Denise Froehlich
Denise Froehlich is a photographer based in Portland and Kennebunkport, Maine who received her masters degree from Vermont College. She teaches photography part-time at Bates College, is an independent designer and curator, and the director of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts.
"The work you see comes from an on-going series, The Pathos of Eros, was inspired by Lucien Freud's work, and leaves an impression of the male body that reflects my thoughts on virility, ageing, and beauty. These images were made in 2014 and they are film based ink jet prints. They are taken with a plastic camera, 3200 speed film and printed on archival drawing paper. The thick paper is a cream color and because of the grain from the high speed film, the images look like pointillist figurative drawings."
Education
Masters of Fine Art in Photography
Vermont College/Norwich University; Montpelier, Vermont
Bachelor of Art: Fine Art with a concentration in Painting and Photography, University of Southern Maine; Portland, Maine
Bachelor of Science: Art Education, Minor in Art History, University of Southern Maine; Portland, Maine
Professional Experience
2016-2010 Director of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland, Maine
2015 Leadership role in Maine Curator's Forum, MainePhotoProject.org
2014 Adjunct Professor of Photography at Bates College Photography 2/3 Digital and Analogue
2011 Lecturer of Art, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine Analogue and Digital Photography
2008 Visiting Professor, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
Multiples in Photography: Creating Context and N ew forms of W estern Art from Impressionism to T oday - Art H istory
Visiting Artist, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
Multiples in Photography
Adjunct Professor, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
H istory of Photography - Art H istory
2008-2005 Adjunct Professor of Art, University of New England, Biddeford Pool, Maine
T wo dimensional design, P ainting, R enaissance/Baroque, and M odern Art H istory and Visual journal.
2004 Visiting Professor of Photography, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
S enior thesis students through distance learning / Funded by Carnegie-M ellon
2003-2004 Adjunct Professor of Photography, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
Independent study through CCP
2004-2001 Adjunct Professor of Art, York County Community College, Wells, Maine
Drawing, Art Appreciation and Intro to Film
Recent Exhibitions
2014 Photographs by Women: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection at Bates College Museum of Art
Recent Acquisition to the Lauder/Glickman Collection, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Personalities, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, Maine
2013 Dirigo, Maine Women Pioneers III, University of New England, Portland, Maine (Book)
2011 April Fools, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, Maine
2010 Capture, Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Falmouth, Maine
Photographing Maine Ten Years Later, Center of Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine (Book)
Exhibition of Recent Work, Elizabeth Moss Gallery Falmouth, Maine
2009 Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, University of New England Art Gallery, Portland, Maine
A Picture's Worth, Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, Maine Click, George Marshall Gallery, York, Maine
2008 Familiar Impressions, The Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine Alternative Camera Show, The Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine Curated by Bruce Brown
2008 Faculty Show, University of New England Art Gallery, Portland, Maine
2008-2007 Both Sides of the Camera: Photographs from the collection of Judith Ellis Glickman, (Book)
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
2008-2007 Faculty Show, University of New England Art Gallery, Portland, Maine
Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine (Catalog)
2006 Photo A Go-Go Auction, The Bakery Photographic, Westbrook, Maine
In Black and White and Color, (two person exhibit), Art Gallery, at the University of New England
Just Film, The Clown, Portland, Maine
2005 R ecent Acquisitions Exhibition, Art Gallery, University of New England, Portland, Maine
2004 Invitational Art Auction, Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, Maine
Familiar Allusions, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine
Two Photographers and a Painter, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockport, Maine
2003 Empty Barns and Abandoned Fields, L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, Maine
Bruce Brown Collection, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
L.A. Arts Auction, Lewiston/Auburn College, Lewiston, Maine ME
PBS Benefit Auction, Portland, Maine
2002 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine L A Arts Auction, Lewiston, Maine
2002 Recent Acquisitions, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine Continuity of Perspective, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine
Biennial Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine (Catalogue)
Past, Present, Future Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine 2001 R ecent Acquisitions, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
2001 Domestic Culture, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
2001 LA Arts Auction, Lewiston / Auburn College, Lewiston, Maine
Somerset, The Art of Somerset County, L. C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, Maine
Poems from Prague, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2000 Selections from Nature, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2000 Photographing Maine: Through the Eyes of Americas Greatest Photographers, Maine Coast Artist, Rockport, Maine (Catalog)
Maine Coast Artist Biennial, Rockport, Maine
2000 Governor's Invitational, Blaine House, Augusta, Maine Island Fantasy, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine
Maine Coast Artist Biennial, Rockport, Maine
L A Arts Exhibit and Auction, Atrium Gallery, Lewiston-Auburn College, Maine
Bibliography
2016 Maine Art New produced and edited by Edgar Allen Beem and Andy Verzosa (Book)
2015 Maine Photography: A History 1840-2015 written by Libby Bischof, Susan Danly and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. (Book)
2013 Maine Women Pioneers lll, Dirigo, published by the University of New England
2010 Photographing Maine: Ten Years Later
2000-2009, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, p. 53
2007 Both Sides of the Camera: Photographs from the collection of Judith Ellis Glickman, by Susan Danly, (Portland Museum of Art), p. 137
2007 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Catalog 2007, (Portland Museum of Art 2007), p.15
2006 Susan Danly, "Best Maine Photography; Curators Choice", Downeast Magazine, January 2006
2004 Edgar Beem, "Maine Art Again; Who Are the Important N ew Artists?" Maine Times, February 3, 2000
2004 Bob Keys, "The Future of Photography", Portland Press Herald, March 7, 2004
2003 Bruce Brown collection, Colby College 2003, p. 25
2000 Photographing Maine; Through the Eye of Americas Greatest Photographers, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 2000, p. 47
1999 Phillip Iaacson, "Froehlich focuses hard vision on unexceptional subjects," Maine Sunday Telegram, June 20, 1999