1011 Fourth Avenue, Longmont, CO 80501
BORN: November 23, 1957

EDUCATION:

Kansas City Art Institute, 1976-79
University of Colorado at Denver, 1983-84
Atelierhaus, Worpswede, Germany, 1985-86

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York NY
Arnot Art Museum - Elmira NY
Denver Art Museum - Denver CO
Evansville Museum of Art and Science - Evansville IN
Philbrook Museum of Art - Tulsa OK
Kansas City Art Institute - Kansas City MO
Flint Institute of Arts - Flint MI
Museum of New Mexico - Santa Fe NM
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield OH
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson AZ
Arkansas Art Center - Little Rock AR
Reading Public Museum - Reading PA
West Publishing Company - St Paul MN
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo TX
Mint Museum - Charlotte NC
San Jose Museum of Art - San Jose CA
Longmont Museum and Cultural Center - Longmont CO
Foothills Art Center - Golden CO

EXHIBITIONS / AWARDS

2009:

“Beyond the Object Project” – Gallery 1261, Denver, CO

2008:

“Small Works” – Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
“Winter Haiku”- Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Beyond Representation” – Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA - Catalog

2007:

Scott Fraser - New Works - Solo Exhibition - J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY - Catalog
Small Works - Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
Anniversary Exhibition - Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA – Catalog
The Object Project -
Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science, Evansville IN, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville SC, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa OK, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chatanooga TN, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood CO – Catalog

Fraser, Switzer, Stoner: Still Life - Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, Longmont CO
REALationships: Works of Surreal Inspiration - Foothills Art Center, Golden CO
Eighth Annual Realism Invitational - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - San Francisco CA - Catalog

2006:

To Be or Not to Be, 400 Years of Vanitas Paintings - Flint Institute of Art, Flint MI – Catalog
Seventh Annual Realism Invitational" - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - San Francisco CA – Catalog

2005:

House and Home C T E Gallery - Charlotte, NC

2004:

Scott Fraser: Still Lifes With Magic and Mystery - Frye Art Museum -Seattle WA – Catalog
Revelation - Mint Museum, Charlotte NC
New Work - Solo Exhibition - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - San Francisco CA, Catalog
Sixth Annual Realism Invitational" - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - San Francisco CA, Catalog

2003:

Re-representing Representation VI - Arnot Art Museum - Elmira NY
Scott Fraser - Solo Exhibit - Carson Gallery - Denver CO
Foothills Art Centers 35th Anniversary Exhibition - Golden CO
Magic Realism - Sangre de Cristo Arts Center - Pueblo CO
Fifth Annual Realism Invitational" - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - San Francisco CA – Catalog

2002:

Random Acts of Beauty - Foothills Art Center - Golden CO
Fourth Annual Realism Invitational - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - San Francisco CA – Catalog
Gallery to Gallery - J. Cacciola Gallery and Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2001:

Form and Figure - J. Cacciola Galleries - New York NY
Third Annual Realism Invitational - Jenkins Johnson Gallery – San Francisco CA – Catalog
Contemporary American Realism IV - M.A. Doran Gallery - Tulsa OK

2000:

Second Annual Realism Invitational - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - San Francisco CA –Catalog
Introductions - J. Cacciola Galleries - New York NY
Contemporary American Realism III - M.A. Doran Gallery - Tulsa OK
Annual Realism Show - Van Vechten-Lineberry Taos Art Museum - Taos NM

1999:

Re-representing Representation IV" - Arnot Art Museum - Elmira NY – Catalog
"Drawings" - John Pence Gallery - San Francisco CA – Catalogue
"New Realism for a New Millennium" - Memorial Art Gallery - University of Rochester - Rochester NY
"Scott Fraser Solo Exhibit" - Susan Duval Gallery - Aspen CO
"First Annual Realism Invitational" - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - San Francisco CA – Catalog
"Trompe l'Oeil, Art and Illusion" - Invitational - John Pence Gallery - San Francisco CA
"Poetics of Life" - Invitational - Center of the Earth Gallery - Charlotte NC

1998:

"Scott Fraser Still Life" - Solo Exhibit - Carson Gallery - Denver CO

"Scott Fraser - Still Life Paintings" - Solo Exhibit - Philbrook Museum of Art - Tulsa OK - Evansville Museum of Arts and Science - Evansville IN -Catalogue - Traveling Exhibit

"Realism '98" - Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo TX

1997:

