Rachel Friedberg: Encaustics
November 2 - December 18, 2026
Franklin Parrasch Gallery is pleased to present Rachel Friedberg: Encaustics, an exhibition of encaustic paintings and assemblage created by Rachel Friedberg between 1980 and 2000, on view November 2 through December 27, 2026. Friedberg (1929–2021, Brooklyn, NY) was a self-taught artist whose more than six-decade practice encompassed materials ranging from encaustic and assemblage, to collage, drawing, and sculpture. Often diaristic in nature, Friedberg conceived her work as visual poems—layered, symbolic compositions of signs, inscriptions, and personal iconography. Her works explore loss, memory, and identity, drawing frequently on private recollections and family history.
From 1973 to 1986, Friedberg served as artist-in-residence and a faculty member at Edward Williams College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, in Teaneck, New Jersey. She also curated exhibitions for the university’s Edward Williams Art Gallery. Friedberg’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; the Newark Museum, Newark, NJ; Columbia University and the School of Social Research, New York, NY; the Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY; the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ; the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA; and the University of Denver Art Collection, Denver, CO.
Rondo (in four parts), 1986
encaustic on wood panel
14 1/8 x 17 1/8 in each
Renaissance, 1997
encaustic on wood panel
16 x 16 x 2 in
home, 1982
encaustic on paper
16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in
![Good-bye [Goodbye] , 2000
encaustic on handmade paper with figurine
17 1/4 x 17 1/4 in](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/633f05160b45317f4d8b7c5d/8077e27d-5d7d-4105-bbfb-c12b5647159f/12-8-21_Goodbye_recto_fmemcd.jpeg)
Good-bye [Goodbye], 2000
encaustic on handmade paper with figurine
17 1/4 x 17 1/4 in
Rachel Friedberg: Encaustics is on view Monday through Friday 11a-6p from Novemver 2 through December 18, 2026 at 19 East 66th Street, Floor Three, New York, NY. Appointments to view the exhibition during its run are not required but encouraged, and may be made by visiting https://fpg.as.me/schedule.php. For further information, please contact the gallery at info@franklinparrasch.com or (212) 246-5360.