www.fabian-freese.de

Artist statement:

I walk the border between painting and photography, using one to augment the other in terms of visual interest. Normally I travel around and do shootings at different places like Rome, Florence, Munich, London, Luxembourg and especially at old castles and at the sea. Usually I do a time exposure with my camera to fix about 1 to 3 minutes per picture. After this I create an abstract composition with stripes and place them on the large prints using aluminum dibond plates. My work employs different materials such as varnish and foils. I apply these in varying degrees until I feel I've accomplished my goal of expressing something that I consider visually stunning. One of the main themes of my artwork involves contrast, such as that existing between old and modern technology.

Career :

Born: 8th of September 1982 in Wuppertal Elberfeld / Germany

- Primary School Velbert Neviges

- High School Wuelfrath

- Further education for design / art Wuppertal

- Voluntary year of social work with disabled people

- Voluntary work / painting with disabled people

- 2006 - 2011 Student of visual art at freie Akademie der bildenden Künste in Essen (fadbk)

- Nominated for art award "Essener Förderpreis 2010"

- 2011 successful final examination at fadbk (degree)

ART FAIRS :

2012 "Arte Genova" Italy

2012 "Art Beijing 2012" China

2012 "Affordable Art Fair" Rome / Italy

2013 "Art Innsbruck" Austria

2013 "Lille Art Fair" France

2013 "Art Monaco 2013" Monaco

2013 "ART.FAIR" Cologne

2013 "Shanghai Art Fair" China

SOLO SHOWS:

2010 "Optische Leckerbissen" Schloss Hardenberg Velbert

GROUP SHOWS:

2007 Villingen-Schwenningen "100 Schwäne" Baden - Württemberg

2008 "Kunstlichter" Oberhausen

2008 "Kunstspur" Essen

2009 "Rundgang" fadbk

2010 "Rundgang" fadbk

2011 "Artour-O" Florence / Italy

2011 "Rundgang" fadbk

2011 "The medium is not the massage" fadbk

2011 "Londr'ArtExhibition 2011" Acquire Gallery London / England

2011 "Kreuzberg Pavillon" Berlin

2011 "Muestra Colectiva de Otono" Art Dealers Gallery Mexico

2011 "New Visual Perception" Galeria Makeda Palermo / Italy

2011 "Lagun Arte 2011/12" Studio Xante Battaglia Venice / Italy

2012 "Im Raume verliert des Tages Licht an Glanz" TAW Wuppertal

2012 „91st annual open exhibition“ Menier Gallery London / England

2012 “Night Light” Darkroom Gallery Vermont / USA

2012 „Hidden Cities“ Koza Istanbul / Turkey

2012 „21st Century Art and Artists“ Gallery M Wien / Austria

2012 "Stratford upon Avon Fringe Festival" Warwickshire / England

2012 „Paesaggi e Presagi“ Museum Magma Roccamonfina / Italy

2012 "The Taste of Art landed in Sicily" Noto / Italy

2012 "Another Critera" Galerie Marzia Frozen / Berlin

2012 "3331 Independents" Main Gallery Tokyo / Japan

2012 "ID / Identities" KOZA Istanbul / Turkey

2012 "Erfüllung" Gallery M Vienna / Austria

2012 "Weihnachtsausstellung" Galerie Bertrand Kass Innsbruck / Austria

2013 "Snap to Grid" lacda Los Angeles / USA

2013 "Freese & Peacock" Gallery Berlin Avantgarde

2013 "Electron Salon" lacda Los Angeles / USA

2013 "Tanzende Malerei" Achtzig Galerie Berlin

2013 "Die Grosse" Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

2013 "Art for Peace for a better World" The New York Art Connection Gallery / USA

2013 "June Goup Show" Studio 26 Gallery New York / USA

2013 "The Story of the Creative" See Exhibition Space New York / USA

2013 "Abstrakte und gegenständliche Malerei in Berlin" Achtzig Galerie Berlin

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