Biography

​Nina Fraser (1984) b. St. Albans, UK, graduated in Textile Art from Winchester College of Arts (UK) in 2006, and completed a Masters level course in Commissioning & Curating Contemporary Public Art from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2023. 

She creates artworks that reflect upon a sense of place to shape memory traces into physical form. Investigating ways of being, she explores ideas of transformation, connection and belonging through modes of thought, human and non-human systems and structures. Working with a multidisciplinary approach that roots itself within the materiality of paper, she harnesses ephemera from her location to produce collages, paintings, and sculptures.

Individual/duo exhibitions include: “Deliquesce”, Art Room, Lisbon (2024); “Vegetal Matters” with Arta Raituma, Estação Viva, Aveiro (2024); “A Study in Psycho-Cybernetics”, Marvila Art District, Lisbon, Portugal (2023); "Home", Espaço Cultural Mercês, Lisbon, Portugal (2021); and "TAXIS DERMA", Museum of Natural Science and History, Lisbon, Portugal (2019). Residencies include; "Plant thinking", Estação Viva, Canelas, Portugal (2023); "Mycelium", Roccamonfina, Italy, (2023); "BODY & PLACE", Owlpen Manor, Gloucestershire, UK, (2019); and MArt experimental learning program, Lisbon, Portugal (2015 - 17).
In 2025 she is a participatory artist for The LABECO – Cooperative Laboratory for Artistic and Ecological Practices working between Lisbon and Marseille, with support from the European Union. Nina’s work is represented in the public and private collections including: The Doug and Laurie Kanyer Art Collection, Yakima, WA, USA; Coleção Grupo IMPRESSA, Lisbon, Portugal; Casa das Artes de Tavira, Portugal; Coleção Figueiredo Ribeiro, Abrantes, Portugal; Retroavangarda Gallery Collection, Warsaw, Poland, amongst others. 

She co-creates projects and practical structures to improve our social and human experience, often working collaboratively within communities or non profit associations. She is also a mentor and educator and works regular with non-profit structures, artist run spaces, international schools and individuals, both in the UK and Portugal. 


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 Photography: Vitorino Coragem, 2023

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