Christine Frerichs makes intimate observational paintings of interior scenes in her home and studio. Each work is a result of repetitive sittings – observing and painting what remains and what changes over weeks, months or years. The evidence of love relationships and relationship to self, are felt through the order and disorder of objects left behind. Frerichs often works in series, and her medium is oil on wax coated paper, linen and canvas. Carefully considered compositions, layered textural surfaces and delicate shifts in color and light - her paintings reward prolonged viewing.
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b. 1979, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2009 M.F.A. (Painting and Drawing), University of California, Riverside, CA
2002 B.F.A. (Painting and Drawing, Minor in Spanish), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Christine Frerichs, Billis/Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Viewfinder, Klowden Mann, Culver City, CA
2017 Christine Frerichs, 101 California, San Francisco, CA
Beacon, Klowden Mann, Culver City, CA
2015 Serenade, Klowden Mann, Culver City, CA
2013 The Conversation, gallery km (now Klowden Mann), Santa Monica, CA
Christine Frerichs, gallery km, VOLTA NY, New York City, NY
2010 On Recognition, Kaycee Olsen Gallery, Culver City, CA
2008 Christine Frerichs: New Work, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA.
2003 The Bachelor Series, Phantom Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Two Person Exhibitions
2025 What Remains, What Reveals, Vita Eruhimovitz and Christine Frerichs, Neo LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2025 Cityscape XV: Ordinary places, singular moments, Billis/Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
NOMAD, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2022 Garden, Ladies Room, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Garden, Ladies Room, Los Angeles, CA
Artists and Poems, Suturo, suturo.com
2020 NADA, New York City, NY
2019 Home: Narratives of time and belonging, 2 Rivington, New York City, NY
Punk House vs. Dream House, Organized by Kristin Calabrese, Joshua Aster and Torie Zalben, Serious Topics, Inglewood, CA
2014 Texas Contemporary, Houston, Texas
2013 Selective Perspectives, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Miami Project, Miami, Florida
Texas Contemporary, George R. Brown Conventional Center, Houston, Texas
2012 ELAC Faculty Exhibition, Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Line Dancing, Curated by Catlin Moore+Matthew Gardocki, 5790projects, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Painting. Design. Speculation. Generosity., CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Telephone, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2010
Inaugural Group Show, Kaycee Olsen Gallery, Culver City, CA
2009 Seasonal Pictures, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Objets d’Art II, Young Art, Los Angeles, CA
Until we come to one that reminds us, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Christine Frerichs MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sweeney Gallery, Riverside, CA
Supersonic, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2008 New Work, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA
Painting’s Edge Exhibition, Curated by Peter Frank, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA
Works on Loan from the 21st Century, essay by Peter Frank, Riverside Art Museum, CA
2007 My Buddy, Wight Gallery at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
both…and (and both) 57 Underground, Pomona, CA
either too young or too obtuse, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA
Like, Resembling, Similar, Curated by Spencer Finch, Duchess Presents, Chicago, IL
2005 Summer Group Show, Katz Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist’s Space, New York City, NY
2003 Portrait of My Mother, Things Left Unsaid, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
This American Lawn, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2002 Spit and Image, Carbonbase Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2001 Group Show, Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Miniphany, Gocaia Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Residencies
2008 Painting’s Edge, Advanced Painting Residency, Idyllwild, CA
Scholarships and Awards
2009 Change Inc., Artist Grant, New York City, NY
2006-08 Painting’s Edge Residency Fellowship
Maxwell H. Gluck Fellowship, Riverside, CA
Distinguished Dean’s Award, Riverside, CA
Bibliography
2020 Hudson, Suzanne. "Christine Frerichs, Klowden Mann", Artforum, February print issue
2017 Abrahams, Megan. "Christine Frerichs: Beacon", art ltd. March.
2015 Abrahams, Megan. "Christine Frerichs: Serenade", ARTPULSE Magazine, Issue 23 Vol. 6 2015
Scarborough, James. "Christine Frerichs: 'Serenade' at Klowden Mann, Art ltd, May/June 2015 print issue
Brumer. Andy. “Preview: Christine Frerichs", Artscene, March print issue.
Gleeson, Bridget. "A Painter Creates Her Own Materials To Illustrate Personal Memories", Artsy Editorial,April
2013 Miller, Easton. "An Interview with Christine Frerichs", Painting in L.A., June.
Caldwell, Ellen C. "Overlapping Disjuncture: Christine Frerichs at Gallery KM", New American Paintings, July.
2010 Tuck, Geoff. Notes on Looking: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, December 16,
2009 Myers, Holly. “Until we come to one that reminds us”, Los Angeles Times, August 19.
2007 McKinnon, John. “Like, Resembling, Similar”, Artforum, February 5.
Foumberg, Jason. “Like, Resembling, Similar”, New City Chicago, January.
Writing and Publications
2019 "Christine Frerichs in Conversation with Charles Long", October 2019
2017 “Christine Frerichs”, Exhibition Catalog for Beacon, March 2017
2015 “Christine Frerichs”, Exhibition Catalog for Serenade, April 2015
2007 “Rebecca Morris at Karyn Lovegrove Gallery”, www.thehighlights.org, May 2007
2005 New American Paintings, Northeastern Competition, Juror: Nicholas Baume.
Teaching Experience
2016-current Associate Professor, Painting, Drawing, Color Theory
East Los Angeles College, Department of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2011-2016 Senior Lecturer
Otis College of Art and Design, Dept. of Fine Arts and Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2010 - 2016 Adjunct Faculty, East Los Angeles College, Department of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013 - 2016 Instructor, Long Beach City College, Art and Photography Dept, Long Beach, CA
2011 Lecturer, University of California, Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Irvine, CA
2009 Instructor
, University of California, Riverside, School of Art, Riverside CA
2007-2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, Riverside, School of Art,
Riverside CA
Lectures
2019 "Viewfinder", Artist Talk, Klowden Mann, Culver City, CA
2017 "Beacon", Artist Talk, Klowden Mann, Culver City, CA
2015 "Serenade", Artist Talk, Klowden Mann, Culver City, CA
2013 "The Conversation", Artist Talk, gallery km, Santa Monica, CA
"On Abstraction", Lecture and Panel Discussion, VOLTA, New York City, NY
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Visits, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
Otis College of Art and Design, Guest Instructor (Advanced Painting Seminar)