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Biography & Contact Information
Education and study
Sandy started working in ceramics during high school in 1965, where he worked and studied with David Suits, Clayton Bailey and Tom Lawless. Collegiate studies were with Sue Eisler, Peter Voulkus, Jack Canon, Dan Anderson, Tasheko Takazu, Wayne Higby and Ken Ferguson completing a Master in Fine Art in Ceramics and Sculpture. Post graduation study continued with Paul Soldner and Tony Heslop.
Sandy taught secondary education in Saint Louis, Missouri and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Later, he taught at Colorado College and the Bemis Fine Art Center, both in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Techniques and materials
Sandy’s ceramic work explores the constraints and manipulation of firing techniques and variance in materials, to include traditional Raku, Pit Firing, Salt Bisque, Stoneware and High Temperature Salt Glazing. His large-scale sculptural work also incorporates welded metals and different metal finishes.
Location, commissions, and additional information
Sandy Friedman’s studio and kilns are located at the base of Pikes Peak in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. All pieces are envisioned and hand-sculpted by Sandy Friedman, and all work is signed with Sandy Friedman's mark.
Portfolio pieces are available for sale, unless otherwise noted. Commissioned work is also welcome. Contact the artist at: +01 (719). 243.3128 or use the form provided below.
Shows and awards
Over the years, Sandy has received numerous awards, participated in many shows and has work displayed in collections across the United States.
Galleries
Green Horse Gallery - Manitou Springs, Colorado
Business of Art Center / Smokebrush at Marmalade, Manitou Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs Fine Art Center at Colorado College Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Gallery 111, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Juried Shows / Featured Artist / Installations
2018 - 2026
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Tubac Center of the Arts exhibition Earth, Tubac City, AZ, 2018
Sculpture in the Field, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO, 2018 – 2019
Art Around Town 2018, Carbondale, CO, 2018 – 2019
Art On the Move 2018, Longmont, CO, 80501, 2018 – 2019
Douglas County Art Encounters, Parker, CO, 2018 – 2019
2018 Art at the Center Juried Exhibition, Overland Park, KS, 66213
Coppell Art Splash at Andy Brown Park, Coppell, TX, 75019, 2018 – 2020, (2 sculptures) Purchased
2018 South Suburban 7th Annual Art On Loan Program, Centennial, CO, 2018 – 2019
Art Around Town Sculpture Show, Carbondale, CO, 2018 – 2019
Art Sites 2018, Tri Lakes Views, Monument, CO 80132, 2018 – 2019
Arts R Alive 8th Annual Sculpture Event, Webster City, IA, 50595, 2018 - 2019
Sculpture In the Park 2018, America’s Largest Outdoor Juried Sculpture Show & Sale, Benson Park, Loveland, CO, 2018
64 Arts National Juried Show, Monmouth, IL, 61462, 2018
Drip, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg FL 33712, 2 works, 2018 - 2019
Art Spot 2019, Downtown Colorado Springs, CO, 2 works purchased
Webster Arts' "Open Theme Annual 2019" St. Louis, MO 63119, 2019
Douglas County Art Encounters 2019 - 2020, Parker, CO, 2019 - 2020
St. Joseph Sculpture Walk, 2019-2020, St Joseph, MO Allied Arts Council, 2019 - 2020
South SuburbanPublic Art, Goodson Recreation Center, Centennial, CO, 80121, 2019 - 2020
Sculpture at the Kavanagh, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles IL 60175, 2019
Fine Line Creative Arts Center, Kavanagh Gallery, St Charles, IL, 60175, 2019, 2 works
Tri Lakes Views, Art Sites 2019-2020, Monument & Palmer Lake, CO 80132, 2019 - 2022
30 X 30 30 Years of Public Art in Palm Springs, CA, Palm Springs Art Museum, 2019
Historic Westminster Sculpture On Loan, Westminster, CO, 2019 - 2021
Art On the Commons, City of Lakewood, CO, 2019- 2020
Finalist for permanent sculpture selection, Manitou Springs, CO, 2019
9th Biennial Mathews- Sanders Sculpture Garden Competition on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, MS., 2019 - 2021
