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Ring of Redwoods

 

 

 

Catherine Nash - Artist Statement

““I slump down into the thick foliage. ...In the forest, I am my entire self.  Everything is possible in my heart just as it is in the hiding places in ravines.””

-Rene Menard, Le Livre des Arbres, 1956.

In my artwork, a personal language of symbols distilled from years of sketchbooks: shelters, nests, boats and bowls; light, water, earth and sky; seeds, branches, roots and new growth, eyes and hands become timeless images that can be “read” allegorically in many ways.   I use these symbols to evoke emotive ideas without the need for the written or spoken word.  I strive to interpret my deepest thoughts, dreamings and concerns with this visual poetry.

Recently, I have been spending hours watching the evening sky slowly shifting color - dusk into twilight into deep night, letting gradations and atmosphere and air infiltrate my being.  Finally, the brush leads me in a kind of poetic, wordless dance through the memory of space.  The fleeting early evening hours and the late night rich darks are particularly cryptic, potent and profound.  To navigate through them requires an innate sense of direction.   Gaston Bachelard writes: “Night isolates us from earth, but it gives us back
our dreams of kinship with air.”

I also feel kinship with trees, from root to branch tip...the stretch into earth and sky.  The life of root and bud are at the heart of our being.

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Education

2004 Art Historical/Cultural Research in India: Mumbai, Dehli, Punjab

1996-99 Art Historical Research, Contemporary and Traditional Papermaking
in Europe

1995 Japanese Papermaking under Minoru Fujimori, (National Living Treasure), Awagami Factory, Tokushima, Japan

1988 MFA, Mixed Media (Printmaking and Papermaking), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

1987 Contemporary and Traditional Hand Papermaking and Block Printing: Kyoto, Echizen, Tokyo, & Kasama, Japan
Under Professor Akira Kurosaki, Kyoto Seika University of Fine Arts; Under Asao Shimura, Cannabis Press, Kasama

1981-82 Lithography, Etching, Woodblock Printing, Drawing: Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria

1980 BFA, Printmaking and Drawing, University of New Hampshire, Durham

Exhibitions

Solo:

  • 2000 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
  • 1996 Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona
  • 1995 University of AZ Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
  • 1992 Downtown Performance Center, Artist-in-Residence: City of Tucson, AZ Commissioned Installation
  • 1991 East End Arts Council, Riverhead, New York
International Exhibitions:
  • 2006 "Book as Object: An International Survey of Sculptural Book Art", Coburn Gallery, Colorado College. Invitational.
  • 2004 Dergårdsgalleriet, Lerum, Sweden
  • 2003 "Labyrinth Meditation: Human Conflict", Ferme Sarasin, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2003 "Unpacked-Unrolled-Unfolded", Chopin Association, Dusniki Zdroj, Poland
  • 2002 "4e Triennale Internationale du Papier", Musée Charmey, Switzerland (Catalogue)
  • 2002 "Transformation III, 2002", Karlsborg Fors, Karlsborg, Sweden
  • 2001 Hungarian Consulate, New York, NY
  • 2001 "Paper Road", Museo del Corso, Rome, Italy
  • 2000 Santa Maria della Scala Art Museum, "Paper Art", Siena, Italy
  • 1999 Utställningshallen Öckerö Bibliothek, Öckerö, Sweden
  • 1999 Skulpturenpark Katzow, "7 Jahre Faszination Papier", Germany Nordens Bilder Gallery, Kungälv, Sweden
  • 1999 Musée Charmey, "Troisième Triennale Internationale du Papier", Switzerland
  • 1998 Museum Rijswik, "Holland Papier Biennale 1998", Holland
  • 1997 Harris Gallery, "Moku Hanga: Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts, in America", College Park, WA
  • 1996 Honolulu Academy of Arts, "Turning the Page: International Book Exhibition", Hawaii
  • 1996 Gentofte Art Library, "Int'l Artist Book Exhibit", Copenhagen, Denmark/ Traveled to Sweden
  • 1995 Japan Paper Academy, "Touch Please", Japan Paper Symposium, Kyoto, Japan
  • 1994 Aklan Museum, "International Mini Paper Exhibition 1994", Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines
  • 1994 Galeria Mesta Bratislavy, "Arizona on Paper", Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 1991 University of Basel, "International Paper Exhibit", Switzerland Traveled to Holland & Germany
  • 1991 Galerie Niklaus Knoll, "Art in Paper", Basel, Switzerland
  • 1989 Rutgers University, "International Symposium on Art and the Invisible Reality", New Brunswick, NJ; Franklin Furnace Gallery, NYC
  • 1989 Gallery K, "International Mini Paper Exhibition 1989", Kaminosoto, Japan

National Exhibitions:

