EDUCATION
2014 - Master of Fine Arts (Research) National Art School Sydney
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
2024- Muswellbrook Art Prize, Works on Paper, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery- Winner
2024- Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Art Center -Winner
2022- Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW -Winner
2021 - KAAF Art Prize 2021 - Winner
2012 - M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra - Winner
2020 - Gosford Art Prize 2020 - Winner
2020 - Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards - Winner, Drawing Prize
2020 - Waverley Art Prize, NSW - Winner, Drawing Prize
2019 - KAAF Art Prize - Commended
2018 - Grace Cossington Smith Art Award - Winner
2016 - The Terrence and Lynette Fern Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Fellowship for 2017
2015 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper 2015 - Highly Commended
2014 - NAS, British School at Rome Residency
2011 - City of Hobart Art Prize, 2011, Tasmania - Highly Commended
2010 - William Fletcher Foundation Art Fellowship - Highly Commended 2010 - Sunshine Coast Art Prize (SCAP10), Queensland - Highly Commended
2010 - BSG works on paper, Brunswick Victoria - Awarded 2nd prize
2009 - Albury Art Prize - Awarded First Prize International Art Residency
2009 - Sunshine Coast Art Prize (SCAP09), QLD - Highly Commended
2007 - Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown - Awarded First Prize
2007 - Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Works on Paper - Highly Commended
2006 - Bachelor Fine Arts (Distinction) UWS - Awarded Deans Medal
2006 - 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
2002 - Holroyd City Art Exhibition - Highly Commended
2002 - Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown - Commended
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of NSW
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, ACT
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney (MAAS)
Art Bank, Australia
Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Campbelltown Art Center, NSW
Korean Australian Art Foundation Collection, NSW
Swan Hill Regional Gallery, VIC
Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
Museum of Brisbane, QLD
Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
National Art School Collection, NSW
Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Drawings, NSW
MAMA, Albury, NSW
Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga NSW
Pataka Museum, Porirua, New Zealand
Blacktown City Council, Blacktown, NSW
Private Collections both internationally and locally
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023- Catherine O’Donnell New Works, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Rushcutters Bay, NSW
2023-Fibro Majestic, Campbelltown Arts Center, Campbelltown, NSW
2023-Catherine O’Donnell, Beyond the shadow, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
2022-Catherine O’Donnell, Beyond the shadow, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
2021 - Fibro Facade, LaTrobe Reginal Gallery, Victoria
2021 - Drawn to Home, Somerset Regional Art Gallery - the Condensery, Queensland
2021 - Another Dawn, Dominik Mersch Gallery. Rushcutters Bay, NSW
2020 - Fibro Facade, Tweed Regional Gallery. Murwillumbah, NSW
2020 - Suspended Narratives, MAY SPACE, Sydney, NSW
2019 - Winners Exhibition, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Abbotsleigh, NSW
2019 - Fibro Facade, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, NSW
2019 - Hardenvale - Our Home In Absurdia (collaboration with Todd Fuller and Kellie O’Dempsey) National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2018 - Urban Abstraction, MAY SPACE, Sydney, NSW
2018 - 2168; Estate of Tomorrow, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW
2017 - Sydney Contemporary, Mayspace Gallery, Carriageworks, Redfern, NSW
2016 - Drawn in Fairfield, Brenda May Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
2016 - Drawn in Fairfield, Fairfield Museum and Gallery, NSW
2015 - Homefront, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
2014 - A Notion of Home, Drawings by Catherine O’Donnell, National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2013 - Estates of Tomorrow, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2012 - Venetian Visions, Colandra Regional Gallery, QLD
2012 - Venetian Visions, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
2011 - Catherine O’Donnell, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2011 - CBlock, Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest, Penrith, NSW
2011 - Venetian Visions, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury, NSW
2010 - Recent Drawings, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2010 - Light and Shadow, Pataka Museum, Poiroa, New Zealand (part of the NZ International Art Festival)
2009 - Light and Shadow, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown, NSW
2009 - Dripstone, Elizabeth Farm, Historic Houses Trust, Parramatta (with writer Naomi McCarthy), NSW
2006 - Erasing the Darkness, Wall Space Gallery, Sydney, NSW
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024- Muswellbrook Art Prize, Works on Paper, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
2024- Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Art Center
2023- Vibrations in Australian Drawing, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
