Abigail Ruth Freed is a native of Georgia, currently residing in Oakland, CA. Growing up, she never wore shoes, and spent her summers in the Appalachian mountains living in the woods.
Her work is based on her childhood memories of growing up in a Southern family, exploring the nature of life in the Deep South through the use of storytelling and iconography. Using mainly handbuilt ceramic sculpture and other media such as quilting, she examines how these ideas are perceived outside of the Southern United States to examine the notion of “Southern” identity.