Karina Fraser

Karina Fraser is an abstract synaesthetic artist based in Hampshire, England.

As a visual artist I work with pigment and sound to replicate the neurological experiences of the sound-colour synaesthesia that punctuates my every day. Working in collaboration with
musicians and sound designers, I split pigment down to it’s base to reconstruct into multi-layered concepts.

I often bring in elements of memory and sentimentality through the creation and use of pigments made from natural elements or by using substrate personal to the music, memory and chromothesic experience.

I enjoy working to commission for collector's special pieces of music or sound - a first dance, their child's voice, a shared special aural memory - translating what is heard into a visual representation. This is particularly effective for influencing the feel of the space in which the final piece is hung.

Graduating from Camberwell College of Arts, London in 2004, I have since worked as a freelance artist and curator, exhibiting both at home in the UK and internationally whilst working by commission.

BA(Hons) Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London 2004

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026 PROCESS : Process led art, West End Centre Aldershot

2019 #WE4REHERE arts fest, Aldershot

Colour exhibition & live art show, Hampshire

2016 Inspiringly Titled, West End Centre, Aldershot

Summer Exhibition, Art Yard, Cradley Heath

2015 Open Exhibition, West End Centre, Aldershot

Big Draw Live Event, The Boileroom, Guildford

2014 Strummercamp Artshow, Manchester

ArtCrasher Live Show, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco



MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS

2016 Rushmoor Arts Hub, UK

2000 Millennium Commission Fellow



TEACHING

2000-present Sessional Workshop Leader, West End Centre, Aldershot

2017 Workshop Leader, The Vine Drop-In Day Centre, Aldershot

2016 1-to-1 Work Experience Mentor, Farnham 6th Form College

2016 Workshop Leader, Royal College of Music, London

2015 Workshop Leader, Disability Initiative, Camberley

2013 Workshop Leader & Project Manager, Beyond Horizons, Rushmoor



CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 Colour exhibition and live art & music show, Hampshire

2016 Inspiringly Titled exhibition, West End Centre, Aldershot

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