ABOUT
Artistic Journey
Sophie Fraser was born in Canterbury, Kent in 1992 and grew up in West Cornwall where she has lived since. Her work surrounds ideas of the ever-changing landscape, full of strong colour and textural echoes. Working outdoors as well as in the studio; sketches, photographs, memory, and intuition are key within the development of her paintings. This evokes a sense of the landscape and the connections she feels within it in a semi-abstract manner.
“My work explores my relationship with the landscape. The aim is to capture my initial reaction to a scene and to harness that feeling of energy.
Something draws me into the landscape, and I want to capture my own connection with the dynamic surroundings. I wish to compel viewers into thinking about what a piece says to them, and induce their own, new relationship with the chosen subject.
I’ve always immersed myself in art, ever since I was little I’ve been fascinated with creating work and my own style. When I was about four I remember an artist asking me ‘would you like to be an artist when you grow up?’. I answered ‘I am an artist’ whilst submerged in several paintings. When creating a piece of art I feel a sense of natural purpose, and bringing something to the world that others might connect with in an individual, personal way, makes me feel alive.”
Instagram: sophiefraserart
Email: scfraser@outlook.com
Member of the Penwith Society of Arts since 2025
Solo Exhibitions
2016, Sophie Fraser, Chelsea Health Club, London, UK
Selected Exhibitions
2025, Members Winter Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2024, Associate Members Winter Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2024, Gallery Fundraiser Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2024, Summer Show, The Small World, Penzance, Cornwall
2024, Associate Members Summer Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2024, Big Country, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2024, Associate Members Spring Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2023, Associate Members Winter Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2023, Associate Members Summer Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2023, Tom Leaper | The Show, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2023, Associate Members Spring Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2022, Associate Members Winter Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2022, Young Penwith Artists | Sophie Fraser & Alice Ellis-Bray | SUNDANCE, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2022, Associate Members Summer Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2022, TROZE PRESENTS, Troze Contemporary Art, Newlyn, Cornwall
2022, Affordable April, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2022, Associate Members Spring Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2018, Out Of The Blue Gallery, Marazion, Cornwall
2017, Open Studios, Cornwall, UK
2017, Open Exhibition, Lander Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2017, Out Of The Blue Gallery, Marazion, Cornwall
2016, Winter Open Exhibition, St Ives Society of Artists, St Ives, Cornwall
2016, Summer Exhibition, Forge 2, Culworth, Oxfordshire
2016, Out Of The Blue Gallery, Marazion, Cornwall
2016, Open Studios, Cornwall, UK
2015, Out Of The Blue Gallery, Marazion, Cornwall
2015, Open Studios, Cornwall, UK
2014, Qube Open Art Exhibition, Qube Gallery, Oswestry
2014, Luminous, The Courthouse Gallery, Thirsk, North Yorkshire
2014, Tabernacle Art Competition - Summer, MOMA Wales, UK
2014, Aberystwyth School of Art Degree Show, Aberystwyth, Wales
2013, Summer Breeze, The Summerhouse Gallery, Marazion, Cornwall
2012, The Other Art Fair, London, UK
2012, Aberystwyth School Of Art Winter Show, Aberystwyth, Wales
2011, Tregye Summer Show, Tregye, Cornwall
2011, Force 6, Lemon Quay, Truro, Cornwall
2010, Lemon Trifle, Lemon Quay, Truro, Cornwall
2010, Spring Exhibition, Trebah Gardens, Falmouth, Cornwall