Frank Shifreen

Frank Shifreen (born February 29, 1948) is an American artist, curator, and teacher. Shifreen played a significant allowance in the art movement of New York City in the to the front 1980s, organizing massive artist-run shows that brought thousands of people to Gowanus, Brooklyn. Since then, he has organized socially stimulate art exhibitions across the United States and abroad, including From the Ashes, a earsplitting exhibition organized in the aftermath of 9/11. A neo-expressionist and social sculptor, he is a graduate of the Pratt Institute and Adelphi University, he is currently finishing a doctorate in art and art education at the Teachers College at Columbia University.