Exhibitions

EDUCATION

1967BFA, Fort Hays, Kansas State University
1968MA, Fort Hays, Kansas State University

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

* GROUP EXHIBITIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LIST

2020Mystical Light, Bruno David Gallery, St Louis Mo (catalogue)
Lake Sunsets, Mary Martin Fine Art, Charleston SC
2018Winter Light, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (catalogue)
2017Reflections…Noitcelfer, Bruno David Gallery, St Louis Mo (catalogue)
Douglass Freed, Reflections, Haden Liberty Center for the Arts, Sedalia, MO 
2016Ocean Paintings, Etra Fine Art, Miami, FL
2015Night Fall-Morning Rise, Mary Martin Fine Art, Charleston, SC
2013Reflective Landscapes, Bruno David Gallery, St Louis, Mo (catalogue)
Doug Freed, Aberson Exhibits, Tulsa, OK
Doug Freed, Large Paintings, Etra Fine Art, Miami, FL
2012Douglass Freed, Paintings, Mary Martin Fine Art, Charleston, SC
2011Light Sequent, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2011Douglass Freed, Paintings, 1973-2010, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art Retrospective Exhibition, Sedalia, MO (catalogue)
2009Douglass Freed, Anne Loucks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dean Day Gallery, Houston, TX
Light, Color, Atmosphere, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2008Douglass Freed, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2007Dreamscapes, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Large Canvases, Etra Fine Art, Miami, FL
2006Douglass Freed, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
Dreamscapes, Mary Martin Fine Art, Charleston, SC
2005Spoleto Arts Festival, Mary Martin Fine Art, Charleston, SC
Revisited Landscape, Etra Fine Art, Miami, FL
Time Passages, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2004Basil Miami, Patrona Frau/Etra Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Douglass Freed Paintings, R Duane Reed, Ft Lauderdale, FL
New work, Olsen-Larsen Galleries, West Des Moines, IA
2003Douglass Freed Paintings, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Douglass Freed, Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Works on Canvas and Paper, Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, MO
2002Douglass Freed, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
Douglass Freed, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000Douglass Freed, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Monumental Landscapes, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Douglass Freed Monumental Landscapes, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
1999Douglass Freed, Oils on Paper, Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Douglass Freed, New Paintings, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
1998Landscapes, Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
1997Sky/Land/Water, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Horizons and Vistas, Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, MO
Steel Wall Structures, Vorpal Gallery, New York, NY
Oil on Canvas Structures, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996Monumental Structures and Landscapes, Goddard Gallery, Stauffacher Center for the Fine Arts, Sedalia, MO
Oil Paintings, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1995New Steel Sculptures, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1994Herr-Chambliss Fine Arts, Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, AK
1993Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
1992New Steel Wall Structures, Vorpal Gallery, New York, NY
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Douglass Freed, Recent Paintings, University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO
Art for Life, Works on Paper, University Hospital, Columbia, MO
1990Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988Acrylic on Paper Works, Lincoln College, Lincoln, IL
Vorpal Gallery, New York, NY
State Fair Community College, Sedalia, MO
Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Vorpal Gallery, New York, NY
1986St. Louis Design Center, arranged by Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1985Doug Freed, Summer Invitational, Zolla /Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Batz/Lawrence Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1984Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Emporia State University, Norman R. Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia, KS
1983Vorpal Gallery, New York, NY
Batz Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1982Vorpal Gallery, New York, NY
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981University of Missouri Kansas City, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Vorpal Gallery, Mini-Exhibit, Gallery 2, New York, NY
1980Vorpal Gallery, New York, NY
Art Research Center, Kansas City, MO
1979Vorpal Gallery, New York, NY
Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO
1977 7th East 7th Gallery, Lawrence, KS
1976Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, KS
Park Central Gallery, Springfield, MO
1975Angerer Gallery, Kansas City, MO

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Emporia State University, Norman R. Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia, KS
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, KS
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
Kansas State University, College of Architecture and Design, Manhattan, KS
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Lincoln College, Lincoln, IL
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
State Fair Community College, Sedalia, MO
The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia
University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO,
University of Missouri, Memorial Union Collection, Columbia, MO
Washington University, Steinberg Collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS

SELECTED CORPORATE COMISSIONS

Deloitte & Touche, St. Louis, MO
Emerson Electric, St. Louis, MO
Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, MO
Fort Smith Public Library, Fort Smith, AK
Fresenius Medical Care North America, Waltham, MA
Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Hoechst Marion Roussel, Kansas City, MO
KEO Building Corporation, Sedalia, MO
Publishing Enterprises, Inc., Sedalia, MO
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Laguna, CA
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Grand Lakes, Orlando, Fl
Sachs Properties, St. Louis, MO
Septagon Industries, Sedalia, MO

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS             

American Century Mutual Funds, Kansas City, MO
American Family Doctors, National Headquarters, Kansas City, MO
Bank of Olathe, Olathe, KS   
Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis, MO
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
Boone County Bank, Columbia, MO
Brewer Science, Rolla, MO
Cessna Aircraft Corporation, Wichita, KS
City of Komoro,  Japan
Crown Center, Hallmark Art Collection, Kansas City, MO
DST Corporation, Kansas City, MO
D & W Leasing, Sedalia, MO
Emprise Bank, Wichita, KS
1st National Bank, Rockford, IL
FBL Financial Group, West Des Moines, IA
H&R Block Inc. Corporation, Kansas City, MO
Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO
Hewlett Packard Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Insituform Mid-America, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Landmark Bank, Madill, OK
McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New York, NY
Mark Twain Bank, Creve Coeur, MO
Mark Twain Bank Shares, Ladue, MO
Maytag, Newton, IA
Municipal Collection, Jászberény, Hungary
Parks & Recreation Department, Columbia, MO
Pella Corporation, Pella, IA
Pioneer Hybrid, Des Moines, IA
Southern Progress, Birmingham, AL
Sprint Corporation, Kansas City, MO
Stillwater National Bank, Tulsa, OK
United Telephone Systems, Inc., Kansas City, MO
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, KS
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND APPOINTMENTS

2019Douglass Freed Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who
2013Chairman Arts and Humanities Committee Mid-America Arts Alliance Board
2007Mid-America Arts Alliance Board
Missouri Arts Award for Leadership in the Arts
Missouri Senate Proclamation, recognizing that Douglass Freed has attained considerable distinction as a painter, educator, and museum director
Missouri House of Representatives Resolution, recognizing Douglass Freed for his profound contribution to the arts
2005Star Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, Liberty Center Association for the Arts
2003Art in Embassy Program, American Embassy, Dakar, Senegal
1993Site Specific Sculpture Installation Grant, Office of Cultural Affairs, Columbia, MO
1992Visiting Artist, Fine Arts Building, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO
1990Creative Artist Project Grant, Missouri Arts Council
1987Design Arts Special Project Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
1984Missouri Arts Council Board, Gubernatorial Appointment
1981Missouri Advocates for the Arts, board member; through 1984
Visual Arts Professional Advisory Committee, Missouri Council on the Arts; through 1983
1980Visual Artist Grant, Mid-America Arts Alliance, The National Endowment for the Arts
Visual Artist Residency Grant, Missouri State Council on the Arts
1978Rotary International Fellowship Group Study Exchange to Italy
“Remember”, collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art