BIOGRAPHY

Brentley Frazer is a Visual Artist and a widely published Poet who lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.

Nation Master Encyclopedia Biography
- http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Brentley-Frazer

Brentley Frazer on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentley_Frazer

The Critics say:

Brentley Frazer (is) a 21st Century Baudelaire on acid - Dazed & Confused Magazine

a true underground poetic visionary - Identity Theory

Brentley has precise nightmares in prose! We fear them. - Exquisite Corpse Journal of Letters

as a poet and founding editor of online literary and art journal Retort Magazine, Frazer has gained an international reputation as one of the most innovative of contemporary writers… ~ The Courier Mail Brisbane Australia

a literary genius… ~ Prat Magazine

a word politician and master of communication deconstruction and reinvention… ~ PoeticInhalation.com Washington DC USA

There was a time not so long ago when I didn’t believe poetry of such tragic intensity and mercurial wit would ever be written (let alone published) in this nation of kitchen bards. ~ The Red Room Project Sydney Australia

I think it goes without saying that there are some people–and in many cases they can be theoretically cultured, regular readers of both poetry and prose–who aren’t willing to take the kinds of journeys or to give themselves over to the liquidification of conventional thought patterns that Brentley Frazer’s work provokes. - Kris Saknussemm

A Dark Samadhi is Philip K Dick melded with Andre Breton; a Rimbaud modified to produce the diaspora of Ballard. This is a post-surreal, techno-lingual savvy text that uses the oppressor’s corporatist and jingle-laden language against them. - Brett Dionysius

-the themes are wonderfully understated and unemotional, although the topics are often violent, Some images are heavy but still it reads from far away, like Orwell’s “the land that never was” Brentley is a master of this genre, and handles his craft very subtly. He rarely steps forward to scream. Somehow, it seems unemotional and serene.
Robert Smith Author: Confessions of a Bunny Rabbit from Hell. Canada 2002

Clever. Ethereal. Medical. Evil. Brilliant. Beautiful. Grimy. Pornographic. Low-brow Art. High Porno. Vaginal. Manifesto. Poem. Talk to me…Mr. Frazer is a poetic, naive, scared, remarkable, spartan Writer with a gift for description, a style similar to Clive Barker and more than a passing similarity to William S. Burroughs’ inculcation (,i.e.: “but strange clear suckers filled with black blood and decorated wings like paisley, vast wings sought after religiously by taxidermists…”), and Charles Bukowski( See: Entire ouevre)…and that ain’t bad. Looking forward to reading more from this strange, erudite, neo-literate oddball. Bob Freville Staff Writer GetUnderground.com USA

EXHIBITIONS

THE NEXT DOOR STRANGER - Solo Show
Glitch Bar+Cinema - Melbourne 18th June - 10 August 2008

GREAT PAINTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY - Group Show
Modus Studios - Brisbane 15 April - 08 May 2003

HEROIN BEAR & FRIENDS EAT THE UNIVERSE - Solo Show
Ric’s Bar - Brisbane September 11 - October 11 2001

AN OMNIVAGUS HEART - Solo Show
The Hub - Brisbane October 20 - 15 November 1996

NEW NEW - Group Show
Space Plenitude - Brisbane 12 April - 12 May 1993

WATCH THIS - Group Show
Studio Oiduts - Brisbane 1 February 25 February 1992

OPERA OF DESTRUCTION - Solo Show
Cafe Nova - Townsville 10 January - 25 January 1991