Draft:Nancy Friedland

Nancy Jane Friedland (born February 18, 1971) is a Canadian painter and photographer.

After completing her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto in 1993, Friedland went on to study photography at the Ontario College of Art and Design, graduating with honours in 1999. She then completed her Masters of Fine Arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology as a Sir Edmund Walker Scholar in 2001, graduating Phi Beta Kappa.

Friedland has received grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts, and has exhibited across Canada, the United States and internationally.

Friedland's work has been seen in numerous editions of The New York Review of Books and illustrated for a 2022 short story by Joyce Carol-Oates titled "The Return" in Harper's Magazine. Her painting "Still Half Perfect" is featured on the cover art of The New York Review of Books October 5, 2023 issue. Friedland's painting also serves as the cover art for Trabant by Stefan Sommer, L'exil est une histoire aux nombreuses pages by Patricio Sánchez-Rojas and The Address Book by Steven Heighton.

In 2019, Friedland transitioned away from her work as a photographer and began painting. She refers to herself as a "recovering photographer", using her own photographs as source material for her paintings, often augmented by scenes from her imagination.

Solo Exhibitions

 * 2024 Heavy Weather, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, California
 * 2023 Daybreak, Tyger Tyger Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
 * 2022 Highway of Diamonds, smoke the moon gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
 * 2021 Wolf Moon, Lyceum Gallery, Toronto
 * 2020 Between Dog and Wolf, Samara Contemporary, Toronto
 * 2016 Constellations, Circuit Gallery, Toronto
 * 2012 Vigil, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
 * 2009 The Pity of Lost Things, Satellite Gallery, Okayama, Japan
 * 2005 The Pity of Lost Things, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
 * 2003 Life Boat, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
 * 2001 Sixes and Sevens, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
 * 2000 Safe, Bus Gallery, Toronto
 * 1998 A land, alone. Bus Gallery, Toronto

Select Group Exhibitions and Art Fairs

 * 2023 A Room with a View, Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 * 2021 Postcards, Curated by Brit Pruiksma, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Sweden
 * 2001 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales: Celebrating Works of Canadian Artists Gooderham and Worts Historic District, Toronto