Terri Friedman

Available Works

Terri Friedman, EXHALE, 2021, Cotton, wool, acrylic and chenille fibers, 36″ x 30″

Terri Friedman, You Don’t Get to Know, 2021, Cotton, wool, acrylic and chenille fibers, 82″ x 72″

Terri Friedman, Your Heart is the Size of Your Fist, 2020, Cotton, acrylic, wool, chenille, hemp, metallic fibers, 62″ x 70″

Terri Friedman, Ditto, 2023, Cotton, acrylic, wool, chenille, metallic fibers, 22″ x 22″

Terri Friedman, Conjoined, 2023, Cotton, acrylic, wool, chenille, metallic fibers, stained glass,22″ x 22″

Terri Friedman, Atonal, 2023, Cotton, acrylic, wool, chenille, metallic fibers, 22″ x 22″

“Don’t Forget to Hydrate” Installation View. Photography by Zachary Balber.

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Seeing the act of weaving as a unification of warp and weft—or left and right brain—Friedman attempts to weave new neural pathways on her loom and in her brain, combatting a climate of anxiety and instability with fiber.

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About Terri Friedman

Terri Friedman received her BA with Honors from Brown University and her MFA from the Claremont Graduate School. She made a mid-career transition from painting and sculpture to weaving on a floor loom in 2014. Having received critical reviews in Artforum, Art in America, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and more, in 2019 she was included in Vitamin T: Threads and Textiles in Contemporary Art, Phaidon Press. She has exhibited at such venues as the Geffen Contemporary MOCA, SF Contemporary Jewish Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, CODA Museum Netherlands, CUE Art Foundation NYC, Berkeley Art Museum (Art Wall), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Jose Museum of Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Orange County Museum of Art Biennial, Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum and more.

She received a San Francisco Artadia Award in 2021 and SHACK15 Art Prize in 2025. Included in many private and public collections, recent acquisitions include the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, De Young Museum San Francisco, and the Denver Art Museum. She resides in El Cerrito, California with her family and is an Associate Professor at the California College of the Arts.

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EDUCATION

Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, MFA

Brown University, Providence, RI, BA with Honors

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
Tomorrow is just a thought, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2020
Rewire, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY

2019
Hello Uncertainty, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017
The Smell of Gasoline, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2016
ART WALL, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA

2012
Set me free, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011
Delirious Lucky, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
Mystic Vacation, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2002
Breathing Underwater, Cheryl Numark Gallery, Washington, DC

2001
Falling Up, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Terri Friedman: New Work, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

2000
Adventures in Denial, jenjoygallery, San Francisco, CA

1998
thirsty, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY

1997
Water in a Straitjacket, Special K Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

1996
“If you want chocolate, why are you eating vegetables?”, W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1994
Sunny von Bulow is Still Alive, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
A New Dawn: The Fundamentals of Making, Design Miami, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Consider the Oyster, Anthony Meier Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Golden Threads 2, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
Inner Vision: Abstraction and Cognition, Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, CSU Long Beach, CA
Step and Repeat, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2024
Don’t Forget to Hydrate, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Apex, Volume Gallery, Chicago, IL (curated by Meaghan Rhoddy)
PhillipsX and Artadia, Phillips Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023
Lover’s Eye, Sargent’s Daughters West, Los Angeles, CA
Hardcore threadlore, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
PhillipsX and Artadia, Phillips Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2022
Tikkun: for the Cosmos, Community, and Ourselves, SF Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA

2021
A New Realism, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Glenn Adamson)
Above and Below, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Shapeshifters, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY

2020
The Future is Female II: Love Letters, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Personal Alchemy: Terri Friedman, Maria Paz, Musae Sesay, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Abstract! Minimalism to Now, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Mass Ornament: Pleasure, Play, and What Lies Beneath, South Etna, Montauk, NY (curated by Allison Gingeras)
Patch, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

2019
The Weight of Matter, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Thread, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Woven Stories, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA

2018
Handmade: Women Reshaping Contemporary Art, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT

2017
A line can go anywhere, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Jenelle Porter)
DUST, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Liminal Focus, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY
By the River, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2015
The Way Things Go, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Betti-Sue Hertz)

2013
ReMODEL, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

2010
Set Theory 1, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Intimate Nature, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Everyday Mystics, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009
IAA Retrospective Exhibition, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
A Measure of Humanity, Grand Galleries, Tracy, CA

2006
Last Show, Cheryl Numark Gallery, Washington, DC

2003
Los Angeles Post Cool, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Michael Duncan)

2002
Transparent, Cheryl Numark Gallery, Washington, DC
Organic/Mechanic, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Glow: Aspects of Light in Contemporary Art, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
Fleurs du Mal, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
The Importance of Being Earnest, Occidental College, Pasadena, CA

2001
Surface and Paint (Terri Friedman, Sally Elesby, Pia Fries), CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Munchie Munchie, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
Los Angeles, Cheryl Numark Gallery, Washington, DC
Cool Painting, Brian Gross Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

1999
Survivalist, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Tripindicular, Lemon Sky, Los Angeles, CA
Slippery, Blohard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Life in Space, Dave Muller – Three Day Weekend Project, Four Walls & CCAC, San Francisco, CA

1998
Love at the End of the Tunnel, or the Beginning of a Smart New Day, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

1997
Orange County Museum of Art Biennial, Newport Beach, CA
Working Out the Kinks, Hersleusgate 10B, Berlin, Germany
Plastered, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Diskland, Snowscape, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
From Los Angeles, W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1996
The Unbearable Whiteness of Skiing, Artists Space Hooghuis, Arnhem, Netherlands
New Age Dada, Kunstruimte Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Between the Acts, The Icebox, Athens, Greece; C/O Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Ether, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
An Embarrassment of Riches, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
L.A. Freewaves Festival, MOCA Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Inside the Exterior, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Septet, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Human Condition, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
A Scattering Matrix, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Simple Means, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA

1995
Machine, Newport Harbor Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Action / Station, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Postmarked L.A., P.P.O.W., New York, NY
Felicity, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LoCal, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
December 20th, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1994
L.A.X. 1994, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Current Abstractions, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pixies, Fairies, and Netherworlds, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Balls, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Suzanne Vielmetter)

1993
The Zone, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

AWARDS AND PROJECTS

2025
SHACK15 Art Prize, San Francisco, CA

2022
de Young Museum, Textile Arts Council Lecture, San Francisco, CA

2021
SF Artadia Award
Facebook Artist in Residence, Sunnyvale, CA

2020
CUE Art Foundation Grant (for solo exhibition), New York, NY

2016
Francis Helman and Warren Breslau Foundation Grant, BAMPFA Art Wall, Berkeley, CA

2014
Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley, Interactive Gratitude Wall Project, Berkeley, CA

2009–2011
Johns Hopkins Hospital Pediatric Oncology Ward Artist in Residence / Acquisitions, Baltimore, MD

2000
Santa Barbara Arts Fund Grant, Santa Barbara, CA

1999
Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Grant, San Francisco, CA

1994
Cultural Affairs Honorarium, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2001–Present
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Associate Professor

2001
Mills College, Oakland, CA, Visiting Artist

1999–2001
College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, Lecturer

1996–1999
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, Visiting Artist

1997
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, Visiting Artist

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2025
Patricia Malarcher, Surface Design: Weaving New Trajectories, Christie Matson, Terri Friedman, Melissa Cody, Diedrick Brackens, July 2025
Brian Boucher, Artnet, “A Glorious Show of Textile Art Unspools in 18th-Century New York Building,” April 2025
Mary Corbin, 48 Hills, “Inspired by Sister Corita Kent, Terri Friedman’s Meticulous Weaves Erupt into Protest,” San Francisco, CA, July 2025

2024
Scott Hutchins and Anthony Girardi, Ateliers d’Art, “Terri Friedman et Maria Guzman Capron,” Paris, France, December 2024–January 2025

2023
Tomorrow is just a thought (catalogue), essays by Glenn Adamson and Jill D’Alessandro
David M. Roth, “A Festival of Fiber Art,” Squarespace Cylinder
Jody Zellen, “Gallery Rounds: Terri Friedman, Shoshana Wayne Gallery,” Artillery Magazine

2022
Melissa Nathan Gerson, “A Dense (and Very Pink) Tapestry of Joy and Pain,” JWeekly
Laura Paull, “The Healing Arts: CJM’s ‘Tikkun’ Exhibit Contemplates Our Fractured World,” Jewish News of Northern California

2021
George Adams, “Interview: Shapeshifters,” October 2021
Allison Strauss, “Gallery Rounds,” Artillery Magazine, August 2021
Betty Brown, “Above and Below,” Art and Cake, August 2021
Glenn Adamson, A New Realism (catalogue), Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, NY, 2021

2020
Kathy Butterly and Alexis Wilkinson, REWIRE (catalogue), CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
Maria Rosaria Roseo, ArteMorbida Textiles Art Magazine, Rome, Italy, 2020
TxP (Textiel Plus) Magazine, “The Power of Imperfection: Terri Friedman Defies the Rules of Weaving”
Emily Zaiden, “The New Nowness of Tapestry: Weaving Current American Narratives,” New Tapestry Alliance, CODA Museum

2019
Julia Wolkoff, Artsy, “These Artists Are Changing Our Expectations of What Tapestry Can Be”
Juxtapoz Magazine, “Terri Friedman Greets the Uncertain in Her New Solo Show at Guerrero Gallery”
Eve Wood, “Weight of Matter,” Riot Material
“Talking Textiles with Terri Friedman,” Interview, Phaidon Press

2018
“Making Waves: 100 Artists Putting the East Bay on the Map,” San Francisco Magazine

2017
Martha Schwendener, “What to See in New York Galleries This Week,” The New York Times

2011
Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle

2010
DeWitt Cheng, “Green Zones,” East Bay Express

2007
Chris Miles, “Terri Friedman,” Artforum

2002
Jessica Dawson, “Flying Colors at Numark,” The Washington Post
Shauna Miller, “Breathing Under Water,” Washington City Paper

