NEIL FRAZER Melt 19 October - 12 November 2017
Cover Image: Blue Shadow Valley, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 137 x 137 cm
LIST OF WORKS Ice Flight, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm (facing page) Spur, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm Soar, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm Spire, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 167 x 167 cm Ice Axe, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm Powder Valley, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm White Chill, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 152 cm Frozen Shadow, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm Carved Edge, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm Solo Point, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm Snow Drop, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 153 x 306 cm, diptych Violet Shadow, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm First Light, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm Labyrinth, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm Ice Wall, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 198 cm Light Path, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm Shifting Light, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm Jack Frost, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm Blue Shadow Valley, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 137 x 137 cm Talus, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 198 cm
Spur, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm
Soar, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm
Spire, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 167 x 167 cm
Ice Axe, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm
Powder Valley, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm
White Chill, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 152 cm
Frozen Shadow, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm
Carved Edge, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm
Solo Point, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm
Previous Page: Snow Drop, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 153 x 306 cm, diptych Violet Shadow, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm
First Light, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm
Labyrinth, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm
Ice Wall, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 198 cm
Light Path, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 112 cm
Shifting Light, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm
Jack Frost, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 92 x 92 cm
Blue Shadow Valley, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 137 x 137 cm
Talus, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 198 cm
NEIL FRAZER Born 1961, Canberra, Australia Lives and works in Sydney, Australia SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2017 Melt, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2017 Cool Change, Milford Galleries, Queenstown 2016 Fathom, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2016 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2015 Bowen Gallery, Wellington 2015 Milford Galleries, Dunedin 2014 Hard Edge, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2013 Auckland Art Fair 2013, Martin Browne Contemporary, Auckland 2013 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2012 Breaker, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2011 Time and Tide, Milford Galleries, Dunedin 2011 Fracture, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2010 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2010 Snow, Rock, Sand, Milford Galleries, Queenstown 2009 White Sky, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney 2008 Melt, Milford Galleries, Queenstown 2007 Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney 2007 Southern Elevations, Milford Gallery, Queenstown 2006 View Finder, Milford Galleries, Auckland 2005 Second Nature, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney 2005 Recent Paintings, Milford Galleries, Dunedin 2004 Painting, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney 2004 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch 2003 Bowen Gallery, Wellington 2003 Milford Galleries, Auckland 2002 Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney 2002 Milford Gallery, Auckland
2013 Peoples Choice Award, Fleurieu Art Prize 2012 Members Choice Award, Tattersalls Art Prize 1993 Artist in Residence, Victoria College of the Arts,Melbourne 1992 Francis Hodgkins Fellowship, Otago University, Dunedin 1986 Fulbright Travel Grant for study New York Studio School 1986 New Zealand Arts Councils Grant 1984 Sawtell Turner Painting Prize, Canterbury University, Christchurch 1983 Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship, Canterbury University, Christchurch
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Fleurieu Art Prize, Samstag Musuem, University of South Australia 2015 Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane 2012 Melbourne Art Fair 2012, Martin Browne Contemporary, Melbourne 2011 Game on, Hastings Regional Art Gallery, Hastings 2011 Wynne Prize, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2010 White, Newcastle University Gallery, Newcastle 2010 Wynne Prize, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2008 On the Heysen Trail, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2008 Autumn Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney 2007 Devils in Paradise, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney 2007 Auckland Art Fair 2007, Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland
COLLECTIONS Artbank Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Baker & McKenzie, Sydney Bond University, Gold Coast Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch Deloittes Collection, Auckland Dunmoochin Foundation, Melbourne Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie Gold Coast City Gallery Hocken Library Collection, Dunedin Lake Macquarie Art Gallery Lincoln College Art Collection, Christchurch Lismore Regional Gallery Macquarie Bank Limited, Sydney Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North Manning River Art Gallery Muswellbrook Art Gallery National Bank Art Collection, Auckland/ Wellington/ New Plymouth National Maritime Museum, Sydney Newcastle Art Gallery Otago University Collection, Dunedin Riddoch Art Gallery St George Foundation, Sydney University of Newcastle Art Gallery Victoria University Collection, Wellington
© Martin Browne Contemporary © All images copyright Neil Frazer This catalogue is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. COMPILER: Dean Andersen PHOTOGRAPHY: Jenni Carter COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney PRINTING: Blue Star, Sydney