C.V.
Education
Laguna Blanca High School, Santa Barbara, Ca: graduated 1995
University of Oregon, Eugene, Or: 2005 with Bachelor of Science in art
Exhibitions
1999 Juried show, Lane Community College, 1st place, Oil Painting, Eugene, Or
2000 Group show, Elevator Exhibition, Oil Paintings, Eugene, Or
2016 Solo exhibit, Puppets and shadow boxes, Sotheby's Montclair Gallery, Oakland, Ca
2017 Solo exhibit, Puppets and shadow boxes, Crimson, horticultural rarity boutique and gallery, Oakland, Ca
2017 Solo, Puppets and shadow boxes, Field Day boutique and gallery, Oakland Ca
Pareidolia Puppet theater
2000 Morpheus Dance
Solo suitcase marionette puppet show with a scrolling backdrop and a live fiddle soundtrack, part of “Circus Discordia” a carnival variety show, Sam Bonds Garage, Eugene, Or
2001 Little Red Ridding Hood
The Grimm's fairy tale Performed at “April Fools or You” Vaudeville variety show, Sam Bonds Garage, Eugene, Or
2002 The Golden Key
shadow puppets staged in old antique vanity, Golden Duck, Eugene, Or
2003 Quincettes Quest
The epic adventures of Quincette, a young woman with a hook for a hand and a taste for adventure, Autonomous Mutant Festival VII, Shasta National Forest, Ca
2006 The Captains Adventure
A marionette sea adventure staged inside of a sea trunk, Experimental electronic music soundtrack by Michael Buchanan, European tour Oakland Ca, Reykjavík, Berlin, Prague, Varna
2007 Hansel and Gretel
Marionette puppet show, puppet stage dress, “Emerging Illusions Fashion show” DNA lounge, San Francisco, Ca
2010 The Bluebirds song
Experimental Shadow Marionettes, performed at Katabatik Ghost Ranch, Autonomous Mutant Festival X, Lassen National Park, Ca
2014 Dreamwolves
Dark gothic romantic tale of werewolves and haunted castles told with marionettes, Summer Solstice Katabatik Camp-out, Stanislaus National Park, Ca
2016 Illuminations, a Zygopetalum projest
Music, dance and video collaboration with Jonathan Bernbaum (videographer/ projectionist), Katabatik camp-out, Stanislaus National Park, Ca
Chelsea Friedman is a avant-garde multi-media artist focusing in puppetry and experimental video.