Artworks by Karina Fraser

Karina Fraser is a contemporary abstract artist based in Hampshire, UK, whose work translates the vivid, neurological intersections of sound and sight. Living with chromosthesia—a form of synaesthesia where auditory stimuli trigger involuntary, brilliant projections of colour—Fraser replicates these everyday sensory "lightshows" by breaking down raw pigments and restructuring them across the surface. Her practice serves as a direct bridge between soundscapes and visual art, heavily informed by frequent collaborations with musicians and sound designers.

Beyond capturing the immediate music-to-color experience, Fraser’s art explores the fluid nature of human memory. By building up her pieces in intricate layers—which are subsequently washed over, merged, and physically torn apart—she emulates the psychological friction of how we encode, alter, and retrieve personal autobiographical memories over time.

Deeply committed to a mindful and sustainable practice, Fraser focuses on the lifecycle of her materials, splitting pigments to their absolute base to minimize waste and experimenting with raw elements like suspended natural pigments made from the natural world around her. Through this careful manipulation of earth-born materials and sensory memory, her tactile, multi-layered works map the delicate boundaries between our internal psychological landscapes and the physical world.