'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