About The Artist

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