Fred Rinne

Who is Fred Rinne?

Fred Rinne is an American visual and performance artist. His cross disciplinary approach, outsider aesthetic and overriding cultural critique defines his work.

"As an American I feel that I have grown up bathed in pop schlock against my will. It was always the background noise of my culture... Instead of a real culture where songs actually mean something, we have this junk culture of entertainment working on the principle of planned obsolescence. We don't have to eat the same hamburgers, listen to the same music, or see the same images. I struggle for a world where every man can be his own Manilow." Born in Crescent City, CA, Rinne grew up in California, settling in 1980 in San Francisco. He studied theater arts and art in Modesto, Sacramento, and San Francisco, ending up with a science degree in Environmental Studies from San Francisco State University.

He began showing his paintings and sculptures in the 1980s, and has exhibited at The LAB, Show and Tell Gallery, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Z Gallerie, and the Endeavor House in London, England.