Jay Allan Friedmann

I am a long time resident of Los Angeles California. I was first inspired by the works of  Pollock, Kandinsky, Mondrian and Stella. I experimented with abstract expressionism and studied Ceramics with Jim Romberg at The Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities in Sun Valley, Idaho. I also apprenticed with Sculptor Jan Van Leeuwen in the Netherlands. After beginning studies in Illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco I eventually transferred to The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where I attained a Bachelors Degree in Illustration.

As a commercial artist my clients included The Disney Company, ABC and TBS. In 1989 I began a career in the fledgling computer games industry working as a concept artist and 3D production artist for Sierra Online, Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company, Sega Soft and The Disney Company.  
 
Having had several decades of experience creating digital illustrations and three dimensional models, I became very interested in using those digital tools in a different way. The new digital environment makes it possible for me to take advantage of the incredible malleability that is inherent in the digital work space, and to be able to take that work from the digital space into the physical ...

Art Center College of Design
Academy of Art San Francisco

L.A. Center for Digital Art International Juried Compoetition March 2018
104 East Fourth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013



Neoteric International Juried Competition May 2015
Dab Art
1793 East Main Street Ventura, CA 93001



Art Through The Lens International Juried Compoetition June 2015
Yeiser Art Center
200 Broadway Paducah, KY 42001



California Open Exhibition National Juried Competition August 2015
Tag Gallery Bergamot Station Art Center
2525 Michigan Ave., D3 Santa Monica, CA 90404