CONTACT

cbfriesen (instagram) - craigbfriesen@shaw.ca

ARTIST STATEMENT

Craig Friesen is an artist that deals in narratives created from play. His work is concerned with the starting of a story for the viewer to be amused by, wonder about, and/or participate in. He makes work in a variety of media including: digital graphics, drawings, paintings and sculpture.

CV

Education

2003-2007 B.F.A. Alberta College of Art & Design

2010-2012 BEd Visual Arts University of Calgary

Awards

2006 Jason Lang Scholarship

2007 Board of Governors Award

Exhibitions

2005 Ex Show, University of Ostrava (Czech Repblik)

(group show)

Opened at: Faculties of: Art/ Philosophy/ Kinesiology

2006 * Action Show, Gallery 391, ACAD

2007 Print Media, Acad Main Mall, ACAD (group show)

2007 Board of Governors Winners,

Illingworth Kerr Gallery (group show)

2013 The Sketchbook Project, Various Locations,

USA/Canada (group show)

2014 The Sketchbook Project, Various Locations,

USA/Canada (group show)

2014 Co Founder - Quality Painters

2015 The Odyssey

AFA Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX),

2 year tour of Alberta (Galleries TBA)

2015 Quality Painters

Market Collective

2015/16 KONFERO Gallery

featured artist 2015-2016

2016 The Work of Craig Friesen

Kunze Gallery, August - September

2017 Quality Painters

Market Collective

2018 Craig Friesen

Kunze Gallery, June - September

https://www.kunzegallery.ca/craig-friesen.html

2018 Swiss Guides in the Rockies

UNA Pizza + Wine