About Lucia
Lucia Fraser is a multidisciplinary artist specialising in painting and ceramics. Finding inspiration from the natural world she creates work that is gestural and expressive with a distinct colour palette. Although each piece has a starting point, inspired by a distant memory or a place in time, anything is possible within the composition during the process of painting. The works can therefore evolve to become entirely abstract through a deliberate release of conscious control. Evocative in their abstract simplicity, her paintings not meant as direct representations of place, more remembered interpretations of an atmosphere or emotion.
Lucia’s approach to ceramics is heavily influenced by her painting practice and has evolved from a desire to create usable works of art. She uses traditional hand building techniques to create functional pieces in stoneware that act as three dimensional surfaces for her glazing technique. Her recognisable mark-making transfers from canvas to ceramic in a fluid painterly style.
Lucia studied BA (Hons) Fine Art at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, graduating in 2005. She has since exhibited her work in galleries across the UK and has collaborated with iconic British design brands such as Hobbs and Heal’s Furniture.
Exhibitions & Events
2023 Layers of Light group show at The Wyvern
2021 Thrown Group Show at 51 Southwark Street gallery
2021 The Other Art Fair, The Truman Brewery
2020 And the Sky was Purple group show at Thrown Contemporary
2019 Shades of Summer group show Jaggedart Gallery
2018 Earth solo show at Chalice Gallery, London
2018 Keramos group show, London Design Festival
2018 Ceramics Fair at Barbican Openfest
2017 Beside the Wave London Summer show
2017 Sandstone Ridge Arts Festival, Cheshire
2017 Hobbs cover artist SS17 Lookbook
2017 Featured artist for Hobbs SS17 Pressday
2017 DIY Art Market, London Design Festival
2015 Group show at Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable
2015 British Art Portfolio group show, Cheshire
2013 Drawings solo show at The Tabernacle, London
2011 Group show at RED gallery, London
2010 Land & Sea solo show at Stacks Gallery, West Kirby
2010 Affordable Art Fair London with Island Fine Arts, Battersea
Education
2005 Fine Art BA (Hons)
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Residencies
2019 Baer Arts Center
Iceland
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