Artist Curriculum Vitae
Artist Biography
Chip Freund is an emerging artist born and raised in Northeast Ohio. He first picked up a camera around age 10, encouraged and mentored by his grandfather, Warren Darnell. Throughout his life, photography has been one of his passions amid a career in marketing and a growing family. In 2017 the passion became a profession. Chip has been an active artist in art festivals across North Carolina. He and his family have called Raleigh home since 2006 and are frequent visitors across the state from the mountains to the coast.
Artist Statement
I am a landscape and nature photographer who seeks to engage others with the natural world through images. I find my greatest inspiration in places where water meets land, the water's edge. Not only are these places rich in biodiversity, they are also some of the most beautiful.
Education
Studied Under:
Rev. Warren E. Darnell Thomas Heaton (video)
Ted Forbes (video) Robert Rodriguez, Jr. (video)
Exhibition History ( * Juried)
2024 – Solo exhibition, The Water’s Edge and Beyond, Woman’s Club of Raleigh, NC
2024 - Group exhibition, Earth First National Juried Exhibition*, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA
2023 – Solo exhibition, Blue Glacier Then & Now, Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC
2023 – Group exhibition, 30x30: Art, Nature, and Science*, Museum of Life + Science, Durham, NC
2023 – Group exhibition, CPA 3rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition*, Cary, NC
2022 – Group exhibition, Fine Arts League of Cary Member Show, Cary NC - Award of Excellence in Photography
2022 – Group exhibition, FALC Exhibition at Margaux's Restaurant*, Raleigh NC
2022 – Solo exhibition, Featured Artist Chef’s Palette, Cary NC
2022 – Solo exhibition, The Water’s Edge, Dare Co. Arts Council, Manteo, NC
2022 – Group exhibition, FALC Exhibition at Mayton Inn*, Cary NC
2021 – Group exhibition, FALC 26th Annual Juried Exhibition*, Cary, NC
2021 – Group exhibition, All Abstract, 311 Gallery*, Raleigh, NC
2021 – Group exhibition, Frank Stick Art Show, Dare Co. Arts Council, Manteo, NC
2020 – Group exhibition, Something for Everyone*, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Publications & Media
2022 – ProPhoto Daily, Apr 13, 2022, Cover Photo, “Lake Mattamuskeet Trees”
2018 - Triangle Land Conservancy Annual Report Cover, “Dawn of Rocky River”
Galleries
Cary Gallery of Artists, Cary NC
Dare County Arts Council Gallery, Manteo, NC
Affiliations
Dare County Arts Council, Manteo, NC
Fine Arts League of Cary, Cary NC
Cary Photographic Artists, Cary NC
Fine Art Shows ( * Juried show)
2024 - Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival*, Newport News, VA
2024 - Centerfest Arts Festival*, Durham NC
2024 - Cain Park Arts Festival*, Cleveland Hts OH
2024 - Sidewalk Art Show*, Roanoke VA - Photography Merit Award Winner
2024 - Artsplosure*, Raleigh NC
2023 - Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival*, Newport News, VA - Award of Excellence in Photography
2023 - CenterFest Arts Festival*, Durham NC
2023 - Lazy Daze Arts Festival*, Cary NC
2023 - Arts at Sutherland*, Wake Forest NC
2023 - Sidewalk Art Show*, Roanoke VA - Paul Ostaseski Memorial Award Winner
2023 - Cain Park Arts Festival*, Cleveland Hts OH
2023 - Spring Daze Arts Festival*, Cary NC
2022 - Boylan Heights Art Work*, Raleigh NC
2022 - Autumn with Topsail, Surf City, NC
2022 - Neptune Festival Art & Craft Show*, Virginia Beach, VA (event canceled due to hurricane)
2022 - Centerfest Arts Festival*, Durham NC
2022 - Lazy Daze Arts Festival*, Cary NC
2022 - Spring Daze Arts Festival*, Cary NC
2022 - Art in the Park*, Meryl Beach, SC
2021 - Piedmont Craftsmen’s Fair*, Winston Salem NC
2021 - Artsplosure*, Raleigh NC
2021 - Lazy Days Arts Festival*, Cary NC
2021 - New World Festival of the Arts*, Manteo, NC
2021 - Rock The Cape Art Show, Rodanthe NC
2021 - Spring Daze Arts Festival*, Cary NC
2020 - Centerfest Arts Festival*, Durham NC (virtual)
2019 - Centerfest Arts Festival*, Durham NC
2019 - Lazy Daze Arts Festival*, Cary NC
2019 - Festival For The Eno*, Durham NC
2019 - Spring Daze Arts Festival*, Cary NC