Shaun Fraser is a sculptor and visual artist based between Scotland and London. Shaun is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art. He has been featured in exhibits internationally and has received several awards for his work.
Education:
Royal College of Art, London, MA (Ceramics & Glass), 2015-2017
Dissertation: ‘How Does What We Make Make Us Who We Are?’ (Awarded Distinction)
Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, BA Hons (Glass), 2008 – 2012
Solo/Duo Exhibitions:
2025
‘Home’, The Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, UK (Duo Show with Harry Morgan)
2023
‘Shaun Fraser’, Messums London, Cork St, London, UK
2021
‘Owners of the Soil’, The Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, UK (Duo Show with Will Maclean RSA)
2019
‘Aggregate’, No20, London, UK (Duo Show with Harry Morgan)
2017
‘Dùchas is Dualchas/Instinct & Heritage’, An Lanntair, Stornoway, UK (Solo Show)
Group Exhibitions (Edited):
2025
‘40 ÷ 40’, An Lanntair, Stornoway, UK
‘Buaile’, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness, UK
’Lanzarote Works’, LEMA UK, London, UK
2023
‘Fon Uachdar/Beneath the Surface’, Hulabhaig, Isle of Lewis, UK
2022
‘Ground’, Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury, UK
‘Collect 2022’, North Lands Creative, Somerset House, London, UK
2021
‘Extraction’, Groundwork Gallery, King’s Lynn, UK
‘This Place Where I Stand’, No20, London, UK
2020
‘LEMA X No20 Arts’, LEMA UK, London, UK
‘Summer Show’, No20, London, UK
‘The Collector’s Eye’, No20 @ LEMA UK, London, UK
2019
‘Vibrant Matter’, Fundación Ideograma – Fàbrica Lehmann, Barcelona, Spain
‘Ceramics, Glass, Bronze & Concrete’, No20, London, UK
‘Collect 2019’ Craft Scotland, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2018
‘Sinopsi. Exposició col·lectiva: Art Nou 2018’, La Capella, Barcelona, Spain
‘Theories of the Earth’, Groundwork Gallery, King’s Lynn, UK
‘No20’, Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain
2017
Showcase alongside ‘Monarch of the Glen’, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness, UK
‘Glasrijk Tubbergen’, Tubbergen, The Netherlands
‘Collections’, Juried Exhibition, Private Residence, London, UK
‘The Emerging and the Established’, Christie’s, London, UK
2013
‘RSA Open 2013’, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
‘New Highland Graduates’, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness, UK
‘Grow’, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, UK
Collections:
Shaun’s work is held in private collections throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, United States, Canada and Australia.
Work held in public collections by:
RSPB
The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), Inverness, UK.
Áras Éanna, Co. Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Shaun’s work is held in private collections throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, United States, Canada and Australia.
Work held in public collections by:
RSPB
The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), Inverness, UK.
Áras Éanna, Co. Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Awards/ Grants (Edited):
2018
Finalist – Art Nou 2018 (Spain)
2016
Motion passed in Scottish Parliament congratulating Shaun on winning 2016 An Sùileachan Residency
2015
Highland Society of London Award
2013
New Highland Graduate of the Year (2013)
Residencies:
2024
Hektor, Lanzarote, Spain
2022
BAER, Iceland
2021
North Lands Creative, Caithness, Scotland
Extraction, Groundwork Gallery, King’s Lynn, England
2019
Nectar, Barcelona, Spain
2017
Flows to the Future; Delivered by the Peatlands Partnership, Caithness & Sutherland, Scotland
2016
An Sùileachan, Isle of Lewis/St Kilda, Scotland
2014
Áras Éanna, Aran Islands, Co Galway, Republic of Ireland
2013
Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, Nova Scotia, Canada
Nes, Skagaströnd, Iceland