Education
M.P.S. Art Therapy and Creativity Development, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY
B. A. Fine Arts, Brandeis University, Waltham MA
Residencies & Awards
Vermont Studio School; CAC, North Adams MA; Woman Studio School, Rosendale NY, https://wsworkshop.org/artists/martha-friedman/
1999 Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant
1999 Artist’s Fellowship, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY
1979 NEA Purchase Award, North End/Waterfront Arts Council
1977 Salem Street Mural Project, North End/Boston
SOLO AND FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Out of Office, CAA @ University Place, Cambridge MA
2023 Pulse of the Making, curated by Cathleen Daley, CAA @ Canal, Cambridge MA
2000 Independent Open Studio, Cambridge MA
1999 Brickbottom Open Studios, Somerville MA
1998 ODYSSEYS: Martha Friedman/Carole Rollins, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
1997 Martha Friedman/Recent Work, Newton Free Library, Newton MA
1996 Alan Bull & Martha Friedman, The Firehouse Center, Newburyport MA
1996 Martha Friedman/Recent Work, Lillian Immig Gallery/Emmanuel College, Boston MA
1994 Solo Studio Exhibit, Cambridge MA
1993 Martha Friedman/Paintings and Monotypes, Buoniconti's, Cambridge MA
1990 Martha Friedman/Recent Paintings, Newton Free Library, Newton Corner MA
1984 Art on Tile, Newton Free Library. Newton Corner MA
1981 Sweet Art of Mine, Boston City Hall, Boston MA
1980 Inner and Outer Spaces, Laundry Galleria , Boston MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 The MASSART Auction, Boston, MA
2020 The MASSART Auction, Boston, MA
2019 Art Access, Cambridge Multicultural Center, Cambridge, MA
2019 First Fridays at AWA Studio, Brookline Village, MA
2018 Words Matter, AWA Studio, Brookline Village, MA
2018 Cambridge Open Studios, Cambridge, MA
2018 The MASSART Auction, Boston MA
2017 AWA Puerto Rico Benefit Exhibit, Brookline Village MA
2013 Cambridge Open Studios
2012 Cambridge Open Studios
2007 Miller Street Open Studios, Somerville MA
2006 Miller Street Open Studios, Somerville MA
2005 Made in NA, MA, CAC, North Adams MA.
2002 Intricate Layers, The Attleboro Museum/Center for the Arts, Attleboro MA.
2002 New Art ‘02, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2001 MGNE Presents An Exhibition of Unique Prints, Hampshire College, Amherst MA.
2000 MGNE Fifthteenth Aniversary Show, Sharon Arts, Peterborough NH.
1999 NEWPRINTS at NEWPORT, Newport Art Museum, Newport RI.
1999 Entitled/Untitled, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville MA
1996 Expressions Art Salon, North Adams MA
1996 Monster Press Prints, CAC, North Adams MA
1996 Loading Dock Gallery Show, CACr, North Adams MA
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston MA
Renaissance Worldwide, Inc. , Waltham MA
Waite and Company, Boston MA
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Lexington MA
Fidelity Investments, Boston MA
Biogen, Cambridge, MA