printmaking, Papermaking, Non-Silver Photography, Drawing 1975-82 Concordia University: Printmaking, Introduction to Art, Drawing
1961-64 Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal: High School Art
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Solo Exhibitions
Notes From the 20th
2006 NOTES FROM THE 20th, Cambridge Galleries, Ontario
2004 NOTES FROM THE 20th,IV and V: UR-FIRES and IN MEMORIAM: WALTER, A Space, Toronto
2003 NOTES FROM THE 20th II and III: TO ARCHIVE THE SHAPE OF MEMORY and MONOTONY IS NOURISHED BY THE NEW, galerie Séquence, Chicoutimi, Québec, Gallery 44, Toronto
2002 NOTES FROM THE 20th II and III: TO ARCHIVE THE SHAPE OF MEMORY and MONOTONY IS NOURISHED BY THE NEW, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
2001 Diese Straße heißt Walter Benjamin Straße, Berlin,Germany
2000 TO ARCHIVE THE SHAPE OF MEMORY, Dazibao, Montreal
1995-98 CASSANDRA: AN OPERA IN FOUR ACTS, galerie Séquence, Chicoutimi, QC , 1998; Artcite, Windsor, Ont. 1997; Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catherines, Ont. 1996; Koffler Gallery, Toronto, 1996 OBORO, Montréal, 1995
1994 PANTHÉON, Galerie de la Gare, L’Annonciation, Québec ; Galerie Articule, Montréal
THE GLOBAL MENU
1989 Universidad Hispanoamericana Santa Maria de la Rabida,Huelva, Spain, 1992; Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland, 1991; OBORO, Montréal, 1990; A Space, Toronto,
FREDA GUTTMAN, PHOTOGRAPHS, Mérida, Mexico, 1991; Dazibao, Montréal,
GUATEMALA! THE ROAD OF WAR:
1989 1986-88 Saw Gallery, Ottawa; White Water Gallery, North Bay; Gallery Sans Nom, Moncton; International House Gallery, New York; La Chambre Blanche, Québec; Niagara Artists’ Centre, St. Catherines; A.K.A., Saskatoon; Off Centre Centre, Calgary; Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver; Development EducationCentre, Toronto; Galerie, Montréal; Eye LevelGallery, Halifax; Association Italienne Travailleurs Emigrés et Familles, Montréal
1987 LE PETIT MUSÉE DES MAYAS, Librairie L’Androgyne, Storefront Installation, Montréal
1983 POLAROID IMAGES, Great George Street Gallery, Charlottetown; White Water Gallery, North Bay; Plug/ln Gallery, Winnipeg
1982 XEROX PAINTINGS, Gallery Quan, Toronto
1981 THE FLOATING WORLD, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, 1982; Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal,
1981 1976 PHOTOETCHINGS, Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal
1975 NEW PRINTS, Wallach Gallery, Ottawa; Gallery Pascal, Toronto
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2004 ARTISTS AGAINST THE OCCUPATION, Tokyo, Japan
ARTISTS AGAINST THE OCCUPATION, galerie MAI, Montréal OPTICAL ILLUSIONS, Mount St. Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax
ARTISTS AGAINST THE OCCUPATION, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
CRACK, Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
DUST ON THE ROAD: ARTISTS IN DIALOGUE WITH SAHMAT, Round House Gallery, Vancouver
DUST ON THE ROAD: ARTISTS IN DIALOGUE WITH SAHMAT, galerie MAI, Montréal
1999 48 HEURES/CHAMBRES; 48 HOURS/ROOMS, Montréal
1998 IßWAS, Nuremberg, Germany
1996 MÉTISSAGE (ONCE UPON A BODY), Galerie Optica, Montréal
DESSINS ET MAQUETTE DE SCULPTEURS, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montréal
A PROGRESSIVE DINNER, The performance Space, Sydney, Austrailia 1994 THE PUSHPIN SHOW, Soho 20, New York
1993 DES BRUITS DES RUMEURS, Galerie La Centrale et La Chambre Blanche, Montréal et Québec
1991 LES MÉDIAS, LA GUERRE ET LE NOUVEL ORDRE MONDIAL, Montréal UN TIROIR BIEN REMPLI, Maison de la Culture, Montréal
