Fred Negro has been
creating art since he was in primary school with his first cartoon called The Man with no Head. In 1979
Fred started his professional career as a graphic artist and cartoonist, doing artwork
for the band handbills under the title Living Dead Grafix.
In 2016 Fred put together his first solo art exhibition at Pumpkin
Lane gallery in St Kilda. ‘St Kilda’s Alright’
was a showcase of Fred’s original artwork including acrylic paintings,
drawings, special pub strips and other illustrations.
In 2017 Fred had a
major exhibition at St Kilda gallery BRIGHTSPACE titled St Kilda’s Alright - The Fred Negro Experience. The exhibition and
surrounding events were a showcase of Fred’s original artwork including
acrylic paintings, drawings, pub strips, music history and more. Both
exhibitions were hugely successful and helped to establish Fred as a legitimate
visual artist and painter and not be seen as merely a cartoonist or
illustrator.
Over the years Fred has painted several murals at St Kilda venues
including The Espy, Prince of Wales Hotel, Pint on Punt, Lost on Barkly
and Surabuya Johnny’s. Fred has also created artwork and illustrations
for books, newspaper and magazine publications, wine labels, festivals and exhibitions.
Fred continues to have pop up exhibitions at venues in St Kilda as
well as sell his artwok online.
