Gary Frier

Gary Frier was born in Cape Town and grew up in the then segregated northern suburb of Kuilsriver in the western cape. After working in various design industries Gary moved to create art of a more personal nature.
He has exhibited extensively both locally and abroad including institutions and galleries.

Currently working as a freelance artist and teaching/facilitating art at as a local N.G.O. the Observatory Neighbourhood Afterschool programme which provides educational and cultural programmes for youth at risk and the occupational therapy department at Valkenburg Psychiatric hospital.

Gary Frier’s work has a strong graphic quality which lends itself well to printmaking. He is interested in imbuing the two-dimensional image of his chosen subject with an expressive mood and personality, be it figurative or abstract. Frier combines contemporary and historical African elements and juxtaposes masks, fabric detail and colour with urban figures. His themes and subjects are inspired by photography as well as the art and craft of cultures that live or have lived close to the nature. He finds inspiration in many forms of media and says that his art is a about emotive reflection of his place in the world.
He lives and works the Western Ca...

Qualified as a Graphic Designer at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in 2004.

2022: Facilitated an art programme developed in partnership with Zag Consultants to support city’s
Matrix Clinic Programme for the treatment of substance abuse in Manenberg and Eersteriver.
Invited to exhibit in a group exhibition at the opening Leeuwenhof Slave Quarters
Remembrance Gallery
Invited to exhibit in a group exhibition at the 2nd exhibition at Leeuwenhof Slave Quarters
Remembrance Gallery

2023: Participated in a group exhibition Tiny Treasures at Bellville B gallery
Participated in a group exhibition Return of the Ancients at The Koena Art Institute


2024: Participated in a group exhibition Duality at Bellville B gallery
Participated in a group exhibition “EKSÊ! Echoes of Self” at BoKaap deli curated by Our
Cape Town Heritage
Participated in a group exhibition Tiny Treasures at Bellville B gallery
Participated in a group exhibition Palestine will soon be free, from the River to the Sea, Desmond
and Leah Tutu House, Cape Town
Participated in a group exhibition at EARTHEN SPACE – Pretoria
Exhibited at Nouveaudesign studio

2025: Participated in a group exhibition Tiny Treasures at Bellville B gallery
Participated...