Damon Freed is an artist who cherishes balance, reason, and ambiguity. He expresses it through a variety of working methods; from abstracted realities to nonobjective paintings of grids and colorful forays – to prose and rhyming poems – and he believes reality exists on the edge of perception.
His Mother and Father have been his best and greatest influences. Agnes Martin and Brice Marden’s work are among them in painting. In writing – Jack Kerouac, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Bukowski, Janet Frame, William Butler Yeats, and Emily Dickinson’s work are among them.
Damon Freed received his B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with honors. His M.F.A. is from Hunter College, City University of New York. Freed taught at two places for 10 years at the college level. His first year was in ’09 at the University of Central Missouri and then he began instruction at State Fair Community College the following year. Freed has studied with such luminaries as Jack Whitten, Marilyn Minter, Juan Sanchez, Sanford Wurmfeld and others! Among them are Tim Rollins, David Chow, Tobi Kahn, Lucio Pozzi, and Alice Aycock. He has been exhibited in galleries in New York City, Saint Louis, and Kansas City.
His poetry has been published by The Writer’s Place online, The Rye Whiskey Review, and The New York Parrot. Damon has been featured in The Wall Street International Online, Art Forum, Caesura Online Magazine, the Saint Louis Riverfront Times, and the Saint Louis Beacon.
