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Espaço Cultural Mercês  - Rua Cecílio de Sousa, 94, 1200-102 Lisboa 
Exhibition opening: 15 October 2021  6 - 9pm  Monday to Friday 2pm - 8pm
Continues: 15 October to 22 October 2021

Nina Fraser presents her fundraising exhibition home, on view at Espaço Cultural Mercês from 15 - 22 Oct and online from 16 Oct - 30 Nov 2021. Focussing on home - or its absence - as a conduit for accessing multiple layers of emotional experience and perception, the exhibition makes reference to the artist's notion of identity and place, considering how individual experience, memory and the transformative effect of trauma can become collective subjects of contemplation and action. Nina's work frequently uses found images as a method of both disrupting narrative and questioning assumptions proposed through a media saturated environment, connecting to a deeply personal exploration into what it means to belong in the world. The work in this exhibition, made between 2015 and 2021, consists of predominantly analogue collages, as well as some drawing, watercolour and linocut. The exhibition fundraiser will help the artist and her partner rebuild their lives after a gas explosion destroyed their home and all their possessions just before Christmas of 2020. 
Additionally, 10% of the proceeds will be donated to CRESCER, a Lisbon charity who work tirelessly in assisting those in chronic need of housing, are homeless or do not have access to government support.