Hammer Museum

Biography

Dara Friedman was born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany in 1968. She lives in Miami, Florida. Friedman’s work has been the subject of one person exhibitions at venues such as Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida (2012); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010); The Kitchen, New York (2005); Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe (2001). Her work has been featured in thematic exhibitions internationally including Our Darkness, Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgard, Germany (2011); Greater New York, PS1, Long Island City (2010); Off the Wall: Part 1–Thirty Performative Actions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal; Playing the City, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (2009); As Heavy as the Heavens--Transformation of Gravity, Cultural City of Europe, Graz, Austria (2003); Videodrome ll, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2002); and Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2000).

Hammer Projects is a series of exhibitions focusing primarily on the work of emerging artists.

Hammer Projects is made possible by a major gift from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.

Generous support is provided by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy. Additional support is provided by Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley; the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; the Decade Fund; and the David Teiger Curatorial Travel Fund.