Christi Friesen
Resident Artist:
September 1st - 30th, 2025
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Christi Friesen is an award-winning artist specialising in sculptural polymer and epoxy clays embellished with mixed media—gems, pearls, beads, fiber, found objects, artifacts, and metal. Her work expresses joy and exuberance, with themes centering around the natural and the organic, along with explorations into whimsy.
Her creations have been showcased in numerous books and magazines, as well as featured in juried shows and exhibits. In addition, Christi has authored twelve how-to books on creating with polymer clay and mixed media. She teaches her unique style, using humor and positive energy to encourage students to stretch their creativity, technical skills and artistic confidence.
Christi describes her work, saying, “I am an artist because I must be. My mind wanders and my fingers follow.”
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Exploring Myth….
My intention to use this time as an Artist in Residence at Mulranny Arts to explore myth. I want to combine writing stories with creating images and sculptures of mythical creatures from my own imagination. But I will draw on the universal human experience of mythology. Ireland is rich with mythological stories and imagery and I want to tap into that creative stream to explore how myths help us understand both the real and the unknown.
I want to approach this subject with a sense of adventure, and explore the positive messages our shared human mythology can offer through my own interpretations and reimaginings.