Jane McAdam Freud
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Jane McAdam Freud, daughter of Lucian Freud
and Katherine Margaret McAdam, was born on 24 February 1958 in London
. McAdam Freud is an internationally acclaimed artist
working with prints and drawing, sculpture
and installation, and digital media. Her works are represented in both national and international public collections including the British Museum
, National Gallery in London
, the Ashmolean Museum
and Fitzwilliam Museum
. International collections include the Zendai Museum of Modern Art (China
), the Brooklyn Museum (NY, USA), the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
(USA), the Greek National Gallery
, and the Berlin State Museums
.
McAdam Freud began her career with a solo show at age 18 curated by her art teacher Robin Gale.
Educated at Wimbledon College of Art
, Central St Martins School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art
, in 1986 She won the British Art Medal Scholarship in Rome where she studied sculpture.. McAdam Freud is an Associate Lecturer
at Central St Martins School of Art and teaches short courses in the Sculpture School at Morley College
.
McAdam Freud is a Fellow
of the Royal British Society of Sculptors
and a Founding Fellow
of the Munton Medallion. In 1991 she was awarded the Italian State Mint prize and granted Freedom of the City
of London
. She has published two catalogues. On the Edge 1996, Relative Relations 2006 and many papers on Art and Psychoanalysis. Her practice centres on the areas where art and psychoanalysis meet.
INFORMATION on “DEAD OR ALIVE”, webwork by Jane McAdam Freud
22 minute DVD ©Jane McAdam Freud 2006
With accompanying music sung by Kathleen Ferrier
You tube link to a 5min preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C72HZlYiRZw
McAdam Freud's short film 'Dead or Alive' references Freud’s concept of Condensation. The pairings morph into each other through the merging back and forth of Freud’s antiquities with her sculpture, from past to present ‘virtually’ closing the gap of time. Great similarities can be found in the forms and motifs of the pairs. At a midway point the two objects merge together and form a third image of a ‘virtual’ object. Her preference for this work is to locate it within reach of a psychoanalytically aware audience.
Screened at the following venues.
2006 Freud Museum, London
2007 Harrow Museum, London
2007 German Psychoanalytic Society, Berlin
2007 Florence Biennale, Italy
2007 Muzeum Novojicinska, Pribor, Czech Republic
2007 Waterstones Bookstore, Harrow on the Hill, London
2008 Royal College of Art Cross Currents #3 event
2008 Fourth International Symposium Psychoanalysis and Art, Florence, Italy
2008 Philoctetes Centre for the Imagination, NY, New York USA
2009 NYSPI New York Psychoanalytic Society, New York, NY, USA
2009 Medailia Rack and Hamper Gallery, NY, New York USA
2009 Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation, (Media Tek Lectures) Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Shifan University, Kaohsiung, South Taiwan Org. by the Goethe Institute, Taipei
2009 Kosciuszko Foundation, NYC, USA
2009 National Arts Club, NYC, USA
2010 New Center for Psychoanalysis in LA, USA
2010 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, LA, USA
2011 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NY, USA
2011 Psycause Conference, Pribor, Czech Rebublic
2011 Freud Museum of Dreams, St. Petersburg, Russia
2011 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NY, USA
2010 Centre for Jewish Culture, Krakow, Poland
2010 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, LA, USA
2010: New Center of Psychoanalysis in LA, USA
2010 Freud Museum, London
2009/10: 'Conceptual Sculpture' London Centre for Psychotherapy
2009: Kosciuszko Foundation NYC, USA
2009: 'Other Side' Harrow and Wembley Progressive Synagogue
2009: New York Psychoanalytic Society, NYC, USA
2007: “Relative Reflections” Muzeum Novojičínska, Pribor, Czech Republic
2007: “Relative Relations” Harrow Museum
, London
2006: “Subject as Object” Beverley Knowles Fine Art, London
2006: “Relative Relations” Freud Museum
2006: Adele Boag Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2004: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
2001: The Gallery, University College Cork
2000: Det Norske Veritas, London Bridge
1999: Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1998: Marishal Museum, Aberdeen
, Scotland
1998: Simmons Gallery, Bloomsbury, London
1997: Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
, Scotland
1997: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
1996: Yorkshire Museum, York
Lucian Freud
Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH was a British painter. Known chiefly for his thickly impasted portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time...
and Katherine Margaret McAdam, was born on 24 February 1958 in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. McAdam Freud is an internationally acclaimed artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
working with prints and drawing, sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
and installation, and digital media. Her works are represented in both national and international public collections including the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
, National Gallery in London
National Gallery, London
The National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media...
, the Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum...
and Fitzwilliam Museum
Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge, England. It receives around 300,000 visitors annually. Admission is free....
. International collections include the Zendai Museum of Modern Art (China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
), the Brooklyn Museum (NY, USA), the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh are four museums that are operated by the Carnegie Institute headquartered in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
(USA), the Greek National Gallery
National Gallery (Athens)
The National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum is an art museum in Athens devoted to Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century. It is directed by Marina Lambraki-Plaka.-History:...
, and the Berlin State Museums
Berlin State Museums
The Berlin State Museums, in German Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, are a group of museums in Berlin, Germany overseen by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and funded by the German federal government in collaboration with Germany's federal states...
.
McAdam Freud began her career with a solo show at age 18 curated by her art teacher Robin Gale.
Educated at Wimbledon College of Art
Wimbledon College of Art
Wimbledon College of Art is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London and is one of London's major art institutions. It is located in Wimbledon and Merton Park, South West London.-History:...
