BIOGRAPHY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Rising, The Robinson Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2015
Letters from Germany, Esslingen, Germany
2014
Tabula Rasa, Simone DeSousa Gallery (former Review Gallery), Detroit, MI
2011
Love Duet, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2009
Magic moments – Works on paper by Ed Fraga, The Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
2007
Innocence Lost – Works on Paper, 511 Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Spiritus, Miller/Geisler Gallery, New York, NY
2001
A Moment of Grace: A Retrospective of Ed Fraga, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2000
All the World’s a Stage, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
1999
In the Garden, Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1998
A Selection of Small Paintings, Mott Community College, Flint, MI
1996
Dreaming of Suburbia and Other Places, Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1994
The Isenheim Interior: An Installation, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Side by Side: Lost Lives, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
1993
Side by Side: Lost Lives, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1992
Sacred Place: Paintings, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1991
Selections from the Eye Series, Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY
1990
Momentary Awakening, Joy Emery Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI
1986
New Paintings and Drawings, Feigenson Gallery, Detroit, MI
1984
Recent Work, Feigenson Gallery, Detroit, MI
1982
Drawings, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Get Together, Reyes/Finn Gallery, Detroit, MI
Portraits, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI.
2021
Ocean Body, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
Dual Vision, MOCAD, Detroit, MI.
Recent Acquisitions & Selections from the Oakland University Art Collection, Oakland University Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2019
Uncommon Denominator, Black Box Gallery, Dearborn, MI 2018
Motor City Icon: The Spirit of Detroit, Marshall M. Frederick’s Sculpture Museum, Saginaw, MI
Essay’d, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center (Detroit Symphony Orchestra), Detroit, MI
Essay’d 3 / 30 Detroit Artists, Volume 3 (published - Wayne State University Press)
The Detroit Show, Green Kill Gallery, Kingston, New York
2012
Once Upon a Time: Prints and Drawings that Tell Stories, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
2011
Art X Detroit, MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit), Detroit, MI
New Departures and Transitions: Medium, Materiality and Immateriality, curated by Michael Stone-Richards, The N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
Sur Real, 511 Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Figuration, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2010
Ten Years of Contemporary Art at Oakland University, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
Black and Blue, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
The Art of the Artist’s Book, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
2009
The Nature of Art: Part1 Detroit Collects, Elaine Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Offerings, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2008
Spirit, Gallery Project, AnnArbor, MI
Reflections of the Spirit, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan–Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
2007
Real and Imagined, Elaine Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2006
Experiments, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2005
The God Show, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2004
What’s new in Graphic Arts / Prints and Drawings since 2000, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
40 Years of Collecting: 75 Masterworks from the Oakland University Collection, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
Contemporary Figurative Painting: Ed Fraga, Barbara Buysse, Edward Monovich, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Brush, Pencil, Chisel, Knife, 511 Gallery, New York, NY
2001
The Art of the Cathartic Circle, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
New American Talent 15, three locations: Del Rio Council for the Arts, Del Rio, TX; Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX; Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Texarkana, TX
2000
New American Talent 15, two locations: Shore Art Gallery, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX; The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
1999
’Avventura Artistica: Artists Under the Italian Influence: The Last Judgment; An Installation, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
1998
A Sustaining Passion: The Tsagaris / Hillberry Collection, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
1997
Scene/Unseen, Annual 1997, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
1995
Interventions, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1994
The AIDS Cure Project, King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1993
Haunting Images: Painting of Reference and Metaphor, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, WI
Visceral Landscapes, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992
Introducing, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
‘92 Invitational, J.Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Expressive Visions, Exquisite Images, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
1991
En el Corazon del Pais, Contemporary Latin Artists from the Midwest, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
1990
The Book as Art / The Book in Art, Barbara Fendrick Gallery, New York, NY
Awards in the Visual Arts 8, in two locations: The BMW Gallery, New York, NY; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1989
Awards in the Visual Arts 8, in two locations: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Eye for Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Small Works, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1985
Five from Detroit - The Figure, Lebel Gallery, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
1979
Italy ‘79, Accademia, Venice, Italy
EDUCATION
1980
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI - Bachelor of Fine Arts
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2011
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
2009
Kresge Artist Fellowship, The Kresge Foundation
2008
Ovation Award, 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award, Wayne State University
2002
Art Serve Michigan, Creative Artist Grant
1999
Art Serve Michigan, Creative Artist Grant
1995
Bellagio Center Residency, The Rockefeller Foundation
1993
Arts Foundation of Michigan
1992
Arts Midwest National Endowment for the Arts, Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award
1989
Awards in the Visual Arts 8, National Endowment for the Arts, B.M.W.
