LYDIA NELSON FRIEDLAND
P.O. Box 2406 Titusville, FL 32781 (321) 269-1013 kenandlydiaf@aol.com
EDUCATION
Tsukamoto Togei Kyoshitsu School, Instructor - Yasuo Nakane, Mashiko, Japan April 2008
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Bachelor of Fine Arts - Sculpture 1994
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Bachelor of Arts - International Studies and Anthropology, 1978
Brevard Art Center and Museum, Melbourne, FL. Classes and workshops - 1988 - 1991
COMPETITIONS
Fem’-i-nie, Juried Art Exhibition, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, February 27 - March 29, 1998. Third place
Florida Competitive, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL, September 14 - October 14, 1997
Art Festival Beth El 1997, Temple Beth El, St. Petersburg, FL, January 25 - 27, 1997. 3rd place. Cash award.
A Company of Women 1996, Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL. 1996. Best of Show.
The Vero Beach Art Club 1996 Member’s Juried Exhibition, Vero Beach, FL. 1996 Honorary Award
1996 Featuring Florida, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition - Society of Experimental Artists, Sarasota Visual Arts Center, Sarasota, FL. 1996. The Nautilus Award (top award).
The Thirty-Fourth Annual Fine Arts Competition, 1996, Ridge Art Association Gallery, Winter Haven, FL. 1996. Merit Award.
10th Annual Tallahassee Combined Talents: Florida National 1995, Tallahassee, FL. 1995
44th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, 1995, Boca Raton, FL. 1995.
1995 Florida Competitive, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL. 1995.
The Hilton Head Art League's Sixth Juried Art Show, Hilton Head, S.C. 1995.
Northern Trust Bank of Florida Exhibit, Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, FL. 1995. All Media Award.
A Company of Women, Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL. 1994. Best of Show.
RECENT SHOWS
Melbourne International Airport, Melbourne, FL. Sep. 2007- Apr. 2008
Lopressionism Gallery, Melbourne, FL. 2006
Turner Art Center, Valdosta, GA, June-July 2006
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, Mar.-Jun. 2006
Fish House Gallery, Port Salerno, FL. 2005
Ten Women in Art, MOFAC, Avon Park, FL, January 19 – February 13, 2005
Ten Women in Art, Lake Wales Art Center, Lake Wales, FL, February 19 – March 14, 2004
Ten Women in Art, Seminole Community College, Sanford, FL, January 20 – February 12, 2004
Group Show, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL, September 2003
Art, Women & Spirituality, Deer Cottage Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina. May 2003
Ten Women in Art: Twentieth Anniversary, Brevard Museum of Art & Science, Melbourne, Florida, March 2003
Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee, Florida. January 11-February 3, 2002
Ten Women in Art, Visual Arts Center, Panama City, FL, March 15 - April 22, 2002
Ten Women in Art, The Deland Museum of Art, November 9 - December 30, 2001
Ten…and Again, Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL, April 3 – May 31, 2001
Ten Women in Art, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL, June 2001
Ten Women in Art , Mount Dora Art Center, Mount Dora, FL April 2000
Louisiana State University, University Gallery, Shreveport. LA, February 14 - March 10, 2000
Amalgam: Multi-Media Fusions by Four Florida Artists, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL, July 23 - September 26, 1999
Feminine Metaphors, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, January 29 - February 14, 1999
“Is Baroque a Thing of the Past?”, Gallery 13, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, May 1 - August 31, 1998
Ten Women In Art, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, FL, June 1998
A Woman’s Prerogative, Thomas Center Main Gallery, Gainesville, FL, August 16 - September 14, 1997
7 x 7, An Emerging Artist Show, Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL, May 30 - July 6, 1997
Lydia Friedland - Sculpture Exhibition, Nations Bank Plaza, Tampa, FL, January 26 - March 27, 1997. Solo show
Lydia Friedland - Sculpture Exhibition, Brevard County Government Center, Viera, FL, February 4 - March 7, 1997. Solo show
Ten Women in Art, Spaceport USA, John F. Kennedy Space Center, FL. 1995.
ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
Florida Today 2007, Florida Today 2005
The Herald, Miami, FL 1999; Art Papers, 1997; Florida Today, 1995; Star Advocate, 1994; Orlando Sentinel, 1994