"Shared Treasures" - Museum of Fine Arts - Owensboro KY
"Still Lifes and Florals" - John Pence Gallery - San Francisco CA

1996:

Colorado Artists: Recent Acquisitions - Denver Art Museum - Denver CO
"Arranging Things" - Contemporary American and European Still Life -Evansville Museum of Arts and Science - Evansville IN
"Realism '96" - Fletcher Gallery - Santa Fe NM
"New Work/Scott Fraser" - Solo Exhibit - Susan Duval Gallery, Aspen CO
American Realism: Past and Present - 1856-1996 - John Pence Gallery - San Francisco CA

1995:

"Realism '95 - Vision and Poetry" - Fletcher Gallery - Santa Fe NM
Artists of America - Invitational - Denver CO – Catalog

1994:

"Contemporary Realism" - Gerold Wunderlich Gallery, New York NY
"Slice of Life: Contemporary Still Life" - Riverside Art Museum - Riverside CA
"Contemporary Perspectives II" Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills CA
Artists of America - Invitational - Denver CO – Catalog
"Realism in Perspective" - Susan Duval Gallery - Aspen CO
"Realism '94" - Invitational - Fletcher Gallery, Santa Fe NM
"An Original Idea" - Invitational - Gerold Wunderlich Gallery, New York NY
"Flowers in February" - Invitational - Sherry French Gallery, New York NY

1993:

"Contemporary Realism" - Invitational - Gerold Wunderlich Gallery - New York NYDAM Close Range Gallery - 4-Person Show on Contemporary Realism "Much Ado About Something" - Denver Art Museum - Denver CO
"Illusions of Reality" - Solo Exhibit - Susan Duval Gallery, Aspen CO
Artists of America - Invitational - Denver CO – Catalog
"Still Life 1963 - 1993" - Invitational - Gerald Peters Gallery - Santa Fe NM – Catalog

1992:

"The Real Thing" - Louis Newman Galleries - Beverly Hills CA
"Artists of America" - Invitational - Denver CO - Catalog

1991:

"Contemporary Still Life Painting" - Coe Kerr Gallery - New York NY
"New Horizons in American Realism" - Flint Institute of Arts - Flint MI
Catalogue cover; traveled to Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples FL; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville TN - Catalog
"Artists of America" - Invitational - Denver CO - Catalog

1990:

National Academy of Design - 165th Annual Exhibition - New York NY
"Drawings and Paintings of Scott Fraser" - Solo Exhibit - University of Northern Colorado - Greeley CO and Carson Gallery - Denver CO
"1900 to Now" - Invitational - Gerold Wunderlich Gallery - New York NY
"Contemporary Realism" - Invitational - Gerold Wunderich Gallery - NYC
Rocky Mountain National Park 75th Anniversary Exhibition - Boulder CO


1989:

"Small Works" - Invitational - Fendrick Gallery - Washington DC
Colorado Artists at the Kennedy Center - Invitational - Washington DC
"The Food Show" - Still lifes by 66 American Artists, Grand Central Art Galleries - New York NY
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition - Golden CO - Mustard Seed Award
"New Works" - Grand Central Art Galleries - New York NY
"Ink Washes" - Solo Exhibit, Carson Gallery - Denver CO

1988:

"Trains and Planes: The Influence of Locomotion in American Painting" - Sherry French Gallery, New York NY. Traveled to: National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC; Robertson Center for the Arts, Binghamton NJ; Evansville Museum of Arts, Evansville IN; Noyes Museum, Oceanville NY
52nd Annual National Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art -Youngstown OH
Colorado State Fair Fine Art Exhibit - Juror's Choice Award, drawing -Pueblo CO
Audubon Artists Exhibition - New York NY - Art Students League Award
Lotos Club Exhibition for selected award winners - New York NY
"Self Portraits" Invitational Exhibit - Arvada Center for the Arts - Arvada CO

1987:
Allied Artists of America 74th Annual Exhibition - New York NY
Silver Medal of Honor

1986

: Allied Artists of America 73rd Annual Exhibition - New York NY
"ART USA" - Western Colorado Center for the Fine Arts, Fourth Place -
Grand Junction CO
Dr. Maury Leibovitz Art Award - Lotos Club - New York NY


1985:
"Art and the Law" National Invitational, Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington DC, honoring the US Supreme Court. Traveled to: Alexandria Courthouse, Alexandria VA; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA; Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City UT; Minnesota Museum of Art.
Purchase Award, The West Collection, West Publishing Co., St. Paul MN


