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 2024- TBD, Annex Gallery- 333 Midland, Detroit Mi
2024- ART FAIR, ART CLVB, Detroit Mi
2024- Galerie Camille X 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- International Illustration Awards 20, 3x3 Magazine, Merit Award
2023- International Illustration Awards 20, 3x3 Magazine, Honorable Mention
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
2018- Governors Award (Top 300 works in state), Columbus, Oh
2016- Pastel Portrait Artist-Kaman’s Art Shoppes, Mason, Oh
2012/2013- Apprenticeship under oil painter Greg Storer, Cincinnati, Oh
Commissions/Projects2024- Vector Illustration, Detroit, Mi
2024- Mural Project, Russel Industrial Center, Detroit Mi
2022- Graphic Novel Illustrations, Detroit, Mi