[jef]Frey Michael Austin (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, composer and performer based in Chicago. Their visual artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and they have performed in such spaces as The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, The Art Institute of Chicago, Green Line Performing Arts Center, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago Cultural Center, Arts Incubator and The Smart Museum of Art. They design and build unique altarpieces for both private and public spaces of worship, most recently completing a new central bimah for the historic KAM Isaiah Reform synagogue of Hyde Park-Kenwood. They also compose and produce music for film and for collaborative, multidisciplinary performance projects GABE, Growing Concerns Poetry Collective and Daisy Days.
Frey studied at Columbia College Chicago and the Burren College of Art in Ireland before receiving their BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Image: [everything here will be a memory], enamel, acrylic, and resin on copper-tinted glass mirror, 36” x 36’’
Headshot: Ash Dye
BOLT Residency
HATCH Projects