1987 HERESIES; ISSUES THAT WON’T GO AWAY, PPOW, New York L’AMERIQUE LATINE ET NOUS, L’Union française, Montréal,
THE YOGOURT FACTORY, Montréal
THE WORKING ARTIST, A Space, Toronto SOLIDARITY MAIL ART SHOW, Managua, Nicargua
1986 MAISON DE CHAMBRES/ROOMINGHOUSE SHOW, Montréal 1985 FILIATION, Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal
REGARDS, TOUT L’ART DU MONDE, Montréal 1984 MONTRÉAL TOUT TERRAIN, Montral
ART BANK COLLECTION, Vancouver
FACEÀFACE, Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal
FÉMINISME TOI-MêME, FÉMINISME QUAND-MêME, La Chambre Blanche, Québec INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY SHOW, Embassy Cultural House, London, Ontario ZERO TIME, Great George Gallery, Charlottetown
POLAROIDS, Gallery 14, Toronto POLAROIDS, Dazibao, Montréal
1983 9 x 9, Galerie Yahouda Meir, Montréal ZERO TIME, Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton ZERO TIME, Struts Gallery, Sackville ATTITUDES, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris
1982 NEW CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHY, Burton Gallery, Toronto ART ET FEMINISME, Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal
FEMME GRAVEUR AU QUÉBEC, Galerie UQAM, Montréal
JUXTAPOSITION, curator Françoise Sullivan, Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal 1981 PRINTS FROM QUEBEC, Long Beach Museum, California
REPRODUCTION/ART, Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal
EXCHANGE SHOW, Powerhouse/Washington D.C.
1980 L’ESTAMPE AU QUÉBEC, Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal
EXPO BORDEAUX, Bordeaux, France
1979 LES FEMMES GRAVEURS, Galerie A, Montréal
LES ESTAMPES ACTUELLES QUÉBECOISES, Musée du Québec 1977 PHOTO 77, Still Photo Division, National Film Board, Ottawa
1975 PRINTS, Gallery Graphex,Ottawa GRAPHEX 3, Brantford, Ontario
PHOTOGRAPHIE/PHOTOGRAPHY, National Film Board, Ottawa THE NUDE, Galerie Signal, Montréal
THE ETCHED IMAGE, Marlborough Godard, Montréal
CENTRE CULTUREL CANADIEN, Paris, France
3RD U.S. INTERNATIONAL GRAPHICS ANNUAL, Hollis, New Hampshire 1972 PRINTMAKERS SHOWCASE, Ottawa
GROUP SHOW, Gallery 1640, Montréal 1971 PRINTMAKERS SHOWCASE, Ottawa
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VIDEOGRAPHY
Productions
1995 FILM MUET/SILENT MOVIE Distributor: GIV, Montréal; V TAPE, Toronto; VIDEO OUT, Vancouver
1989 THE GLOBAL MENU/LE MENU GLOBAL, Distributor: VIDEOGRAPH, Montréal; V TAPE, Toronto
1998 J’ACCUSE: Distributor PRIM, Montréal
Screenings
LE MENU GLOBAL
1998 La Traversée des Frontières, Montréal
1991 Festival international de Films et Video des Femmes, Montréal
FILM MUET/SILENT MOVIE Screenings
2016 London Museum Ontario “Chronologues”
2016 Daïmon outdoor projections, Gatineau, Québec
2015 FIFA (Festival International du Films sur L’Art) Montréal
2002 Can. Experimental Film & Video 1990’s, Mount St-Vincent Art Gallery 2000 Recent Jewish Video, Video In, Vancouver
1999 Ideal Festival, Luzerner Ausstellungsraum, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Homegrown: Project 1, EMMEDIA, Calgary, Alberta, (curated by Noel Bégin)
1998 Personal Stories, curated byApril Hickox,Gallery 44, Toronto Immagine Leggera, Festival Palermo, Italy
1997 Mostra de Video Independent Fenomens Interactius, Barcelona, Spain;
Arts in Rotterdam Presentation, Rotterdam Arts Council, Holland;
1997 Festival de Vidéo de Casablanca, Maroc;
1997No Place Like Home, Kino Gallery, New York, N.Y., (curated by Florien Wuest);
1997 Festival International Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico
1996 Les Rendez-Vous Cinéma Quebecois, Montréal; It Came From Québec, The Pleasure Dome, Toronto, Ontario;