Prospectus #252 Large Scale Purchase, State of New Mexico, 2019 - 2020
The Littleton Fine Arts Guild "36th All Colorado Show at the Depot", Littleton, CO, 2019
9th Annual Arts R Alive, Webster City, IA, 2019-2020
Dimension, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO, 2019
Millers & Rossi Gallery, Colorado Local, Denver, CO, 80205, 2019
Vanessa Lucy Gallery, Fun Sized Art, Kansas City, MO, 64102, 2019
D’art Gallery, “Changes”, Denver, CO, 2019
Kingsville Main Street Community Art Sculpture on Main, Kingsville, TX 78364, 2019- 2020
Whisper and A Shout, Krueser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO, 2019
Gratitude, Krueser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO, 2020
Sculpture Walk Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2020 - 2021
Sculpture Tour Salina 2020 exhibit, Salina, KS, 2 works selected, 2020 - 2021
16th Annual Sculpture Garden exhibit at The Kemp in Wichita Falls, Texas, 2020 - 2021
Sculpture Walk 2020 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, 2020 - 2021
Douglas County Art Encounters, Highlands Ranch, 2 sculptures, 2020 - 2021
Alamosa Art Scape, Art On Loan Program, Alamosa, CO, 2020 - 2021
Abiquiu Inn Sculpture Walk & Garden Exhibition, Abiquiu, NM 87510, 2020 - 2021
City of Redlands, CA Cultural Arts Commission, 2 sculptures, 2020 - 2022
1st City Public Sculpture Exhibition 2020, Vincennes, IN, 2020 - 2023
Sleeping Giant School Sculpture Finalist, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2020
Sculpture On the Move, Jefferson City, MO, 2021 - 2022
Art Around Avon, Avon, CO, 2021 - 2022
Sculpture Walk, City of Liberty, MO, 2021 – 2022
Old Town Sculpture, Coppell, Texas, 2021 - 2023
Alamosa Art Scape, Art On Loan Program, Alamosa, CO, 2021 - 2022
Small Wonders - A Miniature & Small Works Show Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St Charles, Il, 2021
“Spot On #2”, D’art Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2021
Art on the Street 2022 - 2023, City of Lafayette, Colorado
City of Manchester Art On The Move, Nixa, MO, 2022 – 2023
City of Northglenn, 2022 -2023,
Sculpture Evergreen, Evergreen, CO, Sculpture Walk, 2022– 2023, 2 sculptures
2022 Art Around Town, Carbondale, CO, 2022-2023
Douglas County Art Encounter Program, Highlands Ranch, CO, 2022 – 2023
Art Around Avon, Avon, CO, 2022 - 2023
Alamosa Art Scape, Art On Loan Program, Alamosa, CO, 2022 - 2023
Cheyenne, WY, The Kinetic Art Project: Wind, Water and Light, 2022 -2023
City of Westminster Sculpture on Loan Program, 2022-2023
City of Lakewood, Lakewood, Colorado, 2022 -2023
Gratitude, Krueser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO, 2023
Saint Joseph Sculpture Walk, 2023-2024, St Joseph, MO, Allied Arts Council, 2019 – 2020, 2 sculptures
Sculpture Evergreen, Evergreen, CO, Sculpture Walk, 2023– 2024, 2 sculptures, 1 purchased
Art in The Heart of Farmington, Farmington, New Mexico, 2023 – 2024
Lee's Summit, Missouri, 2023 -2025
Sculpture Tour Salina 2020 exhibit, Salina, KS, 2 works selected, 2023- 2024
​Art On The Move, Longmont, CO, 2023 – 2024
Art Around Avon 2023 -2025, 4 sculptures selected
Douglas County Art Encounter Program, Highlands Ranch, CO, 2023 – 2024
Sculpture Walk, Gladstone, MO, 2023 - 2025
Art Around Avon, Avon, CO, 2023 – 2025, 4 sculptures
City of Westminster Sculpture on Loan Program, 2023-2024
Alamosa Art Scape, Art On Loan Program, Alamosa, CO, 2023- 2024
Sculpture Tour Salina 2023 exhibit, Salina, KS, 2 works selected, 2023- 2024
Art On The Move, Longmont, CO, 2023 – 2024​
Sculpture Tour Salina 2024 exhibit, Salina, KS, 2 works selected, 2024 2025
Sculpture Walk Spring Hill, Kansas, 2024- 2026
25th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX, 2024
Downtown Sculpture Walk – Lee’s Summit, MO, 2024 - 2025
Art Sites 2024 Tri Lakes Views, Monument, CO 80132, 2024 – 2025, 2 works selected
Art Encounters, Douglas County, Highlands Ranch, & Roxborough, CO, 2024 - 2025
City of Westminster Sculpture on Loan Program, 2024 – 2025
Art 2C on Havana, City of Aurora, CO, Art in Public Places, 2024 – 2026
Alamosa Art Scape, Art On Loan Program, Alamosa, CO, 2024- 2025
