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U S T I N
A R T
CATHERYN AUSTIN
The images in my work
are metaphors for the 'self'. They refer to the idea of individuality-----or
the individual vantage-point; the peculiarity, and sometimes isolation, of
the personal experience; the illusive nature of identity; and the intangible
sensation of the uniqueness of one's existence. Many of my paintings
represent the struggles of Woman within a primarily male dominant culture..
The solitude they sometimes feel, as well as the challenges they face
practically and spiritually. Often symbols or elements, such as birds
and nests, are incorporated in a composition. The portrayal suggests a strong
feminine side of nature and the environment.
For nearly
fifteen years, I have used realistic or representational image, in
combination with landscape and elements of abstraction in an attempt to
produce a genre-inclusive style. I have been influenced by notions of
duality, the concept of the self and the other, difference and similarity,
and the philosophical foundations of my life from childhood onward. I am
interested in the eastern notion of impermanence, and the position that the
self is a construct and an illusion.
As an
abstract painter, my interest is to explore a visual language that speaks to
the convergence of land/sky, translucence/opaqueness, infinite/finite.
Painting materials have been chosen that will reflect both the dense, opaque,
slow-moving nature of earth and the fluid, transparent nature of air. Natural
substances of Venetian plaster oil paint and collage are juxtaposed with
translucent glazes of linseed oil, mineral spirits and beeswax. Images may
appear static yet be fluid.
ORIGIN
Washington, DC,
US
EDUCATION
BA Art
Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
BFA International Fine
Arts College,
Miami, FL
Fortman
Studios, Florence, Italy
GALLERY
REPRESENTATION ~ EXHIBITIONS
1976
Cates Plaza Gallery, Atlanta,
GA
1975
Southwestern Watercolor Society Exhibition, Houston, Texas
1981
Folger Shakespeare Library-Museum, Washington,
DC
1984
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum,
Washington, DC
1988
American College
in London, faculty exhibit, London, UK
92/94
Kristen Johnson Gallery, Georgetown, Washington,DC
92/96
Randall Beck Gallery, Newbury
Street, Boston, MA
91/95
Lagerquist Gallery, Inc, Buckhead, Atlanta,
GA
92/96
Gay Head Gallery, Martha's Vineyard,
MA
1994
Del Oro Gallery, Santa Fe,
NM
1994
Tresors D Art International, Singapore
95/98
Gallerie Modus, Place de Voges, Paris, France
1995
Clayton Gallery,
Hyde Park, Tampa, FL
1996
Gallery Vivendi, Paris, France
99/01
Gallery Electra, Sausalito,
CA
01/03
Richard Thomas
Gallery, San
Francisco, CA, Park City UT
01/03
Carol Robinson Gallery, Magazine
Street, New Orleans, LA
03/06
Art Brokers Inc, Mill Valley,
CA
2006
Stanfield Fine Art, Aspen, CO & Park City, UT
93/06
Verve, Columbia, SC
COLLECTIONS
Sony
Music Corporation, New York,
NY
Mary
Chapin Carpenter Entertainment Corp., Washington,
DC
Ritz
Carlton Buckhead, Atlanta, GA
Skip
Soroka Design, Washinton,
DC
National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
MD
Hasten
Design Group, Washington,
DC
Silverstien &
Mullens, Washington DC
Sourdy
Maxim, Paris France
M.
Brudy, Mexico City
D.
Cefi, Istanbul, Turkey
Memar Archiicture, Washington,
DC
Pennsicola Museum of Art, Pennsicola, FL
ACP
Architecture, Las Vegas, NV
Pebble Beach Resort, Carmel,
CA
Hilton
Hotels Corporation, San Francisco,
CA
Monterey Marriot, Monterey, CA
Hotel Vintage Plaza,
Portland, OR
Hotel Vintage Park,
Seattle WA
The
Melrose Group, New Orleans,
LA
PUBLICATIONS
Houston
Chronicle, illustration, 73, 74, 75
Atlanta
Magazine, editorial illustration, 78, 79
Atlanta
Journal, illustration, 77, 78, 79,
Regardies
Magazine, editorial illustration, 86, 87
Washington
Post Magazine, cover, 85, 86
Washington
Post, illustration, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90
Sarasota Ticket, Review,
1996
Marin
Magazine, 2004
Southern
Accents, 2003
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