Miro Frei

Country: Switzerland

Miro Frei was born near the small town Aarau in Switzerland (1974) where he also grew up. He studied history, geography and German studies at the University of Zurich. Looking for some compensation for the intellectual work at University, he took courses in art. Then, art became his career changer. 2005 he discovered the cultural Berlin where he found an ideal environment for his work. In 2007 he exhibited his medium-size pastel and acrylic paintings in his first solo show at the Kraftwerk gallery in Berlin. In 2009 he was asked to participate in the Florence Biennale. There he met Marina Abramovic. He was deeply shocked by her radical language, but also inspired by her works. 2013 he participated again in the Florence Biennale. After this he was contacted by several galleries from New York City. He decided to go to the Artifact gallery in Lower East Side where he had a great reception in 2017. Frei’s installation „dada is growing up” in 2014 at the artclub in Cologne attracted attention beyond the art scene. 2014 he organized an international group exhibit at the Kapfsteig gallery. That exposition was so successful that it was continued in Innsbruck 2015. In Dezember 2021 he exhibited at the Kunsthalle Bern. In a show of the art school F+F. Miro Frei was supported by several foundations: the Zumsteg-Stiftung, the Casinelli-Vogel-Stiftung. The works of Miro Frei are represented in collections in Berlin, Cologne, Berne, Zurich, Feldmeilen, Lausanne. He works and lives in Zurich and Berlin.

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