ABOUT BRI
Bri Frey is a Detroit based visual artist with a BFA in illustration. Born and raised in Cincinnati, she took inspiration from the local art community. This allowed her the opportunity to apprentice under a local visual artist in her youth. She then developed a love for traditional mediums, oil paint in particular.
Her work currently focuses on the human figure. She enjoys representing the most complex and challenging form. Frey aims to reproduce the sense of awe found in old master’s paintings. Her recent work involves intimate and personal narratives surrounding her trauma experienced as a young woman, stories she was told to keep to herself.
EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AWARDS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025, Divine Impressions: Italian Masters to Detroit Voices, Galerie Camille, Detroit, Mi
2025, Chroma - Curated by Kim Fay, Janice Charach Gallery, Detroit, Mi
2025, Female Gaze, Playground Detroit, Detroit Mi
2025, DET <3 LA, Playground Detroit, Detroit Mi
2024, Visual Loudmouths: The Art of Good Trouble, Sission Gallery, Henry Ford College, Dearborn, Mi
2024, Vamonos! Gallery, Detroit, Mi
2024, ARTCLVB Studio Deals, Annex Gallery- 333 Midland, Detroit, Mi
2024, Women’s Liberation, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery, Detroit, Mi
2024- Strange Days, Annex Gallery- 333 Midland, Detroit Mi
2024- Art Auction, DFABC x Galerie Camille, Detroit, Mi
2024- Simply Loud, Detroit, Mi
2024- Les Weux, SS 2024 SHOW, 4444 W Vernor, Detroit, Mi
2024- Summer Block Party, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Mi
2024- Monster Drawing Rally Fundraiser, MOCAD, Detroit, Mi
2024- Carino, Mexicantown CDC, Detroit, Mi
2024- Spring Salon Showcase, detroit contemporary, Detroit, Mi
2024- Womxns Day Art Show, Garage Cultural, Detroit, Mi
2023- Actual Size, Galerie Camille and detroit contemporary, Detroit, Mi
2023- Shoulder to Shoulder, U245 Gallery, Detroit, Mi
2023- Black Footwear Forum, Pensole Lewis College of Art and Design, Detroit, Mi
2023- Hot DAM!, Juried by Mario Moore, Detroit Artists Market Annual, Detroit, Mi
2023- Art of BasBlue, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, Mi
2023- Picturing Us, Publication, Jeff Cancelosi, Detroit, Mi
2023- Senior’s Exhibition, Avant Garden, Detroit, Mi
2023- Student Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Mi
2023- Monster Drawing Rally Fundraiser, MOCAD, Detroit, Mi
2022- I.O.U. Exhibition, The Center Galleries, Detroit, Mi
2022- Zankel scholarship, Society of Illustrators, Nominee, New York City, New York
2022- Alumni Scholarship, College for Creative Studies, Recipient, Detroit, Mi
2022- Student Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Mi
2019- Student Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Mi
2016- Pastel Portrait Artist, Kaman’s Art Shoppes, Mason, Oh
2012/2013- Apprenticeship, Greg Storer, Cincinnati, Oh
COMMISSIONS/PROJECTS
2024- Mural, Systematic Manufacturing, Madision Heights, Mi
2024- Mural Project, Russel Industrial Center, Detroit Mi
2022- Graphic Novel Illustrations, Detroit, Mi
AWARDS
2023- International Illustration Awards 20, 3x3 Magazine, Merit Award
2023- International Illustration Awards 20, 3x3 Magazine, Honorable Mention
2018- Ohio Governors Award (Top 300 in state), Columbus, Ohio