Katherine Fraser is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and of the University of Pennsylvania. As a student she received the Thomas Eakins Painting prize, the Cecelia Beaux Portrait prize, and the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Award, among others. Since graduation she has been exhibiting throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, and nationally. Katherine grew up in Maine as an only child, and finds that experience often reflected in her work. Her subject matter comes from memories and experiences that feel in some way universal. By portraying singular figures in sparse settings, she explores the idea that being alone makes us feel most alive and connected to our true nature. She is represented by Paradigm Gallery, in Philadelphia.

Education

2002 Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2002 BFA, Magna Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania

Awards

2008 Lucy Glick Award, PAFA Fellowship

2006 2nd Place, Art Association of Harrisburg

2006 Victor Klein Family Award, Cheltenham Art Center

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

2002 Thouron Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2001 Fellowship prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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

2000 Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award for collage, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2000 William Emlen Cresson Travel Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2000 Best Student Exhibitor- Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual

1999 Wexler Memorial Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Exhibitions

2025/23/20/18/16/14 Solo shows, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2024/23 “The Woodmere Annual,” Juried group show, The Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA

2024 “Odyssey,” Three-person show, The Art Trust, West Chester, PA

2022 “Landscapes of the Mind,” Invitational show, The Noyes Museum of Fine Art, Hamilton, NJ

2022 “The Stories I Tell Myself,” Virtual juried group show, visionaryartcollective.com

2022 Juried group show, Powell Lane Fine Arts, Collingswood, NJ

2021 Solo show, Chapterhouse Cafe and Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2018 Solo booth with Paradigm Gallery at Art Market Hamptons, Bridgehanpton, NY

2016 “Fame,” Juried group show, PAFA Alumni Association, Philadelphia, PA

2016 “Growth/Decay,” Two-Gallery invitational group show, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA and Antler Gallery, Portland, OR

2016 Juried show, Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Solo show at The Goggleworks Art Center, Reading, PA

2014 “American Wisdom,” Two-person show at James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia. PA

2013 “(R)evolution; Women Painting Women,” Invitational show at Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA

2013 “To Be Continued...” Three-person show at The Willard Arts Center, Idaho Falls, ID

2013 “Home; Interpreting the Familiar,” Juried show at The Goggleworks Art Center, Reading, PA

2012 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY

2012/11/10/09/08/07/06/05/04/03 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2012 "Likeness," Invitational portrait show, The Philadelphia Board of Ethics, Philadelphia, PA

2011 Solo show, Le Cochon Noir, Philadelphia, PA

2010 "Women Painting Women," Invitational group show, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC

2010 "Contemporary Voices: 70th Annual Juried Exhibition," Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

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

2009 "Exhibit A" Inliquid 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery 543, Philadelphia, PA

2008 Juried Alumni Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2008 PAFA Fellowship Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2008/07 Bucks Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, PA

2007/06 Solo shows, Kelly & Weber Fine Art

2007/06 Art of the State, the State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA

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

2006 Annual Awards Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA

2006/05/04 Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA.

2006 Invitational group show, Harrison Street Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ

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

2005 “The Academy at Penn,” Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

2003/02/01 Annual Small Oils Exhibition, the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA.

Publications:

2023 The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Life is not ‘All Fun and Games’”

2022 Root Quarterly, Volume III, Issue no. 1, “Artist Spotlight: Katherine Fraser the Art of Sacrifice”

2022 shoutoutcolorado.com “Meet Katherine Fraser, Fine Artist”

2020 thevalemagazine.com “‘Alone Together’ Katherine Fraser’s Latest Exhibition at Paradigm Gallery

2020 allcitycanvas.com “Alone Together: Cuando La Soledad No Es Todo Mala”

2018 boooooom.com “‘Far From The Tree’ By Artist Katherine Fraser”

2018 fineartconnoisseur.com “”Subjects That Can Alter Their Own Outcomes: An Exhibition by Katherine Fraser”

2018 juxtapoz.com “Katherine Fraser Explores Agency and Destiny in New Show Titled, ‘Far from the Tree.’”

2018 beautifulbizarre.net “The Emotional Landscapes of Katherine Fraser”

2018 artists-on-art.com  “Art Born from Reckoning by Katherine Fraser”

2015 phillyvoice.com “Ten Philadelphia Female Artists You Need to Know”

2015 Fresh Paint Magazine

2012/10/08 Studio Visit Magazine

2012 Die Blumen die Frauen

2011 The Fertile Source

2008/06 Mid-Atlantic edition of New American Paintings

2007 The Southern Review

2007 Best of American Oil Paintings