Robin Fry

Robin Fry (b. 1976, Halifax, Canada) is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist working in drawing, painting, sculpture, sound, video and performance. He studied at Emily Carr University of Art and Design (Vancouver) 1996-1997 and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (Halifax) 2000-2001. Over the decades Fry has become predominantly focused on painting. Drawn to the formal constraints of the canvas he brings his focus to problems of perceptual phenomena, spatial paradox and psychological space.

Since the late 1990s, Fry has been exhibiting across Tokyo, Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Paul Petro Contemporary Art (Toronto), Hiromart Gallery (Tokyo), and the Helen Pitt Gallery (Vancouver). He is represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art and Hiromart Gallery.

Solo Exhibitions
2023
  • Mirrored, Hiromart Gallery, Tokyo
2019
  • Sleeping Marbles, Hiromart Gallery, Tokyo
  • Step On Inward, Weird Things, Toronto
2015
  • Gary's Lilies, Hiromart Gallery, Tokyo
  • Gardens, Hiromart Gallery, Tokyo
2013
  • Wah Steel, Hiromart Gallery, Tokyo
2012
  • Golden Altitudes, Hiromart Gallery, Tokyo
2009
  • Robin Fry, Hunter and Cook, Toronto
2007
  • Two Birds with a Rock, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2000
  • Hunter's Handshake, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
Two Person Exhibitions
2004
  • Elemental Brooker (with Jay Isaac), Xeno Gallery, Vancouver
2001
  • Where did the Ringo? (with Jason Mombert), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
Group Exhibitions
2023
  • Clothes From the Moon, Peanuts Gallery, Vancouver
2019
  • Group Show, Peanuts Gallery, Vancouver
2018
2017
  • Neuro Tribes, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm
  • Sweet Loaf Hallelujah, soon.tw, Montreal
2016
  • Got It for Cheap, Agnes B’s Galerie du Jour, Paris
  • Winter Show, Hiromart Gallery, Tokyo
2014
  • Same Place, Studionihil Baxter, Berlin
2013
  • The Collection - Artworks 2013, Hiromart Gallery, Tokyo
2011
  • upArt Contemporary Art Fair, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
2010
  • The Cheaper Show No. 9, 151 W Cordova St., Vancouver
  • e’clepsydre, HBC, Berlin
2009
  • upArt Contemporary Art Fair, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
  • The New Voice of the Gutter, Rolly's Garage, Toronto
  • Double Double Land Land, Gallery TPW, Toronto
2008
  • Christmas Spice, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
  • The Hungry Ghost, Paul Petro Special Projects, Toronto
  • Alluvial Plain, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2007
  • Little Dude, Paul Petro Contemporary, Toronto
2004
  • Sweat, Luft Gallery, Toronto
2004
  • Sweat, Luft Gallery, Toronto
  • Centre of Attention, 376 Dufferin, Toronto
2003
  • Two Weeks in Autumn, Luft Gallery, Toronto
  • Centre of Attention, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto
  • Chamomile Testerosa, 1066 Project Space, Toronto
  • 29 Days to the Curb, Gallery 1313, Toronto
  • Centerpiece Party Show, Ting After-hours, Toronto
2002
  • Fool Hearted Gala Silent Auction Preview, Khyber Center for the Arts
2001
  • Pinata Party, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax
2000
  • A Grand Eye Opener, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax
1999
  • Nog a Dod Bookworks Show, Moonbase Gallery, Vancouver
Education
2001-02
  • Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax
1996-98
  • Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver