CURRICULUM VITAE
Catalina M. Christensen (nee Morales Vela)
Bogota, Colombia
Arcane Studios, 22-27 The Oval, E2 7DT
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
Forthcoming Exhibitions:
Feb 2019 The Royal Arts Prize 2019, 5b Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade, London, SW1Y 4UY
Sept 2019 Land Lines, Royal Geographical Society (with IB), 1Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR
Selected Exhibitions:
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:
May 2018 London Craft Week, City and Guilds Art School, London
Collections: Works held on private collections on United Kingdom, Denmark, Colombia 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 Master class and Collagraph Master class, Putney School of Art and Design
Languages: Spanish, Danish, English