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  • Freya Powell

    Part-Time Faculty

    Email
    powellf1@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall - 66 West 12th Street

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    Freya Powell

    Profile

    Freya Powell is a multi-disciplinary artist making time-based projects that address languages relationship to individual and collective memory. She received an MFA from Hunter College, New York, NY and a BA from Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows at Art in General, Brooklyn, NY (2017), Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN (2017), Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain (2014) and Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL (2013). She has participated in group shows at institutions including EFA Project Space, New York, NY (2016), Queens Museum, Corona, NY (2016), Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY (2015), the International Center of Photography Library, New York, NY (2014), #1 Cartagena: the First International Biennale of Art, Cartagena de India, Colombia (2014), and the Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY (2013).

    Degrees Held

    MFA, Combined Media, CUNY: Hunter College

    BA, Studio Arts, Bard College

    Recent Publications

    April 2020. 'Only Remains Remain'. MoMA Magazine.

    Research Interests

    memory, myth, history, idea development, individual/collective memory, archives

    Awards And Honors

    2019    Artist-in-Residence. VW Dome, MoMA PS1. Long Island City, NY. 
    2019    New Works Grant. Queens Council on the Arts
    2018    Professional Development Award, The New School
    2017    Professional Development Award, The New School
    2017    New Commission. Art in General. Brooklyn, NY.
    2017    Professional Development Award, The Cooper Union
    2016    Professional Development Award, The Cooper Union
    2016    Professional Development Award, The New School
    2015    Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship
    2012    C-12 Emerging Artist Award, Shortlist
    2011    William Graf Travel Grant
    2011    Artist Grant. Contemporary Arts Center- Woodside. Troy, NY.
    2009    Artist Grant. Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT.
     

    Current Courses

    [LS] Integrative Studio 1

    Core Lab 1: Photo Practices

    Core Studio 3: Photo Contexts

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