Artist Conversation: Jeremy Frey @artinstitutechi
Artist Conversation: Jeremy Frey  @artinstitutechi
Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Delicate, intricate, and sinuous—the vessels that Jeremy Frey weaves from the heavy lumber of ash trees are astonishing to behold.

Born in 1978 and raised in the Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation in Maine, Frey descends from a long line of esteemed basket weavers and draws on his heritage for the vocabulary of his works. At the same time, he radically innovates within these long-standing forms and techniques to masterfully sculpt objects with unprecedented complexity and elegance.

Hear from artist Jeremy Frey and curator Andrew Hamilton for a conversation about the first museum exhibition of Frey’s work, "Jeremy Frey: Woven"—a mid-career retrospective that showcases both the time-honored art form of Passamaquoddy basketmaking and the way he has transformed it into something uniquely his own.
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Artist Conversation: Jeremy Frey

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