Gunnar Friel
Gunnar Friel (* 1967 in Cologne ) is a German video and media artist .
Friel studied from 1990 to 1993 at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and from 1994 to 1997 at the Cologne Academy of Media Arts with Valie Export and David Larcher. Friel's focus is on videos and installations .
As a curator, he organized exhibitions in the field of video art, including in 2008 in cooperation with the LCCA Latvian Center for Contemporary Art in Riga . Friel has been teaching at various universities a. a. at the Escuela Superior de Diseño BAU Barcelona and the CENTRO Diseño in Mexico City.
Since 2002 he has been working with the artist Anja Vormann on projects in public, urban and communicative spaces. In 2006 they took part in the Busan Biennale in South Korea.
Friel lives and works in Düsseldorf.
Prices
- 2006 German Video Art Award Marl (sponsorship award)
- 2006 International Video Art Prize, Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach
- 2003 Selection of HW & J. Hector Art Prize of the Kunsthalle Mannheim
- 2003 Prize for Fine Arts of the State Capital Düsseldorf
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2002 "HELLGRUEN", international competition and exhibition for EUROGA 2002 Düsseldorf
- 2006 5th Biennale for Contemporary Art Busan, South Korea
- 2006 "Resistance to interpretation" Kunstraum Innsbruck (with Simon Wachsmuth )
- 2009 "Cabin (City)", Kunstraum xtd, Linz `09 European Capital of Culture
Web links
- Literature by and about Gunnar Friel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gunnar Friel on Public Art Wiki
- Website of the artist
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| SURNAME | Friel, Gunnar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German video and media artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |