Jane McAdam Freud

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| name = Jane McAdam Freud

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|list=FRBS|size=100}}

| image = Janes_face_large.gif

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1958|2|24}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|8|9|1958|2|24}}

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| field = {{Hlist|Conceptual sculpture|installation}}

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| father = Lucian Freud

| spouse = Peter Henson

| relatives = Sigmund Freud (great-grandfather)

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Jane McAdam Freud {{Post-nominals|list=FRBS}} (24 February 1958 – 9 August 2022) was a British conceptual sculptor working in installation art and digital media. She was the winner of the 2014 European Trebbia Awards for artistic achievement.

Life and work

McAdam Freud was born in London to Katherine Margaret McAdam and Lucian Freud, and was the great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud. Her career began with a solo show at the age of 18, curated by her art teachers at Putney College, which is now part of South Thames College.{{cite web|url=http://www.ashacentre.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=503:jane-mcadam-freud&Itemid=3 |title=Inspirational Woman |date=2011|publisher=Asha Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175218/http://www.ashacentre.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=503:jane-mcadam-freud&Itemid=3|archive-date=23 September 2015}} After completing a Foundation course at Wimbledon College of Art, McAdam Freud studied Mosaics in Ravenna from 1977 to 1978, returning to London to study at the Central School of Art and Design and at the Royal College of Art under the supervision of John Stezaker and Eduardo Paolozzi.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

In 1986 McAdam Freud won the British Art Medal Scholarship in Rome where she studied sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma[http://rbs.org.uk//search/portfolio.asp?did=143 Jane McAdam Freud FRBS MA (RCA): Royal British Society of Sculptors] under Gino Marotta and at the Scuola d'Arte della Medaglia in Rome. McAdam Freud was an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins and taught short courses in the Sculpture School at Morley College. She has also taught at the Royal College of Art, London and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp.

McAdam Freud was a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. In 1991 she was awarded the Italian State Mint prize for her work Moments and Memories; her winning design was put into production by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato.{{cn|date=December 2024}} In the same year she was granted the Freedom of the City of London.{{Cite web |author=Simon Hattenstone|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jan/18/jane-mcadam-freud-lucian-sculpture |title=Jane McAdam Freud: a farewell to my father |date=18 January 2012|access-date=23 April 2016|work=The Guardian}} She has published several catalogues including; On the Edge (1996),{{Cite book |last=McAdam-Freud |first=Jane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E5ZaQKW1BdUC&dq=Sculpture+on+the+edge+by+jane+mcadam+freud&pg=PA1977 |title=Sculpture: On the Edge |date=1996 |publisher=Jane McAdam Freud |isbn=978-0-9529848-0-1 |language=en}} Relative Relations (2006){{Cite book |last=McAdam-Freud |first=Jane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RRZq19bz3FcC&dq=relative+relations+by+jane+mcadam+freud&pg=PP4 |title=Relative Relations |date=2007 |publisher=Jane McAdam Freud |isbn=978-0-9529848-1-8 |language=en}} and papers on art and Ppychoanalysis.{{Cite web |title=JANE MCADAM FREUD |url=https://www.janemcadamfreud.com/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.janemcadamfreud.com}}

McAdam Freud's short film Dead or Alive refers to Freud's concept of Condensation. The pairings morph into each other through the merging back and forth of Freud's antiquities with her sculpture, from past to present 'virtually' closing the gap of time. At midway the two objects merge and form a third image of a 'virtual object. Her preference for this work was to locate it within reach of a psychoanalytically aware audience. Dead or Alive was shown at museums, institutes and galleries including Philoctetes Centre for the Imagination, NY, New York USA in 2008, Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation, (Media Tek Lectures) Taipei, Taiwan and the Kosciuszko Foundation, NYC, USA in 2009. Also the Sundaram Tagore Gallery, LA, USA in 2010 and Whitelabs Gallery, Milan in 2012.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Her works are represented in public collections including the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, National Gallery Archives, London, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. International collections include the Brooklyn Museum, The National Arts Club, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the Greek National Gallery, and the Berlin State Museums.

