Pia Fries

1955   Born in Beromünster, Switzerland
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany, and Lucerne, Switzerland

1977 – 1980   Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, specialist class for sculpting with Anton Egloff
1980 – 1986   Academy of the Arts, Düsseldorf, studies painting with Gerhard Richter, master scholar
1984 – 1998   Lecturer in painting at the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts
1998 – 2000   Lectureship in painting at the Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf
2000 – 2001   Visiting professorship at the Academy of Arts, Karlsruhe / Freiburg i. Br.
2007 – 2009   Visiting professorship at the Berlin University of the Arts
2009 – 2014   Professorship at the Berlin University of the Arts
2014 – 2023   Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Scholarships and Awards

1985   Jury Prize of the six central Swiss cantons
1986   Graduate scholarship from the State of North-Rhine Westphalia
1989   Work grant of the Canton and City of Lucerne, Fine Art
Swiss government art scholarship
1991   Swiss government art scholarship
1992   Nordmann-Prize, Canton of Lucerne
Swiss government art scholarship
1994   Bonn Art Foundation
1996   Art Prize Münsterland
2000   Studio residency in London from the Zug Cultural Foundation, Landis & Gyr
2009   Fred-Thieler Award, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
2011   Iserlohner art scholarship, Villa Wessel Iserlohn
2014   Art- and culture award of the city of Lucern, Switzerland
2017   Gerhard Altenbourg-Award, Lindenau-Museum Altenburg
2023   Recognition award of the Foundation for Graphic Arts in Switzerland

Works in Public Collections

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, CH
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
Detroit Institute of Art, MI, USA
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, F
Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, D
Kunsthalle Mannheim, D
Kunsthaus Zürich, CH
Kunstmuseum Bern, Stiftung Kunst Heute, CH
Kunstmuseum Bonn, D
Kunstmuseum Luzern, CH
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, CH
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, CH
Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, D
Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, F
Museum Folkwang, Essen, D
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, D
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, D
Museum of Contemporary Art, MCASD, San Diego, CA, USA
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX, USA
Neues Museum – Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, D
Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung, Hannover, D
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, USA
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, D
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, D
Studio A, Otterndorf, D
University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, CH