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Artist Statement:
The earliest memory I have of
making art was when I was 8 or
9 years old. I was in 4th
grade and one of our first
projects in art class was to
make a drawing of a book we
had read during the summer. A
typical boy, I had read some
baseball book and proceeded to
draw a bat and ball and maybe
a few other objects. When I
finished I was dejected and
embarrassed by my effort.
Sloppy, poorly drawn objects,
placed randomly on the page.
It wasn't really a picture, no
composition. None of the
objects related to the other
pictorially or as a narrative.
I remember looking at the
drawing of the star artist in
our class and becoming acutely
aware of my failure as an
artist. However, not to be
discouraged, I sat down and
did a drawing of mountains,
sky, trees, a fence, and maybe
a house. Totally invented–an
invented landscape. When the
teacher asked the book I had
read, I lied and told her it
was a book called "Green
Mountains" that I had read
when I visited my grandparents
in Vermont. Despite my
satisfaction with the drawing,
I felt ashamed ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
solo exhibitions
2008, introversions,
grassroots arts facility,
jersey city, new jersey
group exhibitions
2008, abstract perceptions,
skinner's loft, jersey city,
new jersey
2007, little wonders, litm,
jersey city, new jersey
2007, holiday show, phyllis
harriman mason gallery, new
york, new york
2007, red star open studio,
jersey city artists ...
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Gordon Fraser Biography:
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| Your Personal Biography |
Gordon Fraser was born in Boston, MA in December 1975. Shortly after, his family moved to Stamford, CT and then later to Princeton, NJ. Early on he wanted to be an architect and studied mechanical drawing and architectural drafting. Gordon went on to attend Kenyon College in Ohio where he studied comparative religion and Asian Languages and Cultures.
In 1996 Gordon traveled to India, Nepal, and Tibet, living in the Tibetan exile communities in Dharamsala, Katmandu, and Sikkhim. In India he was introduced to the Tibetan traditions of Thangka and mural painting, visiting many temples and monasteries throughout the region, photographing the historic wall paintings, learning the iconography, documenting the ongoing restoration work, and meeting many artists practicing the traditional Tibetan painting techniques. Eventually Gordon studied Thangka painting with Tibetan artist Tashi Palden.
In 2000, Gordon moved to New York City where he engaged in a rigorous study of artistic anatomy with William Weltman and figure drawing with Minerva Durham. He attended the Pratt Institute drawing, painting and printmaking. Gordon is a member of the Art Students League New York and has studied with abstract painter Frank O'Cain, learning many of the 14th and 15th century techniques of egg tempera and egg oil emulsions. He has also studied with Paul Ching-Bor, focusing on contemporary approaches to water-based media. In addition, Gordon has studied Japanese calligraphy with Kaz Tanahashi.
Currently, Gordon lives and works in Jersey City, New Jersey. His works are exhibited in galleries in New York and New Jersey. He is part of an emerging group of international artists whose abstract works draw upon the global roots of painting, merging and fusing a diverse range of sources and traditions into an exciting contemporary abstract idiom. |
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