Background
Freed, Hermine was born on May 29, 1940 in New York City. Daughter of Israel and Eleanor Herma (Schaap) Gerberg.
Freed, Hermine was born on May 29, 1940 in New York City. Daughter of Israel and Eleanor Herma (Schaap) Gerberg.
Freed studied painting at Cornell University and New York University, where she taught starting from the late 1960s.
In 1972 she became a professor for video art at the School of Visual Arts in New New York Initially she filmed artist portraits, beginning with James Rosenquist. Although Way of New York City did not broadcast the portrait, she was not discouraged and produced a whole series.
Apart from her documentary work she created videos that artistically negotiated female subjectivity and self-perception.
In 1972 she participated in the exhibition Circuit: A Video Invitational at the Everson Museum of Art, curated by David Ross. Two Faces (1973) and Art Herstory (1974) are two of her most notable works.
1981 Hermine Freed–Beads & Marbles - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York
1977 Documenta 6, Kassel
1975 Projects: Video VI−MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
1975 IX Paris Biennial, Paris
1975 Projections at the Whitney Museum
1975 Video Art at the Serpentine Gallery in London
1973 10th São Paulo Art Biennial.
Married Ned Benhalm, 1961 (divorced 1965);l married James Ingo Freed, May 28, 1967. 1 child, Dara Michaella.