1910 south blvd, suite 130
Charlotte, NC 28203
704.334.7302
jean alexander frater
jean alexander frater experiments with the materials inherent to painting and then integrates other histories, traditions and language into this form. alexander frater was a 2017-2018 chicago artists bolt resident, received an mfa from school of art the institute of chicago, and a ba in philosophy, from the university of dayton, ohio. her work has been exhibited internationally in venues such as the wexner center for arts, columbus; el museo cultural de santa fe; images festival, toronto; possible project space, brooklyn; ben-gurion. airport, tel aviv; kulturhuset, stockholm, aspect/ratio, chicago and guest spot @ the reinstitute, baltimore.
frater works with painting as an object rather than a picture. she converses with the materiality of each piece in an effort to allow it to retain its voice. treating the surface of the canvas like fabric, frater folds to disrupt the forms she has painted on: the gestures of making are integral interests for frater, seeing the ways that these different gestures create different meanings. the ripples that result are a refreshing approach to grids, stripes, gradients, often used in abstraction. the large woven paintings are intensely physical, and the smallest ones are experimental in form and color.