Jonas Fries is a descendant of the Fries family and part of its creative network.
He dedicated works to his great-uncle, the visual artist Wolfgang Fries (*1921–2005). The life’s work and artistic estate of the Nuremberg-based artist consist predominantly of painting and ceramics.

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*1992

in Nuremberg

Education

2024 –

Fine Arts, Object Sculpture with Professor Manfred Pernice at the University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin

2023

Fine Arts, specialisation in ceramics with Prof. Kyoshi Yunohara in the Arita Space Program at the Faculty of Art and Regional Design, Saga University, Arita (Japan)

2021

Study abroad at Institute HyperWerk, University of Applied Sciences and Arts FHNW, Basel (CH)

2018 – 2024

Fine Arts, Sculpture with Prof. Karsten Födinger, Prof. Stella Geppert and Prof. Dr. Stephan Gregory at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle (Saale)

Exhibitions

2025

• museum FLUXUS+ Award, Group Exhibition, Potsdam

• Room to Expand, Group Show at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin

2024

• Strahlengänge, Solo Exhibition featuring large-scale installations, exploring light and reflection as sculptural elements at Francke Foundations, Halle (Saale)

• (Dis)ordering Things, Group Show exploring systems of order and their dissolution within sculptural practice at Galerie OQBO, Berlin

2023

• en O, Duo Show exploring the intersection of organic materials and ceramic objects at Galerie Telescope, Kyoto (Japan),

• Space Arita , Solo Exhibition combining Japanese porcelain techniques with contemporary sculptural practice at Saga University, Arita (Japan)

2022

• Zeremonie der Wesen - Group performance, Project lead, concept development and direction of a three day interactive performance exploring the connection between ritual, materiality at Stadtmuseum, Halle (Saale)

• I was / But I am – Group performance by Vittorio Santoro, a site-specific, process-based work engaging with themes of identity at Kunstmuseum Basel (CH)

Grants

• 2023 DAAD Fellowship for Arita Space Program at Saga University, Arita (Japan)

• 2021 Fellowship abroad Swiss European Mobility Program (CH)

Award

• 2025 Sponsorship award, museum Fluxus+, Potsdam

Contact

Email: jonas.fries.nbg@gmail.com
Instagram: @jonas_a_l_f