Alexander Fraser RSA RSW

1940 Born Aberdeen
1958-62 Studied Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen
Post Graduate Diploma, Gray’s School of Art
1961 Summer School, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath
1962-63 Teaching Certificate, Aberdeen College of Education
1964-66 Art Teacher, Aberdeen
1966 Appointed Lecturer in Drawing & Painting, Gray’s School of Art
1971 Elected Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy
1978 Elected Member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
1979 Visiting Lecturer, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath
1981-97 Appointed Senior Lecturer, Robert Gordon University
1989 Elected Member of the Royal Scottish Academy
1991-92 Acting Head of Fine Art, Gray’s School of Art
1992-93 Post Graduate Tutor, Gray’s School of Art
1997 Retired from Gray’s School of Art
1999 Appointed Governor – Edinburgh College of Art
2003 Honorary Doctorate of Arts, Robert Gordon’s University

AWARDS:

1964 Travelling Scholarship to France and Italy
1964 Latimer Award, Royal Scottish Academy
1969 Guthrie Award, Royal Scottish Academy
1970 First Prize, Arbroath Open Competition
1971 Scottish Arts Council Award
1977 Abbey Premier Scholarship
1980 Sir William Gillies Scholarship (RSA) - Travelled in Egypt
1989 Special Commendation – Morrison Scottish Portrait Competition
1991 First Prize – Morrison Scottish Portrait Competition
1996 First Prize – Noble Grossart Painting Competition