Lizz Freeman
b. 1981, Phoenix, AZ
lives and works in New Orleans, LA
Exhibitions
2026 Haptic Ephemera, ADS Warehouse, Newburgh, NY
Miami Fiber Arts Triennial, Miami International Fine Art, Miami, FL
Smaller Works (*), Hey! Café, New Orleans, LA
Surreal Salon 18, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2025 Semaphore (*), The Parlour Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Clothing, The Cranston Public Library, Cranston, RI
Future Tense, The Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
FELT, Glassel Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
And Now for Something New Vol. 7, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Hello, I’ve Missed You, Open Studio, New Orleans, LA
2024 Parts Unknown Vol. 2, Staple Goods, New Orleans LA
Treehouse, Traveler’s Hotel, New Orleans, LA
2023 Master of None, Studio Archive Project x Vantage Points (online) organized by Heidi Norton & Kate Steciew
Future Tense, The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2022 Tongue and Groove, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Within This Expanse, The Post Office, Port Ewan, NY
2011 New Space, Sisters Gallery, Providence, RI
2010 The Black Velvet Show, Dead Cat Gallery, Providence, RI
1997 Lizz Freeman (*), Bean Tree Coffee House, Phoenix AZ
Group Show, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
Related professional work
2025-current Materials Exploration and Creative Problem-Solving Mentorship
2020-2024 Community Sewing Instructor, Executive Director, Ricrack, New Orleans
2011-2022 Operations Manager, New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic & Assistance Foundation
2017-2019 Studio Manager, MOMO
2011-2012 Studio Assistant, Frank Relle
2009-2016 Proprietor, Ginny and Harriot Vintage
Bibliography
Lara Schaberg, ‘Enter>>> Eco—Feminist Signals at The Parlour Gallery’ Slip Magazine, November 2025
Nina Seidel, ‘Bringing Love into the Physical Plane with Lizz Freeman’ Suboart Magazine, September 2025
Bruce France & Daniel Pruksarnukul, Interview with Lizz Freeman Kelly, Hatched Podcast, January 2024
Amy Irvin, Interview with Lizz Freeman Kelly, Profrequency WHIV FM 102.3, September 2022
Jennifer Barrett, ‘Camera Gives Artist, 15, Career Dream’ 1997 Arizona Republic
Collaborative Projects
2024 Dambala Lives, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, 90-foot fiber art sculpture, fabric printed with Jazz Fest community members
2023 Community Quilt, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA (collaboration with Sistahs Making a Change)
2021 Chasuble, New Orleans, LA (collaboration with Horton Humble)
2020 Rita’s Quilt, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY (Shannon Downey’s project)
Education
Phoenix College, Alternative Photography, 1997
Glendale Community College, Studio Portrait Photography, 1997
Studied Under
Heidi Norton and Kate Steciew, Professional Practice Development and Critique, 2022-2026
Coulter Fussell, Quilt Making, 2021-2023
Maggie Hensel-Brown, Needle Lace, 2023
Rachel De Joode and Kate Steciew, Surrealism, 2023
Natalie Baxter, The Artist’s Way, 2022
Kaylan Buteyn and Isadora Stowe, Arts Administration, 2022
Laura Wennstrom, Critique Group, 2021
Kimball Walker, Metalsmithing, 2007-2008
Carol Panaro-Smith, Alternative Photography, 1996-1998