Katrin Fridriks

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Katrin Fridriks
Born (9-08-1974)August 1974, 9
Reykjavik, Iceland
Nationality Iceland Luxembourg
Field Painting

Katrin Fridriks (born 1974 in Reykjavík, Iceland), is a conceptual painter.

Work

Painter of the abstract, she fuses the natural energies of her native Iceland with an explosive, however organic, abstract expressionism and subtle Japanese calligraphy signs, often filtered through conceptual installations. Through a wide range of works, Katrin Fridriks distils her questions about human life and its future. She explores among others themes the genetic code and human classification, the flux of information in a technology-based context, or the natural resources expressing the consequences of human activities on Earth. Some of her series are constantly reworked, through perspective studies. The architectural dimensions of her abstract paintings shows Fridriks’ interest for large-scale works and compositions of painting, playing with the size, thickness and format of the canvases. Her pictorial process brings her to the enlargement of her drippings, from swings to covering the whole canvas.

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 Re: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 or Ralph Lauren for the "Art Stars" project.

Commissions & Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2014
  • India Art Fair, solo show, Ltd gallery - New Delhi
  • Art14, duo show, Circle Culture gallery - London
  • Solo show, Lazarides gallery - London
  • Solo show, Circle Culture gallery - Berlin
  • 2013
  • Brafa, Hélène Bailly gallery - Brussels
  • India Art Fair, Ltd gallery - New Delhi
  • Art13, solo show, Circle Culture gallery - London
  • Art Paris, Hélène Bailly gallery - Paris
  • “Brutal” Lazarides gallery - London
  • “Potse68” Circle Culture gallery - Berlin
  • 2012
  • Design Days Dubaï, Stilwerk design gallery – Dubaï
  • “Escape the golden cage” – Vienna
  • “Space//Form” curated by Sven Davis – Portland
  • Circle Culture gallery @ The Burlington Social Club, Royal Academy - London
  • Cutlog, Circle Culture gallery - Paris
  • 2011
  • Soho House « Urban Artist » Circle Culture gallery – Berlin
  • Circleculture gallery « Leak of Information » solo show – Berlin
  • Pascal Janssens gallery « Mothernature » solo show – Ghent
  • Forum Grimaldi « 40 ans du pressionnisme » – Monaco
  • Goss-Michael Foundation / MTV « Re:define » curated by Future Tense – Dallas
  • Inauguration VickyDavid gallery – New York
  • LeBasse gallery « The Future is not what it used to be » – Los Angeles
  • The Border Contemporary art zone Lineart, solo show, Pascal Janssens gallery – Ghent
  • 2010
  • Circle Culture gallery – No such thing as good painting about nothing – Berlin
  • Inauguration New Contemporary Art Center – Épinal
  • Volta 6– Art Basel, Circleculture gallery – Basel
  • Circle Culture gallery – Salon du Cercle de la Culture – Berlin
  • Moniker Art Fair – « Project Space » solo show,[1] Circleculture gallery – London
  • Le Feuvre gallery « Crayons » solo show – Paris
  • The Border –Contemporary Art Zone Lineart solo show, Pascal Janssens gallery – Ghent
  • 2009
  • « Tag & Graff » Grand Palais – Paris
  • CAL Salon 2009 – Luxembourg
  • Bailly Contemporain – Salon du Collectionneur, Grand Palais – Paris
  • « The Show » by Jérémy Rocher – Paris
  • 2008
  • Center of Icelandic Art, SIM « Barbie-Q » – Reykjavik
  • Biennial of Liverpool – Novas Contemporary Urban Centre « Nice08 » – Liverpool
  • Vigdis Finnbogadottir Foundation – Reykjavik
  • Chappe gallery « Stereographic @ play » curated David Letourneau – Paris
  • 2007
  • eArts Festival « Digital Experience » curator for Visual Systems – Shanghai
  • Palais Bénédictine « Mangeurs d'étoiles » solo show – Fécamp
  • Ice07 Cultural & Art Festival – Liverpool
  • Sequences Art Festival – Reykjavik

Commissions & Grants

  • 2013 - 2007
  • “100 Nike” Grazia Pop-up – Circle Culture agency – Berlin
  • First silkscreen prints limited edition “golden awareness” Pictures On Walls – London
  • Artcurial auction « 100 briques » Hôtel Marcel Dassault – Paris
  • Pierre Bergé auction « Empreintes urbaines » Palais d’Iéna – Paris
  • Phillips de Pury auction, « MTV Re-Define » Goss Michael Foundation – Dallas
  • Commissioned by Ralph Lauren, « Art Stars », Charity Teenage Cancer Trust, Phillips de Pury – London
  • International Campaign Award « Land Rover 60 yrs » – Defender SVX 1/25 edition
  • Second International Conference on Transport & Energy Solutions – Reykjavik
  • 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
  • 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
  • Commissioned by Bacardi Martini: customizing « special metal box » Bénédictine, worldwide edition

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Moniker Art Fair 2010 http://www.monikerartfair.com/site/katrin-fridriks-2/
  2. ↑ Icelandic Art News http://www.artnews.is/issue019/019_kf.htm.

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