1996 Images ’96 Festival of international Film and Video, Toronto, Ontario;
1996 Histoires revelées, Maison de la culture Mont Royal, Montréal;
1996 Fringe Festival Of Film and Video, Edinburgh, Scotland
1996 Impakt ’96, Utrecht, Holland;
1996 Circulacion, Video arte de Québec, Havana;
1996 Osnabruck Media Art Festival, Germany; Viper Festival, Lucern, Switzerland
1996 Silence Elles Tournent, Montréal,Québec;
1996 Gitanjali’96, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario;
1996 Bold Conference, Centre for Women’s Studies, Austrailian National University, Canberra
1995 Festival du Cinéma Quebecois de Blois, France
1995 Vidéo Pique Nique, Videos du Femmes dens le Pare, Montréal, Québec
1995 The Link, Bologna, Italy, curator Peggy Gale
J’ACCUSE
Visions Underground, Montréal, Québec Casablanca, 6e Festival Art Vidéo
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Catalogues & Publications
CONVERSATIONS WITH FREDA by Stefan Christoff/HOWL Arts Collective, 2014
Public: Lexicon of 20th Century, eds. C. Davis, K.Allan, L. Baker, 2000
Foodculture, Tasting Identities and Geographies in Art, Jennifer Fisher, ed. Barbara Fischer, YYZ Books, 1999 Cassandra: Voices From the Inside (An exhibition and three essays) Freda Guttman, OBORO, January 1999
Métissages, Le Centre de Sculpture Est-Nord-Est, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 1996
Freda Guttman and Annie Martin, Galerie Articule, Montréal, 1994
(Re) Packaging Difference:Globalization and Cultures, Territories of Difference”, Phillips Gallery, Banff, 1992 El Menu Global, Universidad Hispanoamericana Santa Maria de la Rabida, Huelva,Spain,1992
The Global Menu, Freda Guttman, Montréal, 1989
Conscientizado: Three Exhibitions, The Guatemala Solidarity Project: Guttman, Moore, Lounder, 1987 Féminisme toi-même, féminisme quand-même, La Chambre Blanche, Québec, 1986
Maison de Chambres/The Rooming House Show, Montréal, 1986
Art et féminisme, Diane Guy, Musée d’art contemporain, 198
Photographie/Photography, National Film Board, Ottawa, 1975
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Writings
DIMINISH YOUR CUP, Fireweed Feminist Quarterly, Spring 1992
SHARINGS, Heresies Magazine #24, November 1989
FREDA GUTTMAN, Gallerie Women’s Art, 1989 Annual
DANS LES BAR DE MANILLE, La Parole Métèque, Spring 1988, with Colette St-Hilaire and Robert Majzels DAUGHTERS OF THE DISPOSSESSED, Healthsharing, Summer 1988, with Colette St-Hilaire and Robert Majzels GUATEMALA, Cayenne Magazine, December 1985/January 1986
WORKING ON THE ANTI-NUKE SHOW, program notes for In our Own Image, curated by Marilyn Burgess, 1985
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Selected Reviews
“Two Shows on Beauty of Evil vs. Evil of Beauty” , Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star, November 13, 2003
“Notes From the 20th”, Sandra Buckley, Parachute Magazine, Fall, 2002
“Guttman’s exhibit is a cautionary tale”, Jack Anderson, Regina Leader Post, January 2002
“Freda Guttman”, Catherine Osbome, Parachute Magazine, #86, April, 1997
Cassandra, An Installation”, Valérie Lamontagne, Artfocus Magazine, Winter 1996/97
“Guttman Verifies Cassandra’s Vision”, Nathalie-Roze Fischer, Now Magazine, August,1996
“Freda Guttman: une histoire de femmes”, Edith-Anne Pageot, Vie des Arts, December, 1995
“Art and Healing: Questions of Community”, Caffyn Kelley, High Performance, 1995
“Creative Currents: Métissage Merges Native and Non-Native Creativity”, Guy Durand, Aboriginal Voices, Fall 1994 “Annie Martin and Freda Guttman”, Valérie Lamontagne, Parachute Magazine #76,1994