McAdam Freud lived in northwest London at the time of her death, and was married to architect Peter Henson. She died on 9 August 2022, aged 64; no cause was given.{{Cite news|url = https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/jane-mcadam-freud-obituary-kwg83vt63|title = Jane McAdam Freud obituary|date = 15 August 2022|access-date = 15 August 2022|newspaper = The Times|url-access = subscription}}

Solo exhibitions

1996: Yorkshire Museum, York
1997: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
1997: Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
1998: Simmons Gallery, Bloomsbury, London
1998: Marishal Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland
1999: Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri, USA{{Cite web |date=1999-10-13 |title=JONATHAN LASKER: SELECTIVE IDENTITY JANE McADAM FREUD: RESONATING - Page 1 - Arts - St. Louis - Riverfront Times |url=http://riverfronttimes.com/1999-10-13/culture/jonathan-lasker-selective-identity-jane-mcadam-freud-resonating/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217002700/http://riverfronttimes.com/1999-10-13/culture/jonathan-lasker-selective-identity-jane-mcadam-freud-resonating/ |archive-date=2012-02-17 |access-date= |website=riverfronttimes.com}}
2000: Das Norske Veritas, London Bridge
2001: 'Resonating' The Gallery, University College Cork
2004: 'Give and Take' Ashmolean Museum, Oxford{{Cite web |date= |title=Ashmolean Museum: Features - Exhibitions - More Details |url=http://www.ashmolean.org/ash/exhibitions/exh066.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716084712/http://www.ashmolean.org/ash/exhibitions/exh066.html |archive-date=2011-07-16 |access-date= |website=www.ashmolean.org}}
2006: 'We Do' Adele Boag Gallery, Adelaide, Australia{{Cite web |date= |title=Adele Boag Gallery - Jane McAdam Freud |url=http://www.adeleboaggallery.com/artists/freud/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622085351/http://www.adeleboaggallery.com/artists/freud/index.html |archive-date=2006-06-22 |access-date= |website=www.adeleboaggallery.com}}
2006: 'Relative Relations' Freud MuseumMorton, Thomas [http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%2526+heritage/time/roman/art40562 Article: Jane McAdam Freud "Relative Relations" at The Freud Museum] 27 September 2006. Culture24. Accessed 26 November 2009
2006: 'Subject as Object' Beverley Knowles Fine Art, London
2007: 'Relative Relations' Harrow Museum, London{{Cite web|url=http://www.arts.ac.uk/alumni/22455_22490.htm|title=Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design|access-date=14 March 2008|archive-date=30 June 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070630042729/http://www.arts.ac.uk/alumni/22455_22490.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Harrow Press Release - RELATIVE RELATIONS |url=https://www.janemcadamfreud.com/Templates/Template%20-%20Harrow%20Press%20Release.htm |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.janemcadamfreud.com}}
2007: 'Relative Reflections' Muzeum Novojičínska, Pribor, Czech Republic
2009: 'Repetitions' New York Psychoanalytic Society, NYC, USA{{Cite web |date=2009-03-14 |title=International Psychoanalysis » Blog Archive » Repetitions, An Evening with Jane McAdam Freud |url=http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2009/03/14/repetitions-an-evening-with-jane-mcadam-freud/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614105630/http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2009/03/14/repetitions-an-evening-with-jane-mcadam-freud/ |archive-date=2012-06-14 |access-date= |website=internationalpsychoanalysis.net}}
2009: 'Other Side' Harrow and Wembley Progressive Synagogue
2009: 'Repetitions' Kosciuszko Foundation NYC, USA
2009–10: 'Conceptual Sculpture' London Centre for Psychotherapy
