KIRA FREIJE
BEIJING CHINA WORLD
"LUNG DRIVER", 2019 STAINLESS STEEL
KIRA FREIJE (B. 1985, LONDON) COMPLETED A BA IN FINE ART AT THE RUSKIN SCHOOL OF DRAWING AND FINE ART AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IN 2011 AND RECEIVED HER POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS, LONDON IN 2016. SOLO EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE: COMPANION TO A FALL AT TURF PROJECTS, LONDON (2018); THE VIOLENCE OF AN IMAGINED DUSK AT 12 MACKINTOSH LANE, LONDON (2018), THE DARK AWAY AT RECENT ACTIVITY, BIRMINGHAM (2017); OUR TONGUES ARE THE REPLACEABLE FILAMENTS AT OCCIDENTAL TEMPORARY, PARIS (2016) AND A RAPID SUCCESSION OF NOISES THAT YOU CONFUSE FOR DANGER AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON (2016). RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS FEATURING FREIJE’S WORK INCLUDE: THE GARDEN AT RA SCHOOLS, ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON (2019); THE CHARADE AT LOCKUP INTERNATIONAL, LONDON (2019); SHELTERING SKY AT GAO GALLERY, LONDON (2019); GO AT SOFT OPENING, PICCADILLY UNDERGROUND STATION, LONDON (2018); FLIPSIDE AT FOLD GALLERY, LONDON (2018); ECSTASY IN NORWICH AT LOWER GREEN, NORWICH (2018); DEAD HEAT AT KUNSTRAUM ORTLOFF, LEIPZIG, GERMANY (2017); THE SLEEPING PROCESSION, CASS SCULPTURE FOUNDATION, CHICHESTER (2017); NO PLACE TO SPIT, SET PROJECT SPACE, LONDON (2017); WALLED GARDENS IN AN INSANE EDEN, SARA ZANIN GALLERY, ROME, ITALY (2017) AND A ROSE IS WITHOUT A ‘WHY.’ IT BLOOMS BECAUSE IT BLOOMS AT CARL FREEDMAN GALLERY, LONDON (2016).
MUCH LIKE MANY OF HER SCULPTURES, AS IF A MOUTHPIECE, LUNG DRIVER CARRIES MESSAGES AND AMPLIFIES MEANING. WORKING LARGELY IN STAINLESS STEEL, CAST ALUMINIUM AND FOUND SCRAP METAL, FREIJE BUILDS SCENIC CONSTELLATIONS OF FIGURES AND OBJECTS THAT EXPLORE IDEAS OF ABSENCE, PROTECTION AND WARNINGS.
BEIJING BEIJING CHAOYANG
NO.1 JIANGUOMEN WAI AVENUE
SHOP L102-103 L1
100020