2023 - Sydney Contemporary 23, Sydney, NSW
2023 - Lateral Landscapes , Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie
2023- Woollahra small sculpture Prize, Double Bay, Sydney
2023 - M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra, ACT
2023 - KAAF Art Prize, Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney, NSW
2022 - Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC Croydon, NSW
2022 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, NSW
2021 - KAAF Art Prize, Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney, NSW
2021 - M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra, ACT
2021 - Trinity Bouys Wharf Drawing, 2021, London , England
2021 - Banyule Award for works on paper, Ivanhoe, VIC
2021 - Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Ballarat Regional Gallery, Victoria
2021 - Dobell Drawing #22, National Art School, Sydney
2021 - Hardenvale: our Home in Absurdia, (collaborative exhibition with Todd Fuller and Kellie O’Dempsey) Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
2021 - HABITAT, curated by Mark Bayly, Canberra Museum + Gallery, ACT
2021 - Space YZ, Campbelltown Arts Centre, curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, NSW
2020-2021 - Storytellers, Museum of Brisbane, QLD
2020 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
2020 - Occupied, curated by Rilka Okley Blue Mountains Cultural Center, Blue Mountains, NSW
2020 - Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2020 - Kangaroo Valley Art Prize, Kanagroo Valley, NSW
2020 - Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, NSW
2020 - Gosford Art Prize, Gosford NSW
2020 - Waverley Art Prize, NSW
2020 - Basil Sellers Art Prize, The Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre, Moruya, NSW
2020 - Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD 2020 - Swan Hill Print and Drawing Awards, Swan Hill, VIC
2020 - Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, NSW
2020 - Home, curated by Carrie Kibbler, Hazelhurst Gallery, Sutherland, NSW
2020 - Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Art Centre, Lake Macquarie, NSW
2019 -The Director’s Cut, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019 - NOW Contemporary Art Prize, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, NSW
2019 - M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra, ACT
2019 - KAAF Art Prize, Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney, NSW
2019 - Banyule Award for works on paper, Ivanhoe, VIC
2019 - Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2019 - Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Redfern, NSW
2019 - Square Exhibition, May Space Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019 - Dobell Drawing Prize, National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2019 - Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC Croydon, NSW
2018-19 - The Ideal Home, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, NSW
2018 - A.M.E. Bale Art Prize, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, VIC
2018 - Grace Cossington Smith Art Award, Grace Cossington smith Gallery, Abbotsleigh, NSW
2018 - Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Award, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD
2018 - National Art – Part One, National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2018 - No Barrier to Entry, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL, USA
2018 - Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC Croydon, NSW
2018 - On-site, MAY SPACE, Sydney, NSW
2017-18 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Touring exhibition: Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, QLD; University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery, QLD; Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, QLD; Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD; Redland Art Gallery, QLD; Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW; Warwick Art Gallery, QLD; New England Regional Art Museum, NSW
2017 - Out of line, MAY SPACE, Sydney, NSW
2017 - Go West, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
2017 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, NSW
2017 - Close to Home: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW
2017 - MAY SPACE: FOURTEEN, MAY SPACE, Sydney, NSW
2017 - Stations of the Cross, Northmead CAPAHS and Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Canberra, ACT
2017 - Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2016 - Drawing Conversation. National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
2016 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
2016 - The William Fletcher 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Artarmon Galleries, NSW
2016 - Paul Guest Prize for Drawing, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
2016 - Just Draw, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
2016 - Close to Home, Dobell Drawing Bieannial, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
2016 - The ‘F’ Show, NORTH Contemporary Art Space, North Sydney, NSW
2016 - Wait, Weep and Be Worthy: Women, The Home Front & War, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW
2016 - Just Draw, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
2015 - 30 Years | 30 Artists | 30 Works, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2015 - From Farm to the Battlefield - Remembering H.A.C. UWS Richmond Campus, NSW
