Peter Fries artistry serves as a link between the classical and the modern, it connects the past and the present. One can discern the past and get a glimpse of the present. The works are truly timeless and the thoughtful and direct work side by side. Peter Fries oeuvre holds a certain persistency that makes him truly unique.
The inner mental landscape works alongside the figurative in Peter Fries art. It is as if the works reminds us of images from dreams we once dreamt. The evocative atmosphere of the works inevitably affects the viewer. The paintings exude a somewhat surreal meditative ambiance in which time and spatiality ceases to exist. The viewer enters a state somewhere between dream and awareness and we are transferred to a place that is both pleasant and eerie at the same time. Whether Peter Frie works in small or large format he totally masters the mood. The feel of the paintings encompasses the viewer and although the paintings never depict people you seldom feel lonely in front of them. The works breathe melancholy rather than desolation.
CV
Born 1947 in Lysekil, Sweden. Lives and works in Båstad, Sweden
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Vida Museum, Öland, Sweden
2014
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2013
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Saltarvet, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
Frie/Englund, Landskrona Konstmuseum, Sweden
2012
Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
Arnstedt, Östra Karup, Sweden
Picasso Museum, Münster, Germany
2011
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
New Arts Centre, Salisbury, England
2010
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden
Tunnland, Ltd Edition, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Varberg Konsthall, Sweden
Stathausgalerie Münster, Germany
Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden
2007
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
Passing, Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Passing, Jönköpings Läns Musuem, Jönlöping, Sweden
Passing, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2005
Gewölk, Morat - Institut fur Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany
2004
Skyarna, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Skyarna, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
Elementum - Ekelöf/Frie, Josef Kleinheinrich, Munster, Germany
2003
The view belongs to everyone, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2002
Visiting, New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Roche Court, East Winterslow, Wiltshire, UK
Havet Ekelöf/Frie, Joseph Kleinheinrich, Münster, Germany
Havet Ekelöf/Frie, Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Visiting, Galerie S 65, Cologne, Germany
Skaftfell, Seydisfjördur, Iceland (with Georg Gudni)
2001
Listening, Roman Zenner, Stuttgart, Germany
2000
Tranströmer/Frie, Josef Kleinheinrich, Munster, Germany
Listening, The Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, USA
Listening, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
Maisema, Jyväskylää Art Museum, Jyväskylää, Finland
Maisema, Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA
1998
Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki, Finland
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Maisema, Pori Art Museum, Pori, finland
Maisema, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland
1997
Norwegian Landscapes, Galleri c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1995
Galleri c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1992
Galleri Leger, Malmö. Sweden
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1991
Galleri Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
1990
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
New Arts Centre, Salisbury, UK
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
Moln/ Clouds, Skissernas Museum Lund, Sweden
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsinborg, Sweden
Galerie Proarta, Zürich, Switzerland
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2006
N.A.C Gallery, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
2005
Myth and Landscape, Prins Eugens Waldermarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden
Ars Fennica, Turku Art Museum, Finland
N.A.C Gallery, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Billgren-Frie-Wolgers, Galerie Proarta, Zürich, Switzerland
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Landskap, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
2004
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Ars Fennica, Marble Palace, St Petersburg, Russia
2003
Edward Mitterand Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland (with Torsten Andersson)
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Landschaften, S 65, Cologne, Germany
2002
NAC Gallery Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
2000-01
Kiss the Sky, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
1998
Art from Sweden, Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum, Pusan, South Korea
Nordic Painting - Carnegie Art Award, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden / Sophienholm, Copenhagen, Denmark / Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway / Helsingin Taidehall, Helsinki, Finland / Listasafn Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland
1997
Växt-Kasvu, Turku Art Museum, Finland
1996
Alone together, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
1995-96
Salut au Monde, Friesichen Museum, Leeuwarden, Holland,Städtische Galerie im Bundentor, Bremen, Kulturgeschichte Museum, Osnabruck, Germany
1993-94
Arbetsnamn: Sommarnatt, Nordic Art Centre, Helsinki, Finland, Tikanoja Art Museum, Vasa, Finland, Millesgården, Stockholm, Sweden, Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Skogskapellet, Stockholm, Sweden
COLLECTIONS
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Friesichen Museum, Leeuwarden, Holland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden
Örebro Museum, Örebro, Sweden
The National Public Art Council, Stockholm, Sweden
Beckers samling, Stockholm, Sweden
Henna and Pertti Niemisö Collection of Contemporary Art, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Olle Olsson Huset, Stockholm, Sweden
Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, USA
Hämenlinna Art Museum, Hämenlinna, Finland
EMMA - the Modern Art Museum in Espoo, Finland
Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
Chalmers, University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
City Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Head Office of H&M, Stockholm, Sweden
Eskilstuna konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Unesco World Heritage Skogskyrkogården, Stockholm, Sweden
Landskrona konstmuseum, Sweden
Saltarvet Collection, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
Awards
2008
The Memory of Prins Eugene, Award from The Sundbyholm Art Foundation
2001
Art Interflora Award, Sweden
1998
The Ars Fennica Award, from the Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation
The inner mental landscape works alongside the figurative in Peter Fries art. It is as if the works reminds us of images from dreams we once dreamt. The evocative atmosphere of the works inevitably affects the viewer. The paintings exude a somewhat surreal meditative ambiance in which time and spatiality ceases to exist. The viewer enters a state somewhere between dream and awareness and we are transferred to a place that is both pleasant and eerie at the same time. Whether Peter Frie works in small or large format he totally masters the mood. The feel of the paintings encompasses the viewer and although the paintings never depict people you seldom feel lonely in front of them. The works breathe melancholy rather than desolation.