  • 2006 "Unrestricted", Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL. Invitational.
  • 2006 "1st Annual Encaustic Invitational", Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • 2005 "Paper Cuts: The Art of Contemporary Paper", Curated by Exhibits USA
  • 2005 "Translucence", National Paper Exhibition, Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield, CT
  • 2005 Blue Heron Gallery, Deere Isle, ME
  • 2004 "22nd Annual North American Sculpture Exhibition", Foothills Art Center, Golden CO Juror: James Surls Award
  • 2004 HR Kramer Company and Atlas Metal Sales Award, (Catalogue)
  • 2003 "Sculptural Variations in Handmade Paper", Raymond Ave Gallery, St Paul, MN
  • 2003 "Washi in American Artist's Books", The Center for Book Arts, NYC, New York
  • 1999 "National Invitational Book Exhibition", Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK
  • 1994 "Body and Soul: Contemporary Art & Healing" DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
  • 1994 National Survey Exhibition: Environmental Installation, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Catalogue)
  • 1990 "National Invitational Paper Arts Festival" Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI Curator: Tom Grade
  • 1988 "Art Reach '88" National Congress of Art & Design, Salt Lake City, UT Juror: Henry T Hopkins
Regional Exhibitions:
  • 2004 Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ,
  • 2004 "Nash and Nelson: Recent Work", Muse Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • 2004 "Nash & Raine: Sacred Spaces, Sacred Masks", Muse Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • 2003 Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ, group exhibit
  • 2002 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • 2002 "10th Annual Small Works Invitational",
    Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, AZ, group exhibit
  • 2002 "Nature and Art", Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ
  • 2002 "Nash & Renfrow" Tucson/Pima Arts Council Community Gallery, 3 person exhibit
  • 2002 "Skin and Paper"
  • 2001 Studio Lodo, Phoenix, AZ "Book", group exhibit
  • 2001 Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ, group exhibit
  • 2000 Pima Community College Art Galleries, Tucson, AZ
  • 1999 HazMat Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
  • 1999 University of Arizona Union Galleries, Tucson, AZ 2 person show
  • 1997 Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ
  • 1997 "Death - A Round Trip Ticket", Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
  • 1997 "Sacred Spaces by Arizona Artists"
  • 1993 Joseph Gross Gallery, University of AZ, Tucson, AZ
  • 1993 "Centennial Alumni Invitational Exhibition", Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ
  • 1993 "Paper Dreams" Arizona State Capitol Building, Phoenix, AZ
  • 1993 "Earthbound" Traveled to ASU, Tempe, AZ
  • 1992 Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ
  • 1992 "Down to Earth" Group Show Outdoor Site Specific Sculpture, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ
  • 1992 "Yuma Symposium" Invitational Outdoor Site Specific Sculpture
  • 1991 Dinnerware Artists' Co-operative Gallery, Tucson, AZ Installation & Drawings
  • 1991 11 East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
  • 1991 "Earth Shrines", Installations & Drawings
  • 1990 Tohono-Chul Park, Tucson, AZ "A Prayer", Outdoor Site Specific Installation
  • 1989 Dodajk Internation Studio, Tucson, AZ
  • 1989 "Shrine", Environmental Installation
  • 1988 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, MFA Exhibition

Publications

  • 2003 KUAT-TV "Arizona Illustrated", PBS Interview & Studio Visit
  • 2001 "Somerset Studio" Magazine, Artist Portfolio: Catherine Nash, by Sharilyn Miller, Laguna Hills, CA, May/June
  • 2000 Contemporary Handmade Paper: Art Lesson Series for Beginners, by Akira Kurosaki, Japan
  • 2000 Paper Road, Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
  • 1999 En Massa Pappersarbete, Göteborgs-Posten, Gothenborg, Sweden, September 15,
  • 1999 Papier, Exhibition (Catalogue), "3e Triennale Internationale du Papier", Musee du Pays et Val de Charmey, Switzerland
  • 1999 Artisans: Paper, by Gabrielle Falkiner, The Ivy Press Ltd, London, England
  • 1998 Paper en Vuur/Fire and Paper, Gentenaar & Torley Publishers, Rijswik, the Netherlands
  • 1998 Paper Sculpture: The Art of Sculpting with Paper, by Michael LaFosse, Rockport Publishers, Boston
  • 1995 KUAT-TV "Arizona Illustrated", PBS Interview & Review: "Spiral to Within" November
  • 1994 "Boston Globe" Art Review, The Art of Healing, by Christine Temin Thursday, May 5th
  • 1994 "Sculpture" Magazine, Getting Better: Art & Healing, by Anne Barclay Morgan, Wash DC, Sept/Oct
  • 1994 "Body and Soul: Contemporary Art and Healing", (Catalogue), DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
  • 1993 Inksmith, Daniel Smith Co, Seattle, WA Authored research article: "Obtaining Rich Color in Pigmented HMP" November
  • 1992 International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany
  • 1992 "Hand Papermaking 1992 Slide Kit", International Survey of Paper Artists, slide and video format Invited
  • 1992 "Hand Papermaking" Magazine, Spirituality & Ritual in Handmade Paper Art, by Krista Speiler, Washington, DC, Winter
  • 1991 "New York Times" Art Review, Enabling a Viewer to Meditate as Well, by Helen A Harrison Sunday, September 8
  • 1991 "Tucson Weekly" Arts Review, Secret Spaces for Grown-ups, by Margaret Regan, March 27
  • 1989 "Esotera" Magazine, Freiburg, W Germany "International Symposium of Art and the Invisible Reality" December '89
  • 1987 "Artspace : Southwest Arts Quarterly", Spring 1987 Tucson Letter by Pamela Portwood

