Fredrik Nielsen
Fredrik Nielsen
Eduction
2013/2014 Project Programme, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden 2009/2010 Project Programme, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden 2009 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington, USA 2007 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington, USA
Fredrik Nielsen’s main material is glass.
Trained as a glassblower, he is approaching his material and the traditions around it in his very own way. His raw expression influenced by graffiti, music and pop culture is pushing our perception of glass into new directions. Nielsen considers his technique and choice of material as his artistic framework. Within this framework he is exploring and searching for new expressions resulting in glass objects marked by the process of making them. Of central interest in Fredrik Nielsen’s artistic practice is the body. The bodily aspects of creating his pieces, the heavy material and hot studio, has turned his process into a competition between himself and the artworks he creates.
“I want the physical effort to be so big that I am creating a work that is competing with my own body. Everything that reaches this stadium of competition becomes important, then I have created a volume that is looking for the limits of body and mass.”