Leah Fraser
Artist Profile
Photograph by Will Mansfield
Born 1983, Sydney, Australia
Lives & Works – Sydney (Eora)
Leah Fraser's work often serves as a portal to other worlds, dimensions unseen but felt and lived through collective subconscious experience. Working in painting and ceramics, Fraser creates visual threads between what defines the human and spiritual existence as well as the ever flowing vitality of nature. Themes of transformation and metamorphosis reoccur in her work, with celestial, enchanting figures appearing across the canvas in a constant state of movement and flux. Favouring a jewel-like colour palette, Fraser uses elongated fingers, hands, eyes and limbs to create interconnection between the worlds she creates and our own, conveying the fluidity of existence, transcending the work into one of the ethereal and sublime.
After completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Fraser was granted an Art Production Residency in Arquetopia, Puebla Mexico (2012) and has regularly exhibited throughout Australia in solo and group shows. The artist has also been a finalist in a number of awards, including the Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Award (2024), the Omnia Art Prize (2025), Blake Art Prize (2014, 2009), Moreton Bay Art Prize (2016), Kings Art Prize (2019) and the Portia Geach Memorial Award (2017).
Exhibitions
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Leah Fraser
Persephone's Descent 26 June - 19 July 2025Leah Fraser’s work has often been an interplay and evocation of other worlds unseen by our own, drawing us into these alternate planes. The realm of mystical, allegorical and spiritual...Read more -
30 Years of Arthouse Gallery — Summer Edition
7 December 2024 - 1 March 2025Over the past three decades, Arthouse Gallery has distinguished itself as one of Australia's leading contemporary art galleries. Currently representing over forty artists, the gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary this...Read more -
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The Thin Places 7 - 30 March 2024Leah Fraser is enchanted by the universal psyche that has connected civilisations, both ancient and contemporary, throughout history. “It’s so interesting that as humans we have these stories that are...Read more -
Arthouse Group Show
Summer – Part 1 9 - 27 January 2024Arthouse Gallery is delighted to begin 2024 with 'Summer' featuring a selection of new and exciting works from our stable of artists. This coming year features solo shows by newly–represented,...Read more
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Group Show
Paper 4 May - 10 June 2023'Paper & Clay' brings together the work of twenty-nine Australian artists traversing the timeless materiality of two enduring artforms. Unencumbered by dense conceptual wilderness, the works in this show posit...Read more -
Group Show
Clay 4 May - 10 June 2023'Paper & Clay' brings together the work of twenty-nine Australian artists traversing the timeless materiality of two enduring artforms. Unencumbered by dense conceptual wilderness, the works in this show posit...Read more -
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Let Her Go Into Darkness 11 - 29 May 2021Motherhood, the occult, nature are expressed through Fraser’s paintings. Each work, centred on one female figure who appears floating or falling, never escaping their surroundings. Here, there is an energy...Read more -
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In the beginning there were stars 23 August - 15 September 2018The otherworldly paintings of Leah Fraser form an ocular poetry. Each work is a lyrical stanza narrating the mysteries of existence across history and mythology. Moving through liminal realms, ethereal...Read more
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Within You, Without You 2 - 18 March 2017Leah Fraser began working on the pieces for this show when she was pregnant earlier in 2016. Contemplating the new life inside her prompted her to also meditate on the...Read more -
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Messages from the World Invisible 4 - 20 June 2015Leah Fraser’s new suite of paintings and ceramics looks at the profound respect for nature that pivots certain cultures and religions. For the artist, humanity has an eternal bond with...Read more -
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Odyssey and Oracle 28 February - 22 March 2014This collection of work is based on stories of diverse cultures worldwide; tied together by the thread of the ocean, guided by the stars, emerging from the pool that is...Read more
Available Works
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Leah FraserSometimes the sky is just the sky, 2023acrylic on linen122 x 122 cm, 124.5 x 124.5 cm (framed)$8,600
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Leah FraserNo more shall we part, 2025acrylic on canvas122 x 91 cm, 124 x 93 cm (framed)$7,990
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Leah FraserThis night has opened my eyes, 2025acrylic on canvas122 x 91 cm, 124 x 93 cm (framed)$7,990
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Leah FraserI could not be found, they could not find me, 2025acrylic on canvas122 x 91 cm, 124 x 93 cm (framed)$7,990
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Leah FraserI can feel you in my midst, 2024acrylic on linen97 x 86.5 cm, 99.5 x 89.5 cm (framed)$6,600
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Leah FraserThe wind blew and time stood still, 2024acrylic on linen97 x 86.5 cm, 99.5 x 89.5 cm (framed)$6,600
