Chronology
1930 Born Junction City, Kansas
1949-52 Studied at The Art Institute of Chicago & The American Academy
1953 Moved to Connecticut
1962 Began a 30 year association with Artists Associates, New York


Exhibitions & Lectures
2009

Fred Otnes, Collage Paintings. Kouros Gallery, New York

2003
"Intermission IV" Selected Artists. The Reece Galleries, Inc., New York

2002
"New Collage Paintings", The Reece Galleries, Inc., New York.

2000
"New Collage Paintings", The Reece Galleries, Inc., New York.

1999-00
"Intermission I & II" Selected Artists. The Reece Galleries, Inc. New York.

1999
Selections: Collage, The Islip Museum, Islip, New York.

1999
New Collage Paintings, The Reece Galleries, Inc., New York.

1998
Collage Paintings, The Reece Galleries, Inc., New York.

1998
Irving Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida.

1998
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.

1997
Red Dot Gallery, London, England.

1996
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1996
Reece Galleries, Inc., New York, NY

1995
Hamilton Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design

1994
Reece Galleries, Inc., New York, NY

1993
Reece Galleries, Inc., New York, NY

1993
Waterside Gallery, Stamford, CT

1993
New England Show, Silvermine, CT

1993
West Harbor Gallery, Ltd., Oyster Bay, NY

1993
John Slade Ely House, Cnt. Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

1992
Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1992
Studio of Artists, Tokyo, Japan

1992
On the Cutting Edge, Javits Convention Center, New York, NY

1992
Umeda Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka, Japan

1991
Kansas State, Manhattan, KS

1991
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

1991
Creation Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1989
Art Center, Dayton, OH

1988
20 + 1, Seoul, Korea

1987
Workshop at University at Buffalo, SUNY, NY

1985
Asilomar, Monterey, CA

1984
Butler Institute of American Art
Columbus College of Art, Columbus, OH

1983
East Carolina University, Gray Art Museum
Gallery of Shinsai Bashi, Parco, Tokyo, Japan
Sappora Parko Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1982
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA
American Education Center, Reid Hall, Paris, France

1981
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC - Fred Otnes:Collage & Assemblage

1980

Texas Christian University, Dallas, TX
Geigy Symposium, Honolulu, HI
University of California, Sacramento, CA

1979
Silvermine Gallery, Silvermine, CT

1978
Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY

1977
Utah State, Logan, UT

1976
Allentown Art Museum - The American Flag in the Art of our Country
Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
New Britain Museum, New Britain, CT

1975
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Corporate Collections
National Academy of Science, Washinton, DC
Boston Consulting Group, Boston, MA
IBM, New York, NY
Phillip Morris Headquarters, New York, NY
Twentieth Century Fox, Los Angeles, CA
National Parks Service, Washington, DC
Aetna Insurance, Hartford, CT
Northern Gas, Omaha, NB
American Express, Co., New York, NY
National Geogrphic Society, Washington, DC
Grupo Industrial Alfa, Monterrey, Mexico
Pfizer, New York, NY
Bristol Meyers, New York, NY
Exxon, New York, NY
Ronald Reagan Library, Los Angeles, CA
Marsh & McLennan, New York, NY
Viking Lines, San Francisco, CA
General Electric, Fairfield, CT
NASA, Washingtin, DC
Ernst & Young, Los Angeles, CA
Interpublic Group of Companies, New York, NY
Bear Stearns, New York, NY
Hutchinson Whampoa, Hong Kong

Illustrations
Selected Writings of Walter Pater, New American Library
Eugene O'Neil Four Plays, Franklin Library
Short Stroies of Guy de Maupassant, Franklin Library
The Selected Poetry of Blake, New American Library
The History of Rhythm & Blues, 7 Covers, Atlantic Records
Ten Paintings for 100th Anniversary Issue, National Geographic
Who Do Men Say I Am, Historical view of Jesus, Cover & Ill., Atlantic Monthly
United States Postal Stamps.

Articles
Art In America (Review Jonathan Goodman) December 2002
Artnews (Review Arlene McKanic) September 2002
ARTnews (Review Mary Schneider Enriquez) December, 2000.
ARTFORUM International, May 1999, pp. 180-181.
Print Magazine, 1975 March-April
Northlight, 1976 March-April
Graphis, No. 188, 1976-77
Communication Arts, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1973
Idea Magazine, No. 172, 1982
Illustration in the Third Dimension-Hastings House
Today's Art, Vol. 28, No. 5
Typographic, Vol. 12, No. 2
Who's Who in Graphic Art, De Clivo Press
Step by Step Magazine, Vol 5, No. 4, 1988
World Graphic Design, Japan, 1991
Styling Magazine, Japan, 1991
Creation Magazine, 1991
The Greatest Illustration Show of America, Japan, 1992
Confetti Magazine, May 1993
Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, Germany, 1993
Idea Magazine, Japan, 1993
Grafica Magazine, Brazil, 1994
Artnews Magazine, February 1994
Design Magazine, Korea, 1995