Painting

Contact Information

319 N. Eleventh Street, 6th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
tel: 267-259-5770
www.katherinefraser.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement

Life often strikes me as a string of moments, like a series of film stills, in which we observe ourselves. I paint people experiencing these moments of profound self-awareness and growth; when the rest of the world drops away and we are left bare. My paintings have the visceral quality of memories or dreams, when the image is reduced to the essential, and the mood is what draws your focus, not the specific details. My subject matter comes from my own memories and experiences that feel in some way universal. I have found that certain kinds of settings tend to lead people inward, and to me the rural landscape is a nursery for the soul. My memories of growing up in Maine are a great source of inspiration. Though my subjects usually stand alone, I am less interested in loneliness than in the way being alone makes us feel most alive and connected to our true nature.

Education

2002
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Magna Cum Laude

Awards and Honors

2008
Lucy Glick Award, PAFA Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA

2006
2nd Place, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

Victor Klein Family Award, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA

2002
Thomas Eakins Painting Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Thouron Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Cecelia Beaux Portrait Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award for collage, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

William Emlen Cresson Travel Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Best Student Exhibitor, Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Wexler Memorial Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Exhibitions

2010
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Women Painting Women, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC

Contemporary Voices: 70th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Gone to the Dogs, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY

Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

InLiquid’s 10th Anniversary Show, Gallery 543 at URBN, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Juried Alumni Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

PAFA Fellowship Annual Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Bucks Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, PA

2007 – 2008
Katherine Fraser: Motives, Kelly & Weber Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Bucks Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, PA

Art of the State, the State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA

Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Annual Awards Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA

Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA

Harrison Street Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ

2005
Annual Alumni Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

The Academy at Penn, Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA

2004
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA

2003
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Annual Small Oils Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Annual Small Oils Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Regional Juried Exhibition, Art Forms Gallery, Manayunk, PA

Annual Small Oils Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Annual Art Show, Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova, PA

2000
Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual, Philadelphia, PA

Publications

2010
Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA

2008
Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA

New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Edition, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA

2007
The Southern Review

Best of American Oil Painting

2006
New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Edition, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA

2004
Dirt, Dirt Press, Brooklyn, NY, October Issue