Education:
MFA Degree 2002 -Painting University of Regina
BFA Degree 1999 University of Lethbridge
Diploma in Fine Arts 1997 University College of the Fraser Valley
Solo Exhibitions:
2023- As Above, So Below, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2023- Meditative Dialogue, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, Alberta
2022- Pushing the Genre, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, Alberta. (Two person show with Charlie Easton)
2021- Side Hustle Mission Arts Centre, Mission, British Columbia
2018- Edges of Light S'eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2018- Scroll Through History Mennonite Heritage Museum, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2018- Search By Image The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2018- Graffiti Flags and Money Games, Kariton Art Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2016- Silvery Tones Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2013- Contiguity, S'eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2012- Digital Artifacts Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2012- Duplicity ACT Gallery, Maple Ridge, British Columbia
2010-11 Virtual Light The Reach Auxiliary Gallery (City Hall), Abbotsford, British Columbia
2010 In Medias Res Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2010 Essential Information The Reach Gallery Museum, 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:
2023 Winter Show, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2022 Summer Group, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2022 Winter Show, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2021 The Scales Project, https://thescalesproject.com/conversations/conversation49/
2021 Summer Group Show, Blue Crow Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2020 Summer Group Show, Blue Crow Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2020 Winter Salon Part Two Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2019-20 Winter Salon Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2019-20 Fraser Valley Biennale The Reach Gallery Museum, Kariton Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia. Chilliwack Cultural Center, Chilliwack, British Columbia
2018 it’s all about Painting Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2017-18 Pictures at an Exhibition 1 Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2017 Fraser Valley Biennale The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, British Columbia. Chilliwack Cultural Center, Chilliwack, British Columbia
2017 Summer Exhibition Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2017- Out of the Office S'eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2016- The New Contemporaries Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2015- Fraser Valley Biennale The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2014-15 Winter Group Show Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2013 Made In Canada Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2013 Faculty Show, S'eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2012 View Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2012 Faculty Show, S'eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, Abbotsford, British Columbia
2011Toronto International Art Fair, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Selected Collections :
Collection Abbotsford Hospice
Collection City of Abbotsford
Colart collection
Collection of University of Regina
Collection of University of the Fraser Valley
Selected Bibliography:
2019 Fraser Valley Biennale, Exhibition Catalogue
2018 Laura Schneider, Geoffrey Carr Corot, Modernism, and Digital Ambiguity in Christopher Friesen’s Search By Image, Catalogue Essay
2017 Fraser Valley Biennale, Exhibition Catalogue
2016 Carr, Geoffrey Souvenir of Corot: Views, Veils, and Silvery Tones, Catalogue Essay
2012 Peters, Carl THE FUTURE OF THE IMAGE: THE WORK OF ART IN THE A OF DIGITAL REPRODUCIBILITY Catalogue Essay
2010 Smith, Pete A Succession of Little Areas of Varying Brilliance[1]: Pixels, Portraits, People and the Paintings of Christopher Friesen, Catalogue Essay
2002 Garneau, David Transcendent Squares, Catalogue Essay