Katrin Fridriks
Katrin Fridriks, born in 1974, Reykjavík (Iceland), is a conceptual painter.
Biography
Katrin grew up in Luxembourg and Germany. After a couple of years spent in Paris where she exhibited her first paintings at the age of 20, KF moved to the United States. She currently lives and works between Paris and Luxembourg.
Through her hyperkinetic abstract paintings, Fridriks fuses the natural energies of her native Iceland – fire, water, earth and air – with contemporary pop art, graffiti and calligraphic references to create a unique visual universe. Her passion for architecture inspired her to create conceptual installations still using canvas and paint. Beyond her resolutely modern pictorial expression, Katrin Fridriks is continuing her research into matter and colour with the avowed intent to place technique at the service of artistic expression. Fridriks has previously received grant support from the Minister for Culture in Luxembourg as well as a high-profile commission from the French Government to create an 80 m² fresco for the Olympic Stadium of Nîmes in 2007. She also presented at the Goss-Michael Foundation for the MTV Red:Define project in 2011, at the Liverpool Biennial in 2008 and has undertaken commercial commissions for premium global brands, such as Land Rover’s 60th anniversary event, Polo Jeans Co Ralph Lauren for the "Art Stars" project...[1]
Works
Blue Period
- 2003 : « Deep » – acrylic on canvas – 80x80cm
- 2003 : « Dust of Galaxy » – photography – 100x100cm
- 2004 : « Energy Flow » – acrylic on sand rock, in situ – Islande
- 2004 : « Vatnajökulsarlon » – photography
- 2005 : « Kathedrale » – acrylic on canvas – 150x150cm
Red Period
- 2004 : « Equalizer » – installation, acrylic on canvas – 280x135x10cm
- 2005 : « Emotional Landscape » – installation (in situ) – Grund, Borganes Islande
- 2005/2006 : « Redlight » – acrylic on canvas – 150x150x10cm
- 2006/2007 : « Redlight District » – installation – 150x150x150cm
- 2007 : « Red Sea » – Fresco 80m² - Olympic Stadium of Nîmes
Black & White
- 2008 : « Gene&Ethics » – acrylic on canvas – 170x170x10cm
- 2008 : « Stendhal Syndrome » – acrylic on canvas – 170x170x10cm
- 2008 : « Molecular Spaces » – installation – 170x170x170cm
- 2010 : « Code DNAnd Munitions » – Installation – 170x170x170cm – Photo c print – Edition of 6
Polychrome
- 2010/2011 : « Crayons » (serie) – acrylic on canvas – 150x15x10cm / 180x20x10cm
- 2010/2011 : « Crayons sticks » (installation) – acrylic on resin, inox, pvc – (135 to 195)x30x30cm
More artworks
- 2005/2009 : « Monsters » (series) – acrylic on canvas – 80x80cm
- 2006 : « Barbie Q » (series) - photographies
- 2006/2007 : « Mangeurs d’étoiles » (serie) – acrylic on canvas – 150x150x10cm & 180x180x10cm
- 2007 : « Enveloppe-concept »
- 2008 : « Mother Nature » (series) – acrylic on canvas – 150x150x10cm
- 2008 : « Made up risk » (series)
- 2010/2011 : « Bells are ringing » (series) - acrylic on poly gravure paper
- 2010/2011 : "Awareness" (series) - acrylic on canvas - 100x100cm
- 2010/2011 : "Peace of cake" - acrylic on canvas - D30x6cm / D100x6cm
Commissions & Exhibitions
Commissions, Publications & Grants
- 2011
- « Art in America magazine » MTV Re:define by Future Tense – Goss-Michael Foundation – USA
- Artcurial auction « 100 briques » Hôtel Marcel Dassault – Paris
- Pierre Bergé auction « Empreintes urbaines » Palais d’Iéna – Paris
- Phillips de Pury auction, « MTV Staying Alive » Goss Michael Foundation – Dallas
- « Leak of Information » catalog edited by Circleculture Gallery – Berlin
- « Père & Mère » Yves Haddad edited by de la Martinière – France
- « Walls & Frames » Fine art from the streets edited by Gestalten – Germany
- 2010
- Commissioned by Ralph Lauren Foundation, « Art Stars », Charity Teenage Cancer Trust, Phillips de Pury – London
- 2009
- International Campaign Award « Land Rover 60 yrs » – Defender SVX 1/25 edition
- Salon Automobile, Artcurial, Fouquet’s – Paris
- Second International Conference on Transport & Energy Solutions – Reykjavik
- « Made up war series » – Reykjavik
- 2008
- Biennial of Liverpool « Made up risk boxes »[2] Grants by the Trade Council of Iceland
- Center for Icelandic Art – Liverpool
- Grants by Minister of Culture, Higher Education & Research: Catalog « Face » – Luxembourg
- 2007
- Commissioned by French government, Minister of Health, Youth & Sports for the New Olympic Stadium of Nîmes, Fresco « Red Sea » 80m², constructed by Bouygues & Architect BVL. Opening Ceremony among Prime Minister, Minister of Education, Youth & Sports: Mr. François Fillon, Mrs. Roselyne Bachelot, Mr. Jean-Paul Fournier & Mr. Bouet.
