Freda Guttman

Freda Claire Guttman Bain (born 1934) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist and activist.

Biography

Guttman was born March 16, 1934, in Montreal, Quebec.^[1][2] She studied briefly at McGill University, where she met and dated Leonard Cohen.^[3][4] She would go on to illustrate Cohen's first book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies.^[5] Guttman moved to Rhode Island, where she received a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1956.^[6] She also studied at Concordia University and the Saidye Bronfman Centre.^[7] From 1972 to 1983, she taught at Concordia University in Montreal.^[8]

Work

Guttman's work combines elements of politics, economics, sociology and ecology.^[9][10] Her work has been exhibited in Canada,^[11] the United States, Europe, Mexico and Nicaragua.^[12]

Since the early 1980s, Guttman has been involved as an activist in a number of political causes.^[13]

Exhibitions

• 1976 : Freda Guttman Bain, Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal^[14]
• 1986: Guatemala! Le chemin de la guerre (multimedia works), Chambre Blanche^[15]
• 1989: The Global Menu / Le Menu Global, A Space Gallery, Toronto^[16]
• 1989: Cris et chuchotements, DAZIBAO, Montreal
• 1990: The Global Menu / Le Menu Global, OBORO, Montreal
• 1995: Cassandra : un opéra en quatre actes, OBORO, Montreal
• 1998: Cassandra : un opéra en quatre actes, Galerie Sequence, Chicoutimi^[10]

Collections

Guttman's work is included in the collections of:

• the National Gallery of Canada,^[1]
• the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec^[2]
• the Agnes Etherington Art Centre^[17]
• the Art Gallery of Guelph^[18]