Charles E. Friedman Bio/Resume
| 1949 | Born in Seattle, WA |
| 1970 | AA degree, Los Angeles City College, Technical Theatre
BA degree, San Diego State University Studied all aspects of stage craft, lighting and scenic design |
| 1971-present | Local Street Fairs and Art Festivals (University District, Fremont, Port Angeles, Edmonds, Bellevue, Anacortes, Ballard Seafood Fest) |
| 1973-1989 | Owned and operated pottery studio, Port Angeles, WA Produced high-fired functional stoneware & porcelain sold in galleries and festivals throughout the Pacific NW |
| 1980 | Opened Friedman Art and Craft Gallery, Port Angeles, WA |
| 1984 | Friedman Gallery incorporated into a non-profit community art gallery that eventually became the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center |
| 1989-1993 | Studied and practiced glass techniques with noted NW production glassworkers and artists, Seattle, WA. |
| 1997-2010 | Art Handler, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. |
| 1993-present | Friedman Glassworks established, Ballard, WA. Studio designed and built for the production of glass seashells. |
| 2000-present | Established ?The Port Angeles Midden? Port Angeles Art Center, Port Angeles, WA 5 Tons of Shilshole Seashell Shards; open to the public
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| 2000-present | Glass and metal consultant for art conservators both local and from around the world. (“The Seattle Mural” by Paul Horiuchi – Seattle, WA. George and Gerard “Gerry” Tsutakawa and various local metal fabricators.)
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| 2010 | Established a ?Seashell Museum?, Seattle, WA., a traveling ersatz museum/art installation from his private collection
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| 2010 | Author, ?Shilshole Seashells From the Salish Sea?, a museum catalog for the above exhibition
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Selected Exhibitions and Shows
The Ki’i Galleries at the Grand Wailea Hotel, Wailea, HI
Steve Wynn Hotels, Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore
Seattle Art Museum (Gift Shop), Seattle, WA
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Blowing Sands Gallery, Seattle, WA
IOMA, Kalispell, MT
Atlantis/Bonaire Hotel Resort, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
The Real Mother Goose, Portland, OR
Indigo, Charleston, SC
Coastal Galleries, Carmel, CA
Gallery One, Naples, FL
Phoenix Rising Gallery, Seattle, WA (10 years, now closed)
Professional Affiliations
Individual member, Glass Art Society
GAS Conferences: Australia, 2005; Amsterdam, 2000; St. Louis, MO, 2006; Portland, OR, 2008; Seattle, WA, 2001 & 2011
Museum of Arts & Design (formerly American Craft Museum), NYC, NY