Catherine takes inspiration from nature and the mark of time to fuel a multidisciplinary studio and plein air practice that includes contemporary painting, mixed media works, photography, printmaking and temporal installations.
Paying close, patient attention is intrinsic to Catherine’s process in all mediums, as are the embrace of happenstance and an abiding quest for visual harmony.
BACKGROUND
Catherine has lived, worked and been mesmerized by the light in San Francisco, California since 1995. Time spent in the natural and industrial landscapes in the midwest, West Virginia and northwestern Massachusetts are also foundational influences.
b. 1967, New York state
HONORS & AWARDS
2024 Honorable Mention, LBIF Works on Paper 2024, Juror Kim Conaty, Chief Curator, Whitney Museum
2024 Grantee, Center for Cultural Innovation
2023 Nominee, Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation
2022 Artist-in-Residence, Vashon Artist Residency
EDUCATION
1996-1998 Interdisciplinary Studio Art, San Francisco Art Institute
1990 BA Art History, Architecture Minor, DAAP, University of Cincinnati
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Contemporary Works on Paper, Holyoke Paper Festival, Holyoke, MA (group)
2025 Pyramid Scheme 2.0, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, CA (group)
2024 Works on Paper 2024, Juror: Kim Conaty, Chief Curator, Whitney Museum, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ (group)
2024 Heath Arts Exhibition, Heath Cultural Council, Heath, MA (group)
2024 Creating Together, Kala, Berkeley, CA (group)
2023 Pyramid Scheme, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, CA (group)
2021 Heath Arts Exhibition, Heath Cultural Council, Heath, MA (group)
2017 The Posse, Brushstrokes, Berkeley, CA (group)
1997 SFAI Faculty & Staff Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (group)
1995 International Women’s Day Exhibition, The Flatiron Arts Building, Chicago, IL (group)
1994 New Work, Patron’s Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (group)
1993 Solo, Theatre of the Reconstruction/The Garage, Chicago, IL (solo)
1993 Photographs, Vertu, Chicago, IL (solo)
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Catalog, Works on Paper 2024, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences
SELECT ACTIVITIES
2024-present Sounding Board Artist Collective Co-Founder, San Francisco, CA
2022 Plein Air Art & Nature Workshop Series Leader, SF Botanical Gardens, San Francisco, CA
2022 Monster Drawing Rally Artist, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2020 Artist Contributor, Melissa McGill "Call and Response" video project, International
2009-2020 Juror for BA, MA, BArch, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018-2019 Artist Chorus Member, Future Chorus, Berkeley, CA
2010-2012 Art Project Design & Leadership, Inclusive Schools Week, SFUSD, San Francisco, CA
2007-2009 National Artist Advisory Committee, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2003-2007 Advisory Board (Chair '05-'07), SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001-2002 Board of Directors Public Program Chair, GenArtSF, San Francisco, CA
1996-1998 Spring Show Coordinator, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1995-1997 Exhibition Preparator, Ansel Adams Center Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA
1993-1994 Exhibition Coordinator, Around the Coyote Art Festival, Chicago, IL