FREYJA FRISTAD CURRICULUM VITAE
Residing and working on Dharawal Country (Sydney, Australia)freyjafristad.art[at]gmail.com | @freyjafristad.art | freyjafristad.com download (summarised)
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.