Richard Frater
YEAR OF RESIDENCY
November - January 2021
Richard Frater was born in Wellington and currently lives and works in Berlin. He received an MFA from Glasgow School of Art, UK, in 2012. Frater’s work captures the preciousness of life processes. In doing so, the work often exposes both destructive and productive human impacts on biodiversity today. Recent exhibitions include: “Indifference”, Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, 2019; “A Fatal Attraction”, Galerie Barbara Weiss, “Common Birds”, The Oracle, 2018; Compound series, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; “Resisting Images”, Heidelberger Kunstverein, curated by Boaz Levin, Farewell Photography, Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie; Produktion: Made in Germany Drei, Hannover Kunstverein, Hannover; “Earth League Symposium 2017”, exhibitor and discussant, PIK- Potsdam Institute for Climate Research, Potsdam.
