About The Artist

Jan Ayers Friedman was born in Dallas, Texas in 1954 and currently paints and sculpts from her studio in the Fort Worth Ridglea District. She majored in art and science curricula at UTA and has served on boards of local arts organizations since 1984.

Jan is currently involved with helping build arts opportunities and education platforms that encourage open dialogue and creative innovation. Recently, she has begun developing her art signature into collections and, of course, having great fun breaking some rules.

AFFILIATIONS/ MEMBERSHIPS

Fort Worth Art Collective

Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art

Kimbell Museum of Art

Jewish Art Salon New York

Texas Sculpture Group

International Sculpture Center

Texas Jewish Arts Association

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMMING

2025

Solo exhibit, Stage West Theater

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth Art Collective

Invitational exhibit at Arlington Museum of Art

Fort Worth Art Collective

House of Neville, Fort Worth

2022

Curator, Move Against Hate invitational exhibit benefitting The Sh'ma Project

Arts Center of Fort Worth. Suki John, professor of classical and modern dance at TCU, received funding for committing Sh'ma to videochoreography and in 2025 received the Chita Rivera prize in New York.

2021

On The Bayou

Texas Sculpture Group Member Show

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

San Angelo, Texas

Texas Sculpture Group Juried Member Show

Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas

2020

Seriously. Nothing at all happened to anybody in 2020.

2019

Eishet Chayil

Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles

Peace And Unity Collaborative Exhibit

Eisemann Center, Richardson, Texas

Art Reunion

Fort Worth Art Collective

James Surls Invitational

Terra Splendora

James Surls, curator

Texas Sculpture Group, Houston, Texas

Spinoza, Marrano Of Reason

Plein van Siena, Amsterdam

Ori Soltes, curator

EXTENDED- Oranjkerk, Amsterdam

Calm To Chaos Invitational

Northaven Gardens, Dallas, Texas

2018

Texas Artists Coalition Juried Member Show

Lauen Saba Childs, curator

Fort Worth Community Arts Center

Texas Jewish Arts Association Juried Member Show

Evelyn Siegel, juror

Botanical Research Institute Of Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

Lobby Gallery Solo Exhibit

Stage West Theater, Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Jewish Arts Association Juried Member Show

Pam and William Campbell, jurors

Fort Worth, Texas

2017

Art In The Metroplex Finale

Jonathan Levy, curator

Fort Worth, Texas

Adjunct Invitational Exhibit

Jerusalem Biennial

Museum of Biblical Arts, Dallas, Texas

Curator

Elements Of Conversation

Atrium Gallery, UNTHSC

Fort Worth, Texas

2016

First Place Award

Texas Jewish Arts Association Juried Member Show, Dallas, Texas

Curator, Exhibitor

Three Ways To See

Atrium Gallery, UNTHSC, Fort Worth, Texas

2015

Art In The Metroplex

Peter Doroshenko, juror

Fort Worth, Texas

Invited Presenter

Pecha Kucha

Texas Sculpture Association

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gaIsNj0Cc

Texas Jewish Arts Association Juried Member Show

Kenneth Craighead, juror

Dallas, Texas

Fields Of Dreams- Living Shmita In The Modern World

Yeshiva University Museum

New York, New York

Solo Show 'Stories About Chaos'

Beth El Exhibit Hall, Fort Worth

Artist-In-Residence

Western Galilee Arts Program

Acco, Israel

Purchase Prize

MHMR Invitational Benefit Show

Fort Worth, Texas

2014

Art In The Metroplex

Sara-Jayne Parsons, juror

Fort Worth, Texas

First Place

Texas Sculpture Association Juried Member Show

Rachel Nash Gallery, Dallas, Texas

Artspace 111 Regional Juried Exhibition

Andrea Karnes and Dr. Ron Tyler, jurors

Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Sculpture Group Juried Member Show

James Surls, juror

Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas

Arlington Museum Of Art

photography show in conjunction with Ansel Adams exhibit

2013

Cohn Drennan Gallery

Dallas, Texas

Texas Biennial/ Art Car Museum

Houston, Texas

MAC

Dallas, Texas