About The Artist
Artist Statement:
Fluid States presents Drew Frazier’s five-year exploration of artistic process, transformation, and discovery. This exhibition is both a progression and a culmination: more than 400 works created over half a decade, ultimately reimagined and collaged into final compositions that embody the essence of change. In these pieces, viewers witness an intimate unfolding—moments where simple gestures swell into intricate complexity, where fragments are reshaped into wholeness, and where ink itself becomes both medium and metaphor for growth.
The origins of this work lie not in the studio but in the natural world. On long walks, Frazier collects oak galls, which—when combined with iron—become black ink, a substance steeped in centuries of history as the foundation of art and record-keeping. The process reflects metamorphosis: just as gall wasps use these organic structures as incubators until they take wing, so too do these galls undergo transformation into something enduring. This alchemy is central to Frazier’s vision, a meditation on the unseen forces of growth, release, and renewal.
At the heart of the work is the concept of flow—both as a psychological state of immersive presence and as a physical reality of ink moving across the page. Soap and bubbles introduce another dimension: effervescent orbs pressed against paper leave behind delicate spheres and organic constellations, ghostlike impressions of fragility, breath, and motion. What began as playful experimentation has become a signature element of Frazier’s practice, underscoring the relationship between chance, intention, and discovery.
Frazier describes:
“Flow represents my effort to find balance with emotion, spontaneity, form, and ultimately a piece that has reached a state of completion. My hope is that I have expressed a part of myself that may resonate with others. In my opinion, flow is incomplete unless it can be passed to and from one another.”
Conceptual Framework
Fluid States is more than a series of artworks; it is a meditation on transformation, resilience, and inner discovery. The process of creating ink from oak galls serves as a guiding metaphor: out of disruption and decay comes a substance of permanence and depth. Likewise, the work itself explores how limitation, discomfort, and imperfection can be transmuted into new forms of meaning.
Viewers will be invited into spaces of quiet contemplation and dynamic movement alike, encountering pieces that pulse with energy, echoing life’s inevitable cycles of creation, dissolution, and renewal.
Drew Frazier is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores transformation, process, and the quiet intelligence of materials. Over the past five years, his artistic practice has centered on ink-making, collage, and flow-based mark making, drawing inspiration from natural cycles of growth, decay, and renewal. His work reflects a deep curiosity about how simple gestures evolve into complex forms and how fragments can be reassembled into new, coherent narratives.
Alongside his life as an artist, Drew spent over a decade working as a fine dining chef, an experience that deeply shaped his relationship to process, discipline, and improvisation. The kitchen—much like the studio—became a place where structure and intuition learned to coexist.
Drew is currently a practicing psychotherapist, where his attention to emotional process, presence, and human resilience continues to inform his creative work. Both his clinical and artistic practices are grounded in an interest in flow, integration, and the ways meaning emerges through engagement rather than control.
Outside of his professional life, Drew enjoys baseball and spending time outdoors adventuring. He currently lives with his girlfriend, Liz, and their cat, Porty, finding balance and inspiration in shared experiences, creativity, and everyday life.
Mixed Media
