She received her BA in Philosophy from the University of Dayton and her MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Over the past few years, Frater has focused exclusively on the materials and process of painting. Her work has been exhibited internationally from the Big Screen Project in New York to the Ben-Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. Jean Alexander Frater was a recipient of the Working Artists Grant, 2014, and shortlisted for the Dave Bown Artist Competition, December 2014.