Interdisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses  drawing, painting, video, sculpture and installation. Frey has recently incorporated the use of visual filters commonly found in smartphone apps as well as AI image generators as tools into her creative process. The images evoke an uncanny aqueous sensibility that fringes between the absurd and the grotesque, questioning the representation of gender, the body, and the beyond human, while simultaneously establishing a dialogue between new tools of visual production and the legacy of art history. Frey holds a Master’s degree in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria. She lives between Montreal and Mexico City.

Phthethisms 1, 2, 3, 2021. Floobite, 2022. Gratuitous Orange, 2022. The Shadow Is Over My Is My Friend, 2024.

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In this series of short videos, the artist turns the image of the body into a chimerical landscape by fusing the pictorial tradition of watercolor with visual effects typical of social networks. The “video-watercolors” compose a world of pantomime-–a canvas inhabited by surrealist diversions that disrupt the logic of the “selfie,” which subverts form expectations through a subtle rebellion against the norms that seek to govern the social perception of bodies, self-image, and beauty standards. This series from Frey’s prolific work features three videos from Phthethisms, produced in 2021 in collaboration with Andrea Young, Sarah Albu, and Elizabeth Lima from the Quebec vocal collective Phth; two pieces from 2022; and Frey’s most recent production in collaboration with musician Luke Nickel.