Collections

  • Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Germany
  • Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, France
  • Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporain, Switzerland
  • Special Collections of the Libraries of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • Special Collections of the Libraries of the University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Collection of the White House, Washington DC;
  • Borders Bookstore, Tucson, AZ
  • Privately in US, Europe, Japan

Awards

  • 2004 "22nd Annual North American Sculpture Exhibition" Award: HR Kramer Company and Atlas Metal Sales Award, Foothills Art Center, Golden CO Juror: James Surls
  • 2002 Pollack-Krasner Foundation, New York City, NY
  • 2001 "Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant", New York City, NY
  • 2001 Finalist, "Buffalo Exchange Art Award 2001", Southern AZ Foundation, Tucson, AZ
  • 2001 "Individual Artist Travel Grant", Tucson/Pima Arts Council, AZ
  • 2001 "Professional Arts Development Grant", Arizona Commission on the Arts, awarded in 1991,1993,1995,1997, & 2001
  • 1999 "Video Production Grant", Access Tucson (TCCC)
  • 1993 "First Place Oasis Video Award" Arts Category, Tucson Community Cable Corporation
  • 1993 "Hometown USA Video Festival 1993" Finalist - Arts Category
  • 1992 "Artist-in-Residence" Tucson Arts District Partnership, Breaking Down Walls to Create Shelter; collaborative arts projects with 3 non-profit human service organizations
  • 1992 "Visual Arts Fellowship 1992" Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
  • 1992 "First Place Grant Winner" Healing Through Arts, Wayland, MA

Professional Affiliations

  • 1988 - Present Access Tucson (Tucson Community Cable Corp), Public Access TV
  • 1989 - Present International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists Elected "Member-at-Large" 1998-2000
  • 1995 - Present Friends of Dard Hunter (International Papermaking Organization)
  • 1995 - Present "To All Our Relations" A non-profit Native American organization
  • 1991 - '93 Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, AZ - Member (Auction committee chair '92 & '93)

Professional Experience

  • 2007 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. "Plant Fiber Papermaking from Flat to Form". July.
  • 2003-04 The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ Program Coordinator/Faculty for "The Art of Summer II & III"
  • 2003 - Present Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson, AZ Faculty
  • 1991 - Present Arizona Commission on the Arts , "Artist in Residence" Roster Program
  • 1991 - Present Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Rural Arts & Arts in Education Program
  • 1993 - Present The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ Faculty
  • 1988 - 1991 Tucson Art Institute, Tucson, AZ Faculty
  • 1988- 1989 U of Arizona, Dept of Art, Tucson, AZ & Extended U of AZ, Sierra Vista, AZ Adjunct Lecturer
  • 1986 - 1988 U of Arizona, Dept of Art, Tucson, AZ Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Selected Visiting Artist and Lecturer
  • 2005 Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Geelong, Australia
  • 2005 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
  • 2005 The Eureka Springs School of the Arts/ ESSA, Arkansas
  • 2003 Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
  • 2002 Kvarnbyns HandPappersBruk, Mölndal, Sweden Co-taught with artist Robert Renfrow
  • 2002 Southwest School for Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX
  • 2000 "Italy Paper Symposium 2000" Abbazia di Spineto, Sarteano, Italy
  • 2000 Instructor: Advanced Papermaking Workshops- Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Italy, France
  • 1999 Instructor: Advanced Papermaking Workshops- Nideggen, Germany; Oslo, Norway; Hönö, Sweden;
  • 1999 International Paper Symposium at Schloß Wrangelsberg, Germany Collaborative participant
    Selected Visiting Artist and Lecturer
  • 1999 Instructor: Advanced Papermaking Workshops- Germany, Norway and Sweden:
  • 1998 Instructor: Columbia College's Center for the Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
  • 1998 Instructor: Papermaking Workshops- Oslo and Bergen, Norway; Gothenberg, Sweden; and Strynø, Denmark
  • 1996/97 Instructor- Fuji Studios, Florence, Italy
  • 1996 Instructor- Artists' Union of Norway, Oslo
  • 1995 Lecturer- "Japan Paper Symposium 1995", Japan Paper Academy, Kyoto Japan IAPMA
  • 1995 Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
  • 1994 Lecturer- Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
  • 1992 Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD
  • 1992 Presenter and Lecturer - Yuma Symposium, Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ
  • 1990 Co-Presenter- Arizona Artists Conference, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff

 

 
 
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