2010: 'StoneSpeak' Freud Museum, London{{Cite web |date= |title=Freud Museum ~ Exhibitions STONE SPEAK |url=http://www.freud.org.uk/exhibitions/72766/stone-speak/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407174357/http://www.freud.org.uk/exhibitions/72766/stone-speak/ |archive-date=2010-04-07 |access-date= |website=www.freud.org.uk}}
2010: 'Freud on Freud' New Center of Psychoanalysis in LA, USA{{Cite web |date= |title=New Center for Psychoanalysis Community Collaboration - Event: Freud on Freud: Conceptual Interpretations. Sculpture Exhibit Opening |url=http://www.n-c-p.org/community-event.asp?id=140&the_type=Community+Outreach |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507013437/http://www.n-c-p.org/community-event.asp?id=140&the_type=Community+Outreach |archive-date=2014-05-07 |access-date= |website=www.n-c-p.org}}
2010: 'Random' Sundaram Tagore Gallery, LA, USA{{Cite web |date=2010-09-16 |title=Sundaram Tagore Gallery - JANE MCADAM FREUD - Selected Works |url=http://www.sundaramtagore.com/exhibitions/2010-09-16_jane-mcadam-freud/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022041532/http://www.sundaramtagore.com/exhibitions/2010-09-16_jane-mcadam-freud |archive-date=2013-10-22 |access-date= |website=www.sundaramtagore.com}}
2010: 'War Works' Centre for Jewish Culture, Kraków, Poland
2011: 'Random Plus' Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York{{Cite web |author=Penelope Andrew|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penelope-andrew/the-freudians-inspired-by_b_809299.html|title=The Freud(ian)s: Inspired by Sigmund's Passion for Antiquities, Jane Debuts Own Paradigms of the Unconscious |date=18 January 2011|access-date=23 April 2016|work=The Huffington Post}}
2011: 'Hinged' Freud Museum of Dreams, St. Petersburg, Russia
2011: 'HiStory' Austria General Consulate Gallery, Cracow, Poland]
2012: 'Lucian Freud My Father' Freud Museum, London.{{Cite web |author=Charlotte Cripps|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/jane-mcadam-freud-how-my-sculpture-of-my-father-lucian-helped-me-cope-with-his-death-6291538.html |title=Jane McAdam Freud: 'How my sculpture of my father, Lucian helped me cope with his death' |date=19 January 2012|access-date=23 April 2016|work=The Independent}}
2012: 'Family Matters' Gazelli Art House, London, UK{{Cite web |date= |title=JANE MCADAM FREUD - Gazelli Art House |url=http://www.gazelliarthouse.com/uk/artists-view/42-JANE-MCADAM-FREUD |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601052232/http://www.gazelliarthouse.com/uk/artists-view/42-JANE-MCADAM-FREUD |archive-date=2013-06-01 |access-date= |website=www.gazelliarthouse.com}}
2012: 'Flesh and Stone' New School House Gallery, York, UK{{Cite web |date= |title=Jane McAdam Freud: Flesh & Stone - New School House Gallery |url=http://www.schoolhousegallery.co.uk/exhibitions-future/236-jane-mcadam-freud |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507012617/http://www.schoolhousegallery.co.uk/exhibitions-future/236-jane-mcadam-freud |archive-date=2014-05-07 |access-date= |website=www.schoolhousegallery.co.uk}}
2012: '3 Generations' Whitelabs Gallery, Milan, Italy{{Cite web |date= |title=Jane McAdam Freud. Three generations – whitelabs |url=http://www.whitelabs.it/sito/?p=633 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908081601/http://www.whitelabs.it/sito/?p=633 |archive-date=2012-09-08 |access-date= |website=www.whitelabs.it}}
2013: 'Family Matters' Gazelli Art House, Baku, Azerbaijan{{Cite web |date= |title=JANE MCADAM FREUD - Visit Azerbaijan |url=http://www.gazelliarthouse.com/baku/en/exhibition-view/2-Jane-McAdam-Freud |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409044211/http://www.gazelliarthouse.com/baku/en/exhibition-view/2-Jane-McAdam-Freud |archive-date=2014-04-09 |access-date= |website=www.gazelliarthouse.com}}
