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Catalina M. Christensen (nee Morales Vela)
Bogota, Colombia
Cat’s Studio London, UK
Co-founder of The Wilderness Art Collective - https://www.wildernessart.org/
Board member of Pigments Revealed International - https://www.pigmentsrevealed.com/
Education:
2013-16 BA, Fine Art, First-class Honours, City & Guilds of London Art School
2008-10 Diploma in Art and Design, Putney School of Art and Design (PSAD)
1986-87 Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (UNC), USA.
Dissertation completed in 1989
1977-82 Architect from Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
Selected Exhibitions:
April-Dec 2023. Explore 01 - Kroll New York, 55 E 52nd Street, New York, 10055 USA (Group Show)
Sept-Dec 2023 Wild Pigment Project, Form & Concept, Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA (Group)
March 2022 FRAMING OUR FUTURE, Making it in 2022, ArtCan Virtual Gallery (Group Show)
January 2022 WINTER, Art Can Exhibition, Kingsgate Project Space, NW6 2JG (Group Show)
December 2021 ART for YOUTH Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, SW!Y
November 2021 HIGHGATE CONTEMPORARY, 26 Langdon Park Rd, London, N6 5QG (Group Show)
June 2021 Pigments Revealed Symposium, Online Exhibition
June/July 2020 Wilderness for the Mind, online exhibition
Oct 2019 Landlines on tour, National Trust, Morden Hall Park, Morden, SM4 5DJ
Sept 2019 Landlines, Royal Geographical Society (with IB), 1Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR
Feb 2019 The Royal Arts Prize 2019, 5b Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade, London, SW1Y 4UY
May 2018 Terrains of Pigment, Nine Elms Gallery at ARC, London (Solo show)
Mar 2018 In a Country Far Away, The Art Pavilion Mile End (Group Show)
Apr-Sept 2018 In a Country Far Away, The German Fairytale Museum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany (Group Show)
June-July 2017 What Nowt?, Candid Arts Trust, London (Group Show)
Mar 2017 Talented Art Fair, The Old Truman Brewery, Ely’s Yard, London
Feb-Mar 2017 Uncommon Ground: New Art from the Landscape, The Royal Geographical Society (Group show)
Dec 2016 In Pursuit of Colour, Nine Elms Gallery at ARC, London (Solo show)
June 2016 Degree Show: City & Guilds of London Art School
2013 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, London (3 artists show
2010 Infinity’ PSAD Diploma Exhibition – Barbara Stanley Gallery
2006 Inspired by, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Awards/Prizes:
2018 Shortlisted for The Royal Arts Prize
2016-17 Clyde & Co Art Award for two works
2016 Runner up for the Clyde & Co Blank Canvas Commissioning Prize
2015 Idun Ravndal Travel Award. Travel to Iceland
2013 Etching “Swimmer”, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2012 Etching prize at PSAD with “The Pianist”
2008 V&A Inspired by… competition
Events:
June 2021 Pigments Revealed Symposium
Oct 2019 Artist talk & pigments demonstration, City & Guilds Art School of London
Sept 2019 Do you ever wonder how pigments are made? Demonstration at the Royal Geographical Society
May 2018 London Craft Week, City and Guilds Art School, London
Collections: Works held on private collections on United Kingdom, Denmark, Colombia, France and Sweden
Short Courses:
2018 Etching Masterclass with Norman Ackroyd, City and Guilds Art School, London
2018 Chemigrams, Tate modern, London
2017 Japanese Woodcut: Oil & Water, Slaughterhaus, London
2013 The Alchemy of Paint: the transformation of earth, rocks, roots and berries into pigments, The Princess
School of Traditional Arts
2012 Colour in Practice, Slate School of Fine Art
2010-13 Oil painting, etching, Mono-print and Collagraph Master classes, Putney School of Art and Design
Languages: Spanish, Danish, English