OFRA FRIEDMAN

ARTIST RESUME

PUBLIC SCULPTURE

Permanent collectionPolk State College, Airside campus Lakeland, FL

Pompeii Fragments, Time Fragments, Inspiration, since 2011

2011- 2014 Tampa outdoor public project Tampa, FL

Gaia, Tampa Theatre

2010- 2011 Sarasota Intersections Sarasota, FL
Freedom-Sky, Five Points Park

2010-2011 ArtLoud Outdoor sculpture competition Tampa, FL
Leaves and Life, Tampa Municipal Building park

2010- 2012 Polk State College, Airside campus Lakeland, FL

Energy, Pompeii- Life exposed, Pompeii Fragments

2009- 2010 ArtLoud Outdoor Kinetic Sculpture competition Tampa, FL
Leaves and Life, Massey Park
Freedom, Tampa Federal Courthouse
Earth-Energy, Business center

 

SCULPTURE- PERFORMANCE COLLABORATION

2016  Fragments -  Dance with Sculpture. Reva Lemachol,  Hangar 2, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv

2016 Fragments: The Evening, Dance with sculpture, Hangar 2, Jaffa Port, Tel aviv

2015  Rina Schenfeld, Vaganova academy of Russian Ballet, St. Petersburg, Russia

2015 Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Motion in Flight, Sarasota, Florida

2014  Rina Schenfeld Dance Theatre  “Notes to Pina Bausch”, Susan Dellal, Tel Aviv

2014 Rina Schenfeld Dance Theatre  “Notes to Pina Bausch”, Machol Shalem, Jerusalem

2014 Rina Schenfeld dance "The Angel", Bangkok Cultural Center, Thailand 

2011   Dancing Through the Eyes of Women, In-Flight  installation, Fuzion Dance company

Sarasota Art Center Sarasota, Florida

 

ART EXHIBITIONS

2018  

Photo IS:RAEL  6th International Film Festival (work in catalog and book) Tel Aviv

Lirot, Zoa Gallery (work sold) Tel Aviv

Bank Hapoalim Israeli art exhibition Tel Aviv

Art Space Gallery Tel Aviv

2017  

Rina Schenfeld Retrospective exhibition, Beit Haomanim (work in catalog) Tel Aviv

 Bank Hapoalim Israeli art exhibition (work sold)

 Julie Anne’s Gallery, Denmark

2016  

Say, Is this Art? Dada 100 in Israeli Contemporary Art, Janco-Dada museum, Ein Hod

(work in catalog)

Dresses and More.. Green House Gallery,  Tel Aviv

Rosh Gadol- Haifa Artists center,  Haifa

Julie Anne’s Gallery, Denmark

Color, Sound and Motion, Gallery on the Lake, Raanana

2015  

'Wings' exhibition, Curator: Nurit Tal-Tenne, Hachava Gallery, Holon

Leepa Rattner Museum. 65th Florida Artists Group exhibition Tarpon Springs, FL

Manatee Art Center exhibition, Bradenton, FL

2014  

Saint Augustine Art Association, Florida Artists Group St. Augustine, FL

Connection exhibit, Kesher Association, Smolarz auditorium Tel Aviv, Israel

2013

Florida Artist Group, LeMoyne Center for Visual Arts Tallahassee, FL

iconcept Retrospective, Art Meets Fashion, Sarasota Art Center Sarasota, FL

2012

Florida Museum for Women Artists 'Witness to Creativity 3' Deland, FL

Witness to Creativity, site specific installation

Gallery Bonci Officina D’Arte, Modus Operandi Pietrasanta, Italy

8 artists international exhibition

Bruce Museum, Your Face Squared Greenwich, CT

Orlando City Hall, Terrace gallery, Florida Artist Group Orlando, FL

Florida Artist Group 62nd Annual exhibition & symposium

Ringling College of Art and Design, Selby Gallery Sarasota, FL

Manhattan Art International online exhibition New York, NY

Fourth Annual Winthrop Arts Festival      Riverview, FL

2011

Florida Artist Group 61st Annual Exhibition & Symposium Maitland, FL

Art & History Museums

Museum of Science and Industry ARC Gallery Tampa, FL

Elements- MOSI curators Invitational exhibition

Florida Artist Group, Cornell Museum of Art Delray Beach, FL

Dancing Through the Eyes of Women, Sarasota Art Center Sarasota, FL

In-Flight  Site specific Installation, Fuzion Dance company

ArtAttack, University of South Florida Sarasota, FL

Sarasota Art Center, iconcept: Art Meets Fashion, Invitational Sarasota, FL

Artistry with Sparks Art Gallery, Hyde Park Village Tampa, FL

The Supper Party, Archetype Gallery Atlanta, GA

New Century Artists Gallery, Chelsea, Together International Exhibition Chelsea, NY