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Leah FraserI see you, the same eyes reflect a universe inside, 2024acrylic on linen97 x 86.5 cm, 99.5 x 89.5 cm (framed)$6,600
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Leah FraserWhat Was it that Made Your Eyes Flicker Like That, 2021acrylic on polyester canvas91 x 61 cm, 94 x 64 cm (framed)$6,000
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Leah FraserSummer, 2025acrylic on canvas50 x 50 cm, 52 x 52 cm (framed)$4,400
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Leah FraserLovers eye I, 2025acrylic on canvas with ceramic frame26 ⌀ x 3.5 cm$3,200
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Leah FraserLovers eye II, 2025acrylic on canvas with ceramic frame29 ⌀ x 4.5 cm$3,200
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Leah FraserThe crossing, 2025glass, ceramic and polymer clay56 x 44 x 21.5 cm (size variable)$3,200
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Leah FraserSongs of absence I, 2024acrylic on linen40.5 x 30.5 cm, 43 x 33 cm (framed)$3,200
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Leah FraserSongs of absence II, 2024acrylic on linen40.5 x 30.5 cm, 43 x 33 cm (framed)$3,200
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Leah FraserSongs of absence X, 2024acrylic on linen40.5 x 30.5 cm, 43 x 33 cm (framed)$3,200
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Leah FraserSongs of absence XI, 2024acrylic on linen40.5 x 30.5 cm, 43 x 33 cm (framed)$3,200
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Leah FraserThe Way of the Night is Dark & Kind I, 2023acrylic on paper76 x 56 cm, 86 x 66 cm (framed)$3,200
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Leah FraserThe Way of the Night is Dark & Kind IV, 2023acrylic on paper76 x 56 cm, 86 x 66 cm (framed)$3,200
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Leah FraserThe Way of the Night is Dark & Kind VI, 2023acrylic on paper76 x 56 cm, 86 x 66 cm (framed)$3,200
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Leah FraserSongs of absence VII, 2024acrylic on linen35.5 x 30.5 cm, 38 x 33 cm (framed)$3,000
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Leah FraserSongs of absence VIII, 2024acrylic on linen35.5 x 30.5 cm, 38 x 33 cm (framed)$3,000
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Leah FraserLonging (plinth), 2025ceramic83.5 x 30 x 30 cm (plinth)$2,900
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Leah FraserSongs of absence III, 2024acrylic on linen35.5 x 25.5 cm, 38 x 28 cm (framed)$2,900
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Leah FraserSongs of absence IV, 2024acrylic on linen35.5 x 25.5 cm, 38 x 28 cm (framed)$2,900
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Leah FraserSongs of absence VI, 2024acrylic on linen30.5 x 25.5 cm, 33 x 28 cm (framed)$2,800
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Leah FraserSeduction (plinth), 2025ceramic72 x 27.5 x 27.5 cm$2,700
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Leah FraserTemptation (plinth), 2025ceramic62.5 x 28 x 28 xm$2,500
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Leah FraserReturn (plinth), 2025ceramic58.5 x 24.5 x 24.5 cm$2,300
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Leah FraserThe First Thing that Happened, 2023glazed ceramic26 x 21 x 20 cm$2,200
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Leah FraserTouching the Sky, 2023glazed ceramic34 x 16 x 14.5 cm$2,200
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Leah FraserKnow the Secret, 2023glazed ceramic17.5 x 14 x 11 cm$1,400
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Leah FraserReturn, 2025polymer clay and glass22 x 14 x 11 cm$1,200
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Leah FraserSee you on the other side, 2025ceramic20 x 12 x 9 cm$900
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Leah FraserThe Feeling of Night IV, 2023ceramic20 cm diameter$900
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Leah FraserThe Feeling of Night VIII, 2023glazed ceramic19 cm diameter$900
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Leah FraserSeduction, 2025ceramic and polymer clay22 x 7 x 6 cm$850
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Leah FraserTemptation, 2025glass16 x 16 x 13 cm$800
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Leah FraserThe need was magnetic, 2024acrylic on linen152.5 x 122 cm, 155 x 124.5 cm (framed)Sold
News
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Jo Bertini, Dean Bowen, Leah Fraser announced as finalists in the Omnia Prize 2025
St Kevin’s College, Toorak 9 April 2025We are thrilled to announce that Jo Bertini, Dean Bowen and Leah Fraser have been selected as finalists in the Omnia Prize for 2025. The...Read more -
Several Arthouse Gallery artists selected for the Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize
Manly Art Gallery & Museum 15 June 2024Congratulations to Kate Ballis, Kate Dorrough, Leah Fraser, Amelia Lynch and Shona Wilson who have been announced as finalists in the 2024 Northern Beaches Environmental...Read more -
Arthouse Gallery artists part of Women for Change
Sibyl Centre, Womens College at the University of Sydney. 22 February 2024Arthouse Gallery is delighted to be participating in a major fundraising event for Women for Change. The inaugural IGNITE Art Show is a silent auction...Read more
Press
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Artist to Watch: Leah Fraser
Vogue Living, 17 March 2014 -
Studio Visit
Lucy Feagins, The Design Files, 17 February 2017 -
Podcast Interview with an Artist — Leah Fraser
Wilamina Russo, 2SER Radio, 9 July 2020 -
Artist Leah Fraser's Unique Bronte Home Is Packed With Treasures
Bed Threads, 19 September 2020
Artist Interest