- Commissioned by Bacardi Martini: customizing « special metal box » Bénédictine, worldwide edition for the occasion of the solo show « Mangeurs d‘étoiles » with guest of honor: Ambassador of Iceland in FR, Museum Palais Bénédictine – Fécamp
Exhibitions
- 2012
- Hong Kong art fair – Hong Kong
- Vicky David gallery solo show – New York
- Le Feuvre gallery solo show – Paris
- « Escape the golden cage » – Vienna
- 2011
- Le Feuvre gallery « Chrome » – Paris
- Soho House & Cornershop « Urban Artist » Circleculture gallery – Berlin
- Circleculture gallery « Leak of Information » solo show – Berlin
- Pascal Janssens gallery « Mothernature » solo show – Ghent
- Circleculture gallery « Urban Artist » – Hamburg
- Forum Grimaldi « 40 ans du pressionnisme » Collection ADGallizia – Monaco
- Circleculture gallery « Paperworks » – Berlin
- Goss-Michael Foundation / MTV « Re:define » curated by Future Tense – Dallas
- Inauguration VickyDavid gallery – New York
- Le Feuvre gallery « 1 wall, 1 painting » – Paris
- Pulse Art Fair – LeBasse gallery – Los Angeles
- LeBasse gallery « The Future is not what it used to be » – Los Angeles
- Salondergegenwart, Circleculture gallery – Hamburg
- Londonewcastle project space, Future Tense gallery – London
- The Border Contemporary art zone Lineart, solo show, Pascal Janssens gallery – Gent
- 2010
- Graffiti Auction – Pierre Bergé & ADGallizia, Palais de Tokyo – Paris
- Circleculture gallery – No such thing as good painting about nothing – Berlin
- AAF Fair – Future Tense gallery / original prints « Punk series » – London
- City of Barbizon – « Angélus » – Barbizon
- Inauguration New Contemporary Art Center – Épinal
- Future Tense gallery – London
- Volta 6– Art Basel, Circleculture gallery – Basel
- Circleculture gallery – Salon du Cercle de la Culture à Berlin – Berlin
- Marrakesh Art Fair, Venise Cadre – Marrakesh
- Moniker Art Fair – « Project Space » solo show[3], Circleculture gallery – London
- Le Feuvre gallery « Crayons » solo show – Paris
- The Border –Contemporary Art Zone Lineart solo show, Pascal Janssens gallery – Ghent
- Ralph Lauren Foundation « Art Stars » Phillips de Pury Auction House – London
- 2009
- « Tag & Graff » – Collection ADGallizia, Grand Palais – Paris
- Le Feuvre gallery – Summer exhibition – Paris
- CAL Salon 2009 – Luxembourg
- Bailly Contemporain – Salon du Collectionneur, Grand Palais – Paris
- Volchkova Gallery – Paris
- Artcurial / Forum Mondial Action Humanitaire « Street Art », Palais de Tokyo – Paris
- « The Show » by Jérémy Rocher – Paris
- 2008
- Center of Icelandic Art, SIM « Barbie-Q » – Reykjavik
- Oel-Früh gallery « KiloWatt » concept envelopes – Hamburg
- Biennial of Liverpool – Novas Contemporary Urban Centre « Nice08 » – Liverpool
- Vigdis Finnbogadottir Foundation – Reykjavik
- Chappe gallery « Stereographic @ play » curated David Letourneau – Paris
- Lost Horse gallery « Independence day » Handcuffs series – Reykjavik
- 2007
- eArts Festival « Digital Experience » curator for Visual Systems – Shanghai
- Museum Palais Bénédictine « Star Eaters » solo show – Fécamp
- Fresco « Red Sea » 80m2 Olympic Stadium of Nîmes
- Fortis Bank « Decoding Iceland », guest of honor: Stefàn Johannesson Ambassador of Iceland in Brussels – Luxembourg
- Ice07 Cultural & Art Festival – Liverpool
- Sequences Art Festival – Reykjavik
- 2006
- Espace à Vendre gallery « Monsters of Sound » – Nice
- CAL – salon 2006 Grand Theater of Luxembourg
- Rush Art gallery « Paris is burning » curated Rashaad Newsome – New York
- 2005
- Nuziq Music Festival « Visual Identity » – Nice
- Scope Fair « Silent Auction » – London
- Palais de Tokyo « Kathedrale » performance & Video Installation – Paris
Notes & references
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9 August 1974 |
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Reykjavik, Iceland |
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