Olivia Fraser London, United Kingdom, b.1965
Olivia Fraser was born in 1965 and after graduating with a MA in Modern Languages from Oxford, she spent a year at Wimbledon Art College before moving to India in 1989. Following in the footsteps of her kinsman, James Baillie Fraser, who painted the monuments and landscapes of India in the early 1800’s, Olivia set out to continue where he had left off, painting the architecture of Delhi and its people. In 2005 she decided to study the traditional Indian miniature painting techniques under Jaipuri and Delhi masters and now employs these gem-like stone colors, its unique miniature brush work, and its elaborate decorative and burnished surfaces in her contemporary renditions. Having been especially influenced by Nathdwara pichwai painting and early 19th Century Jodpuri painting, Olivia has been exploring its visual language, reaching back to archetypal iconographies rooted in India's artistic and cultural heritage that can breach borders and be relevant to her hybridized life between East and West. She is married to the historian and author William Dalyrmple and they travel frequently with their three grown children.
Selected Artworks
Solo Exhibitions
2024
A Journey Within, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore
2020
A Journey Within, 21st September-20th November, Grosvenor Gallery, London
2019
Amrit, 24 October - 30 November, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2018
Olivia Fraser: The Lotus Within, 6 - 26 June 2018, Grosvenor Gallery, London
2017
Anahat, Solo booth at Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2016
Olivia Fraser: Sacred Garden, The Government Museum & Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India
The Sacred Garden, Sundaram Tagore, New York
2014
Subtle Bodies, in association with Art18/21, Norwich
Olivia Fraser, M on the Bund, Shanghai, China
2013
Sunaparanta Centre for the Arts, Goa
2012
Miniatures, Grosvenor Gallery, London
2007
Triveni Gallery, New Delhi
2003
Indar Pasricha Fine Art, London
1998
Indar Pasricha Fine Art, London
1994
Andrew Usiskin Fine Art, London
1991
Carma Galleries, New Delhi
Group Exhibitions
2020
Abu Dhabi Art, Grosvenor Gallery Booth Abu Dhabi. UAE
Amrit, Pundoles, Mumbai, India
2019
Abu Dhabi Art, Grosvenor Gallery Booth, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2018
The Art of Paper, 15 November - 15 December 2018, Sundaram Tagore, New York
Prakash Parv: The Festival of Light, 2-4 November 2018, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
Luminously Between Eternities, 1-21 December, Gallery Ark, Gujarat
The Monsoon Festival 13, 2-16 September, City Palace, Jaipur
Paradox and Play: Living Traditions in Contemporary Art, New Delhi, India
India Art Fair, Grosvenor Gallery Booth, New Delhi
2017
India Art Fair, Grosvenor Gallery Booth, New Delhi
2016
India Art Fair, Grosvenor Gallery Booth, New Delhi
India Art Fair, Grosvenor Gallery Booth, New Delhi
Art Basel, Hong Kong
Deck of Cards, British Council, New Delhi
Gandhara Art, Art Basel Hong Kong
2015
Unfolding Perspectives, Deck gallery, Singapore
Frontiers Reimagined, Venice Biennale
Yoga Chakra, LKA, New Delhi
Forms of Devotion, China Arts Museum, Shanghai
Grosvenor Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi
2014
Kullu Perceived, The Prince's Drawing School, London
2013 Modern & Contemporary Miniatures: Grosvenor Gallery, London
Miniature Rewind: Art Dubai
Grosvenor Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi
2012
Asian Art in London
Iconographic investigations: Nature Morte, Gurgaon
Interrogating Conventions: Nature Morte, New Delhi
Grosvenor Gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi
2011
The Path of the Lotus: Grosvenor Gallery, London
2010
Kathmandu Arts Centre, Nepal
Apparao Galleries, Chennai
2009
Apparao Galleries, New Delhi
2008
Kathmandu Arts Centre, Nepal
2004
Presteigne Art Gallery, Wales
1999
The Portland Gallery, London
1996
The Clarendon Gallery, London