EDUCATION AND AWARDS

Shortlisted, John Ruskin Art Prize, Buoy Wharf, London, 2026

Shortlisted, British Art Prize in Association with Artists and Illustrators magazine, 2021

Student Associate Award (ARE) Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London, 2008 - 2010

Beffardo Drawing Scholarship, Liverpool John Moores, 2007 - 2008

BA Hons Liverpool John Moores University - First Class, 2007

EXHIBITIONS AND ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2026 - Artists in residence, Regional Print Centre, Coleg Cambria, Wrexham

2026 - John Ruskin Art Prize, Buoy Wharf, London

2026 - Atelier Ghostbirds, Fragments of What Makes Us Alive, Portugal

2025 - Tŷ Pawb Open, Wrexham

2023 - Unfurled, Grosvenor Museum, Chester

2022 - Bangor University, Celebrating Fine Art, Storiel, Bangor

2021 - British Art Prize in Association with Artists and Illustrators magazine, 2021

2020 – 36th Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Gallery, London

2020 - Haze Gallery, Berlin

2019 – Printed Matter, Exhibition Research Lab, Liverpool

2019 – Ghost Moth, As seen on screen, part of Arts Council Collection, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

2019 – Light Night Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery

2019 - Curator, Printed Matter, 500 prints as part of a series of overlapping exhibitions and symposia, 2019, ERL Gallery, Liverpool and Grafik Werkstatt, Cologne.

2018 – Screenprint Biennial, Opalka Gallery, New York

2018 - Print Beasts: The Things That Live Under the Stairs, 6 limited edition silkscreen prints commissioned as part of the symposium ‘The Things That Live Under The Stairs’ , The Williamson Gallery, Liverpool

Curator and Exhibitor, Deep Black, 30 prints as an installation of over 100 works:

2014, Museum Zundorfer Wehtrum Köln, Cologne, Germany

2015, Chester Contemporary Art Space, UK

2019, ERL Gallery, Liverpool

Exhibitor, State of Print – Artist led Nation, 10 prints as part of 700 limited edition hand printed boxes:

2018, Central Library of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

2018, Nunnsyard and 13a, Norwich

2018, Harrington Social Space, University of Central Lancashire, Preston

Curator and Exhibitor, A Liverpool Bestiary, 57 limited edition prints:

2018, Palacete de Embarcaderos Gallery, Santander, Spain

2018, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

2018, Birmingham City Gallery as part of ‘Arts Council Collections’

2018, The Williamson Gallery, Liverpool as part of the symposium ‘The things that live under the stairs’

2019, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA for Southern Graphics Council

2015 – Transverse Orientation, Curve Gallery, Australia

2015 - Deep Black, CASC, Chester

2014 - Deep Black, Cologne Museum Zundorfer, Wehrturm Köln, Germany

2014 - Liverpool Book Art Exhibition, Hornby Library, Liverpool Central Library

2014 - Techne - The Gallery at St Georges House, Bolton

2013 - 20:20 National Print Exchange, Hot Bed Press, Salford

2013 - Textiles and Texture, Paperboat Gallery, Ellesmere Port

2012 - Anything to Declare, Curve Australia, Newcastle, New South Wales

2012 - Warrington Contemporary Open Exhibition Part 2, The Gallery at Bank Quay House, Warrington

2012 - 20:20 Print Exchange, Hot Bed Press, Salford

2012 - Liverpool Printmaking, The Vitreum, Merchant Tailors’ Girls’ School, Crosby

2012 - Blueprint, The Gallery, Liverpool

2011 - 20:20 Print Exchange, Hot Bed Press, Salford

2011/12 - Global Echo, International touring Group Show of contemporary print

2011 - Reconstruct/Deconstruct, Solo show - The Gallery at Bank Quay House, Warrington

2010 - Remnants, The Lost Soul and Stranger Service Station, The Bluecoat, Liverpool

2010 - Curve Gallery, Liverpool

2010 - Mini Print exhibition, Artlink. Hull

2009 - Portraits and Creatures, Editions Ltd, Liverpool

2009 - IMPACT 6, Print Conference, Bristol

2009 - Print Showcase, The Bluecoat, Liverpool

2009 - RE Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Hopton Street, London

2009 – Editions Gallery, Liverpool

2008 - In Limbo, Eight Days a Week Artist residency, The Bluecoat, Liverpool

2008 - Don’t Panic! Wolstenholme Project, Liverpool

2008 - Triple Echo, Preston, Wirral Metropolitan College, Liverpool John Moores University.

2008 - Print Constructs, Myrtle Street Gallery, Liverpool

2008 - I Dwell In Possibility, Curve Gallery, Liverpool

2008 - 7 @ the Everyman, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool Independents

2008 - RE Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Hopton Street, London

2008 - 7 @ the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool Capital of Culture event

2007 - Beffardo Drawing Scholarship, Myrtle Street gallery, Liverpool John Moores University

2007 - 7 @ the Unity, Unity Theatre, Liverpool

2006 - 68 Hope Street gallery, Liverpool John Moores University

2003 - Endangered Student Species, Pittville Pump Rooms, Cheltenham

PUBLICATIONS

Pressing Matters, Street view, January edition (Issue 33), 2026

Szene Kölner Graphikwerkstatt: Eine Betrachtung anlässlich des 25jährigen Jubiläums 2020, Kölner Graphikwerkstatt, p36-37,ISBN:978-3-00-066872-2.

Fray, H.R, Pereda, J, Conducting Circuits, Printmaking Today, 2019, Cello Press, Vol 28, Issue 109, p34 - 35, ISBN: 09609253

Fray, H.R, ScreenPrint Biennial, 2018, The Sage Colleges, p17, ISBN: 978-0-9997489-4-7

Presenter, Printeractive: Exploring conductive ink and printmaking symposium, 2019, Liverpool John Moores University

Fray, H.R, A Liverpool Bestiary, ATINER 9, Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts, 11-15 June, 2018, Athens, Greece, ISBN: 978-960-598-199-0

Presenter, Brilliant Beasts, Mythological Animals and Printmaking, Arts Council Collections, 2018, Birmingham Art Gallery and Museum

Presenter, Brilliant Beasts, Mythological Animals and Printmaking, The Big Draw, 2018, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Panellist, The things that live under the stairs, 2018, The Williamson Art Gallery, Liverpool