Kandis Friesen

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Untitled (Odesan Klumba)

Untitled (Odesan Klumba), 2022, as part of the solo exhibition Her left year is shorter than her right, July 15 - September 25, 2022, Galerie im Turm, as part of the joint program In Ruins with Klosterruine Berlin, Germany  © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Eric Tschernow
Untitled (Odesan Klumba), 2022, as part of the solo exhibition Her left year is shorter than her right, July 15 - September 25, 2022, Galerie im Turm, as part of the joint program In Ruins with Klosterruine Berlin, Germany © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Eric Tschernow
Untitled (Odesan Klumba), 2022, as part of the solo exhibition Her left year is shorter than her right, July 15 - September 25, 2022, Galerie im Turm, as part of the joint program In Ruins with Klosterruine Berlin, Germany  © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Eric Tschernow
Untitled (Odesan Klumba), 2022, as part of the solo exhibition Her left year is shorter than her right, July 15 - September 25, 2022, Galerie im Turm, as part of the joint program In Ruins with Klosterruine Berlin, Germany © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Eric Tschernow
Installation views of Untitled (Odesan Klumba), 2022 and Mondays, 2022, as part of the solo exhibition Her left year is shorter than her right, July 15 - September 25, 2022, Galerie im Turm, as part of the joint program In Ruins with Klosterruine Berlin, Germany  © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Eric Tschernow
Installation views of Untitled (Odesan Klumba), 2022 and Mondays, 2022, as part of the solo exhibition Her left year is shorter than her right, July 15 - September 25, 2022, Galerie im Turm, as part of the joint program In Ruins with Klosterruine Berlin, Germany © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Eric Tschernow

Diadéo trésor

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Archives at a time

2024, limestone, wood, OSB, wool, sound, limited print edition, with commissioned and performed sound works by Hanna Bryzhata & Alexey Shmurak, 16.08-24.11.2024, curated by Natalia Revko, Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine © Photo: courtesy the artist, photo credit: Ivan Strahov
2024, limestone, wood, OSB, wool, sound, limited print edition, with commissioned and performed sound works by Hanna Bryzhata & Alexey Shmurak, 16.08-24.11.2024, curated by Natalia Revko, Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine © Photo: courtesy the artist, photo credit: Ivan Strahov
2024, limestone, wood, OSB, wool, sound, limited print edition, with commissioned and performed sound works by Hanna Bryzhata & Alexey Shmurak, 16.08-24.11.2024, curated by Natalia Revko, Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine © Photo: courtesy the artist, photo credit: Ivan Strahov
2024, limestone, wood, OSB, wool, sound, limited print edition, with commissioned and performed sound works by Hanna Bryzhata & Alexey Shmurak, 16.08-24.11.2024, curated by Natalia Revko, Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine © Photo: courtesy the artist, photo credit: Ivan Strahov
2024, limestone, wood, OSB, wool, sound, limited print edition, with commissioned sound works by Hanna Bryzhata & Alexey Shmurak, 16.08-24.11.2024, curated by Natalia Revko, Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine © Photo: courtesy the artist, photo credit: Ivan Strahov
2024, limestone, wood, OSB, wool, sound, limited print edition, with commissioned sound works by Hanna Bryzhata & Alexey Shmurak, 16.08-24.11.2024, curated by Natalia Revko, Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine © Photo: courtesy the artist, photo credit: Ivan Strahov

One thousand, one hundred

One thousand, one hundred, 2023, CAFKA - Biennial of Contemporary Art in Public Space, Six Nations of the Grand River Haldimand Tract / Waterloo, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
One thousand, one hundred, 2023, CAFKA - Biennial of Contemporary Art in Public Space, Six Nations of the Grand River Haldimand Tract / Waterloo, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
One thousand, one hundred, 2023, CAFKA - Biennial of Contemporary Art in Public Space, Six Nations of the Grand River Haldimand Tract / Waterloo, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
One thousand, one hundred, 2023, CAFKA - Biennial of Contemporary Art in Public Space, Six Nations of the Grand River Haldimand Tract / Waterloo, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
One thousand, one hundred, 2023, as part of CAFKA - Biennial of Contemporary Art in Public Space, Six Nations of the Grand River Haldimand Tract / Waterloo, CA

