STEPHEN A. FREDERICKS - ARTIST PRINTMAKER

STEPHEN A. FREDERICKS
120 WEST 86th ST., #7A,
NY, NY 10024
212.799.6747
info@nysetchers.org

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

• New York Society of Etchers, Inc. –
  Conceived and founded artist run not-for-profit exhibiting society incorporated in 1998
• The New York Etcher’s Press, Inc. –
  Founder/owner print and artist book publishing interest since 2004

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

• Art Students League of New York – Elected to membership in 1995
• National Arts Club – Elected Artist Member 2000
• Boston Printmakers – Elected Artist Member 2000
• The Los Angeles Printmakers Society – Elected Artist Member 2000
• California Society of Printmakers – Elected Artist Member 2000
• The American Print Alliance – Member since 1999
• Print Club of New York – Board of Directors 2005-2008
• American Artists Professional League – Board of Directors in 1998-2004.

PORTFOLIOS & PRODUCTIONS:

• Co-Founder of the Art of Democracy National Coalition of Political Art Exhibitions, 2008 that linked over 50 shows across the United States through a logo and poster exchange
• “Peaceable Kingdom” portfolio project for Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, 2008
• Blue Sky Press “Translations”, Portfolio Project, 2006
• Co-Organizer of “The Winter Print Salon”, Brooklyn, NY, 2005
• Co-organizer “Made in New York ~ “25 Years of Contemporary Peruvian Prints”, exhibited in New York City and Lima Peru 2005
• Curator – “Innovations in Contemporary Printmaking”, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport CT, 2005
• Co-Organizer, “Made in New York – Made in Australia” - National Arts Club, and “Surface Tension”, - Gallery 101, Melbourne Australia
• Co-Organizer the international exchange of prints between the New York Society of Etchers and the Black Church Print Studio of Dublin Ireland, 2004
• Blue Sky Press “Brave New World – A Print Odyssey” Portfolio, 2003
• “Hand Papermaking” magazine’s Innovative Printmaking on Handmade Paper Portfolio, 2003
• Organizer, “Transit Views” – Selected Prints by the New York Society of Etchers, at the New York Transit Museum, 2003
• Co-Organizer, “Made in New York ~ Made in China” collaborative exhibition with the Muban Foundation, 2003
• Dieu Donne’ “Collaborations” benefit project 2002 with Ann Chernow; Organizer, New York City Not-for-Profit Workshop Exhibition, July 2002
• Co-Organizer, “Printmaking in Hungary”, Old Town Gallery, Tustin, CA, April 2002
• New York Society of Etchers Exhibition and portfolio project for The Museum of the City of New York 2002
• California Printmakers Society “Postcard Exchange Portfolio”
• "Art Students League artist portfolio 2001, ’00, ‘99
• The New York Society of Etchers Inaugural Exhibition of Prints and portfolio project for The New York Public Library, 2000
• AMERICAN PRINT ALLIANCE: National September 11 Memorial Exhibition – Project coordinator of New York Society of Etchers Council 2001/2002; Exhibited at Van/Deb Editions, NY, NY September 2006

THE NEW YORK ETCHERS PRESS

• “A Day in Times Square” – Publisher of a portfolio of 9 intaglio prints in an edition of 15 – released 2009
• “A Day At The Zoo” - Publisher of a portfolio of 8 intaglio prints in an edition of 15 – released 2007
• “A Day At Coney Island” – Publisher of a portfolio of 6 intaglio prints in an edition of 15 – released 2006
• “The Intaglio Figure” – Publisher of a portfolio of 8 intaglio prints in an edition of 15 – released 2005

PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES

• Books: “The New York Etching Club Minutes and The Birth of American Artist Printmaking”, Rice University Press, 2009
• New York Society of Etchers Exhibition Catalogues:

“The Art of Democracy, 2008”;

Exhibition Catalogue “The Etching Salon, 2007”

“The Art of Persuasion”, 2006

“Made in New York ~ “25 Years of Contemporary Peruvian Prints”, 2006

“Made in New York ~ Made in Australia”, 2005

“NYSE and Black Church Print Studio Exchange”, 2004

Exhibition catalogue: “Transit Views”, 2004

“Made in New York ~ Made in China”, 2003

“New York City Not-for-Profit Workshop Exhibition, 2002”

“The NYSE at The Museum of the City of New York”

“NYSE and Hungarian Society of Etchers, 2001/2002”

“Inaugural Exhibition of The New York Society of Etchers”.

