Inspired by nature, place and the mark of time, Catherine's multidisciplinary studio and plein air practice 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, exploration of the relationship between site and sentiment, and an abiding quest for visual harmony.
BACKGROUND
Catherine lives and works in San Francisco, California. Time spent in the natural and industrial landscapes of Ohio, West Virginia and northwestern Massachusetts are also foundational influences.
b. 1967, New York
HONORS & AWARDS
2024 Honorable Mention, Works on Paper 2024, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences — 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 the things we hold, the things we carry, Birdhouse Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo, 11/7-12/6)
2025 Ignited by Vashon, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA (group)
2025 Small Works Summer Open, Small Works SF, San Francisco, CA (group)
2025 My World in Blue, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA (group)
2025 Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA (group) – Juror: Susie Kantor, Assoc. Curator & Head of Exhibitions, Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Museum
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, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ (group—catalog) – Juror: Kim Conaty, Chief Curator, Whitney Museum,
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 (solo)
1993 Photographs, Theatre of the Reconstruction/The Garage, Chicago, IL (solo)
1993 Photographs, Vertu, Chicago, IL (solo)
NEWS & ACTIVITIES
2024-present Sounding Board Artist Collective, Co-Founder, San Francisco, CA
2025 "Four Artists and a Residency", Interview/Conversation, Voice of Vashon — listen
2025 "Exhibit Boasts Work 'Ignited' by Vashon Artist Residency", Article, Vashon-Maury Beachcomber
2022 SF Botanical Garden, Plein Air Art & Nature Workshop Series, San Francisco, CA
2022 Southern Exposure Monster Drawing Rally, Artist, San Francisco, CA
2020 "Call and Response" Melissa McGill video project, Artist Contributor
2009-2020 California College of the Arts BA, MA, BArch Critiques, Juror, San Francisco, CA
2018-2019 Future Chorus, Artist Chorus Member, Berkeley, CA
2010-2012 Inclusive Schools Week, SFUSD Community Art Project Design & Leadership, San Francisco, CA
2007-2009 Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, National Artist Advisory Committee, Saugatuck, MI
2003-2007 SF Arts Commission Gallery, Advisory Board (Chair '05-'07), San Francisco, CA
2001-2002 GenArtSF, Board of Directors & Public Program Chair, San Francisco, CA
1996-1998 San Francisco Art Institute, Spring Show Coordinator, San Francisco, CA
1995-1997 Ansel Adams Center Friends of Photography, Exhibition Preparator, San Francisco, CA
1993-1994 Around the Coyote Art Festival, Exhibition Coordinator, Chicago, IL