—  Christopher Friesen  —

Christopher Friesen is a painter, community advocate and an educator. Friesen lives and has his studio in Langley, British Columbia. His work has been shown extensively throughout Western Canada in public and commercial galleries. Friesen has work in international public, private and corporate collections.

His teaching focuses on painting, foundational development, and different modes of cultural discourse ranging from specific formal painting concerns to community engagement through mural projects. Friesen is a past member of Abbotsford Arts Council’s Board of Directors since 2004- 2022 serving two terms as President over that time. Friesen also sit on the Board of Directors for the Artist Run Center, The Fort Gallery. Friesen is an Associate Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) in the School of Creative Arts. He received his BFA with great distinction from the University of Lethbridge and his MFA in painting from the University of Regina.