JONATHAN FRASER

JONATHAN FRASER
From October until December 2025

Based in Kenya, Jonathan is working across various media as a means for paying careful (and especially caring) attention to his environment. Some of these modes of practice include drawing, printmaking, plant pressing, audio-visual work, and writing. For his residency project titled „With a Loving Eye“ , he would like to pursue the question of what it means to pay attention, observe with care, to look with a loving eye at the world around us and to understand “Time” as a means through which we can situate ourselves in order to facilitate this interaction. Can we center Time, and consequently, Space as the sites for intervention in the world?

This residency is supported by the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia Johannesburg.

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Jonathan lebt in Kenia und arbeitet mit verschiedenen Medien, um seiner Umwelt mit großer Aufmerksamkeit (und vor allem mit viel Fürsorge) zu begegnen. Zu seinen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen gehören Zeichnen, Druckgrafik, Pflanzenpressen, audiovisuelle Arbeiten und Schreiben. Für sein Residenzprojekt „With a Loving Eye“ möchte er der Frage nachgehen, was es bedeutet, aufmerksam zu sein, aufmerksam zu beobachten, die Welt um uns herum mit liebevollem Blick zu betrachten und „Zeit“ als ein Mittel zu verstehen, durch das wir uns positionieren können, um diese Interaktion zu ermöglichen. Können wir Zeit und damit Raum als Orte der Intervention in der Welt in den Mittelpunkt stellen?

Diese Residenz wird von der Schweizer Kulturstiftung Pro Helvetia Johannesburg unterstützt.

Jonatha Fraser in his Studio

A New Heaven, A New Earth, A New Mathematics, 2023

Tempera, emulsion paint, charcoal, soft pastel, oil pastel, oil paint, spray paint, india

ink, linen canvas painting on cotton canvas

144 x 90 cm

Everything that is Known, has been Forgotten, 2025

Tempera, India ink, soft pastel, charcoal, spray paint, fabric marouflage on

cotton canvas

197 x 136.5 cm

For Eternity, and Whatever Comes After, 2024

Tempera, charcoal, soft pastel, spray paint, india ink, on cotton canvas

140 x 94 cm

Nakuruitis, 2025

Tempera, soft pastel, charcoal, spray paint on cotton canvas

140 x 95 cm

On Fields II, 2025

Tempera, India ink, soft pastel, charcoal, spray paint, cotton stitching on

cotton canvas

67 x 64 cm

Our Lady of Sorrows, HeLa, 2023

Tempera, charcoal, soft pastel, oil pastel, spray paint, india ink on cotton canvas

141.8 x 90 cm

The Destroying Angel is Playing Double-Time, 2023

Tempera, charcoal, soft pastel, spray paint, india ink on cotton canvas

142 x 90 cm