Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Meet the Artist
Ariana
Fraser
Interdisciplinary Drawing and Painting
“Set within the dwellings that make tangible the ephemeral qualities of intimacy, my work references personal reflections on desire and moments of belonging/non-belonging. Oscillating between a combination of painting, drawing and assemblage, the physical remnants of intimacy take shape alongside memory, revealing the stories of experience witnessed. ”
Ariana E. Fraser is an interdisciplinary artist working and living in Toronto, Canada. Her practise embodies conceptually narrative painting, which considers a personal and sentimental reflection on intimacy, desire, memory and feelings of belonging/non-belonging. Her work has been featured in group shows such as "The Archive of Merit: from the OSA to OCAD" (2022) and private collections. In addition to her visual practise, Fraser has several critical publications most notably including her essay "Darren Bader: fruit, vegetable; fruit and vegetable salad" in The Senses and Society (Issue 3, Vol. 16).
OCAD U - Faculty of Arts & Science
Art History
Minor Completed, 2022
Drawing and Painting Assemblage Installation Canadian Art History Critical Research and Writing
2023, GradEx 108
OCAD, Toronto, Canada
2023, Catalogue Auction
OCAD, Toronto, Canada
2019, Look Inside
Ada Slight Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2016, InSitu
Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, Canada
2018, Drawing and Painting Entrance Scholarship
Project 31
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