Robert Fehre

Robert Fehre (b. 1993) is an American photographer and artist. He was born in Turnersville, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia and raised in Deptford Township, New Jersey and Rotonda West, Florida. When he was in elementary school his parents moved from New Jersey to Southwest Florida. He began drawing and taking pictures as a teenager. After his parents separation, Fehre returned to New Jersey where he attended Deptford Township High School, excelling in his fine art courses.

Fehre enrolled at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2015. At Ringling, Fehre began establishing a photographic style; highly saturated, abstracted compositions of architecture.

Robert Fehre is known for his colorful photography which are an expression of love for the environment. Influenced by photographers such as Martin Parr, Ernst Haas, Andreas Gursky, and William Eggleston, Fehre is drawn to architectural compositions and traces of humanity found in urban settings. Fehre is also an established public art sculptor, designing large scale steel sculptures installed in public settings. Fehre notes that Rodin and Brâncuși are significant influences to his sculptural work. His abstract expressionist paintings are a blend of homoerotic symbolism and masculinity paired with spontaneous hard edge geometric shapes.