CV Frederick Terpstra

Represented by the gallery Alex Schlesinger, Zurich, Switzerland 

Upcoming: 

Drawing Now, gallery C, le Carreau du Temple, Paris, March 2026

105th annual open exhibition with the Society of Graphic Fine Arts, London, March 2026

Drawings from the roots to the rooftops, Garage Gallery London, July 2026

 

Solo shows:

Solo show and art talk, Flinders civic hall, Victoria Australia, July 2025

Solo show gallery Alex Schlesinger, Zurich, April, 2025

Solo exhibition in the Open Space "MATERIAL" Zurich, 29. June - 5. July 2023

 

 

Group exhibitions/ residencies:

 

2025

Exhibition "Visarte Einsichten" in the Kupper Modern, Zürich, August-September 2025

Summer exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, June-August, 2025

Works on Paper exhibition, Blue shop gallery (online exhibition), London, 2025

Group exhibition David Weill drawing competition (part of the Salon du Dessin), Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, March, 2025

Solid’Art, Carreau du Temple, Paris, Mai, 2025

 

2024

Exhibition at the Art Salon Zurich with the gallery Alex Schlesinger, 2024

Exhibition “Le Salon d’été” with “Arts-Sciences-Lettres”, galerie Thuillier, Paris, July, 2024

Exhibition “Picnic in the park” curated by Orlando Marosini in the off space “Coin Coin”, Zurich, June, 2024

Residency Waldbröl Germany, Mai 2024

United Talents Deluxe Group Exhibition, Galerie Art and Business, Mai 2024

103rd annual open exhibition with the Society of Graphic Fine Arts, Mall galleries, London

Das kleine Format, Zollikon, February 2024


 2023

Exhibition "Visarte Einsichten" in the Photobastei, Zürich, December 2023

Exhibition la galerie d'Openbach Paris, September 2023
 "Résidence d'été" gallery Openbach Paris, July-August 2023.
 
 

 

Awards:

2025

Finalist in the David Weill drawing competition, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris

 

2024

Second place tie, American Art Awards 2024, (for “Mona and me”), Category 4. Charcoal, ink/ figure

Medal “Vermeil” (in between gold and silver), Arts-Sciences-Lettres, Paris 

“Salon Plastica Naboria” Award from with Art-Sciences-Lettres, Paris

“Arising artist" award from the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Mall galleries, St. James, London

Finalist 99 Future blue-chip artists, Artsted

 

2023

First place tie, World Art Awards 2023, (for “a train station snooze”), Category 4. Charcoal, ink/ figure 
 
 

2022
Third place tie, American Art Awards 2022, (for “a confident stride”), Category 4. Charcoal, ink/ figure

Finalist, 16th International ARC (Art Renewal Center) Salon, 2022 (for “a confident stride”) 

 

Publications:

Article in the British magazine "Artists and Illustrators" (October issue 2022 and September issue 2025)

Article in the Swiss, German and Austrian magazine « Kunst: Art 102 » March/ April 2025

Article in the magazine “99 Future blue-chip artists”, Artsted (2024)

Article in the French magazine “le pratique des arts » (October issus 2023)

Workshops/ classes:
2022 till now: Drawing classes with students in Kindergarden to grade 7 from at the Obersee Bilingual School, Wollerau, Switzerland

SGIS Arts conference Switzerland 2024, workshop for teachers on hyperrealistic pencil drawing

Obersee Bilingual School, Wollerau, Switzerland 2024, workshop for International Baccalaureate students on hyperrealistic pencil drawing