Fraigaist Catalog

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Transformations

2019
Hand made Slides, Slide Projector

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Bird Exercises

2019
20 projected Slides
Freya Vogel made up her own bird
exercises, allowing human beings
to strengthen the specific muscles
which the bird uses to raise and
pull down it‘s wings.

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Bird Study #4

2019
8 Scanned Polaroids, made into
Slide Projections

In her Bird Study #4, Freya
placed her human bird model
in bird poses, comparing her to
the photographic negatives of an
actual bird.

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At Peace

(Roentgenogram Photograms)
Towards the end of her stay in the United States,
Freya became obsessed with dead birds. For her,
the animal did not necessarily portend physical
death, but metaphorical death. More specifically,
it symbolized the end of something and the start
of something else.
Vogel placed the bird on a backlit apparatus,
where she would cover it up, to only expose
certain parts of it. Through this process, she
shed light on the bird’s fragility, it’s peacefulness
and overall, it’s beauty.

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At Peace

2019
8 Lightboxes: Stained Wood Frames, LED Light, Cyanotype on Vellum

8 x 8 inches
Frames: 9 x 9 inches

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Franziska Kolling

Franziska Kolling is an artist who lives and works in Mainz, Germany. She is currently pursuing her
graduate degree at Johannes Gutenberg University and Kunsthochschule Mainz.
She spent a year studying at California State University, Chico in 2018, where she also worked on
a collaborative project with San Francisco based artist Gyöngy Laky. Though she primarily worked
digitally beforehand her love for materials and hands-on processes such as metal casting were
sparked and developed through her experiences during this time.

California State University, Chico: Franziska Kolling gives a talk,
speaking as the curator of the American Museum of Foreign
Philosophical Science.

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EDUCATION

2018-2019 Graduate Studies in Fine Arts, California State University, Chico, California, USA

2017 Bachelor of Education, Johannes Gutenberg University and Kunsthochschule Mainz

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2019 fraigaist, Master of Fine Arts Gallery, CSU Chico Longing, 1078 Gallery, Chico

64th Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Jacki Headley University Art Gallery, CSU Chico

24th Turner Juried Student Print Exhibition, Turner Print Museum, CSU Chico

8 Servings: An Evening of Performance Art, MFA Gallery, CSU Chico

Too many cooks?, BSO Space, CSU Chico

Everything is still on the table, live performance with Hope Blackwell, CSU Chico

Gyöngy Laky and Meech Miyagi, b. sakata garo, Sacramento

Mini Print Exchange, BSO Space, CSU Chico

2018 Wanderlust, MFA Gallery, CSU Chico

Stamina, Blue Velvet Window Gallery, CSU Chico

Slowly I turn, basis e. V., Frankfurt am Main

2017 Space Invaders, project space Schmiedestraße, Düsseldorf

triPod, Kunsthochschule Mainz

Digital Naives, Galerie 52, Essen

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2019 Juror Prize, 64th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, CSU Chico

2018 PROMOS Travel Scholarship, USA West, through the German Academic Exchange

Service (DAAD), granted through the Johannes Gutenberg University

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Published in conjunction with the exhibition fraigaist by Franziska Kolling.
April 23-May 4, 2019
Master of Fine Arts Gallery
California State University, Chico
Arts and Humanities Building, Room 122
Essay written by Kelly Lindner, Director and Curator of the Jacki Headley University Art
Gallery, CSU Chico.
Published through the Jacki Headley University Art Gallery, CSU Chico.
© Franziska Kolling 2019 Chico. All rights reserved.

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