Faculty

Betty Friedman

Professor and Chair of Art


Office location: Wiegand Gallery
Phone number: (650) 508-3631
Email: bfriedman@ndnu.edu
Website: www.bettyfriedmanart.com
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Biography

Betty Friedman has taught at NDNU from 1994 to the present, at Laney College in Oakland and the San Francisco Art Institute. She has always worked in the Arts as a printmaker and papermaker as well as a graphic designer. Ms. Friedman’s studio is in Oakland where she makes paper and prints that are exhibited internationally. She will be showing her prints in Madrid and Cordoba, Spain in 2009. Ms. Friedman was a graphic designer at Cal Performances at UC Berkeley before beginning the Graphic Design program at NDNU. She designs and produces most of the print projects for the Wiegand Gallery at NDNU. Her work is included in the art collections of Adobe Systems, Apple Computers, The Oakland Museum, the Bank of California, and UBS.

Education History

  • BFA, MFA Printmaking, California College of the Arts

Courses Taught

  • Media Graphics: Production Techniques
  • Media Graphics: Layout and Typography
  • Media Graphics: Graphic Design
  • Drawing
  • Printmaking: Multi-Media Workshop
  • Etching
  • Graphic Design Senior Internship
  • Portfolio (capstone)

Professional Affiliations

  • American Association of Graphic Artists (AIGA)
  • California Society of Printmakers
  • American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

Exhibitions

  • 2008: ESTAMPA 2008, International Print Fair, Madrid, Spain, with Tula Prints
  • 2007: Full Circle: Recent Prints from Manneken Press, Reese Bullen Gallery, Humbolt State University, Humboldt, CA
  • 2007: Prints From Manneken Press, Loyola University New Orleans and Arts Council of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  • 2007: Gallery Artists, The Collector's Gallery, Oakland Museum
  • 2006: Holland Paper Biennial 2006, CODA Museum, Apeldorn, Netherlands
  • 2006: PRINT, Gensler Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2006: Group Exhibition, The Collector’s Gallery, Oakland Museum
  • 2005: Galex 29, The Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL, awarded Best Print prize
  • 2005: Tula Prints, solo exhibition, Cordoba, Spain
  • 2005: Manneken Press at 5 Years, Illinois Wesleyan University, IL
  • 2004: Gallery Artists, The Collector's Gallery, Oakland Museum
  • 2003: Paper and Ink: Betty Friedman and David Smith-Harrison, Green Shutter Gallery, Hayward, CA
  • 2003: NDNU Art Faculty Exhibition 2003, Skyline College Gallery, San Bruno, CA
  • 2001: Imprints, a regional juried exhibition, Arts Benecia Gallery, Benecia California
  • 2001: The Spirit of Handmade Prints, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
  • 2000: Nextmonet.com, on-line gallery representation
  • 2000: California Society of Printmakers Exhibition at
                        Synopsys Inc.,
                        3Com Corporation and
                        Aspect Communications
  • 1999: Gallery Artists, The Collector's Gallery, Oakland Museum               
  • 1998: Holland Papier Biennale,Museum Rijswijk, Den Haag, Holland
  • 1998: Betty Friedman: Intaglio Prints on Handmade Paper, University Medical Center, Hallside Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah          
  • 1997: 2nd  Annual California Prints from Wood, Collector's Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA                 
  • 1997: Group exhibition, I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
  • 1996: Misch Kohn and Betty Friedman, Airtouch Corporation, Walnut Creek, CA
  • 1996: Betty Friedman, solo exhibition, Hewlett Packard, San Jose, CA
  • 1995: Artists and Teachers, Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA
  • 1994: J.D. Neumann, solo exhibition, San Francisco, CA
  • 1994: Triton Museum, group printmaking exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
  • 1993: Gump's Gallery, group exhibition

Publications

  • 2006    Paper Takes Flight, Uitgeverij Compres bv, Leiden NL/ Foundation Paper Manifestation ’94, Rijswijk NL
  • 2002    16th Century Techniques in 2002: Intaglio on Handmade Paper, Somerset Studio, Stampinton & Company, 2002
  • 1999    Paper: An Inspirational Portfolio, Watson-Guptill, 1999
  • 1998    Paper and Fire, Gentenaar Publishing, 1998, Holland