Kira Freije works with metal, fabric, light, and found materials to create sculptural figures that occupy the in-between: scenes glimpsed in passing, caught in a state of becoming or seeking guidance. Her practice draws on a range of processes, including welding, casting, and glassblowing, and the sculptures bear marks that attest to their production. Often using welded steel cages to form torsos and limbs, alongside faces, hands, and feet cast in aluminium—her own or those of significant acquaintances—Freije embeds a sense of intimacy into each work.
The resulting installations open a dialogue around the unspoken, constructing landscapes untethered from a fixed time or place that resist linear or literal interpretation. Rather, the work invites unexpected affinities to emerge through the sculptures themselves, whether drawn from lived experience, imagined memory, or dreams.
Kira Freije (b. 1985, London) lives and works in London.