'When I start to paint, I go directly to the canvas.  I have no sketches or photographs to refer to.  I listen to music; sometimes to remove me from the conscious activity of painting and at other times to help me focus on what's developing in front of me. I'm not at all interested in capturing the likeness of an individual or portraying the human figure accurately, but in conveying the mystery and transience of the human condition - making the invisible, visible.'

Henry Fraser

 

Education
2001 Graduated from Edinburgh College of Art
(B.A. Honours Degree, Visual Communication)

 

Solo Exhibitions

2001 Credo, Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art

2005 Henry Fraser, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2007 Henry Fraser, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2007Soul, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2009 Anima, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2010 Congregation, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2011 Memento Mori, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2012 Henry Fraser, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2013 This Must Be The Place, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2014 Henry Fraser, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2015 Breathe, Gallery 1, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh

2015 Still Life, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2017 Exodus, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

 

Group Exhibitions

1998 Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen, 9th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

1999 Society of Scottish Artists, 105th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2000 The Royal Scottish Academy, 174th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2000 Visual Arts Scotland @ the RSA, Edinburgh

2001 New Faces, The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff

2002 Summer Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2002 Visual Arts Scotland 2002, Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh

2002 Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2003 Painting the Spirit, Netherbow Arts Centre, Edinburgh

2003 Summer Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2003 The Royal Scottish Academy, 177th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2003 A Private Eye, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2003 Sizing Up, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2004 The Royal Scottish Academy, 178th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2004 S M & L, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2005 Then and Now, Harestanes (Mainhill Gallery, Jedburgh)

2005 Society of Scottish Artists, 108th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2005 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London (Mainhill Gallery, Jedburgh)

2005 The Royal Glasgow Institute, 144th Annual Exhibition

2005 Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2006 Eye Opener, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2006 Into the Jungle, A Homage to Rousseau, John Martin of London

2006 Visual Arts Scotland @ the RSA, Edinburgh (Anne Redpath Award)

2006 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London (Mainhill Gallery, Jedburgh)

2006 The Glasgow Art Fair (Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh)

2006 Summer Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2006 Summer Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2006 Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea (Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh)

2006 High Lights, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2006 Faces Places and Other Things, Harestanes (Mainhill Gallery, Jedburgh)

2006 Cool Muse, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2006 Christmas Comes Early, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2006 Objects of Desire, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2006 Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2007 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London (Mainhill Gallery, Jedburgh)

2007 Society of Scottish Artists, 110th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2007 Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2007 Lands of Romance, Harestanes (Mainhill Gallery, Jedburgh)

2007 Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea (Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh)

2007 Winter, Christmas Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2007 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2008 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London (Mainhill Gallery, Jedburgh)

2008 Spring Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2008 McAuley Fine Art, Various Scottish Venues

2008 Society of Scottish Artists, 111th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2008 Scottish Art, Christie’s, London

2008 Voyage, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2008 Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2008 Summer Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2008 Summer Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2008 Art and the Word, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2008 Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea (Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh)

2008 Drawing and Painting Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2008 The Royal Glasgow Institute , 147th Annual Exhibition

2008 Christmas Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2008 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2008 The Painted Lady, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2009 Visual Arts Scotland 2009, City Art Centre, Edinburgh

2009 The Scottish Show, Thompson’s Marylebone, London

2009 Summer Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2009 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London (Mainhill Gallery, Jedburgh)

2009 Autumn Show, Thompson’s Marylebone, London

2009 McAuley Fine Art, Various Scottish Venues

2009 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2009 Christmas Exhibition, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2009 Christmas Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2010 Affordable Art Show, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2010 Spring Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2010 Visual Arts Scotland 2010, RSA, Edinburgh

2010 Summer Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2010 Art London 2010, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London (Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh)

2010 The Shape of Things, Harestanes (Mainhill Gallery, Jedburgh)

2010 Christmas Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2010 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2010 Christmas Exhibition, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2011 Painted Words, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2011 The Affordable Art Show, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2011 Society of Scottish Artists 114th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2011 Spring Exhibition, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2011 Summer Show, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2011 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2011 Winter Exhibition, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2011 Christmas Exhibition, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2011 Winter Exhibition, McAuley Fine Art, Edinburgh

2012 The Affordable Art Show, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2012 Spring Exhibition, McAuley Fine Art, Edinburgh

2012 Visual Arts Scotland, Annual Exhibition 2012, Edinburgh

2012 Society of Scottish Artists 115th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2012 Paisley Arts Institute 124th Annual Exhibition, Paisley

2012 Summer Exhibition, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2012 The Festival Collection, McAuley Fine Art, Edinburgh

2012 Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2012 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2012 Christmas Exhibition, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2013 The Affordable Art Show, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2013 Visual Arts Scotland, Annual Exhibition 2013, Edinburgh

2013 The Art of Humour, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2013 Eye Spy With My Little Eye, Agent Ali, Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, Edinburgh

2013 Edinburgh Art Fair, Agent Ali, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh

2013 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2014 Abecedarium, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2014 The Affordable Art Show, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2014 Tim’rous Beasties, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2014 Studio Tenant’s Exhibition, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh

2014 Black Cube Collective, Group Exhibition, Gallery 1, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh

2014 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2014 Winter Exhibition, Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

2015 The Affordable Art Show, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2015 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2015 Visual Arts Scotland, VAS:T 2015, Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

2015 3 Person Show, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

2016 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2017 Repeat Prescription, Gallery 1, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh

2017 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2018 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2020 Invited Artists, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2020 On a Small Scale, Christmas Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh