Gary Frier is currently working as a freelance artist and teacher at Zonnebloem Children’s Art Centre and Valkenburg Psychiatric Hospital. This is a local N.G.O. at the Observatory Neighbourhood Afterschool programme that provides educational and cultural programmes for youth at risk.

He has exhibited extensively both locally and abroad in institutions and galleries such as, Greatmore Studios, Idasa (Institute For Democracy in South Africa ) and Durbanville Cultural Society, Irma stern museum, Battswood Art Centre, Cape Gallery, Stateoftheart Gallery, AVA (Association of Visual Arts) Gallery, Caledon Museum, Fordsburg Art Studios (Bagfactory), Institute of Training and Education for Capacity Building (ITECED) Library, Alliance Francaise de Mitchell’s Plain, Alliance Francaise du Cap in Cape Town, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK), Edgemar Centre for the Arts in Santa Monica in the US, the Artscape Resource Centre and the Spanish Ambassador’s residence.