Biography
Danielle Friesen (b. 1997, Winnipeg, MB) is an emerging Bajan-Canadian artist currently based in Halifax, NS. She holds a diploma in Graphic Design from Red River College (2019) and a Bachelor of Fine Art from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (2025).
Rooted in drawing and abstraction, Danielle investigates repeated mark-making and action, following a process-led approach where the work unfolds through doing. Her practice engages with the fleeting and intuitive aspects of experience. Not knowing and the potential for surprise are central to how she works.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, 2025
Arthur Lismer Award of Academic Excellence
Simon Chang Foundation for Change Scholarship
Dalglish Family Foundation Exhibition Bursary
Bernadette Macdonald Bursary
Thomas George and Ethel Pearson MacKenzie Scholarship
Harrison McCain Scholarship in Memory of Marion McCain
Graphic Design Diploma, Red River College, Winnipeg, MB, 2019
Exhibitions
hum (Solo), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2025
Something Sentimental (Group), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2025
MUST (Group), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2024
THAWTS (Group), Allman Block, Winnipeg, MB, 2019
Articles & Lectures
Guest Presentation, Mad Studies | Jay Heisler, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, 2024
Randall King, “Survival by Design”, Winnipeg Free Press, July 2020.
Molly Cross-Blanchard, “This Chapter Should Never be Closed: An Interview with Danielle Friesen”, PRISM international, November 2019.