2013: 'Taking Care' Palazzo Tagliaferro, Andora, Italy{{Cite web |date= |title=Jane McAdam Freud {{!}} Palazzo Tagliaferro |url=http://www.palazzotagliaferro.it/?p=28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215104107/http://www.palazzotagliaferro.it/?p=28 |archive-date=2013-02-15 |access-date= |website=www.palazzotagliaferro.it}}
2013: 'Dreaming and Doing' Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow{{Cite web |date= |title=Нумизматика {{!}} Новости и События {{!}} 2013 {{!}} Август {{!}} Выставка Помыслы и Поступки |url=http://www.coins-and-medals.ru/events/2013/05/exhibition_dreaming_and_doing.shtml?en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507012622/http://www.coins-and-medals.ru/events/2013/05/exhibition_dreaming_and_doing.shtml?en |archive-date=2014-05-07 |access-date= |website=www.coins-and-medals.ru}}
2014: 'Painted Earth' Harrow Arts Centre, London{{Cite web |title=Jane McAdam Freud: Painted Earth |url=http://www.harrowarts.com/344?event=jane-mcadam-freud--painted-earth |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408231223/http://www.harrowarts.com/344?event=jane-mcadam-freud--painted-earth |archive-date=2014-04-08 |website=www.harrowarts.com}}
2014: 'In My Own Image – Ill Fit' British Psychotherapy Foundation, London{{Cite web |date= |title=The British Psychotherapy Foundation {{!}} Art at the bpf {{!}} In my own image - Ill Fit - Jane McAdam Freud |url=http://www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk/Newsitem1/art-at-the-bpf/in-my-own-image |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529195252/http://www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk/Newsitem1/art-at-the-bpf/in-my-own-image |archive-date=2014-05-29 |access-date= |website=www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk}}
2014 'In the Mould of the Fathers' C2 Contemporanea, Florence, Italy{{Cite web |date= |title=MOSTRE E EVENTI - contemporanea2s JimdoPage! |url=http://www.c2contemporanea2.com/c2/lo-spazio-c2/mostre-e-eventi/#freud |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529193500/http://www.c2contemporanea2.com/c2/lo-spazio-c2/mostre-e-eventi/#freud |archive-date=2014-05-29 |access-date= |website=www.c2contemporanea2.com}}
2014: 'On Identity', Gallery Martini Ronchetti, Genoa, Italy{{Cite web |title=Martini & Ronchetti - Christian Lebrat - Rubans photographiques |url=http://www.martini-ronchetti.com/mostra/on-identity/main.htm |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.martini-ronchetti.com}}
2014: 'Parallels' 2 man show with photographer Frank Dabba Smith at The Priory, Roehampton, London
2014: 'Dance of Disapproval' Anna Pavlova House, London
2015: 'Mother Mould', Gazelli Art House, Mayfair, London
2015–16: Wooyang Art Museum, Gyeongju-si, South Korea Retrospective
2017: TIMH, NY Psychoanalytic Association – small works display
2017: 'Object Authority' Pasmore Gallery, Harrow School, London
2017: 'Recent works', C2 Contemporary – Di Pinto, Florence, Italy
2017: Societe Psychanalytique de Paris, Lyon, France, exhibition and presentation
2017: Symposium and Exhibition with works by Claudio Costa, Silesiun Uni. of Mestre, Vencice, Italy
2017: Museum of Modern Art, Ascona, Lugano, Switzerland – Group exhibition
2017–18: 'Object' Fix Me in Your Turquoise Gaze', Gazelli Art House, London
2017–18: 'Freud Study Merge', CE Contemporary, Milan, Italy
2018: Jekza Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2018: Oradea City Museum, Oradea, Romania
2019: Palazzo Tagliaferro, Andora, Italy
2019: Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
2019: Museo Attivoa Claudia Costa, Quarto, Genoa, Italy
2019: Spatui Intact, Cluj, Romania
2020: Headstone Manor Museum, Harrow, London
2020: Gazelli Art House, Baku, Azerbaijan
2021–22: Installation, Freud Birth House, Pribor, CZ