Born in 1975, Charles Freger is a graduate of the Rouen Art School. He has devoted himself to the poetic and anthropological representation of social groups such as athletes, school children, the armed forces, etc. His work offers a reflection upon the image of contemporary youth.

Charles Freger is also the founder of the artistic community Piece of Cake (www.pocproject.com) and of the POC publishing house.

Art Studies

« Diplome national superieur d’expression plastique », Graduate degree in Fine Art.

(Ecole regionale des beaux-arts de Rouen), June 2000

Photographic Series

« Portraits photographiques et uniformes »: A series of portraits taken within a collective environment requiring a uniform dress code: cadets from the Salon-de-Provence Air Force school, Scouts, French Navy, football supporters clubs, English Secondary schools, Technical Colleges and Majorettes clubs…

Majorettes — February 2000 - July 2001

Portraits of the entire Majorette assembly from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Water-polo — March 2000

Portraits of swimmers after training.

Legionnaires — September 2000 – July 2001

Portraits of young legionnaires and sappers.

Steps — August 2001 - February 2002

Portraits of synchronised skaters in Helsinki.

Merisotakoulu — January 2002 – January 2003

Portraits of young sailors from Finland.

Rikishi — February 2002 – September 2003

Portraits of young sumo wrestlers.

Itzas’— February 2004

Portraits of the Itza’ population in Guatemala.

Menti — April 2004

Portraits at the Moscow Police Academy.

Empire — March 2004 – May 2007

Portraits of Grenadiers during the changing of the guard in London.

Opera — April 2005

Portraits of the student of the Beiijing Opera school

Seijinshiki — 2007

Portraits during the Seijinshiki ceremony, Japan.

Hereros/ Himbas— 2007

Portraits of both communities in Namibia.

Orange Order— 2008

Portraits of the members of the Orange Order during the orange parade, North Ireland.

Fantasias— 2008

Portraits of the fantasias of the Poços de Caldas Carnival, Brazil

Vis Voluntatis, La garde: chapitre 1 — 2008

Creation of my own guard.

Vis Voluntatis, Bi Yan : chapitre 2 — since november 2007

Creation of a costume for a character of the Chinese Opera.

Vis Voluntatis, Medusa fantasia : chapitre 3 —fevrier 2009

Creation of my own «fantasia » for the carnival of Poços de Caldas, Brazil.

Photographic Commissions

Bleu de travail, Caisse des Depots et Consignations / FRAC Haute-Normandie. January 2002 – May 2003

Palio , Town of Ferrare — May 2001 – June 2002

L’arsenal , Centre photographique de Cherbourg — August – September 2002.

LUX , Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg. May 2002 – June 2005

Trampoline, Festival des Arts de la mode de Hyeres — April 2003.

2NELSON, Festival photographique de Clermont Ferrand — May 2004

Les fleurs du paradis, Villa Noailles, Hyeres — July 2005 — May 2007

Exhibitions * solo exhibitions

Centre regional photographique de Haute-Normandie May – June 2000

Galerie P, Bruxelles, Belgium February –April 2001

Festival International des Arts de la Mode, Hyeres, France April 2001

FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-les-Rouen, France April – June 2001

Galerie 779, Paris, France * May – June 2001

Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, Holland * October – November 2001

Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris, France * January – Feburary 2002

Le printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France May 2002

Mois de la photographie de Cherbourg-Octeville, France November 2002

Galerie Hippolyte, Helsinki (Finlande) * January 2003

Le Plateau, FRAC Ile de France May 2003

Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rouen* January – April 2004

Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne (Suisse) February – April 2004

Culturguest, Lisbonne (Portugal) February 2004

Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag (Holland) April – July 2004

Hayward gallery, London (Angleterre) June – September 2004

Yokohama Museum of Art (Japon)* January – february 2005

Musee des Beaux-Arts de Clermont-Ferrand* March – april 2005

Fine Art Museum of Shanghai April – may 2005

Moving Gallery, photographic festival, Roma, Italy* April – may 2005

Kicken Gallery, Berlin (Allemagne)* September – december 2005

Stephen Daiter gallery, Chicago (USA)* June – august 2006

Musee d’art Moderne/ MUDAM (Luxembourg) June – September 2006

Galerie des filles du Calvaire, Paris (France) * April – May 2007

Dorottya Galeria/ Ernst Museum, Budapest (Hungary) * May – july 2007

MOCA, Shanghai (China) January – March 2008

Transphotographiques, Lille (France)* May 2008

Kasseler Kunstverein- Fridericianum, Kassel (Allemagne) March – April 2008

Parcours St Germain, Paris (France) May – June 2008

MEM Gallery, Osaka (Japon)* July 2008 – August 2008

Rencontres internationales d’Arles (France) July – september 2008

Villa Noailles, Hyeres (France) * September – December 2008

Sungkok Art museum, Seoul (Corea) September – November 2008

Galerie Momentum , Wien (Germany) * April 2009 – June 2009

Published work

Portraits photographiques et uniformes Éditions 779 - Paris. June 2001. Preface by Philippe Arbaïzar.

Majorettes Éditions Leo Scheer - Paris. 2002. Preface by Didier Mouchel

Legionnaires Éditions 779 - Paris. 2002. Preface by Raphaëlle Stopin.

Steps Le point du jour editeur/ POC editions. 2002. Text by Rosa Liksom

Merisotakoulu Éditions Leo Scheer, 2003. Text by Jean-Paul Curnier

Bleus de travail POC editions, 2003. Preface by Marc Donnadieu

Rikishi POC editions, O2004. Preface by Chihiro Minato

2 Nelson POC editions, 2005. Preface by Bill Kouwenhoven

LUX MUDAM, Luxembourg, 2006. Preface by Stephane Bern

Jepata Nasta Tammi publisher, Finlande –2009. Text by Rosa Liksom

Les fleurs du Paradis Archibook/villa Noailles

Empire KEHRER/ Thames&Hudson/Peliti