Artist Statement:
Poppy Fraser is a Bristol-born fine artist who graduated from Glasgow School of Art BA Hons in Fine Art: painting & printmaking in 2023. Poppy is the recipient of the Royal Glasgow Institute Graduate Award 2023, RSA New Contemporary award and the Glasgow Print Studio prize.
Poppy is a multidisciplinary artist, her intentions through her creative practice are to make the viewer look more closely at figures occupying space, using the mediums of printmaking, drawing and painting, she explores themes of feminism, family, memory, time, roots and nostalgia.
Poppy’s current body of work takes inspiration from found family photographs of her maternal Grandma and sisters and their travels in Austria. Her work explores memories of women she hardly knew, restoring, and bringing them into the present day. She pairs and contrasts these old photos with the present day and her first-hand experience of exploring Scotland with her female friends.
Artist CV:
Poppy Fraser, (b.2001, UK)
poppypfraser@outlook.com
Education
2020-2023 Glasgow School of Art, BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking – 1st Class Hons
2019 Bristol School of Art, Art and Design foundation diploma
Awards and Prizes
2023 RSA New Contemporaries
2023 Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art Graduate Award
2023 Glasgow Print Studio membership prize
Residencies
2024 Royal Drawing School: Dumfries House printmaking residency
Selected Exhibitions
Past:
2025 Weird Studies, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2024 Glasgow Print Studio Members Christmas show, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
2024 Paper, Boardroom Committee Room, Gova, Glasgow
2024 First Impressions, Heriot Gallery, Edinburgh
2024 Curtains, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2024 RSA New Contemporaries 2024, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2024 Graduates Show, Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay
2023 Because we want to, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow
2023 The Scottish Prize for Fine Art, Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow
2023 Offset, First Etch Glasgow, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2023 Eye to Paper, The paper Stage, The Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh
2023 Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Stow building, The Glasgow School of Art
2023 Momentum, GSA gallery society, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2023 State 2, First Etch Glasgow, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow
2023 It’ll Be Alright, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2022 Recount and Fabricate, Pop up show, Barnes Building, Glasgow
2022 Enya, Flos Collective, SAOLA, Glasgow
2022 First Edition, First Etch Glasgow, Barnes garage space, Glasgow
2022 Double booked, pop up show, Mezzanine Space, Stow, Glasgow
2022 Pipe Dream, 3rd Year show, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow
2020 End of foundation group show- Bristol School of Art, online
Archives and Collections
2024 Dumfries House, The Royal Drawing School
2023 The Glasgow School of Art, Print archive
Publications
Past:
2024 Curtains, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2024 RSA New Contemporaries 2024 catalogue
2023 The Glasgow Art Club: Prize for Fine Art catalogue
2023 GSA, School of Fine Art catalogue
2023 Momentum, catalogue
2023 Scotland, Self-publication
2022 It’ll Be Alright, The Alchemy Experiment
2021 Lateral Flow, Painting and Printmaking year 2 newspaper
Memberships and Collectives
2023- ongoing Glasgow Print Studio
2022- ongoing First Etch Glasgow (print collective)
Art Fairs
2022 BCAF Bath Contemporary Artists’ Fair May, June and November 2022
Online Presence
Glasgow School of Art Showcase https://2023.gsashowcase.net/poppy-fraser/
Website www.poppyfraserart.com
Instagram poppy_fraser_art
Etsy PoppyFraserArt https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PoppyFraserArt
BCAF https://www.bcaf.co.uk/artists
The Art and Design hub https://www.theadhub.co.uk/poppy-fraser
Art Mag https://artmag.co.uk/time-again-to-meet-the-new-contemporaries-at-edinburghs-rsa/
RSA https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/artists/2113-poppy-fraser/overview/