T E D
E F R E M O F F
689 Farmington Ave. #3 West Hartford CT
061119 USA
860-942-6097 tedefremoff.com tefremoff@hotmail.com
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2003
2002
1998
1997
1996
How to be a good guest, Commissioned 2 day Performance and Video Installation, Curated by Jovana Stokic
Night of the Museums, Gallery Progress, Belgrade, Serbia
A place and its people, Commissioned Sculptural Video Installation for Synagogue,
Bad Sobernheim, Germany
Hubovo, Happening, Drawings, Video, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
Hubovo, Happening, Sculpture, Video, Smolian Art Museum, Smolian, Bulgaria
Behind The Lines, i2i Gallery, San Antonio TX
Correspondence, PSII Gallery, New York NY
Aerial, UCAL Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Strata, Philadelphia International Institute Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Past and Present, Philadelphia International Institute Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Jump to Paint, Conservation Studio for the Arts, Philadelphia PA
Paperworks, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
Studies of an Itinerant, University City Arts League, Philadelphia PA
PUBLIC WORKS
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
Domesticating the Wild, Installation, ongoing public performance, I-Park, East Haddam CT
Legends of Willimantic, ongoing public performance with EmceeCm and Citizen Shipwrites of Willimantic,
Hartford, Middletown, East Haddam CT
24 Hour Conversation, with Rebecca Parker, performance, Chashama 266 W 37th street, New York NY
Dream Shed, I-Park, Haddam CT
Beneath the Black Earth, with Deborah Muirhead and Earl MacDonald, The Nafe Katter Thrust Theater,
Performance, Photography, Video, Storrs CT
Nesting, I-Park, Haddam CT
SEED PROJECT, a global environmental installation, Art World Digest, Winkleman Gallery, New York NY
PULLING TOGETHER, with EmceeCm and Citizen Shipwrites of Willimantic,
Performance, Sculpture, Video, Community Event, Artspace Windham, Willimantic CT
COLLABORATIONS
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
Legends of Willimantic, ongoing public performance with EmceeCm and Citizen Shipwrites of Willimantic,
Hartford, Middletown, East Haddam CT
24 Hour Conversation, with Rebecca Parker, performance, Chashama 266 W 37th street, New York NY
Cocohabitat II, with Ari Tabei, performance, sculpture, Williamsburg Art and Historic Center, New York NY
Cocohabitat, with Ari Tabei, perfomance, sculpture, Chashama 112 W. 44 th St. New York NY
Beneath the Black Earth, with Deborah Muirhead and Earl MacDonald, The Nafe Katter Thrust Theater,
Performance, Photography, Video, Storrs CT
SEED PROJECT, a global environmental installation, Art World Digest, New York NY
PULLING TOGETHER, with EmceeCm and Citizens of Willimantic,
Performance, Sculpture, Video, Community Event, Artspace Windham, Willimantic CT
DISCONNECT THE DOTS, with Meg Hunt. Dew Art Gallery, New London CT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
In Transition Russia 2008, National Centers for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
Connecticut Biennial, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT
Eastern Connectcitut State University Triennial Faculty Exhibition, Akus Gallery, Willimantic CT
Nature Scopes, Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale 2007
Gongju National Museum, South Korea
Seed Project, Winkleman Gallery, New York NY
Cultural Identity: A Sharing of Identities Between Two Countries,
Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Avery Point CT
Sophia Press Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Nesting, Earthworks, performance, I-Park Open House, East Haddam CT
The War is Over Again, Sideshow Gallery, New York NY
2006
Faculty Show, University of Hartford, West Hartford CT
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
Sideshow Gallery, Six Connecticut Artists, New York NY
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles CA
ArtSpace Windham, Windham CT
MFA Exhibit, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs CT
CAA Conference Invitational Exhibit, MASS ART, Boston MA
Wilbur Cross Gallery, Storrs CT
2005
2005
2005
Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, small works, New York NY
808 Gallery "Arches 4th Biennial" Boston MA
ArtSpace Windham, Windham CT
2004
2004
Woodmere Art Museum, Juried Show, Philadelphia PA
City Hall Gallery, Juried Show, Philadelphia PA
2003
Woodmere Art Museum, Juried Show, Philadelphia PA
RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
2009
2008
2007
2007
2004-06
2003
Fulbright Fellowship and Grant, Sofia, Bulgaria
I-Park Residency, Haddam CT
Griffis Foundation/Orpheus Foundation International Artists Residency, Rhodopy Mountains, Bulgaria
I-Park Residency, Haddam CT
MFA Fellowship, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Artist of the Month, A-List Promotions, Philadelphia PA
COLLECTIONS
Sound Art Museum, Rome Italy
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles CA
Avencia Inc.
