Hannah Maura Fraser

Hannah Maura Fraser is a Scottish artist based in London/Edinburgh. In 2020 Hannah graduated with a Bachelor's in photography from Gray's School of Art, Scotland, then later joined the MA writing programme at the Royal College of Art.

Within her work, Hannah explores themes such as nature, human existence, the being of time, beauty vs ugly and feminism. Each topic holds significance to the writer's life, allowing her to use both personal experience and research to create a balance. The experience accepts there is an authenticity unique to Hannah, leaving unexpected intertwinings of the themes in which she studies. 

Hannah's work aims to hold a sense of truth and curiosity within a world all share. 

My life has always been surrounded by open fields, fresh air and the sound of horse's hoofs trotting through the ground, all directing me to a truth in myself that no human, book or artwork possibly could. It was a destruction of my ego. Growing up around horses allowed me to gain knowledge in another language, realising that the beauty of mother nature has its horrors, and that doesn't mean we should hide our eyes from it. This understanding developed my practice and has appeared in my selected body of work. 

In recent works I have tried to work with an authenticity unique to my experience with nature, using both my skills in photography and writing to allow the work to artistically shape. 

The world presents many wonders, but the truth of the world takes my mind a prisoner and pushes my artistic curiosity forward combined with research to gain a profound knowledge of the topics mentioned. 

 I am now beginning to broaden my knowledge and experience in language focusing on the verbal and nonverbal, and what words would mean in everyday language if they could physically touch us. Analysing different styles and approaches from the phallic language and Hélène Cixous Ecriture Feminine, was a big part of my research when developing the final major project. All my work aims to bring a thought-provoking reality, showing the true power of words and images but still keeping open the possibility that once documented that the experience or work is perhaps less authentic, as the mind's perception has become an alteration of reality.