, Central St Martins School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
, in 1986 She won the British Art Medal Scholarship in Rome where she studied sculpture.. McAdam Freud is an Associate Lecturer
Lecturer
Lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a position at a university or similar institution, often held by academics in their early career stages, who lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
at Central St Martins School of Art and teaches short courses in the Sculpture School at Morley College
Morley College
Morley College is an adult education college in London, England. It was founded in the 1880s and has a student population of 10,806 adult students...
.
McAdam Freud is a Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
of the Royal British Society of Sculptors
Royal British Society of Sculptors
The Royal British Society of Sculptors is a registered charity whose aims are to promote and support sculpture. It has a worldwide membership....
and a Founding Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
of the Munton Medallion. In 1991 she was awarded the Italian State Mint prize and granted Freedom of the City
Freedom of the City
Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by some municipalities in Australia, Canada, Ireland, France, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and Rhodesia to esteemed members of its community and to organisations to be honoured, often for service to the community;...
of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. She has published two catalogues. On the Edge 1996, Relative Relations 2006 and many papers on Art and Psychoanalysis. Her practice centres on the areas where art and psychoanalysis meet.
INFORMATION on “DEAD OR ALIVE”, webwork by Jane McAdam Freud
22 minute DVD ©Jane McAdam Freud 2006
With accompanying music sung by Kathleen Ferrier
You tube link to a 5min preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C72HZlYiRZw
McAdam Freud's short film 'Dead or Alive' references Freud’s concept of Condensation. The pairings morph into each other through the merging back and forth of Freud’s antiquities with her sculpture, from past to present ‘virtually’ closing the gap of time. Great similarities can be found in the forms and motifs of the pairs. At a midway point the two objects merge together and form a third image of a ‘virtual’ object. Her preference for this work is to locate it within reach of a psychoanalytically aware audience.
Screened at the following venues.
2006 Freud Museum, London
2007 Harrow Museum, London
2007 German Psychoanalytic Society, Berlin
2007 Florence Biennale, Italy
2007 Muzeum Novojicinska, Pribor, Czech Republic
2007 Waterstones Bookstore, Harrow on the Hill, London
2008 Royal College of Art Cross Currents #3 event
2008 Fourth International Symposium Psychoanalysis and Art, Florence, Italy
2008 Philoctetes Centre for the Imagination, NY, New York USA
2009 NYSPI New York Psychoanalytic Society, New York, NY, USA
2009 Medailia Rack and Hamper Gallery, NY, New York USA
2009 Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation, (Media Tek Lectures) Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Shifan University, Kaohsiung, South Taiwan Org. by the Goethe Institute, Taipei
2009 Kosciuszko Foundation, NYC, USA
2009 National Arts Club, NYC, USA
2010 New Center for Psychoanalysis in LA, USA
2010 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, LA, USA
2011 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NY, USA
2011 Psycause Conference, Pribor, Czech Rebublic
Solo exhibitions
2011 Austria General Consulate Gallery, Cracow, Poland2011 Freud Museum of Dreams, St. Petersburg, Russia
2011 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NY, USA
2010 Centre for Jewish Culture, Krakow, Poland
2010 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, LA, USA
2010: New Center of Psychoanalysis in LA, USA
2010 Freud Museum, London
2009/10: 'Conceptual Sculpture' London Centre for Psychotherapy
2009: Kosciuszko Foundation NYC, USA
2009: 'Other Side' Harrow and Wembley Progressive Synagogue
2009: New York Psychoanalytic Society, NYC, USA
2007: “Relative Reflections” Muzeum Novojičínska, Pribor, Czech Republic
2007: “Relative Relations” Harrow Museum
Harrow Museum
Harrow Museum is the local authority museum for the London Borough of Harrow. It is located in the grounds of Headstone Manor, and hosts a number of temporary exhibitions and permanent displays about the history of the local area and detailing the significance of the intriguing historical site in...
, London
2006: “Subject as Object” Beverley Knowles Fine Art, London
2006: “Relative Relations” Freud Museum
Freud Museum
The Freud Museum, at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. It remained the family home until Anna Freud, the youngest daughter, died in 1982. The centrepiece of the museum is Freud's study, preserved...
2006: Adele Boag Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2004: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
2001: The Gallery, University College Cork
2000: Det Norske Veritas, London Bridge
London Bridge
London Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames, connecting the City of London and Southwark, in central London. Situated between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge, it forms the western end of the Pool of London...
1999: Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1998: Marishal Museum, Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
, Scotland
Scotland
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1998: Simmons Gallery, Bloomsbury, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
1997: Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
1997: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Cambridge
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1996: Yorkshire Museum, York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
External links
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8675817/Lucian-Freud-my-father-and-my-inspiration.html- http://www.sundaramtagore.com/exhibitions/2010-01-13_jane-mcadam-freud/
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penelope-andrew/the-freudians-inspired-by_b_809299.html
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penelope-andrew/nyc-psychoanalytic-societ_b_347082.html
- http://www.londonartfair.co.uk/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=0559/PageOption=ExhibLibraries_1/ProductID=412/t=m
- RBS Online Gallery
- Jane McAdam Freud FRBS @ Art Parks
- Article on the exhibition at The Freud Museum
- Art Workers Guild
- British Art Medal Society (BAMS)
- janemcadamfreud.com
- Who's Who in Art By Art Trade Press Limited, The, 2002
- Sculpture On The Edge by Jane McAdam Freud, 1996