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-Grant Fraser MacIver's  Resume-

Fraser MacIver has pursued a career in two-dimensional design since 1976, whilst primarily a water-colourist and printmaker, he has also worked freelance as an interior muralist and architectural renderer for both public and private commissions in Canada, America and Britain.  He is an enthusiastic correspondent and prose poet and currently works freelance and part-time as a Life Drawing Instructor for the Fyne Art Club of Mid-Argyll in Scotland.  Contact Fraser MacIver.

Degrees & Scholarships

1982:   Diplome D'Etudes Collegiales - Champlain Regional College - Quebec,  Canada.  Fine & Applied Arts degree - BFA.

1983:   Cameron Award Scholarship - Painting & Drawing - Banff Centre School of Fine Arts.

1986-7: Rhode Island School of Design - Faculty of Painting & Printmaking.

1988-9: McGill University - Faculty of Art History & Religious Studies

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Memberships & Teaching Positions

1991-6:   Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop - Department of Etching

1994-6:   Salisbury Centre CO-OP - Life drawing

1998-01: Fyne Art Club of Mid-Argyll Scotland - Life Drawing

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Exhibitions & Shows

1981:  Articule Gallery Group Exhibition - Montreal, Canada

1982:  Musee Marcil Group Exhibition - St. Lambert, Canada

1983:  Sunridge Lanai Gallery Private View - Pebble Beach, USA

1983:  Inner Harbour Open Display - Victoria, Canada

1984:  Goodwill Court Gallery Private View - Newport Beach, USA

1987:  Bank of Commerce Painting Prize Exhibition - Rhode Island, USA

1989:  Faculty of Religious Studies One Man Show - Quebec, Canada

1990:  Ambassador Hotel Suite Watercolours - Los Angeles Times, USA

1992:  McKirdy's Restaurant Group Exhibition - Edinburgh, Scotland

1993:  "Seven Up" Group Exhibition - Edinburgh, Scotland

1994:  Scottish Society of Artists Royal Academy - Edinburgh, Scotland

1995:  The Elephant House Cafe One Man Show - Edinburgh, Scotland

1998:  Mid-Argyll Art Society Summer Exhibition - Argyll, Scotland

1999:  Mid-Argyll Art Society Summer Exhibition - Argyll, Scotland

1999:  Archway Gallery Autumn Group Display - Argyll, Scotland

1999:  Fyne Art Club Life Drawing Exhibition - Argyll, Scotland

2000:  Kilberry Open Spring Exhibition - Kilberry-by-Tarbert, Scotland

2000:  First Annual Fyne Art Club Open Summer Exhibition - Argyll, Scotland

2000:  Mid-Argyll Art Society Summer Exhibition - Argyll, Scotland

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Commissions & Murals

1980:  ALCAN Canada: Three-dimensional sculpture "Axe" - sheet metal and cedar mixed media - Dorval, Canada

1982:  Champlain Regional College:  Screen print maps - Longueuil, Canada

1982:  Bureau de L'Education du Quebec:  Pen & ink text book illustrations - Montreal, Canada

1983:  A. Iton:  Watercolour architectural rendering - St. Lambert, Canada

1983:  L.E. Davis:  Mural Landscape in Oil 13x8' - Newport Beach, USA

1983:  L. Fenton:  Victoria Harbour Commission Watercolour, Vancouver Island, Canada

1984:  C.M.B.M.:  Watercolour Suite - Edinburgh, Scotland

1985:  P. Roper/ Roper Associates Architects:  North African Hotel Proposal Watercolour renderings - Montreal, Canada

1986:  R.D.B. LaGarde:  Acrylic Studio Mural "Leda and the Swan" 12x7' - Pebble Beach, USA

1986:  K. Young/RLS Academy:  "Cypress Point"  Watercolour commission - Pebble Beach, USA

1986:  Retained C.O.A.:  "Crocker Estate"  Watercolour - Pebble Beach, USA

1986:  L. Hill Esq.:  "Barnbougle Castle" Watercolour - Pebble Beach, USA

1987:  Bank of Commerce Newport:  "View of the Breakers"  Watercolour - Newport, RI, USA

1988:  K. Minkofski-Garrigues: "Minkoski-Garrigues House"  Watercolour architectural rendering - St. Lambert, Canada 

1988:  J. Blanchard:  "Westmount Dwelling House"  Watercolour architectural rendering - Westmount, Canada

1988:  G.A. Covington:  "Olympic Flame" Oil on Canvas 5x7' - Westmount, Canada

1989:  Queen Elizabeth Hospital:  "Sanitas: Beneath the Sunflowers and the Margeurites" Oil 16x10 - Notre-Dame de Grace, Canada

1990:  T.R. Johnson:  "Aquaticus Pompeii" Oil 12x4' - Los Angeles, USA

1990:  R.D.B. LaGarde:  "Iris Study"  Acrylic on canvas 8x3' - Escondido, USA

1991:  C.M.B.M & W.A.S.G:  "Portraits"  Watercolours - Edinburgh, Scotland

1992:  C.M.B.M & W.A.S.G.:  "TigerTrees"  22x9' Oil and Acrylic mural - Edinburgh, Scotland

1993:  D. Cocker Sculpting:  "Kirkcaldy Bronzes" Drawing Research Commission - Fife, Scotland

1996:  Archie's Sandwich Bar:  "El Gusto Mundo" Acrylic mural 50x10' - Edinburgh, Scotland

1996:  C.M.B.M.:  "In Neptune's Garden"  Acrylic mural 15x7' - Edinburgh, Scotland

1997:  K. Johnston:  "Killer Whales"  Oil mural 4x7' - Edinburgh, Scotland

1997:  Woodward:  "Station House, Forth Rail Bridge"  "Norwegian Stave Churches"  "Frieze with Trolls"  Acrylic mural 32x10' - Fife, Scotland

1998:  Slockavullin Residence:  "Tidal Map"  Acrylic mural 5x6' - Argyll, Scotland

1998:  Creels Restaurant:  "Mermaids ... Betrothal"  Acrylic mural 13x8' - Argyll, Scotland

1999:  J. & A. Holt:  "Grey Clouds with Silver Linings"  Acrylic mural 26x8' - Argyll, Scotland

2000:  Scottish Natural Heritage Commission:  "Isle of Islay Interpretive Panels"  Map and watercolour panels for the 'Chough' nesting grounds - Islay, Scotland 

2000:  K.S.M:  "Tulsa Snow" Oil - Tulsa, USA

2000:  C.M.B.M:  "Portrait II"  Pen & Ink - Fayetteville, USA

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