Dwora Fried

Biography

“To spend time with Dwora Fried's artworks is to gain insight into the process and content of memory. Accessing memory is often a fraught with difficulty (due to the landmines of repression and denial.) But because most of Fried's boxes are miniatures, we seem to have power over their content.”

- Betty Brown, Art Historian, Author, Critic, Curator

Born in Vienna, Austria
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Avni School of Fine Arts, Israel
Residing in Los Angeles since 1978

FEATURED ARTIST - National Women's Caucus of the Arts -JANUARY 2021

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria - 2014
Cerritos College, Cerritos, California -  2020
Glendale College, Glendale, California -  2022

 

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO SHOWS
 

Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, California - February 6 - March 10, 2023 
"Bunkbed and Boxes" 
Cerritos Art Gallery

Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, California - March 19 - April 29, 2022
"Curate/Cure Hate: Fairytales, Flashbacks and Collages in a Box" 
​​Glendale College Art Gallery 

Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, California - September 26 - October 26, 2017
"Two Women, One Reality" Artist Residency
Solo Show
Shoebox Projects

Gallery 825/LAAA, Los Angeles, California - January 16 - February 19, 2016
"BIG BOX / little box"
Solo Show
Gallery 825/LAAA

SPARC, Venice, California - March 1 - May 18, 2014
"Loss, Memory and Recovery: Dwora Fried & Linda Vallejo" curated by Deborah Padilla and Judy Baca
(2 Artists)
SPARC

MUSA- Museum, Startgalerie, Artothek of the City of Vienna, Austria, January 2014
Permanent collection - 5 pieces curated by Berthold Ecker
MUSA

Galerie Benedict, Vienna, Austria - October 17 - December 17, 2013
"Outsider in a Box"
Solo Show
Galerie Benedict

Jewish Museum/Museo Ebraico di Venezia, Venice, Italy - June 2- September 15, 2013
"Outsider in a Box"
Solo Show
Jewish Museum of Venice

Woolfson and Tay Gallery, London, England - July 5 - August 31, 2011
Boxed In Solo Show

The ONE Archives Gallery and Museum, West Hollywood, California - April - June 2010
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Solo show
ONE Gallery

The Advocate and Gochis Galleries, Los Angeles, California - December 2009
Solo show
Advocate and Gochis Galleries

A Shenere Velt Gallery of the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, Los Angeles, California - April 2004
Solo show
Shenere Velt Gallery 

CURATED GROUP SHOWS

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California - April 5 - April 28, 2024
"Lost and Found" Curated by Bernadette Schoeman
La Luz de Jesus

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California - Dec 9, 2023 - March 15, 2024                        70th  Anniversary Exhibit "Open Call: Apophenia"  LAMAG

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California - July 1 - August 22, 2023
"Surely You Jest: Humor in Art" Curated by Julie Perlin Lee, Executive Director Laguna Art Museum
OCCCA

Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, California - June 25 - September 5, 2023
"Diverted Destruction 16: The Plastic Edition"
Loft at Liz's

Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, California - June 24 - July 29, 2023
"Ancestral Connections" Curated by Chelo Montoya for SWCA
Avenue 50 Studio

Hillel Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, California - March 19- April 22, 2023
"Inherited Memories" Three Women Show
Hillel Gallery, USC

Pop UP Art Show, Santa Monica, California - February 16 - 18, 2023 
"RELEVANT" Curated by Georgeana Ireland
Ethos Gallery

Hera Gallery: Objects of Agency January- December, 2023 

The Makery on Los Angeles Street - April 7 - May 8, 2022
"Play Time" Curated by Dave Lovejoy
Group Show
The Makery on Los Angeles Street

The RED HOT WICKED Online Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico - February 14 - March 14, 2022
Studio C Gallery

Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California - June 5 - September 5, 2021
"We Are Home" Curated by Shelley Heffler
Group Show
MOAH - Museum of Art and History 

Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - March 4 - April 3, 2021
"Reciprocity" Curated by Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman
Group Show
Woman Made Gallery

Gallery 825/LAAA, Los Angeles, California - December 12,  2020 - January 15, 2021
"Open Show 2020" Curated by Shana Nys Dambrot
Group Show
Gallery 825/LAAA

