miranda j friedman | ||||||
miranda [at] mirandajfriedman [dot] com | ||||||
mirandajfriedman.com | ||||||
miranda j friedman is an interdisciplinary artist, TV/filmmaker and educator based in Brooklyn. | ||||||
EDUCATION | ||||||
2022 MFA | VISUAL ARTS | |||||
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Department of Art & Design, New Brunswick, NJ | ||||||
2010 BA | STUDIO ARTS: GRAPHIC ARTS | |||||
Loyola Marymount University, College of Communication + Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
EXHIBITIONS + SCREENINGS + PERFORMANCES | ||||||
2024 | neutral feeling (performance), Monte Nido Rivertowns, Milestone, Irvington, NY | |||||
2023 | loosely connected, center shared, Central Server Works DTLA, Dandelion Wine, Los Angeles, CA | |||||
laughing at the ground you walk on, Ortega y Gasset art projects, Brooklyn, NY | ||||||
throw your hand on your heart (performance), Ortega y Gasset art projects, Brooklyn, NY | ||||||
2022 | Yours Conditionally (performance and workshop), coLAB Arts, New Brunswick, NJ | |||||
Some Follow-Up Questions, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY | ||||||
2021 | Season 5, Episode 2, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ | |||||
2020 | 10th Anniversary Media Art EMAP International Competition, Ewha Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea | |||||
RECTANGLES, Rutgers Zoom, online | ||||||
Lift-Off Sessions, Programme 4 Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
2019 | No Refunds, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ | |||||
TRACTOR, D’CLINIC Studios, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary | ||||||
access ̶d̶e̶n̶i̶e̶d̶, Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles' Art in the Park, Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
B-LA Connect, A TRANS Vitrine U-Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany | ||||||
in, around, through, Studio Baustelle, Berlin, Germany | ||||||
miranda j friedman and Bruce Magrane, How the Light Gets in, Los Altos, CA | ||||||
2018 | $ellibate, TAM FORUM, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA | |||||
$ellibate & Meat Market: A Night of Performance, PAM, Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
terminus acce$$, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA | ||||||
I:O Sergi Acilisi, Kedi Art Gallery, İzmit, Turkey | ||||||
Upcycling Neighbors, Red-Handed!, Bikerowave, Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
[secret title], Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA | ||||||
2017 | SAGO PLASTICO iii, Westlawn Garden at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA | |||||
SAGO PLASTICO ii, Poets’ Garden at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA | ||||||
SAGO PLASTICO i, Poets’ Garden at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA | ||||||
2015 | Pam and Ed I, How the Light Gets in, Los Altos, CA | |||||
2010 | Emerge, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA | |||||
2009 | Bellarmine Forum, Thomas P. Kelly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |||||
Infinite Nexus, Thomas P. Kelly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES + PRESENTATIONS + LEADERSHIP | ||||||
2025 | Artist Lecture, “Archiving Outward, Archiving Inward,” Professional Practices, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (February) | |||||
2024-2025 | Producer + Performer, "Floorplan," performance series by Kori Koolman, The Brick Theater, Brooklyn, NY + 14th St Y, New York, NY (March 2024 - February 2025) | |||||
2024 | Board Member, Pretty Beat, Oakland, CA and global (December - present) | |||||
Co-organizer, June Jordan monthly reading group, Brooklyn, NY and global (November - present) | ||||||
2023 | Artist Lecture, “Artists and Archives,” Professional Practices, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (September) | |||||
Workshop, “Balloon Cocoon,” co-instructor, The 14th Street Y, New York, NY (May) | ||||||
Discussion host, "Bonnie Lucas & miranda friedman in Conversation," ILY2, Portland, OR (March) | ||||||
Workshop, “Last Chance For Slow Dance II,” co-organizer, Triskelion Arts, NY (March) | ||||||
Artist Lecture + Workshop, “Anatomy of an Artist,” Professional Practices, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (February) | ||||||
2022 | Exhibition, curator, "Empathy in Yawning," Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (December) | |||||
Visiting critic + Artist Lecture, "Experimental Documentary," Advanced Video: Experimental Video, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (April) | ||||||
Workshop, “Devising for Performance,” co-instructor, LAB, Piscataway, NJ (April) | ||||||
Workshop, “Last Chance For Slow Dance,” co-organizer, Sparśa Studio, Brooklyn, NY (April) | ||||||
2021-2022 | Media x Dance Departmental Collaboration, creator, co-facilitator, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers UNiversity, New Brunswick, NJ | |||||
2021 | Artist Lecture + Workshop, “Experimental Documentation,” Photography I-A, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (November) | |||||
Artist Lecture + Workshop, “Experimental Screenwriting,” Media III-B, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (April) | ||||||
Visiting critic, Advanced Video: Experimental Video, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (April) | ||||||
