Born in 1943, and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, the artist attended Antioch College and Yale University. In 1968, the artist moved to New York City to make sculpture and teach Fine Arts at Hunter College. His first one-man show occurred the following year at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery and his work has been shown in galleries throughout the United States and Europe. In addition to Hunter College, the artist has taught at the California Institute of the Arts and at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
The artist lives and works at his studio in Upstate New York.
Selected Exhibitions:
| 2017 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY |
| 2007 | Experiments in Space: Sculpture Models by Richard Friedberg, Yager Museum, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY |
| 2007 | Juicy Fruit, Broadway Windows, New York University, New York |
| 2007 | Outdoor Sculpture Group Show, Hamilton College Campus, Clinton, NY |
| 2007 | Small Works, Group Show, Hamilton College, Clinton NY |
| 2006 | One Man Show, OK Harris Gallery, New York |
| 2004 | Group Show, Washington Square East Gallery, NYU, New York |
| 2003 | Group Show, SUCO, Oneonta, New York |
| 1998 | The Fanelli Show, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York |
| 1995 | Sculpture Space: Celebrating 20 Years, Utica, New York |
| 1993 | Installation, Top Gallant Farm,Pawling, New York |
| 1993 | Group Show, Andre Emmerich, New York |
| 1989 | Group Show, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York |
| 1984 | Space Complex, Third Eye Center, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1983 | A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1982 | One Man Show, Alexander F. Milliken, Inc., New York |
| 1981 | Currents: The New Mannerism, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida |
| 1981 | 20 Artists: Yale School of Art 1950-1970, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut |
| 1980 | Installation, Storm King, Mountainville, New York |
| 1980 | One Man Show, Alexander F. Milliken, Inc., New York |
| 1979 | The Prospect Mountain Sculpture Show, An Homage to David Smith, Lake George Arts Project, Inc., Lake George, New York |
| 1979 | One Man Show, Alexander F. Milliken, Inc., New York |
| 1974 | One Man Show, Fischbach Gallery, New York |
| 1973 | One Man Show, Fischbach Gallery, New York |
| 1973 | Biennial Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| 1971 | Sculpture Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| 1969 | One Man Show, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York |
Collections and Commissions:
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Citicorp, New York, New York
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York
Best Company, Richmond, Virginia
Mobil Oil Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia
Sherman and Sterling, New York, New York
William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
K&B Incorporated, New Orleans, Louisiana
Graham Gund Collection, Boston, Massachusetts
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Buffalo, New York
Prudential Insurance Corp, Jacksonville, Florida
Prudential Insurance Corp, Sommerville, New Jersey
Tower One, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Awards:
Graham Foundation Fellow
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant
Education:
Antioch College, B.A. 1965
Yale University, B.F.A., M.F.A. 1968
