2016 Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Sculpture
Brown University, Coursework in Geology
2013 Virginia Commonwealth University, Summer Studio Program, Certificate in Sculpture + Extended Media
2012 Oberlin College, BA Cum Laude Studio Art
2010 Wells College, Arts in Paris, Certificate in Sculpture & Printmaking
2019 Sculpture Space, Artist in Residence, Utica NY
The Wassaic Project (with Material Girls), Artist in Residence, Wassaic NY
2018 Women’s Studio Workshop, Artist in Residence, Kingston NY
2017 Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship, New York NY
The Arctic Circle Residency, Svalbard, Norway
ASMBLY Session #1, Brooklyn NY
2016 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency, New York NY
2015 Fjuk Arts Centre, Artist in Residence, Húsavík, Iceland
2018 Women’s Studio Workshop Studio Residency Grant
2017 Peripheral Vision Publication Fellow
2016 Visiting Scholar, New York University Steinhardt School of Arts
St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award
2015 RISD Graduate Studies Grant
RISD Fellowship
2014 RISD Presidential Award
RISD Fellowship
2012 Oberlin College Honors Thesis Award
Eventual Artifact (collaboration with Gracelee Lawrence), curated by Spring/Break Art Show and Times Square Arts, March 5-31 2019, Times Square NYC
Fluorescent Sunrise, curated by Jess Wilcox, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City NYC, September 2017-March 2018
far away, deep inside, curated by Krista Anderson-Larson & Material Girls, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis MN, October 26-December 20 2019
Fluorescent Fragments, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn NY, July 10-24 2018
Fired Up, Melted Down, with Natalie Baxter, curated by Regina Parkinson, Affordable Art Fair NYC, September 13-17 2017
Sublime Transference, Zoya Tommy Contemporary, Houston TX, October 15 - November 12 2016
Substrata, 1stdibs Gallery @ New York Design Center, New York NY, June 16 - July 24 2015
White Noise, The Art Factory, Paterson, NJ, December 2013
Through Earth, Fisher Gallery, Oberlin, OH, May 2012
2021
EcoSpirits, curated by Magda Sawon, Postmasters Gallery, New York NY, January 23-March 6 2021
2020
Broken Home, curated by Michael Yarinsky, VSOP Projects, Greenport NY, February 29-April 5 2020
Catalyst: Art & Social Justice, curated by Jessica Bell Brown, Gracie Mansion, New York NY, February 20 2020-September 21 2021
2019
My Shell Makes Itself, presented by Material Girls, 50-50 Gallery, Long Island City NY, November 8-December 15 2019
Shadow of The Gradient, curated by Clare Britt, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn NY, June 15-July 21 2019
The Stoop, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn NY, May 10-12 2019
Body Optimized, curated by Post Vision, Beverly’s, New York NY, May 4 2019
M'aidez, curated by Elle Czura, Selen Sarioglu Sulos, and Erin Wainright, Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York NY, May 1 2019
Palms, presented by Material Girls, Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA, Los Angeles CA, March 6-April 7 2019
Sweet Nothings, curated by Jenny Mushkin Goldman, Kin + Gold, New York NY, February 8-27 2019
2018
in•ti•mate, Random Access Gallery, Syracuse NY, December 7-14 2018
Dwelling in Critical Space, curated by Michael Yarinsky, A/D/O Store, Brooklyn NY, November 2018
Speed Dating, curated by Calli Moore & Presented by Bomb! Pop Up, Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn NY, October 2018
the dollhouse, curated by Gadget Gurls, Watermill NY, September 15 2018
ISSUE TWO: Devotional, presented by FOUR-D, The Troy Church, Troy NY, August 25 2018
DUNGEON CRAWLER, curated by Alana Lynn-Berglund, Holland Projects, Reno NV, August 1-22 2018
UNTITLED PROJECTS, curated by CRUSH Curatorial & Catherine Haggerty, Amagansett NY, May 5 2018
xenomorphs at Spring/Break Art Show, curated by Material Girls, Times Square NY, March 6-12 2018
Eco-Femmes: Next Nature, curated by Jesse Bandler Firestone, CP Projects Space, New York NY, February 8-21 2018
xoxo, curated by Material Girls, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin TX, January 19-28 2018
2017
Socrates Annual, curated by Jess Wilcox, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City NY, October - March 2017
The Soothing Center, curated by Jesse Bandler, Trestle Projects, Brooklyn NY June - August 2017
MATERIAL WORLD, SPRING/BREAK BKLYN, Brooklyn NY, May 6-14
Great Americas, SUPERMARKET Art Fair, Stockholm Sweden, March 24-27
MUTUAL ORBIT, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, 4 Times Square, New York NY March 1 - 6 2017
2016
Relative Ground, curated by GRIN Gallery, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket RI, September 2
DOT AIR Festival, Pawtucket RI, August 20
OBO, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY, August 12-26
RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, May 2016
Abstract Expressions: Inspired by Nature, the White Gallery, Lakewood CT, May 2016
Winter Warmer, the White Gallery, Lakewood, CT, March 2016
A Sponge And A Sigh, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX, February 2016
2015
Fever Dream, Gelman Gallery @ RISD Museum, Providence RI, April 2015
Axis & Allies, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, April 2015
Parallels, ATM + Not Gallery, Austin TX, March 2015
Body + Internet, Expose Gallery, Providence RI, February 2015
STEEL FEEL, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, February 2015
2014
Matter/s, RISD MFA Sculpture Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence RI, October 2014
Traces, Gowanus Loft, Brooklyn, NY, June 2014
Art Walk, The Art Factory, Paterson, NJ June 2014
Discrete Geometry, Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY, March 2014
2013
FATA MORGANA, Fine Arts Building, Richmond, VA, July 2013
Psychospatial Landscapes 1-3, Fine Arts Building, Richmond, VA, July 2013
2012
Off the Wall, Exhibition Initiative Spring Show, Fisher Gallery, Oberlin, OH, May 2012
Commencement Show, Baron Gallery, Oberlin, OH, May 2012
2011
What’s In It For Me?, Senior Studio Halftime Show, Baron Gallery, Oberlin, OH, December 2011
Gordon Square Arts District & Oberlin College Collaboration, Cleveland, OH, November 2011
Arts in Paris Vernissage, Wells College, Paris, France, December 2010
2020
With Final Gracie Mansion Show, First Lady Aims to Secure Arts Legacy (The New York Times, February 20 2020)
2019
Far Away, Deep Inside (Claire Lachow for Jewish Currents, November 26 2019)
far away, deep inside: Devra Freelander at Circa Gallery (Russ White for MPLSArts, November 19 2019)
The Digital and The Natural: Devra Freelander in the Studio (Jana LaBrasca for Women’s Studio Workshop, January 2019)
Devra Freelander (Edith Vaisburg for Adhesivo Magazine, Issue 2, January 2019)
2018
Devra Freelander Destroys One of her Sculptures to Create New Artworks (Creative Boom, July 17 2018)
Public Art: Socratic Methods (Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Spring 2018)
Material Girls: The Collective Exploring Intimacy with Power Tools (Julia Gray for Paper Magazine, January 2018)
2017
Best of 2017: Our Top 15 Brooklyn Art Shows (Hyperallergic, December 2017)
Socrates Annual 2017 Artist Profile: Devra Freelander (SocratesSculpturePark.org September 2017)
Meet Artist Devra Freelander (AffordableArtFair.com, September 15 2017)
Devra Freelander: Under The Midnight Sun (Peripheral Vision, Issue 4, April 2017)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at Armory Week 2017 (W Magazine, March 3 2017)
A Tour of the 2017 SPRING/BREAK Art Show (Artnews, March 3 2017)
Scenes of Madness from High Above Times Square at SPRING/BREAK Art Show (W Magazine, March 1 2017)
Inside Spring/Break, The Best Armory Arts Week Fair Inside A Times Square Office Building (Gothamist, March 1 2017)
2016
Abstractions in Sumptuous Color: Devra Freelander, Joan Jardine, and Terri Moore, (The Lakeville Journal, June 16 2016)
RISD Graduate Show (Providence Daily Dose, June 2 2016)
v1 (RISD Press, 2016)
2015
Interview with Devra Freelander (DE:FORMAL, October 16 2015)
AFV Press (Logue, 2015)
Borealis 01b (The Round, Issue XII, Spring 2015)
Substrata: Devra Freelander & Whitney Oldenburg (New York Design Center, June 2015)
Regram: 30 Outstanding Artists From Instagram, Gertrude & Creative Time
2012
Senior Studio Duo Leads Viewers Through Earth in New Light (The Oberlin Review, May 2012)