2010

Artistry with Sparks Art Gallery, Hyde Park Village, Tampa, FL Raymond James Inc. Art Show (3 months) Sarasota, FL
Sarasota Art Center, The Fiber of Our being Sarasota, FL
Ridge Art association, Art from Found Objects Winter Haven, FL
Orlando City Hall, Terrace Gallery, Florida Sculptors Guild Orlando, FL
Museum of Science and Industry, Arc Gallery, “One” Exhibition, Tampa, FL
Platform Art, Polk County Historical Museum, Bartow, FL
Ridge Art Association, 60th Anniversary Fine Arts Exhibition, Winter Haven, FL

2009

Florida Sculptors Guild- Orlando City Hall Terrace gallery Orlando, FL
Orlando Public Art program
National Museum of Women in the Arts FL Committee, Tampa, FL
Carrolwood Cultural Center
Tarpon Spring Cultural Center Tarpon Springs, FL
From Realism to Surrealism- 2 Artists, Jim Warren Gallery, Clearwater, FL
Brevard Art Museum Invitational- Take Out, Melbourne, FL
Alternative Functions, Art Center Manatee Juried Show, Bradenton, FL
Artists Gone Wild, Anna Maria Island Art Center                                                                                                                     
juried exhibition- second place, Anna Maria Island, FL
Gulf coast artists’ alliance, Art competition,  Clearwater, FL
Art with a Twist, west Pasco art center, New Port Richey, FL
Blanc Et Noir Juried show, Lakeland Creative arts Center, Lakeland, FL
Tarpon Springs Art Association Spring Show,
Tarpon Springs Cultural Museum, Tarpon Springs, FL
Eco-Vision, Platform Art, Lakeland, FL
Arts on The Parks, Juried Fine arts show, Lakeland, FL
Old Hyde Park Art Center, Members Exhibition, Tampa, FL
Brief Interlude juried show, Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL
Bay Area Art, juried show, Tampa Realistic artists, Tampa, FL
Comma Art Gallery, gallery representation, Orlando, FL

2008

Tarpon springs Cultural Center Juried show, Tarpon Springs, FL
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Orlando, FL
Adored artists, Comma Art Gallery Orlando, FL                                                                                                                         
Sculpture: from House to City Orlando, FL
Life in Art- Two women, Art on the Docks Gallery Tarpon springs, FL
Faces and Figures juried show, Old Hyde Park Art center, Tampa, FL
Essence of Essential, Octagon art Center Clearwater, FL
Belleair Landing art exhibit, Belleair, FL
Creative Artists Guild Annual juried show, Dunedin, FL
Broadway and Beyond, Clearwater, FL
Summa + Magna  Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Martinis & Matisse Art, Guest Sophie Matisse, Clearwater, FL

2007

Clearwater Beautification Gallery, Clearwater, FL
Celebration of the Arts, Clearwater Arts Studios, Clearwater, FL
Feed Your Senses, Clearwater Arts Studios Clearwater, FL
Artists in Action, Clearwater building Clearwater, FL
Broadway to Hollywood, Clearwater Building Clearwater, FL
A Fine Art Exhibit, Clearwater, FL
Joy of Dance, Clearwater Building, Clearwater, FL
Indian Shores Fine Art Show, Indian Shores, FL
Studioworks 98, Shillard-Smith Gallery, Belleair, FL

 

CURATING                   

2010  Museum of Science & Industry, MOSI ARC Gallery, Tampa, FL

Artemis Collection, Polk State College Art in Public Places                            

Museum of Science & Industry, MOSI ARC Gallery    Tampa, FL

Unseen, National juried exhibition                                                                   

Museum of Science & Industry, MOSI ARC Gallery Tampa, FL

EarthVisions, National juried exhibition                                                           

2009  Jim warren Art Gallery, From Realism to Surrealism Clearwater, FL

2008   Art on the Docks Gallery, Life In Art, Tarpon Springs, FL

 

AWARDS

2013 Manhattan Arts International Excellence Award

2012 Winthrop fourth Annual Arts Festival First Place

Manhattan Arts International Excellence Award

2010 Ibor Arts in the Park, Ibor City, Third Palace

Art Creations Magazine Honorable Mention

Ridge Art association Excellence Award

2009 Anna Maria Island Art Center juried show Best of Show
Gulf Coast Artists Alliance Art competition First place
Tarpon Springs Art Association, Cultural Heritage Museum Best of Show
Platform Art, Lakeland Sponsor Awards (two awards)
Art Center Manatee Juried exhibition, Bradenton Third place
ArtLoud Tampa Outdoor Sculpture competition People’s Choice

