Brad Freeman has been making his own artist books since 1980. His books are collected internationally. He has worked with artists at several artist book presses (Visual Studies Workshop Press, Pyramid Atlantic, and Nexus Press) in the production of their books. Freeman earned an MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He has taught artist book and print production classes at SUNY Purchase, Cooper Union, MICA, and most recently at the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago. In 1994 he founded JAB — Journal of Artists’ Books to provide a forum for critical inquiry into artist books and as a platform for the presentation of commissioned artist books that were inserted with most of the issues. JAB was published from 1994 to 2020 with 48 issues. www.journalofartistsbooks.net — comes back live in January 2023.

 

Courses Previously Taught

Artist Books at the Smithsonian, 2023