Justine Frischmann
| Justine Frischmann | |
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Frischmann performing in 1995
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Justine Elinor Frischmann |
| Born |
16 September 1969 Kensington, London, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, Britpop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, painter artist |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active |
1989-2002 (as Musician) 1999-present (as Painter Artist) |
| Associated acts | Elastica, Suede, M.I.A. |
| Website | http://www.justinefrischmann.net |
Justine Elinor Frischmann (born 16 September 1969) is an English artist and former musician, best known for being the lead singer of the Britpop band Elastica. She is now pursuing a career as a painter.
Justine Frischmann was born in Kensington, London to Wilem Frischmann, a Jewish-Hungarian Holocaust survivor who is the former chairman of the Pell Frischmann company of consulting engineers, and to a Jewish-Russian mother.
Frischmann grew up in Twickenham and attended St Paul's School, before studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London.
She has exhibited nationally in the US and is currently represented by the George Lawson Gallery in San Francisco, CA. Frischmann has said, "The themes and ideas I am working with are in direct relation to an ongoing personal narrative; the big questions are reflected in the choices I make in my art...[including] my ever-evolving relationship with my spiritual faith. I think my approach and aesthetics reveal internal struggles and speak to my family origins and history."
In 2005, Frischmann moved to Boulder, Colorado where she studied visual arts at Naropa University, a small, Buddhist-inspired liberal arts college.
In 2012 her work was shortlisted for the UK's Marmite Prize for painting, and she has been included in 1000 Living Painters.
From March 2-6, 2016, George Lawson Gallery will exhibit six new paintings by Frischmann at Volta NY. The gallery will have a solo show of her paintings April 13–May 28, 2016.
Frischmann began writing and studying music at the age of eleven.
In 1989, Frischmann met Brett Anderson, a fellow student at UCL, and formed the band Suede. She left the band in 1991.
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