freyja fristad Curriculum Vitae

Residing and working across Dharawal & Gadigal land (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

AWARDS/PRIZES

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

Solo EXHIBITIONs

2025            Between Vessel and Void, PARKER Contemporary, Brisbane

Group EXHIBITIONS

2025            Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize Exhibition of Finalists, Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney

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

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

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

2024            Colin Holden Print Commission 2024 Exhibition, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne

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

Post Graduate Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney

Open Print Exchange 2023-24, Köln, Germany [touring internationally]

DISRUPTION Discourse and Exchange, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (Exhibition Hall, Fine Arts Building), Bangkok, Thailand

Schmick Contemporary Fundraiser, Schmick Contemporary, Sydney

2023             Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award Exhibition, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios, Sydney

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award Exhibition, Hazelhurst Arts Centre (Hazelhurst Gallery), Sydney

Open Print Exchange 2022-23, Köln, Germany [touring internationally]

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

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

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

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

FUTUREPROOF, Megalo Print Studio [online]

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

2022             BFA Grad Show, National Art School, Sydney

The International Print Exchange 2021-22, Köln, Germany [touring internationally]

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

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

2020             Margret Olley Drawing Week Exhibition, National Art School (Rayner Hoff Project Space), Sydney

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

RESIDENCIES

Megalo Print Studio, April-May, Canberra, 2023

COLLECTIONS/ACQUISITIONS

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 Collection, Sydney

Megalo Print Studio Archive, 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 + worldwide

PUBLICATIONS

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

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

Professional Engagement

Intern (May-July), Ernabella Arts , South Australia, 2025

Co-facilitated Bespoke Masterclass: Heat Press Collage at Sticky Beak Festival with Bella LaSpina and Annabelle McEwen at the National Art School, Sydney, 2024

Co-facilitated Patchwork (Heat Press Printmaking) with Annabelle McEwen at NAS NEO - STATE OF AFFAIRS at the National Art School, Sydney, 2023

Participated in DJURALI (alumni workshop), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2022

Short Course Intern (Ceramics) with Dr Louise Boscacci at the National Art School, Sydney, 2021

Participated in DJURALI (creative pathways workshop), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2017

Participated in DJAMU (program for Indigenous art education), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2017

OTHER ARTISTIC INVOLVEMENT

Open Print Exchange 2024-25 with Open Press Project, Köln, Germany, 2025

Open Print Exchange 2023-24 with Open Press Project, Köln, Germany, 2024

DISRUPTION: Discourse and Exchange with Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta (Surakarta, Indonesia), King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (Bangkok, Thailand), Queensland College of Art (Brisbane, Australia), and the National Art School (Sydney, Australia).

Open Print Exchange 2022-23 with Open Press Project, Köln, Germany, 2023

20x20 Printmaking Exchange Portfolio with Curtin University, RMIT, the University of Southern Queensland, and the National Art School, 2022

Open Print Exchange 2021-22 with Open Press Project, Köln, Germany, 2022