1984:
"Art and the Law" National Invitational, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul MN. Traveled to: The Albany Museum of Art, Albany GA; South Texas College of Law, Houston TX; The Canton OH Art Institute.
Purchase Award, The West Collection, West Publishing Co.- St. Paul MN
Audubon Artists Exhibition, National Arts Club - New York NY
Alice G. Melrose Memorial Award
1984 National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic - New York NY
Doris Kreindler Award

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2009:

The Artists Magazine, April issue, “Still Life as Metaphor”, Louise b Hafesh

2008:

CLASSICAL PAINTING ATELIER: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice, Masterworks, pp. 180-181, Juliette Aristides
ART FUNDAMENTALS: Theory and Practice, “Approximate Symmetrical Balance”, pp. 71-73, image 73

2007:

American Arts Quarterly, Fall issue
American Artist, October issue, AObject Project, Common Subjects, Uncommon Results, M. Stephen Doherty
American Art Collector, November issue, AShiny Things

2006:

Contemporary Realism Collection, Volume II, Denver Art Museum

2004:

American Artist, July issue, M. Stephen Doherty
ARTnews, September issue, ABubbling Over in Talent, Kenneth Baker

2003:

International Artist, August/September issue, AStill Life: A World of Wonder, Jennifer King

2001:

U.S.art, December, ANot Sitting Still, Sara Gilbert

2000:

SouthwestArt, March Cover Photo/Story, AMystery & Resonance, Bonnie Ganglehoff

1999:

San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, June 6,
Datebook, Photo Colorado Expressions, Winter Issue
Art Scene, Colleen Smith

1998:

Art & Antiques, Dec., Cover Photo, "Past is Present", Edward Gomez
The Denver Post, Nov. 26, Art and Entertainment
"Giving Life to Still Life", Jeff Bradley, Colorado Homes & Lifestyles, June
"A Study of Reality", Patrick Soran, American Artist, April
"What's Up?"Southwest Art, March
"The Unconventional Still Life" The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City OK, Feb. 12
"Paintings' Imagery Powerful", John Brandenburg, Tulsa World, Feb. 1, Arts
"Magical, Mundane Combine in Scott Fraser's Paintings" - James D Watts Jr., Tulsa World, Jan. 16
ARTnews, Jan.,"City Focus", Carol Dickinson

1997:

ARTnews, Feb., "Realism: The New Hip?” Carol Howe

1996:
Albuquerque Journal, May 19, pg. D2, "Blockbusters" Featured Photo

1995:
Albuquerque Journal, Oct. 29, pg. D-3 "Realism '95 Rare Glimpse into Masters' Works" by Wesley Pulkka - Featured Photo

1994:
The Aspen Times, Sept. 3, pg. 7-B "Realism in Perspective"

1993:
The Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 30, pg. 16-17, "Realism with a Hint of Mystery" by Marilynne Mason
Personal Journal, Feb., pg. 112 "Art/Work"

1992:
ARTnews, Mar., pg. 131, Contemporary Still Life Painting/Coe Kerr

1991:
Color in Contemporary Painting, Watson-Guptill, C. LeClair, pp.176-177
American Artist, Apr., pg. 14-16, Success Stories, Stephen Doherty

1990:
Rocky Mt.News, Dec. 2, pg. 130, Review of one-man show, Carol Dickinson
Denver Post, Nov. 30, pg. 1-E, Review of one-man show, Steve Rosen
Colorado Homes & Lifestyles, Mar/Apr., pg. 24, "People to Watch"

1989:
The Christian Science Monitor, June 13, pg. 10, Theodore Wolff review, photo of Scott Fraser's work
Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, Sept/Oct., pg. 71, Carol Dickinson
Art-Talk, October, pg. 20., "Artists Worth Watching"

1988:
Rocky Mountain News, Feb. 3, pg.40, "Artboard" by Jennifer Heath

1987:
Southwest Art, Sept. pp. 34-35, "Scott Fraser"

1986:
Rocky Mountain News, June 22, p.4, subject of Gene Amole column
Maine Bar Journal, March Cover Painting
The West Collection, West Publishing Co., St.Paul MN pp.72-73, 120-121
Atelierhaus Worpswede 1983-84-85,"Scott Fraser, Maler/Grafiker" pp.60-63
Wisconsin Bar Bulletin, Jan. p.13, "A Child in Court"