About the Artist
Washington DC artist, Glenn Fry, taps deep into the folds of our minds with his keen sense of composition and iconography. Fry melds seemingly inconsequential elements to directly communicate with people of all types. His work is accessible with immediate appeal and a subtext that runs deep. The subtext is a message of authenticity: Know yourself, be yourself, and take deliberate action. That message runs throughout Glenn’s work and his life.
Following his formal art education at Edinboro University of PA, Glenn got his start in advertising. But unlike our favorite “Mad Men”, he decided to use his talent for good, leaving the corporate machine behind and pursuing a career in fine arts. Glenn’s sought-after work is often bold, colorful, and eye-catching. But it’s that element of choice, the empowering of the individual to take deliberate action, that gives his work lasting appeal.
A creator of imaginative screen prints, Glenn controls every element to produce captivating images. He defines and conveys his viewpoint of what’s “important” in each piece through multiple layers of detail and oftentimes, text. Working from a theme of his choosing, Glenn selects, poses, and photographs his models; converts, enhances, and processes the images; incorporates iconic elements; designs the color application; writes the text..then prints each piece by hand. That screen printing process involves creating multiple screens for each composition (one screen per color) and applying each color separately. The pieces are either one-of-a-kind or in limited editions, on either wood, heavy paper, glass, or canvas, and in a variety of sizes. In addition to creating works of his own choosing, Glenn also does commission work.
All of this appeal keeps Glenn’s work in high demand. With substantial bodies of work featured in the Federal Reserve Board Buildings, IBM, National Geographic Channels, Washington Design Center, boutique hotels, local restaurants, and trendy homes (including ones shown in “The Real Housewives of DC” and MTV’s “Real World DC”); creating art is Glenn’s full-time occupation.
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“Group Show”, Gallery 50, Rehoboth Beach DE, group show Aug 2014
“Glenn Fry & Gary Fisher”, Philip Morton Gallery, Rehoboth Beach DE, two-man show Jul-Aug 2014
“Unity in the Arts”, Unity of Washington DC, Washington DC, group show July 2014
“Color Codes”, Sutton Residence, Washington DC, solo show May 2012
“The Face of Money”, Federal Reserve Board Building, Washington DC, Mar 2012-permanent
“Glenn Fry: Textures”, National Geographic Channels, Washington DC, Feb 2012-permanent
“Unrestrained Urges”, Vitruvian Gallery, Washington DC, solo show Jan-Feb 2012
“The President’s of The United States”, IBM, Herndon VA, May 2011-Permanent
“Fall Art Event”, Room & Board Furniture, Washington DC, group show Oct 2011
“Year End Group Show”, Gallery Plan B, Washington DC, group show Dec 2011
“Take Two”, DC Loft Gallery, Washington DC, group show Nov 2010-Jan 2011
“Glenn Fry”, Busboy’s and Poets, Washington DC, solo show Dec 2010
“Year End Group Show”, Gallery Plan B, Washington DC, group show Dec 2010
“Director’s Cut”, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring MD, group show Sep 2010
“Visualize Having”, Federal Reserve Board Building, Washington DC, Dec 2009-permanent
“Orbitz: The Artist Showcase Series San Diego ”, W Hotel, San Diego CA, group show Dec 2009
“Start Out: The Artist Showcase Series NYC”, Greenhouse, NYC NY, group show Dec 2009
“And I Heard Him Saying...” Gallery Plan B, Washington DC, solo show Jun-Jul 2009
“MCA Group Show”, Coldwell Banker, Washington DC, group show May-Jul 2009
“Glenn Fry: Serigraphs”, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas NV, solo show Feb 2009
“Glenn Fry”, Skin, Washington DC, Oct 2007-permanent
“Glenn Fry”, Illuminations, Washington DC, solo show Jun 2007-Jun 2008
“Roche Bobois Art Show”, Roche Bobois, Washington DC, group show Jun 2007-Jun 2008
“Fall 2007 Design House”, Washington Design Center, Washington DC, group show Sep-Dec 2007
“Fall Arts Festival”, Ganymeade Arts, Washington DC, group show Oct 2007
“Art & Architecture Exhibit II”, Alter Urban-Design & Development, Baltimore MD, group show Aug 2007
“Wish I Was There”, Warehouse, Washington DC, group show Apr 2007
“Glenn Fry”, Helix Hotel, Washington DC, solo show Feb 2006-Feb 2008
“Year End Group Show”, Gallery Plan B, Washington DC, group show2006
“Printmakers Series”, Gallery Plan B, Washington DC, group show Feb 2006
“Glenn Fry: Headlines”, Halo Washington DC, solo show Feb 2006
“Glenn Fry” Franklin Court Building, Washington DC, solo show Jan 2006
“MCA Winter Exhibit” Results Capitol Hill, Washington DC, group show Jan-Mar 2006
“Glenn Fry: Artist Showcase”, Hotel Rouge, Washington DC, solo show Sep 2005
“Glenn Fry: Headlines”, Halo Washington DC, solo show Feb 2006
“Glenn Fry” Franklin Court Building, Washington DC, solo show Jan 2006
“MCA Winter Exhibit” Results Capitol Hill, Washington DC, group show Jan-Mar 2006
“Glenn Fry: Artist Showcase”, Hotel Rouge, Washington DC, solo show Sep 2005
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Mid City Artists, Washington DC, 2005-Present
Unity of Washington DC, 2013-Present
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The Wall Street Journal, "At Central Banks, Prized Assets Are Hanging on the Walls", March 31, 2017
Washington Blade, "Creating Art that Pops", January 2014
Metro Weekly, “Glenn Fry’s Vitruvian Gallery Exhibit”, January 12, 2012
TBD.Com, “Glenn Fry at Vitruvian Gallery”, January 3, 2012
The Real Housewives of DC, Bravo Network TV Reality Show, Air date Fall 2010
The Altoona Mirror, “Artful Resolve”, August 22, 2010
Metro Weekly, “Housewife Commission”, August 5, 2010
Borderstan Blog, “Glenn Fry’s Silkscreens: From the Fed to the Real World House”, April 27, 2010
The Washington Post, “Remade Modern”, April 22, 2010
MTV Real World DC, MTV Network TV Reality Show, Air date December 2009
The Washington Blade, “Best of 2009”, October 23, 2009
Washington Spaces, “A Designer’s House Keeps on Beating”, Fall 2009
Global Rickshaw Radio, “Silkscreening with Glenn Fry”, October 8, 2009
DC Art Scene Blog, “So Cliche”, July 15, 2009
Nevada Public Radio’s Desert, “The Doubling Down of Art Restaurants”, September/October 2009
DC Modern Luxury, “The Air-Istocrats”, March 2008
The Washington Post Express, “Around the Way Art”, April 12, 2007
Washington Spaces, “Immediate Occupancy”, Early Winter 2006
The Washington Post Express, “Outside Voices”, February 9, 2006
The Dupont Current, “Art and the City”, May 17, 2006
Washington Projects for the Arts, Corcoran Directory, 2006-2007