CV
Born 1947 in Lysekil, Sweden. Lives and works in Båstad, Sweden
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Vida Museum, Öland, Sweden
2014
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2013
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Saltarvet, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
Frie/Englund, Landskrona Konstmuseum, Sweden
2012
Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
Arnstedt, Östra Karup, Sweden
Picasso Museum, Münster, Germany
2011
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
New Arts Centre, Salisbury, England
2010
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden
Tunnland, Ltd Edition, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Varberg Konsthall, Sweden
Stathausgalerie Münster, Germany
Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden
2007
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
Passing, Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Passing, Jönköpings Läns Musuem, Jönlöping, Sweden
Passing, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2005
Gewölk, Morat - Institut fur Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany
2004
Skyarna, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Skyarna, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
Elementum - Ekelöf/Frie, Josef Kleinheinrich, Munster, Germany
2003
The view belongs to everyone, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2002
Visiting, New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Roche Court, East Winterslow, Wiltshire, UK
Havet Ekelöf/Frie, Joseph Kleinheinrich, Münster, Germany
Havet Ekelöf/Frie, Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Visiting, Galerie S 65, Cologne, Germany
Skaftfell, Seydisfjördur, Iceland (with Georg Gudni)
2001
Listening, Roman Zenner, Stuttgart, Germany
2000
Tranströmer/Frie, Josef Kleinheinrich, Munster, Germany
Listening, The Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, USA
Listening, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
Maisema, Jyväskylää Art Museum, Jyväskylää, Finland
Maisema, Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA
1998
Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki, Finland
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Maisema, Pori Art Museum, Pori, finland
Maisema, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland
1997
Norwegian Landscapes, Galleri c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1995
Galleri c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1992
Galleri Leger, Malmö. Sweden
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1991
Galleri Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
1990
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
New Arts Centre, Salisbury, UK
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
Moln/ Clouds, Skissernas Museum Lund, Sweden
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsinborg, Sweden
Galerie Proarta, Zürich, Switzerland
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2006
N.A.C Gallery, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
2005
Myth and Landscape, Prins Eugens Waldermarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden
Ars Fennica, Turku Art Museum, Finland
N.A.C Gallery, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Billgren-Frie-Wolgers, Galerie Proarta, Zürich, Switzerland
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Landskap, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
2004
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Ars Fennica, Marble Palace, St Petersburg, Russia
2003
Edward Mitterand Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland (with Torsten Andersson)
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Landschaften, S 65, Cologne, Germany
2002
NAC Gallery Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
2000-01
Kiss the Sky, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
1998
Art from Sweden, Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum, Pusan, South Korea
Nordic Painting - Carnegie Art Award, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden / Sophienholm, Copenhagen, Denmark / Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway / Helsingin Taidehall, Helsinki, Finland / Listasafn Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland
1997
Växt-Kasvu, Turku Art Museum, Finland
1996
Alone together, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
1995-96
Salut au Monde, Friesichen Museum, Leeuwarden, Holland,Städtische Galerie im Bundentor, Bremen, Kulturgeschichte Museum, Osnabruck, Germany
1993-94
Arbetsnamn: Sommarnatt, Nordic Art Centre, Helsinki, Finland, Tikanoja Art Museum, Vasa, Finland, Millesgården, Stockholm, Sweden, Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Skogskapellet, Stockholm, Sweden
COLLECTIONS
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Friesichen Museum, Leeuwarden, Holland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden
Örebro Museum, Örebro, Sweden
The National Public Art Council, Stockholm, Sweden
Beckers samling, Stockholm, Sweden
Henna and Pertti Niemisö Collection of Contemporary Art, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Olle Olsson Huset, Stockholm, Sweden
Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, USA
Hämenlinna Art Museum, Hämenlinna, Finland
EMMA - the Modern Art Museum in Espoo, Finland
Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
Chalmers, University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
City Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Head Office of H&M, Stockholm, Sweden
Eskilstuna konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Unesco World Heritage Skogskyrkogården, Stockholm, Sweden
Landskrona konstmuseum, Sweden
Saltarvet Collection, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
Awards
2008
The Memory of Prins Eugene, Award from The Sundbyholm Art Foundation
2001
Art Interflora Award, Sweden
1998
The Ars Fennica Award, from the Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation