., ▁video , ▁phot ography , ▁and ▁performance . ▁He ▁received ▁a ▁B FA ▁from ▁Indiana ▁University ▁of ▁Pennsylvania , ▁and ▁an ▁M FA ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁San ▁Diego . ▁He ▁has ▁shown ▁at ▁ven ues ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Get ty ▁Center , ▁Ald rich ▁Contempor ary ▁Art ▁Museum , ▁I - P ark ▁Foundation , ▁the ▁Columb us ▁Museum , ▁Sam son ▁Project s ▁Ever green ▁House ▁and ▁Contempor ary ▁Art ▁Museum ▁St . ▁Louis . ▁ ▁Fre lin ' s ▁work ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁usage ▁of ▁place ▁and ▁imper man ence , ▁informed ▁by ▁extensive ▁travel , ▁though ▁he ▁does ▁not ▁consider ▁himself ▁an ▁environmental ▁artist . ▁" Since ▁I ▁don ’ t ▁have ▁a ▁big ▁white ▁room ▁to ▁show ▁work ▁in , ▁I ▁make ▁it ▁outside ," ▁he ▁told ▁St . ▁Louis ▁Post - Dispatch ▁art ▁critic ▁David ▁Bon etti ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁" When ▁I ▁began ▁trav elling , ▁I ▁found ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁advantage ous ▁to ▁not ▁interrupt ▁what ▁I ▁saw ▁by ▁putting ▁it ▁through ▁my ▁own ▁filtering ▁system . ▁I ’ ve ▁learned ▁to ▁isol ate ▁and ▁concent rate ▁attention ▁of ▁perce ived ▁phenomen on . ▁The ▁more ▁you ▁train ▁your ▁eye ▁in ▁that ▁direction , ▁the ▁better ▁you ▁get ▁at ▁it ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁while ▁comple ting ▁his ▁second ▁and ▁final ▁year ▁of ▁gradu ate ▁school , ▁Fre lin ▁received ▁a ▁National ▁End ow ment ▁for ▁the ▁Arts ▁College ▁Art ▁Association ▁Fellow ship .