Jane Frees-Kluth is a Minneapolis resident and 1991 Minneapolis College of Art and Design graduate. Jane is a well known Minnesota public artist having had a number of prominent commissions, including the Harrison Neighborhood Gateway at Highway 55 and Penn Avenue North; Whirligigs, a kinetic installation at the Hennepin County Government Center’s Courtyard; Human Arch Bridge, a participatory sculpture created to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Stone Arch Bridge; Sibling Rivalry, a bus bench on University and Prior Avenues in St. Paul: The Gardener, a drinking fountain at Kirchbak Gardens honoring Bill Kirchner, longtime Richfield activist, and The Mayor of Richfield, an homage to the 4 term Mayor of Richfield, Marty Kirsch and The Wall of Honor for the University of Minnesota Medical School - Duluth. In addition, a private commission, Ivy, resides in the gardens of Tim and Terry Bumgartner, 6830 Newton Avenue South, also in Richfield.
Jane Frees-Kluth is trained in architecture, environmental design and sculpture. She creates site specific public art which grows out of the community which it serves, and works in many mediums. These include cast materials, mold-making, cast and welded metals, concrete and ceramics. She often employs industrial specialists, fabricators and subcontractors.
Frees-Kluth has had numerous group and solo shows. She has received a Jerome Fellowship and has participated in several artist residencies, taught many sculpture workshops and lectured on sculpture.