Prospectus #276 Southwest Artist Series Purchase Initiative, 2024 - 2026
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2017 - 2018/2019
Un Common Clay 3, Arts Longmont Gallery, Longmont CO, 2017
2017 Art at the Center Exhibition, Overland Park, Kansas, 2017
Sculpture in the Field, Arvada Center for the Arts, 2017 – 2019
Art 2C on Havana, City of Aurora, CO, Art in Public Places, 2017 – 2018
Napa Art Walk, Napa, CA 2017-2019
Douglas County Art Encounters, Parker & Highlands Ranch, 2 sculptures, 2017-2018
Art Spot, City of Colorado Springs Downtown Partnership, 2017, Purchase
19th Art On the Street, Colorado Springs, CO 2017 - 2018
2017 Art at the Center Exhibition, Overland Park, Kansas, 2017
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2016 - 2017
Art on the Street 2016 - 2017, Lafayette, Colorado, The City of Lafayette, Colorado – 2 different sculptures accepted
Avenues of Art 2016 - 2017, Gillette, WY – 2 different sculptures accepted, 2 sculptures Permanent Collection
Douglas County Art Encounter Program, Parker, CO, 2016 – 2017, Permanent Collection
Art On the Streets, Colorado Springs, CO, 2016 – 2017
Finalist, City of Durango, CO Public Art Purchase, 2016
Sculpture Evergreen, Evergreen, CO, Sculpture Walk, 2016 – 2017
Tri Lakes Views, Monument, CO 2016-2017
Art 2C on Havana, City of Aurora, Colorado, Art in Public Places, 2016 – 2017
33Rd All Colorado Art Show, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Denver, CO 2016
33rd All Colorado Depot Art Gallery Show, Littleton, CO, 2016, 1st Place, 3D
New Mexico, Prospectus #241, Finalist for Purchase 2016
15th Annual Lone Tree Art Expo, Lone Tree, CO 80124, 2016
EAA Fall 2016 All Colorado Art Show, Main Street Fine Art Gallery, Evergreen, CO 80439, 2016
New Mexico, Prospectus #241, Finalist for Purchase 2016
Sculpture on 73rd Avenue, Westminster, CO 80030, 2016-2017
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, Sculpture for All 2015 – 2017
2015 - 2016
Gallery 114, Winter 2016 – Juried Exhibition, 1100 N W Glisan Ave., Portland, OR, 2016
Sculpture Evergreen, Evergreen, CO, Sculpture Walk, 2015 - 2016
Downtown Sheridan, Wyoming On Loan Sculpture, 2015 - 2016
Overland Park, Kansas, Art at the Center 2015
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI, Art and the Garden 2015
TRAHC’s 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Texarkana, TX, 2015
The Bridge Art Gallery, “Wind”, Colorado Springs, CO 2015
Art 2C on Havana, City of Aurora, Colorado, Art in Public Places, 2015 – 2016, First Place Award
32nd Depot Art Gallery, All Colorado Show, Littleton, CO 2015 - 2nd Place, Best of Show 3D
Fahrenheit Group Show, Cottonwood Ctr., Colorado Springs, CO, 2015
The Studio Door Juried Exhibition, Deliberate Distortions, Jazz in Today’s Art, San Diego, CA, 2015
Topeka Competition 32, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS, 2015
State of the Arts, 2015 Exhibition. R.G. Endres Gallery, Prairie village, Kansas, 2015
Sculpture on 73rd Avenue, Westminster, CO 80030, 2015-2016
Core New Art Space - Mixing Your Media, Santa Fe Art District, Denver, CO, 2015
Best of Santa Fe Exhibit & Awards, Habitat Gallery, Denver, CO 80204, 2015
2014 - 2015
Cottonwood Center - Abstract Show, March, 2014
Creative Industries Summit - Paquette Gallery at the Steam Plant Event Center, Salida, CO, May, 2014
Downtown Colorado Springs, CO - Art on the Street – Community Ventures June 2014 - May, 2015; Steel Sculpture -Permanent Collection City of Colorado Springs
City of Loveland Art in Public Places - The Art Advocacy Project (THAAP), June, 2014 - May, 2015; High Fire Salt Sculpture
10th Annual Roll Bike Art Show, Manitou Springs, CO 2014
Louisville Art Association 29th Annual National Juried Fine Art Show, 2014
2013
Recent Works, Orly's Art Gallery, Colorado Springs - Featured Artist 2013
Straight Up! Totems, Towers, Carins & Stacks, La Veta, CO 2013
Green Horse Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO - Featured Artist 2013
Cottonwood Gallery on Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO - Featured Artist 2013Art 2C on Havana, City of Aurora, CO, Art in Public Places, 2017 – 2018