A native of Washington, DC, Glenn Friedel received his BA in Radio/Television from George Washington University. He took his Master of Fine Arts in Film and Electronic Media from the American University. He has made a feature film, underdogs, which won several awards playing in multiple film festivals worldwide.
In graduate school, Friedel became somewhat frustrated with the lengthy process of filmmaking. As he progressed through the program he increasingly focused on photography as a way to execute his ideas more rapidly. Starting with black and white he quickly moved onto color negatives and slides. Always interested in experimentation and extremely affected by the photograms of Man Ray, Maholy-Nagy and others, Friedel moved on to this medium. With unbridled enthusiasm he has spent nearly a decade working towards perfecting his style. Besides working as an artist, Friedel worked as a graphic designer in Virginia and taught photography and digital imaging classes at area colleges and universities from 2000 to 2006.
In the fall of 2006 Friedel moved to Brooklyn, NY to pursue his artistic endeavors fulltime. In the short time that he has been there Friedel has had a solo show in a Chelsea gallery which sold out over half of the work. He has since signed an exclusive contract with Jan Larsen Art in Brooklyn for all of NYC. Among the many galleries and collectors that own his work Friedel has sold art for public view at the Westin Hotel in Washington, DC and several pieces for the set design of the upcoming national show Army Wives. In June Friedel is showing in a Washington DC city wide show highlighting contemporary artists produced by the Kreeger Museum.