Trees in the biennial region (left), grown from Khortitsa oak acorns; during the biennial, they hosted a field recording made at sunrise at the ancient oak (right) in Zaporizhzhia. / Bäume in der Biennale-Region (links), die aus Eicheln der Chortiza-Eiche gezogen wurden; während der Biennale fand eine Feldaufnahme bei Sonnenaufgang an der alten Eiche (rechts) in Saporischschja statt. © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
One thousand, one hundred, 2023, as part of CAFKA - Biennial of Contemporary Art in Public Space, Six Nations of the Grand River Haldimand Tract / Waterloo, CA Trees in the biennial region (left), grown from Khortitsa oak acorns; during the biennial, they hosted a field recording made at sunrise at the ancient oak (right) in Zaporizhzhia. / Bäume in der Biennale-Region (links), die aus Eicheln der Chortiza-Eiche gezogen wurden; während der Biennale fand eine Feldaufnahme bei Sonnenaufgang an der alten Eiche (rechts) in Saporischschja statt. © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©

The Cedar, The Birch, Our Hands At Full-Mast, Behind The After

2017/2020, wool, wood, thread, hardware, 245 x 915 x 152 cm; installation view from the solo exhibition The Cedar, The Birch, Our Hands At Full-Mast, Behind The After, June 10 - August 22, 2020, Plug In ICA, curated by Nasrin Himada, Winnipeg, Treaty 1 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Karen Ascher
2017/2020, wool, wood, thread, hardware, 245 x 915 x 152 cm; installation view from the solo exhibition The Cedar, The Birch, Our Hands At Full-Mast, Behind The After, June 10 - August 22, 2020, Plug In ICA, curated by Nasrin Himada, Winnipeg, Treaty 1 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Karen Ascher
2017/2020, wool, wood, thread, hardware, 245 x 915 x 152 cm; installation view from the solo exhibition The Cedar, The Birch, Our Hands At Full-Mast, Behind The After, June 10 - August 22, 2020, Plug In ICA, curated by Nasrin Himada, Winnipeg, Treaty 1 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
2017/2020, wool, wood, thread, hardware, 245 x 915 x 152 cm; installation view from the solo exhibition The Cedar, The Birch, Our Hands At Full-Mast, Behind The After, June 10 - August 22, 2020, Plug In ICA, curated by Nasrin Himada, Winnipeg, Treaty 1 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
2017/2020, wool, wood, thread, hardware, 245 x 915 x 152 cm; installation view from the solo exhibition The Cedar, The Birch, Our Hands At Full-Mast, Behind The After, June 10 - August 22, 2020, Plug In ICA, curated by Nasrin Himada, Winnipeg, Treaty 1 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Karen Ascher
2017/2020, wool, wood, thread, hardware, 245 x 915 x 152 cm; installation view from the solo exhibition The Cedar, The Birch, Our Hands At Full-Mast, Behind The After, June 10 - August 22, 2020, Plug In ICA, curated by Nasrin Himada, Winnipeg, Treaty 1 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Karen Ascher

DAUT DINTJ DAUT HELT

DAUT DINTJ DAUT HELT, 2018-2023, limited edition flexographic-printed plastic bag (edition of 5000), each 55cm x 36cm x 15cm, and distributed-exhibited in museums, art fairs, stores, and galleries across Turtle Island / northern Americas, Germany, and Ukraine.  © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
DAUT DINTJ DAUT HELT, 2018-2023, limited edition flexographic-printed plastic bag (edition of 5000), each 55cm x 36cm x 15cm, and distributed-exhibited in museums, art fairs, stores, and galleries across Turtle Island / northern Americas, Germany, and Ukraine. © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
The original knock-off Ukrainian BMW bag at a public market in Odesa, 2019. © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
The original knock-off Ukrainian BMW bag at a public market in Odesa, 2019. © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
The original knock-off Ukrainian BMW bag at a public market in Odesa, 2016.
 © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
The original knock-off Ukrainian BMW bag at a public market in Odesa, 2016. © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©

