Fedele Maura Friede

Fedele Maura Friede (*1997 in Holzminden) lives and works in Leipzig.She studied painting and Printmaking in Leipzig and Vienna and completed a bachelor’s degree in culturalstudies alongside her art studies. Since 2024, she has been a teaching assistant in Franziska Reinbothe’s class atthe HGB Leipzig. Furthermore, she runs the project space Klub Portitz together with the artists Theresa Rotheand Karolina Koßmann, and is part of the KV – Kunstverein Leipzig team.Her work was most recently exhibited in a solo show as part of the 8th Horst Janssen Graphic Prize at theHamburger Kunsthalle (2024).

Fedele Maura Friede folds large sheets of paper into small parcels, which she repeatedly (partially) unfolds anddraws on while exploring an environment or space. A spontaneous, specific impression that arises on site – thatwhich immediately imposes itself – is documented.Fedele Maura Friede’s work moves between microcosm and grand panorama. The non-linearity of the narrativesinherent in her works continuously provides new perspectives. What could previously be taken for granted – thespace, the environment: everything that only appears to be in the immediate vicinity – folds up in one area inorder to expand unexpectedly in another.

During her stay in Viersen, Fedele Maura Friede will delve deeper into the concept of the margin. What happens at the site where things are almost over?