2021-present | Bi-Weekly Writers’ Cohort, A Sunday Abundance, co-founder + member | |||||
2020-present | Performance Forum, co-organizer, New York, NY + New Brunswick, NJ (June) | |||||
2020-2021 | Improv Cohort, co-organizer, L.L.Improv, Second City, online (August 2020–July 2021) | |||||
2020 | Workshop, “Experimental Performance Documentation,” Photography I-A, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (November) | |||||
Workshop, “Experimental Screenwriting,” Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (September) | ||||||
Free Misra TV, host, Civic Square Building, New Brunswick, NJ (February) | ||||||
2019-2022 | Visual Arts Mentorship Program, mentor, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ (Aug '19-May '22) | |||||
2019 | Performance, feat., director + performer, TRACTOR, D’CLINIC Studios, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary (July) | |||||
Artist Lecture, Shin Itagaki & miranda j friedman, PopUpUnderground, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary (July) | ||||||
2018-2019 | Art Collective by Invitation, Acceptable Risk, cohort artist, ARLA, Los Angeles, CA (Apr '18 - Aug '19) | |||||
2018 | Workshop, ART 310, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (November) | |||||
Artist Lecture, ART 310, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (October) | ||||||
Closing Exhibition, curator, Urban Farmstead Residency, Casamor Farm, Los Angeles, CA (July) | ||||||
Opening Exhibition, curator, Urban Farmstead Residency, Casamor Farm, Los Angeles, CA (June) | ||||||
Urban Farmstead Residency, co-founder + co-director, Casamor Farm, Los Angeles, CA (March-July) | ||||||
Artist Lecture + Presentation, In Conversation with miranda friedman, PAM, Los Angeles, CA (Feb) | ||||||
2017 | Artist Lecture, B217, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (December) | |||||
Panel, Kaleido LA, panelist, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (October) | ||||||
Exhibition, curator, Muse Communications, Inc., CTRL Collective, Los Angeles, CA (September) | ||||||
2015 | Performance, “Pam and Ed II,” BPOE 2645, Ocean City, MD (September) | |||||
Performance, “Pam and Ed I,” How the Light Gets in, Los Altos, California (August) | ||||||
2013 | Conference, Project SuitUp, panelist, University of Southern CA, Los Angeles, CA (November) | |||||
2008-2010 | Design Organization Chapter, President AIGA/LMU Student Branch + Kelly Gallery Liaison, AIGA, The Professional Association for Design, Los Angeles, CA (May '08-May '10) | |||||
AWARDS + FELLOWSHIPS + RESIDENCIES | ||||||
2023 | Collaborating Artist, The Neighborhood’s Spring 2023 Visual Arts Working Group, Asylum Arts, Brooklyn, NY (March-May) | |||||
2022 | Middlesex County Board of Cultural and Arts Trust Fund Grant, Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners, New Brunswick, NJ | |||||
Inclusive Teaching Grant, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | ||||||
2020 | Scholarship Recipient, Peoples Improv Theater, New York, NY | |||||
First Place, Composing in New Media Prize, Rutgers University, School of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, New Brunswick, NJ | ||||||
Finalist, Lift-Off Sessions, Programme 4 Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA (September 17-23) | ||||||
2019-2022 | Fellowship Recipient, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | |||||
Artist-in-Residence, TRACTOR, D’CLINIC Studios, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary (July 1–29) | ||||||
Artist-in-Residence, How the Light Gets in, Los Altos, CA (March 1–March 31) | ||||||
2018-2019 | Artist Residency Recipient, TAM FORUM, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (Feb. 17–Jan. 18) | |||||
2018 | Artist-in-Residence, I:O Art Residence, Helikon Art Center, Kocaeli, Turkey (May 1–May 12) | |||||
Artist-in-Residence, INT/EXT Residency, Casamor Farm, Los Angeles, CA (February 1–March 31) | ||||||
TEACHING POSITIONS | ||||||
The list below reflects academic roles only. Full resume/CV—which includes art director, advertising + design employment—available upon certain requests. |
2019-2024 | ADJUNCT FACULTY, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ | |||||
Teaching time-based media production/technical/lecture courses in the Department of Art & Design: | ||||||
Syllabus and instruction for ten classes: 4Dimensional Fundamentals (F22, Sp20); Media IA (F23, Sp23, Sp22, F21, Sp21, F20); Media IB (F24, Sp24) | ||||||
2019 | ASSISTANT TEACHER, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ | |||||
Teaching assistant to Professor Steffani Jemison, Department of Art & Design (Media I-A, Fall 2019) | ||||||
PUBLICATIONS in which friedman's work is mentioned | ||||||
Park McArthur and Jason Hirota, "Some Follow Up Questions," exhibition catalog, New York, NY, April 2023. | ||||||
Zalaegerszegi Televízio. (2019, August 2). "KultúrKör – 2019. augusztus 2." KultúrKör. broadcast, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. | ||||||
Zalaegerszegi Televízio. (2019, July 11). “Folytatódik a D’Clinic.” ZTV Híradó. broadcast, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. | ||||||
Genie Davis, “Torrance Art Museum: Forum 1,” Art and Cake, December 10, 2018. | ||||||
Torrance Art Museum, “Forum I Zine” exhibition catalog, Torrance, CA, December 2018. | ||||||
“Around the Valleys,” San Fernando Business Journal, October 1, 2012. | ||||||