Curriculum Vitae

Representing Gallery

New York Drawing Centre Viewing Program, New york

EDUCATION

2006	Bachelor Fine Arts (Distinction) UWS -Awarded Deans Medal
2003	Diploma Fine Arts, Nepean College TAFE
2002	Certificate IV, Fine Arts, Nepean College TAFE - Awarded First place

AWARDS

2011	City of Hobart Art Prize, 2011, Tasmania - Highly Commended
2010	William Fletcher Foundation Art Fellowship-Highly Commended Sunshine Coast Art Prize (SCAP10), Queensland -Highly Commended BSG works on paper, Brunswick Victoria, Awarded 2nd prize
2009	Albury Art Prize, -Awarded First Prize International Art Residency Sunshine Coast Art Prize (SCAP09), QLD -Highly Commended
2007	Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown -Awarded First Prize Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition,Works onPaper, -Highly Commended
2006	Bachelor Fine Arts (Distinction) UWS -Awarded Deans Medal Sydney, City of Village, Exhibition and Prize, Sydney -Awarded First prize
2005	Blackheath Art Society Spring Exhibition, Blackheath -Highly Commended
2004	Contempo, Exhibition of Contemporary Art -Highly Commended
2003	Blackheath Art Society Watercolour and Drawing Exhibition -Highly commended
2002	Certificate IV, Fine Arts, Nepean College TAFE -Awarded First place Holroyd City Art Exhibition -Highly Commended Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition,Blacktown -Commended

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013	Eatates of Tomorrow, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney
2012	Venetian Visions, Colandra Regional Gallery, Queensland Venetian Visions, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton
2011	Catherine O'Donnell, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney CBlock, Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest, Penrith Venetian Visions, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury
2010	Recent Drawings, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney Light and Shadow, Pataka Museum, Poiroa New Zealand (part of the NZ International Art Festival)
2009	Light and Shadow, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown Dripstone, Elizabeth Farm, Historic Houses Trust, Parramatta (with writer Naomi McCarthy)
2006	Erasing the Darkness, Wall Space Gallery, Sydney

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013	Story, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
2012	Gold Coast Art Prize, The Arts Centre, Gold Coast, QLD Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, Melbourne Art and Artwords exhibition, National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW Rick Amor Drawing Prize 2012, Ballarat Regional Gallery, Victoria Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing , Croydon, NSW Still Life Exhibition, Parramatta Artist studios, Parramatta
2011	The Hutchins Art Prize, Salamanca Art Centre, Hobart, Tasmania Hazelhurst, Art on Paper exhibition, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea The City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Croydon, NSW Stations of The Cross Exhibition, St Ives Uniting Church, St Ives
2010	Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW Freehand, Recent Australian Drawings, Heidi Museum Of Modern Art, Victoria Tidal 10, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania William Fletcher Foundation Art Fellowship, NAS, Sydney, NSW Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton, NSW SCAP 10, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland No Right Turn, Western Sydney Drawing, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW Living Liverpool, Casula Powerhouse, NSW
2009	Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown, NSW Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW Art with Paper, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW Albury Art Prize, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury, NSW Art on Paper Exhibition, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, NSW SCAP 09, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland
2008	Stan & Maureen Art Prize, Gold Coast Regional Gallery, Queensland Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton, NSW SCAP 08, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Woollahra Arts Centre, Bondi, NSW The Churchie, National Emerging Art Exhibition, Brisbane, Queensland Blacktown City Collection Highlights Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW Sydney Royal Easter Show, Homebush, NSW
2007	Sydney art exhibition 07, Fox studios, Sydney, NSW Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby, NSW Hazelhurst Art on Paper Exhibition, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, NSW Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW Sydney Royal Easter Show, Homebush, NSW Adelaide Perry prize for Drawing, PLC, Croydon, NSW
2006	Kedumba, Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW Art on the Rocks, The Rocks, Sydney, NSW Sydney, City of Village, Exhibition and Prize, Sydney, NSW Creative Circles, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown, NSW Past Presence, NADC, NSW Originals, Wall Space Gallery, Sydney, NSW Tyree-Tycan Works on Paper, Berrima, NSW Work in Progress Contemporary Drawings of Western Sydney', Blacktown Arts Centre, Blactown, NSW
2005	Quarter-ish, UWS, Graduation Exhibition, Kingswood Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW Blackheath Art Society Spring Exhibition, Blackheath, NSW Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby, NSW
2004	Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW St. Gregorys' Art Exhibition, Campbelltown, NSW
2003	Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW Blackheath Art Society Watercolour and Drawing , Blackheath, NSW
2002	Holroyd City Art Exhibition, Holroyd, NSW St Gregorys' Art Exhibition, Campbelltown, NSW Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW

RESIDENCIES

2012-Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest

2011-Artst in Residence Nepean Creative and Preformance Art Hign School

2010 -Scuola International di Grafica (Venice, Italy)

2010 -Casula Powerhouse Artist in Residence

2009 -Blacktown Art Centre Artist in Residence

2009- Historic Houses (Elizabeth Farm Parramatta) Artist in Residence

COLLECTIONS

Art Bank, Australia

Kedumba Collection of Contempory Drawings

Albury Regional Gallery

Pataka Museum Poiroa, New Zealand

Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest

East Sydney Chambers, Sydney

Blacktown City Council, Blacktown

Private collections

ARTICALS

Journals/Magazines

Art In Australia, 2011, 48, no3 Freehand: Recent Australian Drawings by Dylan Rainforth pg547
Artbank Now, National, Contemporary Art Rental Newsletter, October 2012, In The Studio, Catherine O’Donnell By Natasha Blain, pg14,15
Art Monthly Issue 236Dec 2012-Jan 2011, The Albury Art Prize by Jacqui Durrent pg 62-64

Catalogues

Freehand Australian Drawings, Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Victoria,2011 Editor Linda Michaels
Hobart City Prize 2011, Wood & Paper, Hobart City Council, Tasmania
Venetian Visions By Catherine O’Donnell, 2011,Albury Art Gallery, NSW, Catalogue essay by Naomi McCarthy
C-Block, Drawings by Catherine O’Donnell, 2011, Penrith Regional Gallery & the Lewers Bequest, NSW Essay By Dr Shirley Daborn, http://www.penrithregionalgallery.org/C-Block.php
Living Liverpool, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW, 2010, Catalogue essay by Brianna Munting
Albury Art Prize 2009, ,Albury Art Gallery NSW
No Right Turn Drawings from Wester Sydney, 2010 essay The Indefinable Art of Drawing by Dr Shirley Daborn http://www.penrithregionalgallery.org/no%20right%20turn.php
Light and Shadow, Drawings by Catherine O’Donnell, 2009, Blacktown Arts Centre, NSW Catalogue essay by Naomi McCarthy
Work in Progress Contemporary Drawings of Western Sydney,2006, Blacktown Art Centre Catalogue essay by Sophia Kouyoumdjian,