Freda C. Tschumy, 3610 Bayview Road, Miami, FL 33133   (305)444-2825    born 1939, Danville, Illinois

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016     “Strong Paintings: Works by Freda Coffing Tschumy”, Bakehouse Art Center, Miami, FL; Sept. 9 -Oct. 21

2015     “A Sense of Place,” Freda Tschumy,  Marilyn Valiente, and Mai Yap, Coconut Grove Art Festival Gallery, Miami, FL;

                                  Sept. 5-Sept. 28        

              “Spirals, Snails, Sculpture,” Societa Dante Alighieri, Coral Gables, FL; Apr.3-May 20

2013         “Snail Houses & Other Spirals,” artSight gallery, Coral Gables, FL; Nov. 1- Dec. 28

2012         “Sculpture-Featured Artist.”, artSight gallery, Coral Gables, FL; Nov. 2-Dec.23

2010         “Drawings,” Societa Dante Alighieri & Alliance Francaise, Miami, FL; March 14-24

2008    “Encounter Art, Freda Tschumy Featured Artist,” Windisch-Hunt Fine Art, Coconut Grove, FL;        

March 30-May 4

2004-5      “Flow 2,” The Parthenon, Nashville, TN; December 11-March 5

2004     “Flow 1,” The Women’s Park, Miami-Dade County Parks Department, Miami, FL; Jan. 16-March 10

2003      "Sculptor Freda Coffing Tschumy," Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House,              

                          Key West, FL; June 5-August 31

2002    “Women Singular,” Deering Estate, Dade County Parks Department, Miami, FL

1999     “Bronze Sculpture, Freda Coffing Tschumy,” 4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

1999    “Sculpture in Bronze & Fossil Coral, Freda Coffing Tschumy,” Anderson Fine Art Center, Anderson, IN

1999    “Earth Spirit, Cast Bronze Sculpture by Freda Tschumy,” Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX

1999    “Bronze Sculpture by Freda Tschumy,” Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI

1998    “Freda Tschumy, Sculpture,” Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC

1996    “FREDA TSCHUMY, Sculpture,” Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL; October 10-November 9

1994    “Freda Coffing Tschumy, Sculpture,” Heim America Gallery, Fisher Island, FL; March 18-April 16

1994    “Sculpture by Freda Tschumy,” By Design, Coral Gables, FL; Dec. 9-Feb. 28

1990    “quARTette, MFA Exhibition, 1990,” Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; May 3-27                  

1987    “Tschumy/Twenty Years,” retrospective, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL; Jan. 7-Feb. 8

1986    “unfolds,” The Continuum Art Center, Miami Beach, FL:  May; The College Center Gallery, Vassar

College, Poughkeepsie, NY:  June; Amherst College Music Center, Amherst College,

Amherst, MA:  Sept.

1984    “Sculpture,” The Gallery at Mayfair, Miami, FL:  April

1983    “New Growth,” The Gallery at Mayfair, Miami, FL:  April

1980    “Far Out, Far East, Modular, Molecular, Sculptural Experience,” The Continuum Gallery,

                            Miami Beach, FL: February

1979    “Equilibria,” Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL: November 19-December 30

1978    “Paintings,” Continuum Gallery, Miami Beach, FL: March

1974    “New Work,” Miller and King Gallery, Miami, FL: November

    “Trees and Other Creatures,” Barry College, Miami, FL: February 4-March 4

PUBLIC ACCESS COMMISSIONS

2009      “Lisa Anness portrait plaque,” commemorative plaque for butterfly garden, Fairchild

Tropical Botanical Garden, Miami, FL

2004-6    “Centennial Tree Bench,” bronze bench, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

2005    Book spines to honor donors, cast aluminum, FIU Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach, FL

2005    “Marjory Stoneman Douglas,” life-size bronze sculpture for Biscayne Nature Center, Key Biscayne,

FL; on loan to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

1999    “Cross & Flame,” bronze exterior sculpture, South Miami 1st Methodist Church

1992    “Time Capsule,” bronze time capsule to be exhumed in year 2020, Dade County Women’s Park

1987-89    “Light Gate,” plexiglass sculpture for lobby, Main Library, Melbourne, FL

1984    “Sunstream,” mosaic design for pool, Banyan Bay Apartments, Miami, FL

1980-83    “Tetrahelix & Son,”sculpture for University Station, Metrorail Rapid Transit, Dade County, FL

1978    “Florida Land & Sea,” collage for doctor’s building lobby, Coral Gables, FL

COLLECTIONS-PARTIAL LIST

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Coral Gables, FL

Dade County Parks Department, Miami, FL:  “Marjory Stoneman Douglas” for Biscayne Nature

Center, Key Biscayne, FL , on loan to Fairchild National Tropical Botanical Garden

FIU Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach, FL

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

South Miami First Methodist Church, So. Miami, FL

Melbourne Main Library, Melbourne, FL

Canadian Postal Museum, Ottawa, Canada

Florida International University Museum, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center Collection

Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL

Dade County Art in Public Places, Miami, FL, University of Miami Metrorail Station

Dade County Public School System: David Fairchild Elementary, West Miami, FL

Orthopedic Associates, Coral Gables, FL

Computer Technology, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

Florida Gas Co., Jacksonville, FL

Chukotka International, Inc., Fisher Island, FL

Count and Contessa Fernando and Donatella Pecci-Blunt, Fisher Island, FL and Rome, Italy

