Artist's Statement
Steffi Friedman is a sensative and versatile artist, who enjoys working in many media, including stone, bronze, terra cotta and cast glass. Her focus is on motion and emotion, she is known for her figurative sculpture and portraiture.
Education
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Art Students League, N.Y. C.
- Columbia University, Post Graduate,N.Y. C.
- Silvermine School of Art, Norwalk, Ct.
- Stanley Bleifeld, sculptor, 7 years
Teaching
- Own Studio, Private Classes-35 students for 25 years
- Workshop-CAMP TERRA COTTA,12 to 18 students,teaching both Figurative and Abstract concepts, in terra cotta wax,casteline and stone carving ,The workshop takes place in Vermont at the Landgrove Inn.
Represented by:
"IMAGES" Westport, Ct.
CORPORATE Art Unlimited, Isabel Trimper, Westport, Ct.
PICTURE THIS of Westport, Ct.
Commissions
FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES, N.Y. C.
5 foot relief of Golda Meir four portraits
Life size bust of Golda Meir
MEDALLIC Art Co.
Bicentennial Medal, State of North Dakota
Medallion of Colonel Davies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Franklin Mint, Pennsylvania
Wood Nymph
M.B.I. DANBURY MINT,Norwalk, Ct.
Mother and Child-crystal
Mother and daughter skaters
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.-Elfun Society, Fairfield, Ct.
Four retirement relief sculptures
Portrait of Chairman of the Board
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE, New York City
Medallion for 25th anniversary
12" bronze medallion for Library
"RENEWAL’ a Holocost memorial Sculpture
WESTON WOODS FILM STUDIO
Large Relief "MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS"
Commercial Sales
- Collectors Guild, N.Y. C.
- Roads Galleries, Louis Horwin N.Y.C.
- The Art Mint Limited, St.Louis,Mo.
- Art Expo, N.Y. C. & San Francisco, represented by Renaissance
One Person Shows
- Bauhaus II, Westport, Ct.
- Bell Gallery, Greenwich, Ct.
- Clark Whitney Gallery, Lenox ,Mass. 3 yrs.
- Nature Center Gallery, retrospective and current work
- 60 sculptures ,Westport, Ct.
Group Shows in over 20 Galleries throughout the U.S.A.
Participated in over 25 Group Shows
PRVATE COMMISSIONS, represented in over l00 collection
Memberships
- Member of the International Sculpture Center
- Society of Ct. Sculptors, Board member
- National Sculpture Society, Ass. Member
- Who’s Who of American Women ’95, ‘96
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