Return to Homepage


Born in New York, NY, United States


1985-1991, Art Students League, New York, NY

1978-80, Rockland Community College, Rockland, NY

1976-77, Famous Artists School, Westport, CT


Member of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club



"I approach a new painting with anticipation and excitement. It’s a challenge to capture the effect of light falling on the subject, discover the interlocking rhythms that bring movement and unity to the composition, and explore the fascinating world of color. I enjoy the diversity of painting in pastel, oil and acrylics, which expands my range of expression and allows for artistic growth.

As a painting unfolds, and I hone in on my subject, there is more--and still more--to discover, to explore, and to fire up my imagination. The incredible variety in nature and the complexity of the human condition are endless sources of inspiration.

I very much admire and was influenced by the Masters, among them Rubens, for his luminous flesh tones, Sargent, for his bravado brushwork, Monet, for his sensitive atmospheric renderings, Van Gogh, for his abandonment to raw emotion, Vermeer, for his quality of light and pristine serenity, and Homer, for his powerful and turbulent seascapes.

The stimuli and emotions which lead me to paint each work become part of the essence of it, and are what make each piece unique. I want those feelings to come through from my work and touch the people who see it. I believe the ability for fine art to move the viewer emotionally is what gives fine art its most profound significance."

Shirley Fried, April 2000

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
  • 1996: Rockland Country Legislature, New City, NY

  • 1995: Arts Council of Rockland, Spring Valley, NY

  • 1992: Arts Council of Rockland, Spring Valley, NY

  • 1990: New City Library, New City, NY

  • 1981: Finkelstein Memorial Library, Spring Valley, NY


  • Selected Group Exhibitions
  • 2001: Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2000:
  • Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

  • National Arts Club, New York, NY

  • 1999:
  • National Arts Club, New York, NY

  • The Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1997: The Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1996: National Arts Club, New York, NY

  • 1992: United Pastelists of America, Nyack, NY, 2nd Annual National Juried Holiday Exhibtion

  • 1991:
  • Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild, Valhalla, NY, 35th National Open Juried Exhibition

  • Academic Artists Association, Springfield, MA, 41st National Exhibition: Contemporary Realism in Art

  • 1985-91: Art Students League, New York, NY, Annual Exhibition

  • 1990:
  • Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, 9th Annual Open National Juried Sculpture/Photography Exhibition

  • Pen & Brush, New York, NY, 43rd Annual National Juried Sculpture Competition

  • National Arts Club, New York, NY

  • 1989: Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY, 1st Tri-State Juried Competition

  • 1988: National Arts Club, New York, NY

  • 1986-89: Blue Hill Plaza, Pearl River, New York, NY, On My Own Time


  • Art Students League of New York, New York, NY

  • Robert Yeager Health Center, Pomona, NY

    		•

    Selection of works from Shirley Fried

    Read the guestbook of Shirley Fried

    Sign the guestbook of Shirley Fried

  • 1991:
  • Margaret Sara Linton Memorial Award, Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild, 35th National Open Juried Exhibition

  • Best in Show, Art Students League, New York, NY


    		•

  • “Fried’s Work Appears in SoHo.” Journal News. Nyack, NY. 1997.

  • “Spotlight, Fried’s Paintings.” Journal News. Nyack, NY. 1995.

  • “Fried Exhibit at ACOR.” Arts Happenings. Spring Valley, NY. 1995.

  • “Rockland Artist Achieves Recognition.” Arts Happenings. Spring Vallery, NY. 1991.

  • Rockland Review. West Nyack, NY. 1990.

  • “Portrait of an Artist.” Arts Happenings. Spring Valley, NY. 1990.

  • Rockland Review. West Nyack, NY. 1981.