Tape 158: New Documents From The Archives

Green Fields, 2016-2019, two channel video installation (synchronized 15’00 loop, SD video, stereo sound); installation view at Tape 158: New Documents From The Archives, 2020, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Mohkinstsis / Calgary, Treaty 7 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
Green Fields, 2016-2019, two channel video installation (synchronized 15’00 loop, SD video, stereo sound); installation view at Tape 158: New Documents From The Archives, 2020, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Mohkinstsis / Calgary, Treaty 7 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
Nichevoki Nichevo, 2016-2019, video installation (HD video, 15’00 loop, silent, English text, projection), a companion work to video installation Green Fields; installation view at Tape 158: New Documents From The Archives, 2020, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Mohkinstsis / Calgary, Treaty 7 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
Nichevoki Nichevo, 2016-2019, video installation (HD video, 15’00 loop, silent, English text, projection), a companion work to video installation Green Fields; installation view at Tape 158: New Documents From The Archives, 2020, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Mohkinstsis / Calgary, Treaty 7 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
Saksahan, 2016-2019, video installation (SD video, 0’30 loop, silent), wood, mirror, projection; installation view from solo exhibition Tape 158: New Documents From The Archives, 2020, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Mohkinstsis / Calgary, Treaty 7 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
Saksahan, 2016-2019, video installation (SD video, 0’30 loop, silent), wood, mirror, projection; installation view from solo exhibition Tape 158: New Documents From The Archives, 2020, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Mohkinstsis / Calgary, Treaty 7 territory, CA © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©

Nieje Täne

Nieje Täne (New Teeth)
, 2020, digital print on woven acrylic, 90cm x 120cm, installation view as part of WCLUB, 2020, Roman Susan Art Foundation, Zhigaagong / Chicago, US
 © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Nathan Abhalter-Smith and Roman Susan Art Foundation
Nieje Täne (New Teeth)
, 2020, digital print on woven acrylic, 90cm x 120cm, installation view as part of WCLUB, 2020, Roman Susan Art Foundation, Zhigaagong / Chicago, US
 © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Nathan Abhalter-Smith and Roman Susan Art Foundation
Nieje Täne (New Teeth)
, 2020, digital print on woven acrylic, 90cm x 120cm, installation view of Nieje Täne, as part of WCLUB, 2020, Roman Susan Art Foundation, Zhigaagong / Chicago, US
 © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
Nieje Täne (New Teeth)
, 2020, digital print on woven acrylic, 90cm x 120cm, installation view of Nieje Täne, as part of WCLUB, 2020, Roman Susan Art Foundation, Zhigaagong / Chicago, US
 © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©

Monuments / Monumental

Monuments / Monumental, 2017, video installation (15’00, HD video loop, colour, silent); video still. Installation view at group exhibition All That Glows In The Dark Of Democracy, 2022, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Zhigaagong / Chicago, US, curated by Kasia Houlihan and accompanied by a text from Dmytro Soloviov of Ukrainian Modernism. © Video still courtesy the artist ©
Monuments / Monumental, 2017, video installation (15’00, HD video loop, colour, silent); video still. Installation view at group exhibition All That Glows In The Dark Of Democracy, 2022, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Zhigaagong / Chicago, US, curated by Kasia Houlihan and accompanied by a text from Dmytro Soloviov of Ukrainian Modernism. © Video still courtesy the artist ©
Monuments / Monumental, 2017, video installation (15’00, HD video loop, colour, silent), video still.  © Video still courtesy the artist ©
Monuments / Monumental, 2017, video installation (15’00, HD video loop, colour, silent), video still. © Video still courtesy the artist ©
Monuments / Monumental, 2017, video installation (15’00, HD video loop, colour, silent); video still. Installation view at Roman Susan Art Foundation, as part of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Zhigaagong / Chicago, US
 © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Nathan Abhalter-Smith and Roman Susan Art Foundation
Monuments / Monumental, 2017, video installation (15’00, HD video loop, colour, silent); video still. Installation view at Roman Susan Art Foundation, as part of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Zhigaagong / Chicago, US
 © Photo: courtesy the artist © Photo credit: Nathan Abhalter-Smith and Roman Susan Art Foundation

Untitled (Maquettes for new monuments)

