BETRA FRAVAL

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"Betra Fraval achieves an atmospheric lightness, like the damp veil of early morning mist that shrouds Bundanon—deep valley in Dharawal language. The looseness of paint mirrors her new approach to materiality. Holding Things Lightly. Lightly holding. Holding on to something like air. This is painting for the love of painting, unconstrained by the need to define. Water melts into land and the sky dissolves into trees."

Anita King, 2025

BIOGRAPHY

Melbourne based painter Betra Fraval has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the Victoria College of the Arts and has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne since 2008 at institutions including Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, C3 Contemporary Art Space and Res Artists, Glasshouse Studios. Her work has been included in group exhibitions since 2007 in Victoria and New South Wales and internationally in Finland, Peru and France at institutions including Gippsland Art Gallery, The Dax Centre, Bayside Gallery, Bus Projects, Bundoora Homestead, Victorian College of the Arts and Seventh Gallery.

Betra has undertaken residencies at Bundanon, NSW (2025), Sanskriti Kendra in India (2009), Sachaqa Centro De Arte in the Amazon Rainforest, Peru (2018), Hôtel Sainte Valière in France (2019) and the Helsinki International Artist Programme in Finland (2019). She has been a finalist in the John Leslie Art Prize (2024, 2020, 2016), the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize (2022) and the R&M McGivern Prize (2019). Betra's work is held in the collection of Artbank as well as private collections in Australia and internationally.

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PAST EXHIBITIONS

HOLDING THINGS LIGHTLY (2025)

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Betra Fraval 'At the water's edge' 2026 synthetic polymer on linen, framed 138 x 112 cm $11,100
Betra Fraval 'Riverside play' 2026 synthetic polymer on linen, framed 60 x 50 cm $3,300
Betra Fraval 'In your footsteps' 2026 synthetic polymer on linen, framed 60 x 50 cm $3,300
Betra Fraval 'Coastal (after Separation Creek)' 2026 synthetic polymer on linen, framed 60 x 50 cm $3,300
Betra Fraval 'Holding it lightly (after Sidney Nolan's 'Emma Minnie à Beckett "Ai Nostri Monti”' 1982)' 2025 oil on linen 112 x 138 cm $10,500
Betra Fraval 'A place to escape' 2025 oil on linen 138 x 112 cm $10,500
Betra Fraval 'Graphic landscape (Bundanon)' 2025 oil on linen 91.5 x 81.5 cm $5,900
Betra Fraval 'The golden hour' 2025 oil on linen 91.5 x 81.5 cm $5,900
Betra Fraval 'Bundanon landscape (making marks 2)' 2025 synthetic polymer on linen 60 x 50 cm $2,900
Betra Fraval 'Graphic landscape (Bundanon 2)' 2025 synthetic polymer on linen 60 x 50 cm $2,900
Betra Fraval 'Still the mind' synthetic polymer on linen 60 x 50 cm $2,900
Betra Fraval 'Riverside' 2025 synthetic polymer on linen 60 x 50 cm $2,900
Betra Fraval 'Wading out (yellow)' 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm $2,900
Betra Fraval 'Heavy to hold' 2025 synthetic polymer on linen 60 x 50 cm $2,900
Betra Fraval 'Making marks' 2025 oil on linen 30 x 25 cm $1,500

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BETRA FRAVAL AWARDED 2026 ACQUISITIVE BECKETT LOCAL PRIZE AT THE 2026 BAYSIDE PAINTING PRIZE

By Nicholas Thompson

Congratulations to Betra Fraval who has been awarded the acquisitive Beckett Local Prize at the 2026 Bayside Painting Prize with her work ‘Taking flight’. The Bayside Painting Prize is Melbourne’s premier annual painting prize. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists from across Australia, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches…

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BETRA FRAVAL FINALIST IN 2026 BAYSIDE PAINTING PRIZE

By Nicholas Thompson

Betra Fraval is a finalist in the 2026 Bayside Painting Prize. Established in 2015, the Bayside Painting Prize is Melbourne’s premier annual painting prize. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists from across Australia, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of…