Dr. Townsend Dann, Miami, FL

Jacqueline and Robert Stoneberger, Plattsburgh, NY

Taffy Gould, Coral Gables, FL

Lauren Gould, Southwest Ranches, FL

Dr. Ernst Swietelsky, Miami, FL

Dr. Ellen Strot, Miami, FL

Elizabeth Ritter, Esq., Miami, FL

Doloris Looper, Sapphire Lakes, NC

Ruth Greenfield, Miami, FL

Peter Acosta, Fisher Island, FL

Senora Puelles de Santos, Fisher Island, FL and Madrid, Spain

Stanley Winkelman, Detroit, MI

Sam Weiner, Greenwich, CT

Jacqiue Mullikin, Jacksonville, FL

Mrs. Peter Gregg, Jacksonville, FL

Lester and Helene Pancoast, Miami, FL

Hal and Carole Malt, Pensacola, FL

Charlotte Hall, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

Lewis and Melinda Spratlan, Amherst, MA

Lewis M. Ress, North Miami, FL

Wendy Blazier, Coral Gables, FL

Rachel and Tom Noto, Coconut Grove, FL

EDUCATION

1988-90 University of Miami, FL: MFA (sculpture: William Ward)

1963 Accademia di Belli Arti, Rome, Italy (painting, drawing)

1961-63  Art Students’ League of New York (painting: Joseph Hirsch; anatomy and drawing: Robert

Beverly Hale)

1957-61Vassar College: BA (major: English; minors: art history, religion; studio sculpture: Concetta

Scaravaglione)

TEACHING

2008-12  Adjunct Professor for foundry, Miami Dade College, Kendall, FL

2004-6  Foundry Vice-President and Instructor, ArtSouth, Homestead, FL

‘91-2003  Foundry Director, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

‘92-2003 Instructor, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

‘90-2003 Instructor, Art after Dark (Continuing Education), University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

1990-92  Bass Museum School, Miami Beach, FL

1988-90  Teaching Assistant, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

1987     Artist-in-Residence, Hawaii School for Girls, Honolulu, HA, November

1980-89  Instructor, sculpture, Metropolitan Museum School, Coral Gables, FL

1974        Instructor, painting, Barry College, Miami, FL, fall semester

1972-73   Instructor, sculpture, The Continuum Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

1971      Instructor, sculpture, The Upstairs Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

1970        Instructor, ceramics, The Grove House, Coconut Grove, FL, summer

1968   Instructor, general art, Miami Fine Arts Conservatory, Miami, FL

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

2000Award of Excellence, Art in the Downtown, Ft.Lauderdale's Downtown Development Authority

1999Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who,  published spring 2000

1996Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, Marquis Who’s Who, published spring 1997

1994Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who, published fall 1994

1992Barbara Gillman Gallery Merit Award, “Botanica Tropica,” Royal Poinciana Fiesta Art

Exhibition, Miami, FL

1991Honorary Life Membership, Florida Psychoanalytic Foundation, Miami, FL

1990Fine Art Achievement Award,Arts Advisory Council, Binney & Smith, Easton, PA

1990Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, University of Miami Chapter, Coral Gables, FL

1989Posey Foundation Scholarship, Leslie T. Posey and Frances U. Posey Foundation, Sarasota, FL

1987First Prize, WCA Biennial II, all Florida exhibition; Juror: Joyce Kozloff, artist, New York, NY

1978Best in Show, “Visions Aquarius II,” Professional Artists’ Guild; Jurors: Eric Speyer, Director of Exhibits, Planet Ocean; Nora Swann, Art Editor, Directions Lively Arts Magazine; Mel Greene, photographer

1973Mangrove Grant, Miami Art Center, for work in plastics and graphics

1972Award of Excellence, Sculptors of Florida; Juror: Robert Thiele, sculptor, Miami, FL

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2003Steve Pratt, "Bronze & Brainy," The Key West Citizen, Key West, FL (May 25) C1,C8, illus.

1999Janet Martineau, “Second Nature,” The Saginaw News, Saginaw, MI (April 10) pp. B1, B4, illus.

1996Architectural Arts and Sculpture, The Guild, Kraus Sikes, Inc. Madison, WI, p.258

1995Sculpture in the Landscape, illustrated catalogue for invitational exhibit, University of Miami campus (March)

1994Petey Cox, “Two exhibits feature artists who call Coconut Grove home,” Miami Today, (March 24) p. 22, illus.

Armando Alvarez Bravo, “El Silencio de Heavy Metal,” El Nuevo Herald, The Miami Herald (October 15) pp.1E,3E

1993The Guild 8, the Architect’s Source of Artists and Artisans, Kraus Sikes, Inc., Madison, WI, p. 260

1993Asako, Tosetsu, Tokyo, Japan, pp.25-27

1990Marx, Pat and Vivian Donnell Rodriguez.  “Art around America: Dade’s Sophisticated Tropics.”

Art Today, vol. V, no. 3 (Fall), p. 17 (illus.)

1989Haynes, Jean-Pierre, CocoAnut Grove!! the Guide, Coconut Grove, FL: Cocoanut Grove

Publications, Inc., 1989,  p.178

1988Metro-Dade Art in Public Places-1988, published by Metro-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami,

FL(n.d.)p.14(illus.)

1987Tschumy/Twenty Years.  Catalogue of retrospective at Metropolitan Museum and Art Center,

1988 Coral Gables, FL, January 7-February 8, 28 pages, illustrated

Cox, Petey.  “Tschumy sculptures close Sunday at Gables’ Metropolitan Museum,” Miami Today,

Miami, FL (February 5) p. 23 (illus.)

Ahlander, Leslie Judd. “Two local sculptors hold retrospectives,” The Miami News, Miami,

FL(Jan. 23) p..2C(illus.)

1986“Profiles:......Freda C. Tschumy,” Hue Points, Newsmagazine of Women’s Caucus for Art,