Michigan Council for the Arts
1985
Michigan Council for the Arts
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Henry Ford Health System (Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion), Detroit, MI.
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI.
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Detroit, MI.
Kresge Foundation, Troy, MI.
Oakland University, Rochester, MI.
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020
Two abstract painting shows worth a spotlight, Michael Hodges, The Detroit News (March 18)
2011
Art X Detroit trumpets homegrown culture, celebrates big ideas, Mark Stryker, The Detroit Free Press (April 3)
2010
Two Shows Offer Playful, Abstract Art, Michael Hodges, The Detroit News (July 24)
Page-Turner Book art is a real treat for the eyes at OU gallery, Michael Hodges, The Detroit News (January 14)
The Art of the Artist’s Book, catalogue with an essay by Dick Goody, director of Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI (January)
2009
Magic Moments: Works on Paper by Ed Fraga, catalogue with an essay by Duncan Cardillo, curator of collections, Flint Institute of Arts (January)
2005
Art Lesson: Painter Tells Lapeer Students About His Work, Jim Smith, The Flint Journal (March 28)
2004
511 Gallery Group Exhibit, The New York Sun (July 22)
Three’s the Charm, Figurative Works Make for a Satisfying Show, Roger Green, Gazette News (February 22)
2002
Ed Fraga at Miller/Geisler Gallery, Lily Faust, MBM Publications, The New York Art World Magazine (December)
Masterwork of the Month, DIA Bulletin, Detroit, MI (April)
2001
A Moment of Grace: A Retrospective of Ed Fraga, Glen Mannisto, Metrotimes (October)
Retrospective Traces Two Decades, Keri Kuten-Cohen, Detroit Free Press (October 30) Painting Shows Have Modern Vision Inspired by the Old Masters, Joy Hakanson
Colby, The Detroit News (October 26)
An Eccentric Circle, Frank Provenzano, Detroit Free Press (March 6)
The Art of the Cathartic Circle, catalogue with an essay by Dick Goody, Director, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University
2000
New American Talent 15, catalogue with an essay by David Pagel, curator and art critic, Los Angeles, CA
Art Museum Opens Ed Fraga Show, The Saginaw News (September 2)
1999
Woodward Magazine (October 1)
A Leap of Faith, Frank Provenzano, Observer and Eccentric (March 21)
1997
In a State-of-the-Art Exhibit, DIA Shows Arts of the State, Roger Green, Ann Arbor News (August 31)
Seen/Unseen, catalogue with an essay by Lucy Lippard, art critic and author
1996
Ed Fraga ‘s Small Pictures Look Right at Home, Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit News (November 14)
1994
The Isenheim Interior: An Installation by Ed Fraga, catalogue with an essay by David Rau, Associate Curator, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum
The AIDS Cure Project Art Show, catalogue
Detroit Artist Brings Serene Images of Death to Cranbrook, Marsha Miro, Detroit Free Press (September 30)
Shocking Image Inspires `90s Message at Cranbrook, Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit News (October 7)
Roger Green, Ann Arbor News (October 16)
Amy Sult, Kalamazoo Gazette (January 30)
1993
Side by Side: Lost Lives, Paintings by Ed Fraga, Bonita McLaughlin, The Reader, Chicago, IL (December 10)
Karen Halverson, Museums New City, Chicago, IL (November)
1992
The Facets of Fraga, Veronica Pasfield, Detroit Monthly (September)
1991
Vincent Carducci, Artforum (May)
1990
Detroiter’s Bizarre Works Push Anxiety into Tranquility, Marsha Miro, Detroit Free Press (September 14)
Ed Fraga / Momentary Awakening, Joy Emery Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI, catalogue with an essay by Mary Ann Wilkinson, curator of Modern Art, Detroit Institute of
Arts Thomas Patin, Awards in the Visual Arts 8, Artspace
1989
Awards in the Visual Arts 8, catalogue with an essay by Jane Addams Allen, art critic Washington Times and New Art Examiner
Amy Jinker-Lloyd, ARTS Magazine (October)
Robert Pincus, San Diego Union (September 3)
William Wilson, Los Angeles Times (August 27)
Virginia Warren Smith, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (May 24)
1987
Proud Legacy, Feigenson Gallery, Marsha Miro, Detroit Free Press (December 13)
1984
John Baron, Contemporary Relics, Monthly Detroit (June)
Meg Cox, Wall Street Journal (May 22)
Marsha Miro, Detroit Free Press (February 10)
Hope Palmer, New Art Examiner (April)
1982
Dennis Alan Nawrocki, New Art Examiner (summer)