Quotidian, Los Angeles, California - January 25 - March 21, 2020
"This Place" Curated by Jillith Moniz
Group Show 
Quotidian

Edward M. Kennedy Institute, Boston, Massachusetts  June 12, 2019 - March 2020
”Seat At The Table”
Group Show

Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, California - May 18 - 26, 2019
“Inherited Memories" Curated by Peter Frank
3 Women Show
Castelli Art Space

Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, California - March 7 - April 6, 2019
“American” Curated by Evan A. Senn
Group Show
Golden West College Art Gallery 

Substrate Gallery, Los Angeles, California - February 15- February 20 , 2019
“UNFROZEN” Curated by Randi Matushevitz
Group Show
Substrate Gallery

Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, California - November 1 - December 15, 2018
“The Art of the Self” Curated by Evan A. Senn
Group Show
Golden West College Art Gallery

Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, California - August 25 - September 29, 2018
"Incarnadine" Curated by Mat Gleason
Group Show
Mash Gallery

Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, California - February 1 - February 22, 2018
"Visual Resistance" Curated by Carol Henke
Group Show
Fullerton College Art Gallery

 

GROUP SHOWS

SITE: BROOKLYN - July 27 - August 24, 2021
"Black and White" 
Group Show
SITE: BROOKLYN

bG Gallery , Los Angeles, California - December 19, 2020 - February 20, 2021
"Stripes 2: Slivers"
Group Show
bG Gallery

SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, California - December 12, 2020 - December 26, 2020
"Saturation: Pure, Vivid, Clear"
Group Show
SoLA Contemporary

Gallery 825/LAAA, Los Angeles, California - June 12 - 30, 2020
"Out There"
Group Show
Gallery 825/LAAA

Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California - June 6, 2020
"OCCCA@ 40"
Group Show
OCCCA

Gallery 825/LAAA, Los Angeles, California - February
"Streetlife/Straßenleben: Vienna Meets LA" Curated by Corinna Steiner
Group Show
Gallery 825/LAAA

Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California - August 25 - October 27, 2018
"All Media 2018" Curated by Dave Barton
Group Show
Irvine Fine Arts Center

Launch LA at the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California - August 17 - August 30, 2018
"Intersections" Curated by Emily Gonzalez Jarrett
Group Show
Launch LA at The Korean Cultural Center

Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, California - August 12- August 26, 2018
"About a Box" Curated by Kristine Shomaker
Group Show
Shoebox Projects

Gallery 825/LAAA, Los Angeles, California - August 11 - August 24, 2018
"Hecho a Mano" Curated by Jill Moniz
Group Show
Gallery 825/LAAA

Gestalt Projects (formerlybG Gallery), Los Angeles, California - June 16- July 8, 2018
"Spectrum-Gestalt 5" Curated by Airom
Group Show
Gestalt Projects

Gallery 825/LAAA, Los Angeles, California - June 8 - June 15, 2018
"Out There" Curated by Jessica Silverman
Group Show
3 pieces
Gallery 825/LAAA

Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm, Sweden - May 26 - June 17, 2018
"Feminism Now/Feminism Nu" Curated by Krogen Amerika/Grafikcentrum, Feminist Image Group, Shoebox Project LA
Group Show
Grafiska Sällskapet

Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, California - May 10 - May 22, 2018
"Mothers, Eggshells and the People Who Birthed Us" Curated by Kim Abeles
Group Show
Keystone Art Space

Arena1 Gallery, Santa Monica, California - February 22 - March 10, 2018
"Art Speaks! Lend Your Voice" Curated by Jill Moniz for National Women's Caucus for Art
Group Show
Arena1 Gallery

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California - February 3 - March 10, 2018
"Music For Your Eyes" Curated by Peter Frank
Group Show
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

bG Gallery at LA Art Show, Los Angeles, California - January 10 - 14, 2018
Booth 533
Group Show
LA Art Show/bG Gallery/Booth 533

Groundspace, Los Angeles, California - July 8 - July 22, 2017
"It's a Wonderful World" Juried by Betty Ann Brown
Groundspace

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California - June 3 - July 8, 2017
"Art as Protest" Curated by Tyler Stallings
Group Show
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

bG Gallery, Los Angeles, California - June 17- July 1, 2017
"Spectrum-Gestalt 4" Curated by Airom
Group Show
bG Gallery

Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles, California - June 10 - June 17, 2017
"Exquisite Pittoresco"
Group Show
Keystone Gallery

Gallery 825/LAAA, Los Angeles, California - June 9 - June 16, 2017
"Out There"
Group Show
Gallery 825/LAAA

SugarMynt Gallery, Pasadena, California - May 20 - June 23, 2017
"Petting Zoo"
Group Show
SugarMynt Gallery

SFC Galleries, San Francisco, California - March 28 - April 8, 2017
"Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some" Curated by Monica Lundy and Walter Maciel
Group Show
SFC Galleries

Annenberg CBH Gallery, Santa Monica, California - February 28- March 28, 2017
"Personal Narrative" Curated by Kristine Schomaker
Group Show
Annenberg CBH Gallery

Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, California - January 7 - March 4, 2017
"With Liberty and Justice for Some" Curated by Monica Lundy and Walter Maciel
Group Show
Walter Maciel Gallery

Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, California - December 17, 2016 - January 21, 2017
"F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way" Juried by Shannon Rose Riley
Group Show
Arc Gallery and Studios

Elmhurst Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois - December 10, 2016 - February 12, 2017
"Sense of Place" Curated by Frank Tumino, Carrie Secrest and Jenny Gibbs
Group Show
Elmhurst Art Museum

Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California - December 10, 2016- January 13, 2017
"LAAA's 2016 Open Show" Curated by Jen Inacio, Pérez Art Museum Miami
Group Show
LAAA Open Show 2016

Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles, California - September 10- October 1, 2016
"Sticks & Stones"
Group Show
Cactus Gallery

Fe Gallery, Sacramento, California - August 13 - September 29, 2016
"The Unofficial/Unauthorized Lily Tomlin Show"
Group Show
Fe Gallery

Groundspace, Los Angeles, California - July 30th - August 13th 2016
"Groundswell" Curated by Mat Gleason
Group Show
Groundspace

bG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, California - June 18 - July 2, 2016
"Spectrum 3" Curated by Airom
Group Show
bG Gallery

Gallery 825/LAAA, Los Angeles, California - June 10 - June 17, 2016
"Out There"
Group Show
Gallery 825/LAAA

Art Share LA, Los Angeles, California - May 25 - June 11, 2016
"Close to Home" Curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, David Hollen, Tara Thomas
Group Show
Art Share LA

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California March 9 - April 17, 2016
"(En)Gendered (In)Equity: The Gallery Tally Poster Project"
Group Show
LACE

bG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, California - February 13 - 27, 2016
"Sculpture Maze" Curated by Airom
Group Show
bG Gallery

Art Share LA, Los Angeles, California - September 11, 2015
"Ode to The Bridge" Curated by Dale Youngman, Cheyanne Sauter and Tanner Blackman
Group Show
Fabrik.la: Celebrating an Icon

bG Bleicher/Gorman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, California - August 6, 2015
"Spectrum - Gestalt 2" Curated by Airom
Group Show - 3 pieces
bG Gallery

Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - May 15 - June 25, 2015
"Feminism: Plural and the Gallery Tally Poster Project" Curated by Micol Hebron
Group Show - 3 pieces
Woman Made Gallery

33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - July 19- August 10, 2013
9th Annual National Self Portrait Exhibition
"Within" Curated by Sergio Gomez
Group Show
33 Contemporary Gallery

Women's Museum of California, San Diego, California- December 7, 2012 - February 24, 2013
"Capturing the Wonder of Women"
Curated by: Li Huai, UCSD Faculty - Guest Juror: Robert Pincus:
Group Show
Women's Museum of California

"Surviving History: Portraits from Vilna" Travelling Exhibit- September 2009
Living Imprint - Traveling Exhibit - Vilnius, Lithuania - Cape Town, South Africa - London, England
(3 Artists)
http://www.livingimprint.org/survivinghistory/dwora-fried.html

Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California - Feb/March 2009
"Women Artists on Immigration: Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities."
Curated by Alma Ruiz, MOCA
Group Show
http://www.dworafried.com/women_artists

Platt Gallery, Los Angeles, California - December 2002
Group show- 3 artists
Platt Gallery