2008 Tarpon springs art association annual Juried show First place
Tampa Realistic Artists juried show Third place
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Artist Enhancement Grant
Creative Artists Guild Annual Juried art show Honorable mention

 

BUSINESS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Aaron Fodiman, Tampa Bay Magazine Editor, Tampa, Florida

Owen Sweet, Jewelry design Gallery, Indian Rocks, Florida

Kaufman Iris, Traffic Lights Inc owner, 4 sculptures, Caracas, Venezuela

Charles Dupuis, Director of Financier National Bank, Montreal, Canada

Lynn Kenny, Art collector, Belleaire, Florida

Meg Enterprise, 3 sculptures, Dunedin, Florida

Family life Clinic, 2 sculptures, Clearwater, Florida

George Seger , Boxing Agent, 2 sculptures, Largo, Florida

Tina Turbin, newspaper editor, Dunedin, Florida

Dr. Steller, chiropractor, 3 sculptures, Largo, Florida

James Jokel, Real Estate manager, Clearwater, Florida

Polk state College, Lakeland, Florida

'Art in public Places' curator Anne McCloud

                                                                                                                                        

EDUCATION

1999 George Wagner Studio, Stone Sculpture Belleair, Florida

Dunedin Fine Art Center, Sculpture  Dunedin, Florida

1998 Shulamit Hartal Studio, Wire Mesh Sculpture Tel Aviv, Israel

1997 Florida Gulf Coast Art Center/ Gulf Coast Museum

Stone Sculpture, Sculpture Casting, Belleair, Florida

1996 New York Academy of Art, Sculpture, New York, NY

Northern New Jersey Art Center, Sculpture, Ridge, New Jersey

1992-95 S.U.N.Y Associate in Science,  Studio Arts, Long Island, New York                                     

1988-90 Montgomery College, Visual Arts, Interior Design, Rockville, Maryland

1986 S.U.N.Y Old Westbury, Performing Arts, Dance, Old Westbury, New York

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ARTIST RESUME

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PUBLIC SCULPTURE

Permanent collectionPolk State College, Airside campus Lakeland, FL

Pompeii Fragments, Time Fragments, Inspiration, since 2011

2011- 2014 Tampa outdoor public project Tampa, FL

Gaia, Tampa Theatre

2010- 2011 Sarasota Intersections Sarasota, FL
Freedom-Sky, Five Points Park

2010-2011 ArtLoud Outdoor sculpture competition Tampa, FL
Leaves and Life, Tampa Municipal Building park

2010- 2012 Polk State College, Airside campus Lakeland, FL

Energy, Pompeii- Life exposed, Pompeii Fragments

2009- 2010 ArtLoud Outdoor Kinetic Sculpture competition Tampa, FL
Leaves and Life, Massey Park
Freedom, Tampa Federal Courthouse
Earth-Energy, Business center

 

SCULPTURE- PERFORMANCE COLLABORATION

2016  Fragments -  Dance with Sculpture. Reva Lemachol,  Hangar 2, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv

2016 Fragments: The Evening, Dance with sculpture, Hangar 2, Jaffa Port, Tel aviv

2015  Rina Schenfeld, Vaganova academy of Russian Ballet, St. Petersburg, Russia

2015 Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Motion in Flight, Sarasota, Florida

2014  Rina Schenfeld Dance Theatre  “Notes to Pina Bausch”, Susan Dellal, Tel Aviv

2014 Rina Schenfeld Dance Theatre  “Notes to Pina Bausch”, Machol Shalem, Jerusalem

2014 Rina Schenfeld dance "The Angel", Bangkok Cultural Center, Thailand 

2011   Dancing Through the Eyes of Women, In-Flight  installation, Fuzion Dance company

Sarasota Art Center Sarasota, Florida

 

ART EXHIBITIONS

2018  

Photo IS:RAEL  6th International Film Festival (work in catalog and book) Tel Aviv

Lirot, Zoa Gallery (work sold) Tel Aviv

Bank Hapoalim Israeli art exhibition Tel Aviv

Art Space Gallery Tel Aviv

2017  

Rina Schenfeld Retrospective exhibition, Beit Haomanim (work in catalog) Tel Aviv

 Bank Hapoalim Israeli art exhibition (work sold)

