Terrie Fraser –
Born 1958,
The Unfolding Heart # I, II, III, IV oil on canvas 4 canvases: 22 cm X 22 cm each
Occupation:
Artist/tutor
Education:
2001 Bachelor of Fine arts (Honors) Painting, The University of Melbourne,
1996 Diploma of Visual Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology,
1982 Graduate Diploma of Education, The
1981 Bachelor of Arts (Ceramic Design),
Media:
Oil, drawing, etc
Experiences relating
to art:
2004 Centre for Ideas,
2000 – 2004 Victorian College of the Arts, Language & Academic Skills Unit, tutoring
International and Australian students
1983-2004 various experiences in educational and gallery settings
Honours and awards:
2001 Felicity & Stewart Carter Award – Hons Graduate Award
2000 Tania Brougham Award – VCA Graduate Award
1977 Bachelor of Arts Scholarship,
Group Exhibitions:
2004 “Blanchot, the Obscure”,
2002 “New Work”, Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne
2002 “Fragment # 43”, TCB,
2001 “Phantom Limb”,
2001 “Emerging Artists”, Bulle Gallery,
2001 “VCA Graduates”, Blue Pols Café,
2001 “ Millennium 2000” Curated by John Buckley, Co Cordinator Terrie Fraser,
Post card Pak, representing VCA graduates
2000 “Work from the Stables”, 69 Smith Street,
Fitzroy,
Artists’ statement:
“The Organism is defined by its ability to fold it’s own parts, and to unfold them….enveloping, developing involution – evolution .” Deleuze, The Fold.
This series of paintings attempts to fathom the often elusive memories’ that escape interpretation. Memories are a net, holding and weaving that which is close to the heart – those of feelings and rhythms, a sense of wonder, a space for remembrance.
A photograph registers the folds of a cloth draped over a body. It also highlights an area at the base of the skull where organs responsible for recollection of memory are found.
Formally, the folds could resemble an external skeleton, the head and hands lay quietly, as if passing between breaths, paying homage, before shedding a skin.