Freya Burnett (b.1998) is an MFA graduate of the Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design (2024) and is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Themes of magic, camp and feminine ecstasy form the heartbeat of Freya Burnett's sculpture and immersive moving image installation practice. Working with these themes she aims to harness the materiality and function of light and liquid as tools to materialise spaces that aspire to evoke sensations of complex tranquillity, enchantment and decadence.
Freya Burnett’s new moving image work is an exploration of feminine interiority, sensory excess and the brain as a site of tenderness.
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Education
2018 - 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
2023 - 2024, Master of Fine Arts, - Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, first class honours
Exhibitions
2026 BYO, Plomacy (Group)
2026 Essence, Arts House Trust (Solo)
2025 Creature Comforts, Freya Burnett,
Brittany Walker Smith at Plomacy Gallery (Group)
2024 MFA & Hons, End of Year Show, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design (Group)
2024 The Potion, DEMO (Solo)
2023 MFA & Hons, End of Year Show, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design (Group)
2023 Trash Palace, 74 Karangahape (Solo)
2023 Portal to the Shiny Labyrinth, DEMO (Solo)
2022 Ghost Syrup, ODDLY (Group)
2022 Drawing Nice Goblins Collective (Group)
2020 Whitecliffe Mid-Year Open Studio; Whitecliffe College of Art and Design (Group)
2020 Friends in Paradise; Splore Music and Arts Festival Installation
2019 Moonlight, SILO6
2019 Moonlight; RAYDAR
2019 Whitecliffe End of Year Exhibition; Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
2018 Whitecliffe Mid- Year Exhibition; Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
2017 Certificate Graduate Exhibition; Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
Awards and Residencies
2023 Artist in residence, Four week residency, DEMO
2023 Master of Fine Art, Formal Scholarship recipient
2019 Whitecliffe End of Year Exhibition; Gordon Harris Award
2017 Whitecliffe Certificate Programme; Commitment to Learning Award