2001
Chris Miles, “Terri Friedman and Philip Argent,” Artforum (online)
Doug Harvey, “Synthetics: Big Plastic,” LA Weekly
Joan Crowder, “Flower Power,” Santa Barbara News-Press

2000
Laura Lark, “The Munchie-Munchie/DiverseWorks-Houston,” Artlies, no. 27
Glen Helfand, “‘Cool Painting 2000’,” San Francisco Bay Guardian

1999
Jim Jenkins, “Humanizing the Machine,” Sculpture, December 1999, pp. 41–47
Doug Harvey, “Closures, Openings,” LA Weekly, November 26–December 2, 1999
Sarah Coleman, “Survivalist,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 13–19, 1999
Leslie Jarvis, “Tripindicular at Lemon Sky,” Artweek, September 1999

1998
Michelle Grabner, “Cut Out and Keep (Simon Periton),” Frieze, September 1998
Jim Demetre, “Love at the End of the Tunnel,” New Art Examiner, July/August 1998
Matthew Kangas, “Flower Power and Frivolities,” The Seattle Times, February 12, 1998
Jim Demetre, “End of the World? I Feel Fine,” The Seattle Weekly, February 1998
Susan Kandel and Marilu Knode, Love at the End of the Tunnel (catalogue), 1998
M.A. Greenstein, “Terri Friedman: Heavy Breathing,” World Art, Winter 1998

1997
Michael Duncan, “Terri Friedman at Special K,” Art in America, September 1997
Christopher Miles, “Heavy Breathing: Artist Terri Friedman Talks Respiration,” SOMA, 1997
Carmine Iannaccone, “Terri Friedman at Special K Exhibitions,” Art Issues, Summer 1997
Garret Keith, “Terri Friedman: Water in a Straitjacket,” zingmagazine, Summer 1997
Marilu Knode, “A Scattering Matrix: Richard Heller Gallery,” zingmagazine, Summer 1997
Daniella B. Walsh, “Where All Things Old Are New Again,” Orange County Register, 1997
Cathy Curtis, “Inextricable References,” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 1997
Susan Kandel, “Oozing Images,” Los Angeles Times, March 7, 1997
Bruce Guenther, OC Museum of Art Biennial (catalogue), 1997
Mario Cutajar, “Terri Friedman at Special K Exhibitions,” Artweek, April 1997
Christopher Miles, “A Scattering Matrix,” Artweek, February 1997

1996
Suvan Geer, “An Embarrassment of Riches,” Artweek
Cathy Curtis, “‘Riches’ Spins Its Gold From Everyday Straw,” Los Angeles Times
Lisa Anne Auerbach, “The Land of the Bland,” The Reader, June 16–22, 1996
Christina Petrinos, “Between the Acts,” The Art Magazine, Athens
M.A. Greenstein, “Action/Station: Exploring Open Systems,” New Art Examiner
Peter Frank, “Art Picks of the Week: Septet,” LA Weekly
Suvan Geer, “Spirit and Soul,” ArtScene

1995
Glen Helfand, “Terri Friedman, Stephen Shackelford – Victoria Room,” New Art Examiner
Rebecca Solnit, Art Issues
Cathy Curtis, “Going Through the Motions,” Los Angeles Times
Daniella B. Walsh, “Artists Probe the Price of Progress,” Orange County Register
Kenneth Baker, “Art That Needs No One’s Approval,” San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Frank, “Art Picks of the Week: Action Station,” LA Weekly
David Bonetti, “Gallery Watch,” San Francisco Examiner, September 1
Kim Levin, “Short List,” Village Voice
Glen Helfand, “California Sweet,” San Francisco Weekly
Peter Frank, “Art Picks of the Week: L.A.X. ’94,” LA Weekly

1994
Michael Duncan, “L.A. Rising,” Art in America
Susan Kandel, “Over the Top,” Los Angeles Times
Jan Tumlir, “Processes and Properties: Current Abstractions,” Artweek
Peter Frank, “Art Picks of the Week: Current Abstractions,” LA Weekly
William Wilson, “Works Aren’t Always What They Appear to Be,” Los Angeles Times

1993
Michael Duncan, “The Zone / Technocolor,” Frieze

COLLECTIONS

Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO
Facebook, Sunnyvale, CA
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

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Independent Art Fair, 2026

May 14 - 17, 2026

Design Miami 2025

Adam Miller, Basil Kincaid, Terri Friedman: Don’t Forget to Hydrate

July 13 – August 31, 2024

Terri Friedman

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Seeing the act of weaving as a unification of warp and weft—or left and right brain—Friedman attempts to weave new neural pathways on her loom and in her brain, combatting a climate of anxiety and instability with fiber.

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Independent Art Fair, 2026

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Adam Miller, Basil Kincaid, Terri Friedman: Don’t Forget to Hydrate

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