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Christopher Friesen

b. Chilliwack, BC Canada 1977

Education

2002 Master Fine Art, University of Regina, Regina SK
1999 Bachelor Fine Art, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge AB
1997 Diploma in Fine Arts, University College of the Fraser Valley, BC

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2010 In Medias Res Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2010 Essential Information The Reach, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2008 Pulse Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2007 From a Distance Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2006 New and Recent Work Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2005 Opticality Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2004 21st Century Pointillism Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2003 Screens Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2002 Between Wo((me)n) Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2001 Between Wo((me)n): MFA Graduating Exhibition MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009/10 Boundaries The Reach Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2009 Drawn Festival Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2008 Look Four Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2008 Faculty Show, UFV Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2007 First Look, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2007 Faculty Show, UCFV Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2006 Faculty Show, UCFV Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2006 Group Exhibition, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2005 Coupling, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, British Columbia
2005 New Contemporaries, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2005 Faculty Show, UCFV Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2004 Group Exhibition, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2004 Faculty Show, UCFV Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2003 Transcendent Squares, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

Grants and Awards

2001 Doris and W.A. Riddell Scholarship
2001 Graduate Student Scholarly Research Award
2000 Graduate Teaching Fellowship
2000 Graduate Studies Scholarship
1999 Graduate Studies Scholarship
1999 Faculty Award
1998 Agnes Turcotte Memorial Scholarship
1997 University College of the Fraser Valley Purchase
1995 Redhead Memorial Scholarship