“Most of my work revolves about themes of power, masculinity and man’s relationship to nature. In my images, I create ambiguous tableaus that challenge preconceived notions about identity, gender and social hierarchies. My most recent pieces look both outwards, to the challenges in contemporary society, and inwards, to a meditative state of mind. In these photographs and videos, the isolation and solitude of the individuals reflect issues in society at large.  The objects and selected locations for the photographs brings historic reflections to our time in turmoil.”

Maria Friberg (born 1966 in Malmö, Sweden), lives and works in Stockholm. She has exhibited widely both in Sweden and abroad, and she has received numerous grants and awards over the years. Maria Friberg is a pioneering artist,  and she has created iconic works that now form part of museum collections worldwide. Her work is represented at among others, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Itacha, New York, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Museo Fortuny, Venice, Italy, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Moderna Art, Esboo, Finland, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Göteborgs Konstmuseum,  Gothenburg, Linköpings Konstmuseum, Linköping, Norrköping Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, to mention a few.

Maria Friberg attended the Royal Institute of Arts in Stockholm 1989-1995, and before that Myndlista- og Handidaskoli, Reykjavik, Iceland in 1992 and Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Finland in 1988.