“Interview with Freda Guttman, Montreal Artist and Activist”,Marguerite Andersen, Feminist Research Journal, 1990
Dialogue: Freda Guttman, Lani Maestro, Stephen Horne, Harbour Magazine, May 1990 “The Global Menu: A Multi-Media Exhibition, Dean Hassan, Fuse Magazine, April/May 1990 “¡Guatemala! The Road of War!”,
Nell Tenhaaf, C Magazine #14,1987
“The Road of War”, Briarpatch, December 1986/January 1987
“Freda Guttman: The Road of War, Broadside, December 86/January 87
“The Floating World”, Diana Nemiroff, Vanguard Magazine, January 1982
“Who is the New Eve?, Susan Poteet, Branching Out Magazine, 1975
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Conferences
DEL ARTE Y OTROS DESAMORES, Panel participant, Huelva, Spain, August 1992
CULTURAL WORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, Panel participant: Varieties of Sustainable Agriculture Conference, University of California, Pacific Grove, California, May 1991
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES FOR LOCAL INITIATIVES, Panel participant: Concordia University, Montréal, June 1990 MULTIPLY ARTISTS ORGANIZE ARTISTS ORGANIZE ART, Panel participant: Women’s Caucas For Art, National Conference, New York February 1990
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Residencies
BLUE MOUNTAIN CENTRE, Fall residency, New York State 1992
CENTRE EST-NORD-EST, Invited artist/resident, MÉTISSAGE , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Summer/Fall 1994 BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, APOCALYPSO Residency, Fall 1997
LA CITÉ, Paris, Canada Council residency, Summer 1998
KHOJ INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS’ WORKSHOP, India, Invited artist, Nov. 2001
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Curatorial Practice
The Powerbouse Anti-Nuke Show, Travelling Exhibition, 1984-8
Artists Against the Occupation, Montréal, 2003 (co-curator Rawi hage), 2003
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Collections
Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston, Ontario Ontario College of Art and Design
National Gallery of Canada
Musée des beaux arts, Montréal
Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal
Art Gallery of Brant, Ontario
Rutgers University Art Museum
National Film Board Still Photo Division, Ottawa Canada Council Art Bank
McGill University Rare Book Department Ministère des affaires culturelles du Québec External Affairs Department, Ottawa, Canada Steinbergs Limited
Toronto Dominlon Bank
Ciba-Geigy Corporation
Banque national du Canada
Prêt d’oeuvres, Musée du Québec
Montifiore Club, Montréal
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Grants and Awards
2003 Bourse de soutien à la pratique artistique, Québec 2003 Travel Grant, Québec
2001 Travel Grants, (May, October), Québec
2000 Canada Council A Grant
1999 Bourse de soutien à la pratique artistique, Québec 1998 Canada Council Paris Studio Grant
1998 Travel Grant, Québec
1996 Bourse de soutien à la pratique artistique, Québec 1995 Canada Council B Grant
1994 Bourse de soutien à la pratique artistique, Québec 1993 Canada Council B Grant
1992 Canada Council Project Costs Grant
1990 Canada Council B Grant
1989 Anglican Church Primate’s Worid Relief Fund
1989 Oxfam Ontario Educational Award
1989 Canada Council Project Costs Grant
1987 Canada Council B Grant
1986 Oxfam National Education Award
1985 Canada Council B Grantk
1982 Canada Council Short Term Grant
1976 Bourse de frais, Québec
1976 Art Gallery of Brant Purchase Award
1974 Prix Hornyansky
1986 Anglican Church Primate’s Worid Relief Fund
1989 Oxfam Ontario Educational Award
1986 Oxfam National Education Award