Language: English / Notes: edition of five
- The project
- Interview
- Cast
- Credits
- Video excerpt
- Photos
- Stills
- Artist's info
- Download brochure
Multi-disciplinary artist Jonah Freeman was born in 1975 and studied Dramatic Writing and Film at New York University. Since 1998 he was been exhibiting video, photo and environmental installations in galleries and museums worldwide. The work has been primarily focused on the slippery premise of urban life. The Franklin Abraham is his first foray into dramaturgical filmmaking and represents a platform for several interconnected bodies of work. He lives and works in New York City.
Recent solo exhibitions include The Franklin Abraham, M Projects, Paris; Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY; Play Gallery, Berlin; The Giving Tree (in collaboration with Michael Phelan), John Connelly Presents, NY, and Sixteen Scenarios, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn Public Library, NY. His work has been shown in the The Version Biennale at Centre Pour L'image Contemporaine(2004), Geneva, Switzerland; Prague Biennale (2003), Prague, Czech Republic; Tirana Biennial (2001), Tirana, Albania; and Greater New York (2000), PS1 Contemporary Art Center, NY.
| Education | |
| B.F.A., New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York City, 1997 Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA, 1993 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, 1992 | |
| Grants and Awards | |
| 2002 | The Richard Kelly Grant |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2004 | “The Franklin Abraham”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York |
| “The Franklin Abraham”, Play Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2003 | “The Giving Tree: Jonah Freeman and Michael Phelan”, John Connelly Presents, NY |
| 2002 | “In the Public Realm: Sixteen Scenarios”, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn Public Library |
| “Jonah Freeman”, Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 2001 | “Urban Pornography: Project Room”, Artists Space, New York City |
| 2000 | “Jonah Freeman”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City |
| 1998 | “Jonah Freeman”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City |
| 1997 | “Jonah Freeman”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City |
| 1996 | “Project Room”, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Museum Exhibitions | |
| 2004 | Version 2004, curated by Alexandra Theiler Furrer, Centre pour l'Image Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2003 | Prague Biennale 1 "Peripheries Become the Center" National Gallery, Prague |
| “Altered Spaces: Video Art and the Physical World”, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, Tennessee | |
| 2001 | Tirana Biennial, Tirana, Albania |
| 2000 | “Greater New York”, P.S.1 / MOMA, New York City |
| 1997 | “WhimSiecle”, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, Venice, Italy; Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles, California |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2004 | Power Corruption and Lies, curated by Adam McEwen and Neville Wakefield, Roth Horowitz, New York |
| Night Shift, curated by Ivan Vele, Fondazione Trussardi, Milan, Italy | |
| 2003 | Jammed Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2003 | “Fair Play”, Play Gallery, Berlin |
| “The Bedroom Show”, curated by Scott Hug, John Connelly Presents, New York City | |
| 2002 | “Staged/Unstaged”, curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Riva Gallery, New York City |
| “Illuminations”, curated by Lorenzo Rodriguez, Marvelli Gallery, New York City | |
| “Abstract Redux”, Danese Gallery, New York City | |
| “State of the Gallery”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City | |
| “Home Movies”, SF Camerawork, curated by Marisa Olson, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2001 | “Work”, Folin/ Riva, New York City |
| “After the Diagram”, curated by Lauri Firstenberg White Box, New York City | |
| 2000 | “Drawings and Photographs”, Matthew Marks, New York City |
| “long days, longer nights”, Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn NY | |
| “Transparent Architecture”, GAle GAtes et al, New York City | |
| “Nothing”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City | |
| 1999 | “A Room With a View”, Sixth@Prince Fine Art, New York City |
| “Summer Group Show”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City | |
| 1997 | “PowWow”, Life, New York City |
| 1996 | “Basement Show”, The Basement, New York City |
| “Group Show”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City | |
| “Repatriation”, Brecht Forum, New York City | |
| 1994 | “Difference Engine”, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Bibliography | |
| 2004 | Schambelan, Elizabeth, "Jonah Freeman", Artforum International, November 2004 (read) |
| "Jonah Freeman", Frieze, issue 86, October 2004 (read) | |
| Smith, Roberta, "Jonah Freeman, The Franklin Abraham", The New York Times, July 2004 (read) | |
| Smith, Roberta, "Group Shows", The New York Times, July 2, 2004 | |
| Funk, Karel, "Jonah Freeman", The New Yorker, August 2004 (read) | |
| Rosenberg, Karen, "Last Shot, Dystopia Parkway", New York Magazine, August 2004 (read) | |
| Grosz, David, The New York Sun, July 29,2004 (read) | |
| Levin, "Jonah Freeman", The Village Voice, July 2004 (read) | |
| Kerr, Merrily, "Jonah Freeman, "The Franklin Abraham", Time Out NY, July 2004 | |
| Boncuore, Giodano, "Jonah Freeman", Flash Art, March-April 2004 (read) | |
| 2003 | Worth, Alexei, "Jonah Freeman & Michael Phelan", The New Yorker, Dec.15, 2003 |
| Mar, Alex, "The New Dealers", New York Magazine, December 1, 2003 | |
| Firstenberg, Lauri, "Focus Photography", Flash Art, October, 2003 | |
| 2002 | “Jonah Freeman, Page 239”, Charley, 2002 |
| Garrett, Craig. “Urban Pornography”, Flash Art, January February, 2002 | |
| 2001 | Politi, Giancarlo. “Tirana Biennale 1”, Giancarlo Politi Editore-Flash Art, 2001 |
| Aletti, Vince. “Urban Pornography”, The Village Voice, November 27, 2001 | |
| Cotter, Holland. “Urban Pornography”, The New York Times, November 23, 2001 | |
| Bollen, Christopher. “Urban Pornography”, Time Out, November 22-29, 2001 Issue 321 | |
| Olson, Marisa S. “Home alone”, Surface Magazine, Spring 2001 | |
| Hunt, David. “Jonah Freeman”, Frieze, January /February 2001 | |
| 2000 | Firstenberg, Lauri. “Jonah Freeman”, Flash Art, November/December 2000 |
| Israel, Nico. “Jonah Freeman”, Artforum, November 2000 | |
| Orange, Mark. “Greater New York”, Untitled, Autumn, 2000 | |
| Hunt, David. “Jonah Freeman”, Time Out New York, Sept. 28, 2000 | |
| “United Artists”, Harper’s Bazaar, June 2000 | |
| Hunt, David. “nothing”, Time Out New York, January 26, 2000 | |
| Cotter, Holland. “As Crowds Flow Into Chelsea”, The New York Times, January 21, 2000 | |
| Schmerler, Sarah “Wade Guyton”, Time Out New York, July 15, 2000 | |
| 1999 | Firstenberg, Laurie. “Bi-coastal Studio Visits, Focusing on Photography”, New York Arts Magazine, January 1999 |
| 1996 | Camper, Fred. “Material Issues”, Chicago Reader, November 1996 |
| Dalton, Jennifer. “The Inaugural Group Show”, Review, September 1996 | |
