BIO

Fredo Gillis is a San Diego–based contemporary artist best known for his portraits and landscapes that balance timeless elegance with a sensual edge. A graduate of San Diego State University with a degree in Business and Entrepreneurship, Gillis approaches art with the same spirit of creativity and independence that drives his career. In addition to his practice as a visual artist, he works as a model—a dual perspective that shapes his eye for beauty, form, and presence.

He is currently represented by Meraki Gallery in Pacific Beach and has exhibited in group shows through San Diego State University. His debut solo exhibition, One Way Ticket: 09.28, opens in San Diego this fall.

A person squatting between two paintings of cowboys, one in color and the other in black and white, all wearing cowboy hats.

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Born in 2001 in San Diego, California

Resides and works in San Diego

Selected exhibitions:

2025: Meraki Spaces (group exhibition),

2024, Black Boy Art Show(group exhibition), Los Angeles, CA

2023, (group exhibition), San Diego, CA

Selected Publications.