WRITTEN REVIEWS AND ARTICLES:

• Will Barnet Catalogue Raisonne of Prints review published in the Washington Print Club Journal
• Carol Wax’s Catalogue Raisonne; “Will Barnet: A Poster Retrospective” – Journal of the Print World, 2003
• Catalogue essay: Ann Chernow – “One Wild Women”, Print Center of Philadelphia, 2003
• “Will Barnet – An American Icon” essay - Journal of the Print World; “A Century on Paper - Prints by Art Student League Artists 1901-2001”, Journal of the Print World

LECTURES:

• Print Club of New York, September 2009 –
  “The New York Etching Club an d The Birth of American Artist-Printmaking
• The Art Students League of New York, November 2009 –
  The Birth of American Artist-Printmaking and The Art Students League

 

INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS:

• Contemporary Impressions, 2008; Grabados y Edicion, October – 2009
• World Printmakers, 2009

SELECTED AWARDS:

• The National Arts Club, NYC, 2007 – Saltzman Award;
• The National Arts Club, NYC, 2006 – President’s Award;
• American Artists Professional League, NYC, 2003 – Gold Medal, Graphics;
• Art Students League of New York ’00, ’01 - purchase award;
• Kochi International Triennial of Prints, Kochi, Japan, 1999

PARTIAL COLLECTIONS LIST

• The Amity Foundation
• The Art Students League of NY
• Museum of the City of New York
• Chongqing Museum of Art, China
• Cushman & Wakefield
• New York Public Library
• The Housatonic Museum
• Muban Foundation
• The Rockefeller Group
• The Print Research Foundation
• Albany Print Club
• New York Transit Museum
• The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
• Oakland Museum of California
• U.S. Library of Congress
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Occidental College
• San Diego Museu of Art
• The Toledo Museum of Art
• The Danbury Museum of Art
• The Hunt Institute
• The Brooklyn Museum of Art
• The National Gallery, DC
• Center for Study of Political Graphics

EXHIBITIONS

2009

• “109th Artist Member’s Exhibition at the National Arts Club”, NY
• Politically Speaking – I’m Personally Offended, Westchester County Center, NY
• ”Monotypes and Etchings, National Arts Club, NY
• “Thumb Box and Members Exhibitions, Salmagundi Club

2008

• “Animalia Anima” – Pelham Arts Center, NY
• “The Print and Your Self”, Terrain Gallery, NY
• “War and Empire” - Meridian Gallery, San Francisco
• “Election 2008: The Square Foot Show”, Art Gotham, NT
• “The Art of Democracy”, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
• “Soap Box Politics”, American Print Alliance, Atlanta GA
• “Yo! What happened to Peace?”, NY
• “The Art of Democracy”, National Arts Club, NY

2007

• Monmouth Museum of Art
• “108th Artist Member’s Exhibition at the National Arts Club”, NY
• The Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY
• The Etching Salon 2007 – National Arts Club, NY

2006

• “107th Artist Member’s Exhibition at the National Arts Club”, NY
• “Altered Landscapes” – Danforth Museum of Art, MA
• “The Hunt Institute”, Pittsburg, PA
• “A Day At Coney Island”, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
• “9/11 Memorial Exhibition”, VanDeb Editions, NY
• “The Art of Persuasion”, National Arts Club, NY

2005

• “The Winter Print Salon”, Brooklyn, NY
• “Made in New York” - Instituto Cultural Peruano NorteAmericano, Lima, Peru
• “Innovations In Contemporary Printmaking”, - Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
• “Gallery 12N”, NY
• “Made in New York/Made in LA, - Occidental College, Pasadena, CA
• “Terrain Gallery - 50th Anniversary Exhibition”, NY

2004

• “Surface Tension”, - Gallery 101, Melbourne Australia
• “NYC Water Towers”, - The Gallery of Graphic Art, NY
• “Around Town Underground” - The New-York Historical Society, NY
• “The Trilogy” – Livermore, CA
• “Made in New York – Made in Australia” - National Arts Club
• Terrain Gallery – “Lasting Impressions”, NY
• Black Church Print Studio – Dublin, Ireland

2003

• Picture House – Leicester, England
• “Transit Views” - Transit Museum of New York
• “Made in China – Made in New York” – National Arts Club
• Boston Printmakers Small Prints Traveling Exhibition
• TRACE 2003 - Paris, France
• Art Students League Annual Concours Exhibition (’96 - ’02)
• “Printmaking Now” – Westchester Art Workshop
• American Artists Professional League, NYC - (’90 - ’93, ’95 - ’02)
• Freehand Gallery – Los Angeles, CA

2002

• “Small Works” – Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Invitational Group Show, NYC
• “Prints” – Denise Bibro Fine Art, Invitational Group Show, NYC
• “Food Chain” PCNJ International Group Exhibition
• “A Message From New York” – Invitational Group Exhibition, Umeda Sky Building, Osaka, Japan
• New York City Not-for-Profit Workshop Exhibition
• St. Johns University – University Gallery – invitational group show 22nd Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain; Wingfield, England; Bages, France
• 9/11 Tribute Exhibition – The National Arts Club
• Museum of the City of New York – “New York by New Yorkers, Artist Views in Prints”
• New York Society of Etchers/Hungarian Etchers Society Collaborative Exhibition - The National Arts Club

PERSONAL

Born in New York City in 1954. Married/Anne-Rose, one daughter/Sophia