numerous private collections
REVIEWS/PRESS
Monica Ruiz “Ted Efremoff Behind the lines at vTRUE gallery” Voices of Art Magazine, San Antonio, Texas,
January 2008
Paul Bregenzer “Video über die Marum-Geschichte” Allgemeine Zeitung, Rhein, Germany, August 2007
Sonja Unger “Zeitreise durch die judische Geschichte” Oeffentlicher Anzeiger, Bad Sobernheim, Germany,
August
2007
Peter Gaidarov “Levchev writes and sculpts” Work, Sophia, Bulgaria, July 2007
24 Hours “Levchev conquers clay” 24 Hours, Smolian, Bulgaria, July 2007
Art World Digest Magazine, BEHIND THE LINES, January 2007
Emily Morrison “You Are What You Beat” San Antonio Current, February 2007
Ric Jenny “New L.I.C. Gallery Pushes Envelope” Queens Chronicle, June 2006
Art World Digest Magazine, Seed Project, December 2006
Clare Rowland “Activism in the Form of Art: Artist Ted Efremoff Walks Us Through” Uconn Free Press, 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer, ‘Strata’, October 3, 2003
Valentina Sinkevich, Meetings International Poetry Magazine, 2004,2005,2006
Review of “Studies of an Itinerant”, Westside Weekly, Philadelphia PA 1996
Eleanor Celuzza St. John Tradewinds June 11 1994, St. John, US
LECTURES/ PANELS
2008
2008
2006
Artists Lecture, Connecticut Biennial, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT
Creativity Networking Workshop, Windham Arts Collaborative, Willimantic CT
Cultural Agency Workshop, Lecture & Panel, Multimedia Installation, Storrs CT
Lecture, Alternative Photography: Loss, Consumption, Obsession, William Benton
Museum, Storrs, CT
Visiting Artist, Intermediate Sculpture, Uconn, Storrs CT
Artist MFA Statement Slide Lecture, Venting, Apartment 34 (Parallel Construction), William Benton Museum of
Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
2005
Visiting Critic, Intermediate Drawing, Uconn, Storrs CT
2000
Visiting Artist, Landscape Architecture Studio, Uconn, Storrs CT
Visiting Critic, School of Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia PA
TEACHING
2006-08
Adjunct Professor
University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
Courses: Basic Sculpture (wood, ceramics), Wood Sculpture, Basic Drawing, Drawing II, Advanced Drawing,
Basic Painting, Intermediate Painting I, Intermediate Painting II, Introduction to Video Art, Video Art Summer
Intensive
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic CT
Courses: 2D Design, Introduction to Studio Art
University of Hartford, West Hartford CT
Courses: 3D Foundation Section I, 3D Foundation Section II
Painting Workshop, Connecticut Art Education Association, Hartford CT
COMMUNITY
2008
2007
2006
2004-06
2002-04
Visual Arts Committee, Artspace New Haven, New Haven, CT
Holy Family Shelter Mural Design project with students from Eastern Connecticut State University
2D design class, Willimantic, CT
Pulling Together, Community boat build with artist Colin McMullan, citizens of Willimantic, students
from: University of Hartford 3D Foundation, Eastern Connecticut State University Intro. to Studio
Art, University of Connecticut Basic Drawing, Willimantic, CT
Gallery Committee member, Art Space Windham, Windham, CT
Board Member, University City Arts League, Philadelphia PA
Creator and Chair of FIRST SUNDAY & URBAN WORD Performance Series, promoting emerging artists in
film, dance, music, poetry and theater, Philadelphia PA
2001
1992-95
Co-founder of World Arts Collaborative, organization donating proceeds from art
sales to families of 9/11 victims, Philadelphia, PA
Volunteer art instructor, Holy Name Catholic School, Camden NJ
EDUCATION
2004-06 Master of Fine Arts, High Pass, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
1996-98 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
1991-96 Certificate in Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA