David Frazer b. 1966 - Australia

Lives and works in Australia

http://www.dfrazer.com
davidfrazer@dfrazer.com

Honesty is the key to understanding David Frazer's art. It's about truth and communicating love and despair with his fellow man. It's about human frailty - wrestling the insecure desire for fame and fortune and the quest for a contented heart. Although his stage is typically Australian the story is universal. Frazer works in painting, wood engraving, etching, lithography and bronze. He'd probably dance if he could. His artist books belong in all the major library collections in Australia.

Qualifications

1998-2000 Master of Arts (Visual Arts) by research: “Pastoral Melancholia”, Monash University
1996 Honours Degree, Fine Art (Printmaking), Monash University
1991 Diploma of Education (Secondary-Art/Craft), Latrobe University
1984-1986 B.A. Fine Arts (Painting), Phillip Institute of Technology

Awards, Commissions, Prizes

2009 Brunswick Street Gallery Works on Paper Prize, (Acquisitive Award), Melbourne VIC
2007 CPM National Print Awards, Tony Abernethy memorial Award (Acquisitive Award)
2007 International Print Biennial in Guanlan China, (major prize winner)
2007 Burnie Print Prize (acquisative prize winner)
2007 Artist in residence, Firbank Grammar School Brighton, Vic
2004 09 Broken Hill Outback Art Prize (1st Prize 04), Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
2002 Keith Wingrove Bookplate Design Award (1st prize)
2001 Artist in Residence, Bundanon Trust
2001 99 97 Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award (acquired 97/99/01), Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC
2001 97 Print Council of Australia, commissioned print
2000 Linden Arts Centre Postcard Show (prize winner)
1998 Australian Post Graduate Award (MA scholarship), Monash University
1997 07 09 Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize (acquired 97), Geelong Art Gallery
1996 Port Jackson Press Award

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Arts Victoria, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Bundanon Trust, Burnie Regional Art Gallery TAS, Arjo Wiggons/Canson Australia, Castlemaine Art Gallery VIC, Charles Darwin University Art Collection NT, Charles Sturt University NSW, City of Campbelltown Art Gallery, City of Whitehorse VIC, City of Banyule VIC, City of Fremantle WA, Clontarf Beach High school, Curtin University of Technology WA, Deakin University Art Collection VIC, Flinders University Library Adelaide, Geelong Art Gallery VIC, Gippsland Art Gallery VIC, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD, Hamilton Art Gallery VIC, Horsham Art Gallery VIC, Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, James Cook University of Nth. QLD, John Curtain University, Latrobe Regional Art Gallery VIC, Melbourne University, Melbourne Grammar, McKinnon Secondary College, Monash University Library, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, New England Regional Art Museum NSW, Presbyterian Ladies College VIC, Print Council of Australia, RACV Art Collection, Rockhampton Art Gallery QLD, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology VIC, Sandgate High school, SCEGS Redlands, State Library of Victoria, State Library of NSW, State Library of Queensland, Stonnington City Council, Tweed River Art Gallery NSW, The University of Adelaide, The University of Queensland Library, University of Wollongong, Warrnambool Art Gallery VIC, Wesley College, Wellington Point State High school, Westminster School & private. Overseas Edinburgh Print Workshop, Guanlan Culture & Art Center, Shenzen China, London Print Workshop, Somerset Printmaking Papers, U.K. Chiangmai Contemporary Art Museum, Thailand & private.