Background
His father is a microbiologist and his mother a hand-weaver.
His father is a microbiologist and his mother a hand-weaver.
After Graduating from Johanneum zu Lübeck and the completion of his civil service, he studied sculpture at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel. Back in Germany, he studied both History of Art and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin till 1998.
They both have always been encouraging his musical and artistic talents since early age. His encounter with Henry Moore and Emilio Vedova during the 80"s influenced his career choice. However, he abandoned his studies to relocate to New York where he worked as a conceptual artist till 1992.
After the completion of his studies, he was teaching compositional analysis and surface geometry at the Institute of Art History of Free University of Berlin till 2005.
In 2000 he was invited as a guest professor at Université Paris 8. Freiesleben works only from live models and for the past two decades is devoted to sculpted portraits.
They live and work in Berlin, Germany.