Martha Friedman

Martha Friedman is a New York sculptor whose work temporarily focused on the tongue, anthropomorphizing this very necessary muscular organ, which she became interested in after a friend ordered a plate of duck tongues at a Chinese restaurant.
Martha Friedman earned her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998 and her MFA from Yale University School of Art in 2003. Solo exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI (2010); DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA (2010); Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL (2010); Wallspace, New York, NY (2012, 2009, 2007). Select group exhibitions include Frieze New York Sculpture Park, curated by Tom Eccles, New York, NY (forthcoming artist commission 2013), Flesh and Blood, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Isreal (2013), Buy My Bananas, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY (2012), Flights From Wonder, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (2012); New York Minute—organized by Kathy Grayson, The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow (2009); The Station—curated by Nate Lowman and Shamim M. Momim, Miami, FL (2008); Bunch, Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH (2007).