Artist: John Fraze
Title: Pre-Eminence IV
Size: 48" x 60"
Medium: Acrylic on Board with Semi-Gloss Finish
Presentation: Gun Metal Frame
Artist Information
| Website: | frazeefinearts.com
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| Biography: | Born and
raised in New York City, pursuing art his entire life. He Graduated from
the High School of Art and Design and Pratt Institute, both in New York
City. Exhibited in well over 100 solo and group exhibitions world wide
by both juror and invitation by curator including the Biannual
International Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy, Art Basel, Miami,
Florida, the Museum of Natural History, Invitational, New York City, the
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, the Bruce Museum,
Greenwich, Connecticut, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, Florida
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| Statement: | "Frozen in time is a series of paintings I have been working on for
several years now. I am attempting to capture that split moment, that
nanosecond which happens on a regular basis all around us that we
inevitably end up missing, because time waits for no one. If I had froze
time a moment earlier or later, the entire image would be different or
lost forever. As time is frozen a pattern often emerges, much like
finding gods face in a rust stained grain silo.
I am influenced by the likes of Jackson Pollock, Max Ernst, Wassily
Kandinsky and the Surrealists, but not so much by their techniques as
their vision, energy, unique point of view and their willingness to take
chances. My approach is not so much a learned process, but a home grown
technique that has developed over the years. I work in acrylic on
board, using any and all methods and tools at my disposal for the
application of the materials, which include flat, gloss, mediums and
several different types of varnish, relying a great deal on chance
effects, building and adding and even taking away if need be until I
feel I have reached my objective.
I have run the gamut of styles and techniques over my 40 plus years in
the art field from photorealism to impressionism. I now consider myself
an abstract expressionist in that I am trying to express my ideas, my
inner most thoughts, my deepest feelings about myself and the world I
have found myself in. I have visions and then set out to express these
visions by nurturing them, working them over and over again,
scrutinizing them and finally bringing them to fruition I leave it up
to the viewer whether I have succeeded or not."
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| Exhibitions: |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Gallery IMAGO, San Francisco, California
Watermark Cargo Gallery, Kingston, New York
White House Gallery, Stone Ridge, New York
Hawthorne Gallery, Woodstock, New York
The Bell Gallery, Rhinebeck, New York
Joshua's Gallery, Kingston, New York
Shellnutt Gallery, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Night Gallery, New York, New York
Long Acre Gallery, New York, New York
Mark's, Mizner Park, Boca Raton, Florida
Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, Florida
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Seventeen Exhibitions, Woodstock Artist Association, Woodstock, New York
Five Exhibitions, Work of Art Gallery, Saugerties, New York
Three Exhibitions, Joshua's Gallery, Kingston, New York
Three Exhibitions, Off Broadway Gallery, Kingston, New York
Two Exhibitions, Artist Association, Nutley, New Jersey
Two Exhibitions, Art Association, Clearwater, Florida
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut
Las Olas Museum, Annual Exhibition, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Park West Gallery West Hurley, New York
AIR Gallery, Kingston, New York
Donskoj Gallery, Kingston, New York
Petrucci Gallery, Saugerties, New York
Apple Gallery, West Hurley, New York
Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Connecticut
Woodstock Artist Guild, Woodstock, New York
Mamaroneck Artist Guild, National Exhibition, White Plains, New York
Ulster County Council for the Arts, Kingston, New York
Rocky Mountain Art Exhibition, Loveland, Colorado
International Art Exhibition, Billings, Montana
Painting & Sculpture Exhibition Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
National Art Exhibition, La Luz, New Mexico
Allegheny Art Exhibition, Pipestem, West Virginia
Laramie Artist Guild, Laramie, Wyoming
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, New York
The Gallery at Barnegat Light, Barnegat Light, New Jersey
Five Towns Art Foundation, Woodmere, New York
Pratt Institute Gallery, New York, New York
Museum of Natural History, Invitational, New York, New York
Studio 19, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Aquarian Age, Boca Raton, Florida
Palm Beach International Airport, Palm Beach, Florida
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Artist Guild, Boca Raton, Florida
Fogle Fine Arts, Jacksonville, Florida
Artformz, Miami, Florida
The Gardens, Boca Raton, Florida
Coral Springs Center for the Arts, Coral Springs, Florida
Meyerhoefer Gallery, Lake Worth, Florida
Boca Raton Museum of Art, All Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton, Florida
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| Education: | High School of Art & Design, New York City
Pratt Institute, BFA Brooklyn, New York
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| Awards: | Full Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Selected, Biannual International Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy
Work Featured on WTZA Television, Hudson Valley Live
Elected to Board of Directors, Woodstock Artist Association
Castle Gallery Award, Billings, Montana
Second Place, International Exhibition, Clearwater, Florida
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