2019 - ongoing, concrete, steel, Ukrainian plastic bags, dimensions variable; installation view at Open Studios, 2019, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, US
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2019 - ongoing, concrete, steel, Ukrainian plastic bags, dimensions variable; installation view at Open Studios, 2019, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, US
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2019 - ongoing, concrete, steel, plastic bags, dimensions variable; installation view at solo exhibition All is well, that has not ended, Wedge Projects, 2019, Chicago, US © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
2019 - ongoing, concrete, steel, plastic bags, dimensions variable; installation view at solo exhibition All is well, that has not ended, Wedge Projects, 2019, Chicago, US © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
2019 - ongoing, concrete, steel, plastic bags, dimensions variable; installation view at Open Studios, 2019, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, US
 © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©
2019 - ongoing, concrete, steel, plastic bags, dimensions variable; installation view at Open Studios, 2019, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, US
 © Photo: courtesy of the artist ©

Eckdaten

https://kandisfriesen.com/
Fotografie, Installation, Konzeptkunst, Medienkunst, Skulptur
* 1978 (Winnipeg, Kanada)

Vita

-- Ausbildung
2018 MFA, Art Theory & Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, US
2012 BFA, Intermedia Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, CA
2006 AEC, Audio Theory & Recording, Cégep Vanier College, Montréal, CA

-- Austellungen
2026 (Kommend) What kind of breath, FOFA Gallery, Montreal, CA (Solo)
2026 (Kommend) Gruppenausstellung im Rahmen des Fellowship Program for Art & Theory, Künstler*innenhaus Büchsenhausen, Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, AT (Gruppe)
2024 Archives at a time, mit in Auftrag gegebenen Klangwerken von Hanna Bryzhata und Alexey Shmurak, Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, UA (Solo)
2024 The Shape of a Pocket, kuratiert von Shoufay Derz & Talya Lubinsky, TIER, Berlin, DE (Gruppe)
2023 To The Nightingales, KinoKiosk, im Rahmen der Reihe Viewing Copy, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE (Solo)
2023 One thousand, one hundred, CAFKA Biennial of Art in Public Space, Kitchener, CA (Solo)
2022 Her left year is shorter than her right, mit Natalia Revko, Galerie im Turm mit Klosterruine Berlin, Berlin, DE (Solo)
2022 All That Glows In The Dark Of Democracy, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago, US (Gruppe)
2021 These arms of mine, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE (Solo)
2021 Ever Elsewhere, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, CA (Gruppe)
2021 Tape 158: New Documents From The Archives, Articule, Montréal, CA (Solo)
2020 Tape 158: New Documents From The Archives, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary, CA (Solo)
2020 The Cedar, The Birch, Our Hands At Full-Mast, Behind The After, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, CA (Solo)
2019 All is well, that has not ended, Wedge Projects, Chicago, US (Solo)
2019 Monuments/Monumental, Roman Susan Art Foundation, als Teil der Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago, US (Solo)
2018 Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, US (Gruppe)
2017 Aula Oda Nuscht, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton, CA (Solo)
2015 LA DIS/LOCATION DE DARE-DARE, DARE-DARE Centre for Interdisciplinary Art, Montréal, CA (Gruppe)
2015 20/20: Vision/Hindsight, Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, Hamilton, CA (Gruppe)
2015 Faire des histoires, VOX centre de l’image contemporain, als Teil der FIFA, Montréal, CA (Gruppe)

-- Kunstprojekte und Ausstellungen im öffentlichen Raum
2024–25 Diadéo trésor, temporäres öffentliches Kunstwerk, KISR (Kunst im Stadtraum), mit in Auftrag gegebenen Klangarbeiten von Saverio Cantoni & Nicole Angela Pearson, Nour Sokhon, Talya Lubinsky, & DE NE DE, Berlin, DE
2023 One thousand, one hundred, CAFKA Biennial of Contemporary Art in Public Space, Waterloo, CA
2018-2023 DAUT DINTJ DAUT HELT, mit Art Metropole (Toronto, CA) für Art Basel (Basel, CH) und ACID-FREE Art Book Market (Los Angeles, US), und viele andere öffentliche Orte der Verbreitung
2022 Untitled (Odesan Klumba), im Rahmen der Einzelausstellung Her left year is shorter than her right, Galerie im Turm, in Zusammenarbeit mit der Klosterruine Berlin, Berlin, DE
2021 Nieje Täne, commissioned flag installation, im Rahmen der Reihe WCLUB, Roman Susan Art Foundation, Chicago, US
2013 maintenance/d’entretien, DARE-DARE Centre for Interdisciplinary Art, Montréal, CA