 Julie Anne’s Gallery, Denmark

2016  

Say, Is this Art? Dada 100 in Israeli Contemporary Art, Janco-Dada museum, Ein Hod

(work in catalog)

Dresses and More.. Green House Gallery,  Tel Aviv

Rosh Gadol- Haifa Artists center,  Haifa

Julie Anne’s Gallery, Denmark

Color, Sound and Motion, Gallery on the Lake, Raanana

2015  

'Wings' exhibition, Curator: Nurit Tal-Tenne, Hachava Gallery, Holon

Leepa Rattner Museum. 65th Florida Artists Group exhibition Tarpon Springs, FL

Manatee Art Center exhibition, Bradenton, FL

2014  

Saint Augustine Art Association, Florida Artists Group St. Augustine, FL

Connection exhibit, Kesher Association, Smolarz auditorium Tel Aviv, Israel

2013

Florida Artist Group, LeMoyne Center for Visual Arts Tallahassee, FL

iconcept Retrospective, Art Meets Fashion, Sarasota Art Center Sarasota, FL

2012

Florida Museum for Women Artists 'Witness to Creativity 3' Deland, FL

Witness to Creativity, site specific installation

Gallery Bonci Officina D’Arte, Modus Operandi Pietrasanta, Italy

8 artists international exhibition

Bruce Museum, Your Face Squared Greenwich, CT

Orlando City Hall, Terrace gallery, Florida Artist Group Orlando, FL

Florida Artist Group 62nd Annual exhibition & symposium

Ringling College of Art and Design, Selby Gallery Sarasota, FL

Manhattan Art International online exhibition New York, NY

Fourth Annual Winthrop Arts Festival      Riverview, FL

2011

Florida Artist Group 61st Annual Exhibition & Symposium Maitland, FL

Art & History Museums

Museum of Science and Industry ARC Gallery Tampa, FL

Elements- MOSI curators Invitational exhibition

Florida Artist Group, Cornell Museum of Art Delray Beach, FL

Dancing Through the Eyes of Women, Sarasota Art Center Sarasota, FL

In-Flight  Site specific Installation, Fuzion Dance company

ArtAttack, University of South Florida Sarasota, FL

Sarasota Art Center, iconcept: Art Meets Fashion, Invitational Sarasota, FL

Artistry with Sparks Art Gallery, Hyde Park Village Tampa, FL

The Supper Party, Archetype Gallery Atlanta, GA

New Century Artists Gallery, Chelsea, Together International Exhibition Chelsea, NY

2010

Artistry with Sparks Art Gallery, Hyde Park Village, Tampa, FL Raymond James Inc. Art Show (3 months) Sarasota, FL
Sarasota Art Center, The Fiber of Our being Sarasota, FL
Ridge Art association, Art from Found Objects Winter Haven, FL
Orlando City Hall, Terrace Gallery, Florida Sculptors Guild Orlando, FL
Museum of Science and Industry, Arc Gallery, “One” Exhibition, Tampa, FL
Platform Art, Polk County Historical Museum, Bartow, FL
Ridge Art Association, 60th Anniversary Fine Arts Exhibition, Winter Haven, FL

2009

Florida Sculptors Guild- Orlando City Hall Terrace gallery Orlando, FL
Orlando Public Art program
National Museum of Women in the Arts FL Committee, Tampa, FL
Carrolwood Cultural Center
Tarpon Spring Cultural Center Tarpon Springs, FL
From Realism to Surrealism- 2 Artists, Jim Warren Gallery, Clearwater, FL
Brevard Art Museum Invitational- Take Out, Melbourne, FL
Alternative Functions, Art Center Manatee Juried Show, Bradenton, FL
Artists Gone Wild, Anna Maria Island Art Center                                                                                                                          J
uried exhibition- second place, Anna Maria Island, FL
Gulf coast artists’ alliance, Art competition,  Clearwater, FL
Art with a Twist, west Pasco art center, New Port Richey, FL
Blanc Et Noir Juried show, Lakeland Creative arts Center, Lakeland, FL
Tarpon Springs Art Association Spring Show,
Tarpon Springs Cultural Museum, Tarpon Springs, FL
Eco-Vision, Platform Art, Lakeland, FL
Arts on The Parks, Juried Fine arts show, Lakeland, FL
Old Hyde Park Art Center, Members Exhibition, Tampa, FL
Brief Interlude juried show, Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL
Bay Area Art, juried show, Tampa Realistic artists, Tampa, FL
Comma Art Gallery, gallery representation, Orlando, FL

