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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 with paper, taking influence from drawing, painting, collage and sculpture. Her multidisciplinary process is polarized by that of self-reflection and exploration, often ethereal, suggesting a dreamlike state that inter-plays between reality and the subconscious. Geography and landscape inform her work, utilizing the printed media as both a physical material to work with and as a pointer to our paradoxical times. Her collages and sculptures are often reworked, becoming the starting point for a new investigation, thus questioning notions of appropriation 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 actively participated in international collective exhibitions (UK, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Ireland, Belgium, and USA), 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, including, most recently; "Collage by Women, 50 Essential Contemporary Artists" edited by Promopress, in 2019.
CV
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 - National Museum of Natural History & Sciences, Lisbon, PT
2019 Sublime - MUTE Gallery, Lisbon, PT
2018 Consequential - Harbour Light Gallery, Southampton, UK
2018 Immateriality - Verso Branco, Lisbon, PT
2017 Dia a Dia - Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT
2017 30 Days, 30 Landscapes '16 - Harbour Lights Gallery, Southampton, UK
2016 Chaos & Infusion - Galeria 78/80, Lisbon, PT
2016 30 Days, 30 Landscapes '15 - Harbour Lights Gallery, Southampton, UK
2015 From Lisbon to Łódź - Adi Art Gallery, Łódź', POL
2013 2013:SELF - The Art House Southampton - Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Group Exhibitions
2019 The Universal Language - Maison du Peuple de Saint - Gilles, Brussels, BE
2019 KAOS International Festival of Collage - Škrlovec Tower Gallery, Kranj, SI
2019 Qual Paisagem - Livraria Sa da Costa Galeria, Lisbon, PT
2019 Menagerie: Exhibition of Birds - Hatch Gallery, Christchurch, UK
2019 Nevertheless - Atelier Concorde, Lisbon, PT
2019 Fresh Art Fair - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
2018 The Great Divide - OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK
2018 Big Village Small World - Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, IRE
2018 What if? (KAOS Festival of Contemporary Collage) - Mergentaler Gallery, Kranj, SI
2018 PSPF | The Skin I Live - Civic Museum of Palazzo Penna, Perugia, IT
2018 9:6 Exposição - Ocuparte, Praça Luis de Camões, nº22, Lisbon, PT
2017 Evolver Prize 2017 - Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, UK
2017 Escalas Desejantes - MUHNAC, Lisbon, PT
2017 Pieced Together - Sulfur Studios Art Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, USA
2017 Thoughts Become Art - Baumhaus, Berlin, DE
2016 You Are Here - Oficina Marques, Lisbon, PT
2016 Sem Escrupulos - 78/80 Galeria, Lisbon, PT
2016 Exposição Colectiva de Verão - Galeria Sa da Costa, Lisbon, PT
2016 Alienation - The Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2016 Campanha - Casa-museu Medeiros e Almeida, Lisbon, PT
2016 MOSTRA '16 Lisboa - Edificio Vasco da Gama, Lisbon, PT
2016 Escola das Linguas - Museu de São Roque, Lisbon, PT
2016 MOSTRA Porto Preview - Rua de Santa Catarina, Porto, PT
2006 WSA Degree Show - Winchester School of Art, Hampshire, UK
Bibliography
2019 Nina Fraser interview, Art Reveal Magazine no.48, July 2019, [34-39]; ISBN 9780464110262
2019 DEFACED zine #2, Editor: Olivia Browne, p. 17 (London, UK)
2019 Portugal, Francisca: Entrevista com Nina Fraser, Azul Portugal (Lisbon, PT)
2019 Kolaj #25, Artist Portfolio p. 50-53, Kasini House (Vermont, USA)
2019 Lessard, Suzanne: The Absent Hand, Counterpoint Press, Front cover (California, USA)
2019 Elizegi, Rebeka: Woman Collagists, Promopress Editions, p.169-171 (Barcelona, ES)
2018 Franco, Paula: 'Studio Tour: Nina Fraser', Lisbon by Light Online, FR & EN (Lisbon, PT)
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, PT)
2017 Wotisart? vol.5, p.5-6 (London, UK)
2017 Rapsodia, vol.17 (IT)
2017 Oneiric Magazine vol.1, p.56-59 (Lisbon, PT)
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 Earthly Delights Collage workshop - Maison du Peuple de Saint - Gilles, Brussels, BE
2019 Artists Talk - 'QUAL PAISAGEM' Colective Exhibition - Livraria Sa da Costa Galeria, Lisbon, PT
2019 Artists Talk - 'Menagerie' Exhibition - Hatch Gallery, Dorset, UK
2019 Onsite IB curatorial assistance - St. Dominics International School, Oeiras, PT
2019 'Finissage' conversation with Jayne Dyer - MUTE Gallery, Lisbon, PT
2018 Conversas na MArt - MArt Artistic & Learning Space, Lisbon, PT
2016 - 2019 Visiting Artist - St. Dominics International School, Oeiras, PT
2015 Visiting Artist (Watercolour workshop) - Oeiras International School, Oeiras, PT
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, PT
Collections
MUTE Gallery, Lisbon, PT
Centro de Documentação, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT
The Sketchbook Project - Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA
Adi Art Gallery, Łódź', POL
Works held in private collections in UK, Portugal, the United States, Germany, Australia, and Poland.
