Wrong Gallery Birmingham 

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Fred Fabre 

 

📢 instagram@the_wrong_gallery & @nodaliter

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Artist | Filmmaker | Visual Storyteller
Based in Birmingham, UK

Profile

Born in Paris, Fred lives and works in the UK

Fred Fabre’s works, which echo contemporary concerns unfiltered,

gained exposure through impactful exhibitions. Key highlights include

participation in: (5th Base, London 2014), film installation (YALE

University/Kensington Palace 2017), Modern Panic X (Guerrilla Zoo,

London 2019), inclusion in academic discourse such as “Climate Action

and Visual Culture” (University of Huddersfield, 2021), “Action Against

Hate” (University of Westminster/Get the Trolls Out, 2023). Fred

has also exhibited in group shows in Athens, Prague, Budapest and

Mexico. In November 2023, Fabre was granted the DYCP (Developing

Your Creative Practice) award by Arts Council England in round 18,

enabling him to advance his artistic practice.

Education

• MAFA – Chelsea College of Art

• Background in frontline journalism and press agency management

Publications

Flux Review Magazine issue #4 (2021) – ‘Enlightened Princesses’

YCBA/HRP/YALE 2016 – Picture of Britain’: TATE Britain 2005 – Haus a Rest

(2021, 2022, 2023), Artists Responding To (2020, 2021, 2023 & 2024), Murze

magazine issues #8 & #9 (2019,) Wotisart x 5 issues

Selected Exhibitions

Wrong Gallery (Birmingham 2022-2026) -Eastside Projects (2024 & 2025) - Herbert Museum (Coventry Open 2023) -University of Westminster/Get the Trolls Out, 2023) - Uncovered Collective (London 2023) - Artsect Gallery (London 2022)- Fronteer Gallery (Sheffield 2022) – Fubar Collective (London 2021) – CoCuration (London 2021) – Vacant Museum (2021) – The Flux Review (solo & Summer Exhibition 2021) – New Haus Gallery (2021) –Kunsthaus RoZig ( 2021) – Being Human (2020&2019) – Cultivate (2020) – Air Gallery ( Manchester 2020) – HYB4 Galerie (Prague 2020) Chapter I (Athens 2019/2020) -Modern Panic X (London 2019) – Ovalo Galeria de Arte (Mexico City 2019) – Espacio Gallery (London 2019) – Old Biscuit Factory (London 2019) – London ULTRA (London 2018) – A-Side B-Side Gallery (solo London 2017) – Film installation (commissioned YALE University/ Kensington Palace: Enlightened Princesses (with dance master Ricardo Barros USA 2017) – 5th Base Gallery (London 2014) – Salon Gallery Art Fair (London 2007) – H.Art, St. Peter’s (Herford 2006) – Public Art, Peckham programme (solo London 2006), Albemarle Gallery (London 2006) – Albemarle Gallery (London2005)

Awards & Grants

• BAFTA Winner – 2005 factual cinematography and nominee 2006 same category

• Refresh Award (Winner Our Times 2019)

• DYCP (Developing Your Creative Practice) – Arts Council England, 2023

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Key Themes & Methodologies

• Gender and Feminist Iconography – Challenging traditional representations of women and religious authority through subversive symbols

• Post-Trauma Aesthetics – A visual response to the psychological residue of war, journalism, and systemic violence

• Poetic Political Commentary – Using metaphor and allegory to address themes of climate breakdown, surveillance, and populism

• Immersive Exhibition Design – Treating entire buildings as narrative spaces, dissolving the boundary between artwork and environment

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