FREYJA FRISTAD CURRICULUM VITAE

Residing and working on Dharawal Country (Sydney, Australia)
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EDUCATION

Master of Fine Art (Printmaking), National Art School, Sydney, 2024

Bachelor of Fine Art (Printmaking), National Art School, Sydney, 2022

Foundation year in Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2019

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025          Freyja Fristad: Between Vessel and Void, PARKER Contemporary, Yuggera Country, Brisbane

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025          Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award Finalists' Exhibition, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios, Cameraygal Country, Sydney

Wollongong Art Prize, Wollongong Art Gallery, Dharawal Country, Wollongong

Edition One: Marking The First Year, PARKER Contemporary, Yuggera Country, Brisbane

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award Exhibition, Hazelhurst Art Gallery (Hazelhurst Gallery), Dharawal Country, Sydney

Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, The Art Space, Gadigal Country, Sydney

Sydney Contemporary (PAPER) with Print Council of Australia, Gadigal Country, Sydney

Sydney Contemporary (PAPER) with Megalo Print Studio, Gadigal Country, Sydney

Sydney Contemporary (PAPER) with PARKER Contemporary, Gadigal Country, Sydney

Walyalup  I  Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Walyalup I Fremantle Arts Centre, Whadjuk Nyoongar Country, Fremantle

Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize Exhibition of Finalists, Ravenswood School for Girls, Gadigal Country, Sydney

Open Print Exchange 2024-25 with Open Press Project, Köln, Germany [touring internationally]

Disruption, Queensland College of Art and Design (WEBB Gallery), Griffith University, Yuggera Country, Brisbane

Edition 6, curated by More Than Reproduction, Our Neon Foe, Gadigal Country, Sydney

2024          Colin Holden Print Commission 2024, Print Council of Australia (Print Room / Collection area), Wurundjeri Country, Melbourne

NAS Library Artists’ Book Annual Exhibition, National Art School (Library Stairwell Gallery), Gadigal Country, Sydney

The PostGrad Show, National Art School, Gadigal Country, Sydney

Open Print Exchange 2023-24 with Open Press Project, Köln, Germany [toured internationally]

DISRUPTION Discourse and Exchange, School of Architecture, Art, and Design (Fine Arts Building), King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand

Schmick Contemporary Fundraiser, Schmick Contemporary, Gadigal Country, Sydney

2023          Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award Finalists' Exhibition, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios, Cameraygal Country, Sydney

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award Exhibition, Hazelhurst Art Gallery (Hazelhurst Gallery), Dharawal Country, Sydney

Open Print Exchange 2022-23 with Open Press Project, Köln, Germany [toured internationally]

DISRUPTION: Discourse and Exchange, curated by Carolyn McKenzie–Craig, 16Albermarle project space, Gadigal Country, Sydney

Wish you were here: Megalo Artists in Residence 2013-2023, Megalo Print Studio, Ngunnawal Country, Canberra

PUSH Mag Launch, curated by PUSH Magazine, Goodspace Gallery, Gadigal Country, Sydney

Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize Exhibition of Finalists, Ravenswood School for Girls, Gadigal Country, Sydney

FUTUREPROOF, Megalo Print Studio [online]

GOOD THINGS IN SMALL PACKAGES, curated by Make Space Art Collective, Bad News Gallery, Dharawal Country, Wollongong

2022          BFA Grad Show, National Art School, Gadigal Country, Sydney

Open Print Exchange 2021-22 with Open Press Project, Köln, Germany [toured internationally]

NOCLIP, National Art School (Library Stairwell Gallery), Gadigal Country, Sydney

PICKLED: An Emerging Printmaker’s Exhibition, Goodspace Gallery, Gadigal Country, Sydney

2021          Margret Olley Drawing Week Exhibition, National Art School (Rayner Hoff Project Space), Gadigal Country, Sydney

2018          ArtRules Exhibition, Hazelhurst Arts Centre (Broadhurst Gallery), Dharawal Country, Sydney 

AWARDS/PRIZES

Finalist in the Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award, 2025

Finalist in the Wollongong Art Prize, 2025

Winner of the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award (Friends of Hazelhurst Local Artist Award), 2025

Finalist in the Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, 2025

Finalist in the Walyalup I Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, 2025

Finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (Indigenous Emerging), 2025

Recipient of the National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship, 2024

Finalist in the Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award, 2023

Finalist in the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, 2023

Winner of the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (Indigenous Emerging), 2023

Recipient of the Megalo Studio and Gallery Residency Award, 2022

Recipient of the Mark Henry Cain Memorial Travel Scholarship, 2022

Finalist in the ArtRules Prize, 2018

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT, RESIDENCIES & COMMISSIONS

Intern, Ernabella Arts, Pukatja/Ernabella, APY Lands, South Australia, 2025 (May-August)

Participant, Open Print Exchange with Open Press Project, Köln, Germany, 2022-present (annual participation)

Commission, Print Council of Australia Colin Holden Print Commission 2024, Wurundjeri Country, Melbourne, 2024

Co-facilitator, Bespoke Masterclass: Heat Press Collage, Sticky Beak Festival by Archie Rose, National Art School, Gadigal Country, Sydney, 2024

Artist in Residence, Megalo Print Studio, Ngunnawal Country, Canberra, 2023 (April-May)

Co-facilitator, Heat Press Printmaking, NAS NEO - STATE OF AFFAIRS, National Art School, Gadigal Country, Sydney, 2023

Participant, DISRUPTION: Discourse and Exchange, Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta (Surakarta, Indonesia), King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (Bangkok, Thailand), Queensland College of Art (Brisbane, Australia), 16Albermarle Project Space (Sydney, Australia), National Art School (Sydney, Australia), 2023

Participant, DJURALI (alumni workshop), Museum of Contemporary Art, Gadigal Country, Sydney, 2022

Participant, 20x20 Printmaking Exchange Portfolio, Curtin University (Perth), RMIT (Melbourne), University of Southern Queensland (Toowoomba), National Art School (Sydney), 2021

Intern, Public Programs (Ceramics), National Art School, Gadigal Country, Sydney, 2022

Participant, DJURALI (creative pathways workshop), Museum of Contemporary Art, Gadigal Country, Sydney, 2017

Participant, DJAMU (program for Indigenous art education), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Gadigal Country, Sydney, 2017

PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS

Exhibition review by Pamela See on ArtsHub: ‘Freyja Fristad: Between Vessel and Void, PARKER Contemporary‘, 2025

Featured in IMPRINT for the ‘PCA Colin Holden Print Commission 2024’, Summer 2024 Vol.59 No.4, 2024

Feature artist and interview (September) with More Than Reproduction, 2024

Featured in the Open Print Exchange 2023-24 Catalogue, 2024

Interview with Aoife Moynihan for North Shore Living in Female art celebrated at Ravenswood, 2023

Interview with Angela Stretch for Talking Through Your Arts in Program 33 – 23 Arts Friday on Eastside, 2023

Interview with Ravenswood School for Girls for the 2023 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, 2023

Featured in the Open Print Exchange 2022-23 Catalogue, 2023

Featured in the Open Print Exchange 2021-22 Catalogue, 2022

COLLECTIONS/ACQUISITIONS

Public & Institutional: Print Council of Australia, Melbourne; City of Sydney, Sydney; Insitut Seni Surakarta, Surakarta (Indonesia); King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok (Thailand); Queensland College of Art & Design, Griffith University, Brisbane; 16albermarle Project Space, Sydney; Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney; Megalo Print Studio, Canberra; National Art School Archive, Sydney; Curtin University Printmaking Collection, Perth; RMIT Printmaking Collection, Melbourne; University of Southern Queensland Printmaking Collection, Queensland; National Art School Printmaking Archive, Sydney; Open Press Project, Köln (Germany).

Private Collections: Australia and worldwide.