2008

Tarpon springs Cultural Center Juried show, Tarpon Springs, FL
Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays, Orlando, FL
Adored artists, Comma Art Gallery Orlando, FL                             
Sculpture: from House to City Orlando, FL
Life in Art- Two women, Art on the Docks Gallery Tarpon springs, FL
Faces and Figures juried show, Old Hyde Park Art center, Tampa, FL
Essence of Essential, Octagon art Center Clearwater, FL
Belleair Landing art exhibit, Belleair, FL
Creative Artists Guild Annual juried show, Dunedin, FL
Broadway and Beyond, Clearwater, FL
Summa + Magna  Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Martinis & Matisse Art, Guest Sophie Matisse, Clearwater, FL

2007

Clearwater Beautification Gallery, Clearwater, FL
Celebration of the Arts, Clearwater Arts Studios, Clearwater, FL
Feed Your Senses, Clearwater Arts Studios Clearwater, FL
Artists in Action, Clearwater building Clearwater, FL
Broadway to Hollywood, Clearwater Building Clearwater, FL
A Fine Art Exhibit, Clearwater, FL
Joy of Dance, Clearwater Building, Clearwater, FL
Indian Shores Fine Art Show, Indian Shores, FL
Studioworks 98, Shillard-Smith Gallery, Belleair, FL

 

CURATING                   

2010  Museum of Science & Industry, MOSI ARC Gallery, Tampa, FL

Artemis Collection, Polk State College Art in Public Places                            

Museum of Science & Industry, MOSI ARC Gallery    Tampa, FL

Unseen, National juried exhibition                                                                   

Museum of Science & Industry, MOSI ARC Gallery Tampa, FL

EarthVisions, National juried exhibition                                                           

2009  Jim warren Art Gallery, From Realism to Surrealism Clearwater, FL

2008   Art on the Docks Gallery, Life In Art, Tarpon Springs, FL

 

AWARDS

2013 Manhattan Arts International Excellence Award

2012 Winthrop fourth Annual Arts Festival First Place

Manhattan Arts International Excellence Award

2010 Ibor Arts in the Park, Ibor City, Third Palace

Art Creations Magazine Honorable Mention

Ridge Art association Excellence Award

2009 Anna Maria Island Art Center juried show Best of Show
Gulf Coast Artists Alliance Art competition First place
Tarpon Springs Art Association, Cultural Heritage Museum Best of Show
Platform Art, Lakeland Sponsor Awards (two awards)
Art Center Manatee Juried exhibition, Bradenton Third place
ArtLoud Tampa Outdoor Sculpture competition People’s Choice

2008 Tarpon springs art association annual Juried show First place
Tampa Realistic Artists juried show Third place
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Artist Enhancement Grant
Creative Artists Guild Annual Juried art show Honorable mention

 

BUSINESS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Aaron Fodiman, Tampa Bay Magazine Editor, Tampa, Florida

Owen Sweet, Jewelry design Gallery, Indian Rocks, Florida

Kaufman Iris, Traffic Lights Inc owner, 4 sculptures, Caracas, Venezuela

Charles Dupuis, Director of Financier National Bank, Montreal, Canada

Lynn Kenny, Art collector, Belleaire, Florida

Meg Enterprise, 3 sculptures, Dunedin, Florida

Family life Clinic, 2 sculptures, Clearwater, Florida

George Seger , Boxing Agent, 2 sculptures, Largo, Florida

Tina Turbin, newspaper editor, Dunedin, Florida

Dr. Steller, chiropractor, 3 sculptures, Largo, Florida

James Jokel, Real Estate manager, Clearwater, Florida

Polk state College, Lakeland, Florida

'Art in public Places' curator Anne McCloud                                                                                                        

EDUCATION

1999 George Wagner Studio, Stone Sculpture Belleair, Florida

Dunedin Fine Art Center, Sculpture  Dunedin, Florida

1998 Shulamit Hartal Studio, Wire Mesh Sculpture Tel Aviv, Israel

1997 Florida Gulf Coast Art Center/ Gulf Coast Museum

Stone Sculpture, Sculpture Casting, Belleair, Florida

1996 New York Academy of Art, Sculpture, New York, NY

Northern New Jersey Art Center, Sculpture, Ridge, New Jersey

1992-95 S.U.N.Y Associate in Science,  Studio Arts, Long Island, New York                                 

1988-90 Montgomery College, Visual Arts, Interior Design, Rockville, Maryland

1986 S.U.N.Y Old Westbury, Performing Arts, Dance, Old Westbury, New York