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The Fraser Gallery were two Washington, DC (1996-2011) and Bethesda, Maryland (2002-2011) art galleries founded by Catriona Fraser, [1] an ex-pat British photographer and art dealer. [2] She has lived in Washington, DC since 1996. [2]

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History

Fraser opened The Fraser Gallery in 1996 in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC. [2] In 2002 she opened a second gallery in Bethesda, [3] [4] a Maryland suburb of the Greater Washington, DC area. Fraser was also the founder of Secondsight, [5] [6] [7] an organization of women photographers. The galleries closed in 2011. [8]

The Fraser Gallery represented several significant artists during its operating years, including Tim Tate, [9] [10] David FeBland, [11] Kris Kuksi, [12] Chawky Frenn, [13] [14] Joyce Tenneson, [15] [16] Lida Moser, [17] [18] [19] F. Lennox Campello, [20] Michael Janis, [21] Dianora Niccolini, [22] [23] Maxwell MacKenzie, [24] [25] [26] Nestor Hernández, [27] Mark Jenkins, [28] [29] as well as many key contemporary Cuban artists such as Sandra Ramos, [27] [30] [31] Marta María Pérez Bravo, [32] and others. [32] [33] [34]

The Washington Post also noted in 2000 that the gallery was able to take advantage of the then emerging Internet to stage art shows which "draws entries from all over the world", [35] and a few years earlier, in 1998, praised the gallery for having "one of the liveliest, best-looking and best-organized sites in town", [36] in a seminal article about art galleries' websites in Washington, DC. [36] Upon the announcement of its closing, The Washington City Paper photography critic wrote that "the gallery mounted significant shows by such photographers as Maxwell MacKenzie and Lida Moser, as well as an annual photography contest." [37]

Fraser is now the Chair of the Trawick Art Prize, [38] [39] an art competition for Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC artists which awards $14,000 in prize money. [38] She is also the director of the annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival. [38] [40]

Photographer

Fraser's own photographic work has focused overwhelmingly on black and white infrared landscape photographs of Scotland, ranging from traditional landscapes, to ancient Pictish ruins and medieval castles and fortresses. [2] [41] [42] [43] [44] The photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries in the US and Latin America, and awarded multiple prizes. [45]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Protzman, Ferdinand (1997-01-11). "A POPULAR VISION". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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  4. ↑ O'Sullivan, Michael (2002-08-16). "Summer Show Standouts". The Washington Post.
  5. ↑ "Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  6. ↑ "Bethesda.org | Bethesda Urban Partnership". www.bethesda.org. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  7. ↑ "Secondsight - an organization to support women in photography". Secondsight. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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  13. ↑ "Bone Structures". Washington City Paper. 10 September 2004. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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  16. ↑ "Flower Portraits". Washington City Paper. 5 September 2003. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  17. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (2005-04-08). "Lida Moser: 50 Years of Photographs". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  18. ↑ "Why Photographer Lida Moser Couldn't Be Pigeonholed". Washington City Paper. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  19. ↑ "Photographic Memories". Washington City Paper. 20 February 2004. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  20. ↑ "Frida on His Mind". Washington City Paper. 10 January 2003. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
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  22. ↑ "Photography Only". Washington City Paper. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  23. ↑ "Fraser Gallery of Bethesda, Maryland: Dianora Niccolini". The Fraser Gallery. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  24. ↑ "Photography by Maxwell MacKenzie at the Fraser Gallery". Washington City Paper. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  25. ↑ "City Lights, Dec. 21-28, 2006". Washington City Paper. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  26. ↑ "Super Fly: Aerial Photographer Maxwell Mackenzie, at the Fraser Gallery". The Washington Post. 2010-09-29.
  27. 1 2 Dawson, Sandra (2003-10-02). "New Shows Bridge The Gulf of Mexico". The Washington Post.
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  31. ↑ Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. "Sandra Ramos sees 'Sorrows'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  32. 1 2 "De Aqui y de Alla (From Here and From There)". Washington City Paper. 26 September 2003. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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  34. ↑ O'Sullivan, Michael. "New Shows Breathe Life Into Area Galleries". The Washington Post.
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  36. 1 2 Protzman, Ferdinand (1998-03-09). "Monitoring Art Galleries". The Washington Post.
  37. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (2 March 2011). "Fraser Gallery Will Close This Month". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  38. 1 2 3 "Founder & Chair". www.bethesda.org. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  39. ↑ "Trawick Prize Award Winners Announced". East City Art. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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  44. ↑ Parmelee, Terry. "Art Review in KOAN of Catriona Fraser". www.thefrasergallery.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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