FRED FREE was born in levittown new jersey in 1962, exhibited his work in a mall, did space planning for a discount department store, worked in a bookstore and a library, received two degrees from rhode island school of design, designed buildings during the 80s, travelled throughout europe in 1990, illustrated how-to books for two television series, created art for a monk, anti-virus guru and movie actor, was interviewed in idn magazine, makes a lot of collages and books, finds and leaves things in alleys, lives and works near boston, has a wife, a cowboy and a large plastic deer.