Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Frey, Jeremy |
Dates & places of birth and death |
b. 1978 |
Nationality |
Passamaquoddy |
Notes |
Jeremy was born in 1978 and raised in Indian Township. His work has received national recognition with the 2011 Best of Show award at the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market and the Santa Fe Indian Market. He was the recipient of a $50,000 United States Artists grant. Jeremy started weaving in his 20s, learning to make baskets from his mother Gal Frey. Gal taught him drawing on what she had learned from her teacher Sylvia Gabriel. Sylvia was renowned for her basketry, especially her porcupine curlwork. Jeremy learned all aspects of the tradition from selecting brown ash to pounding and preparing basket stuff, His work fuses traditional shapes with the innovative use of both traditional and non traditional materials, as well as unique signature designs. |
Places of residence |
Indian Township, Maine |
Role |
Artist |
Titles & Honors |
2011 Santa Fe Indian Market Best of Show Outside the Southwest Baskets: First place Plaited, Wicker: First place Contemporary: First place 2012 Santa Fe Indian Market Plaited, Wicker: First place Contemporary: honorable mention 2013 Santa Fe Indian Market Outside the Southwest Baskets Plaited, Wicker: First place Contemporary: Second place 2014 Santa Fe Indian Market Best of Basketry Outside the Southwest Baskets: First place Plaited, wicker: First place 2011 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market Best of Show Baskets, Best of Class Baskets, traditional: First place 2012 Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market Baskets, Best of Class Baskets, Non-traditional: First Place 2013 Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market Baskets, Traditional: Second place Baskets, Non-traditional: Honorable mention, Jeremy Frey 2014 Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market Baskets, Best of Class Baskets, Traditional: First Place 2015 Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market Best in Show Baskets, Best of Class Baskets, Non-traditional: First Place |
