Nina Fraser (St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, 1984) gained a first class degree hons BA Textile Art at Winchester College of Art, Hampshire, UK in 2006. It was from this material investigation that she eventually found herself working directly with paper. Multidisciplinary, Nina's work draws influence from drawing, painting, collage and sculpture, often combining several processes in one work, connecting fragments to generate new ideas. Her work is polarized by that of self-reflection and exterior exploration, exploring the notions of appropriation, desire and attachment. In 2008 she co-founded The Art House Southampton, a not-for-profit community arts cafe, where she was co- director for seven years. She emigrated to Portugal in 2014, becoming a resident artist at MArt Artist Studios in Lisbon from 2015 – 2017. Since 2015 she has participated in international collective exhibitions (UK, Portugal, Italy, Berlin, Slovenia, New York, Dublin, and Savannah), and Solo exhibitions (UK, Portugal and Poland). She has works held in private collections in UK, Portugal, the United States, Germany, Australia, and Poland. Her collages have been featured in magazines and books in USA, Italy, UK, Spain and Portugal.
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1984 Born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
Lives and works between South of England and Lisbon, Portugal
Education
2006 BA (Hons): BA Textile Art - first class honours - Winchester School of Art, Hampshire, UK
2003 BTEC Foundation: Art & Design - Chichester Collage of Arts, Science & Technology, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Taxis / Derma / Arrangement / Skin - MUHNAC, Lisbon, Portugal (upcoming)
2019 Sublime - MUTE Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 Consequential - Harbour Light Gallery, Southampton, UK
2018 Immateriality - Verso Branco, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 Dia a Dia - Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 30 Days, 30 Landscapes '16 - Harbour Lights Gallery, Southampton, UK
2016 Chaos & Infusion - Galeria 78/80, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 30 Days, 30 Landscapes '15 - Harbour Lights Gallery, Southampton, UK
2015 From Lisbon to Łódź - Adi Art Gallery, Łódź', Poland
Group Exhibitions
2019 The Universal Language - Maison du Peuple de Saint - Gilles, Brussels, Belgium (upcoming)
2019 KAOS International Festival of Collage - Škrlovec Tower Gallery, Slovenia (upcoming)
2019 Qual Paisagem? - Galeria Sa da Costa, Lisbon, Portugal (upcoming)
2019 Menagerie: Exhibition of Birds - Hatch Gallery, Christchurch, UK
2019 Nevertheless - Atelier Concorde, Lisbon Portugal
2019 Fresh Art Fair (Hatch Gallery) - Cheltenham, UK
2018 The Great Divide - OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK
2018 Big Village Small World - Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2018 What if? (KAOS Festival of Contemporary Collage) - Mergentaler Gallery, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 PSPF | The Skin I Live - Civic Museum of Palazzo Penna, Perugia, Italy
2018 9:6 Exposição - Ocuparte, Praça Luis de Camões, nº22, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 Evolver Prize 2017 - Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, UK
2017 Escalas Desejantes - MUHNAC, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 Pieced Together - Sulfur Studios Art Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, USA
2017 Thoughts Become Art - Baumhaus, Berlin, Germany
2016 You Are Here - Oficina Marques, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Sem Escrupulos - 78/80 Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Exposição Colectiva de Verão - Galeria Sa da Costa, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Alienation - The Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2016 Campanha - Casa-museu Medeiros e Almeida, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 MOSTRA '16 Lisboa - Edificio Vasco da Gama, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Escola das Linguas - Museu de São Roque, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 MOSTRA Porto Preview - Rua de Santa Catarina, Porto, Portugal
2006 WSA Degree Show - Winchester School of Art, Hampshire, UK
Bibliography
2019 DEFACED zine #2, Editor: Olivia Browne, p. 17 (London)
2019 Portugal, Francisca: Entrevista com Nina Fraser, Azul Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019 Kolaj #25, Artist Portfolio p. 50-53 (Canada)
2019 Lessard, Suzanne: The Absent Hand, Counterpoint Press 2019, Front cover (California, USA)
2019 Elizegi, Rebeka: Woman Collagists, Promopress Editions 2019, p.169-171 (Barcelona, Spain)
2018 Franco, Paula: 'Studio Tour: Nina Fraser', Lisbon by Light Online, FR & EN (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017 Visual Contemporary Art Zine, vol 5, p.2 (London, UK)
2017 Collage Collective Co Annual 2017, p. 42 (USA)
2017 Penteado, Filipa: 'Naturezas Interiores', Umbigo Magazine Online, (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017 Wotisart? vol.5, p.5-6 (London, UK)
2017 Rapsodia, vol.17 (Italy)
2017 Oneiric Magazine vol.1, p.56-59 (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017 Not for Print vol. 2, 'Resist', p. 84-85 (San Francisco, USA)
2014 Kaye, Gill: 'Visual Culture-Nina Fraser', Ingen-ue Magazine, p.16-17 (Hampshire & Dorset, UK)
Teaching / Talks
2019 Artists Talk - 'Menagerie' Exhibition - Hatch Gallery, Dorset, UK
2019 Onsite IB curatorial assistance - St. Dominics International School, Portugal
2019 'Finissage' conversation with Jayne Dyer - MUTE Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 Conversas na MArt - MArt Artistic & Learning Space, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 - 2019 Visiting Artist - St. Dominics International School, Portugal
2015 Visiting Artist (Watercolour workshop) - Oeiras International School, Oeiras, Portugal
2014 Portraiture Course for Junior Doctors - Department of Medicine, University of Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Residencies
2019 BODY and PLACE (The CoLAB) - Owlpen Manor, Gloucestershire, UK
2015 - 2017 Studio Residency - MArt Artistic & Learning Space, Lisbon, Portugal
Collections
MUTE Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Centro de Documentação, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
The Sketchbook Project - Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA
Adi Art Gallery, Łódź', Poland
Works held in private collections in UK, Portugal, the United States, Germany, Australia, and Poland.