2015 - Untitled Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2015 - A Notion of Home, Catherine O’Donnell, MAMA (Murray Art Museum Albury), NSW
2015 - Seasons of Birth and Creativity, Northmead Performing Arts High School, NSW
2015 - BSR Mostra, Rome, ITALY
2015 - Spazi Apert, Rom, ITALY
2015 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper, Gymea, NSW
2014 - New Work, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2014 - The Edge, Annandale Galleries, Annandale, NSW
2014 - Sextet, Delmar Gallery, Ashfield, NSW
2014 - A General Map of Caves, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
2014 - Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Ballarat Regional Gallery, Victoria
2013 - Middlehead, 33° 50′ S, 151° 14′ E, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
2013 - Story, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
2013 - Hazelhurst, Art on Paper exhibition, Gymea, NSW
2012 - Gold Coast Art Prize, The Arts Centre, Gold Coast, QLD
2012 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
2012 - Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, Melbourne, VIC
2012 - Art and Artwords Exhibition, National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW
2012 - Rick Amor Drawing Prize 2012, Ballarat Regional Gallery, VIC
2012 - Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Croydon, NSW
2012 - Still Life Exhibition, Parramatta Artist studios, Parramatta, NSW
2011 - The Hutchins Art Prize, Salamanca Art Centre, Hobart, TAS
2011 - Hazelhurst, Art on Paper exhibition, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, NSW
2011 - The City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart, TAS
2011 - Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Croydon, NSW
2011 - Stations of The Cross Exhibition, St Ives Uniting Church, NSW
2010 - Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
2010 - Freehand, Recent Australian Drawings, Heidi Museum Of Modern Art, VIC
2010 - Tidal 10, Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS
2010 - William Fletcher Foundation Art Fellowship, NAS, Sydney, NSW
2010 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton, NSW
2010 - SCAP 10, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2010 - No Right Turn, Western Sydney Drawing, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
2010 - Living Liverpool, Casula Powerhouse, NSW
2010 - Works on Paper, BSG Gallery, VIC
2009 - Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown, NSW
2009 - Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2009 - Art with Paper, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2009 - Albury Art Prize, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury, NSW
2009 - Art on Paper Exhibition, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, NSW
2009 - SCAP 09, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2008 - Stan & Maureen Art Prize, Gold Coast Regional Gallery, QLD
2008 - Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW
2008 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton, NSW
2008 - SCAP 08, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2008 - Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Woollahra Arts Centre, Bondi, NSW
2008 - The Churchie, National Emerging Art Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD 2008 - Blacktown City Collection Highlights Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW
2008 - Sydney Royal Easter Show, Homebush, NSW
2007 - Sydney Art Exhibition 07, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW
2007 - Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW
2007 - Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby, NSW
2007 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Exhibition, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, NSW
2007 - Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2007 - Sydney Royal Easter Show, Homebush, NSW
2007 - Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, PLC, Croydon, NSW
2006 - Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2006 - Art on the Rocks, The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
2006 - Sydney, City of Village, Exhibition and Prize, Sydney, NSW
2006 - Creative Circles, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown, NSW
2006 - Past Presence, NADC, NSWOriginals, Wall Space Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006 - Tyree-Tycan Works on Paper, Berrima, NSW
2006 - Work in Progress Contemporary Drawings of Western Sydney’, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blactown, NSW
2005 - Quarter-ish, UWS, Graduation Exhibition, Kingswood, NSW
2005 - Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW
2005 - Blackheath Art Society Spring Exhibition, Blackheath, NSW
2005 - Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby, NSW
2004 - Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW
2004 - St. Gregorys’ Art Exhibition, Campbelltown, NSW
2003 - Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW
2003 - Blackheath Art Society Watercolour and Drawing , Blackheath, NSW
2002 - Holroyd City Art Exhibition, Holroyd, NSWSt Gregorys’ Art Exhibition, Campbelltown, NSW
2002 - Blacktown City Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Blacktown, NSW
RESIDENCIES
2024 -Art Omi, New York, USA
2021 - Hill End, NSW
2018 - Bundanon Trust, Illaroo, NSW
2017 - Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FRANCE
2016/17 - Parramatta Artist Studios, NSW
2016 - Bundanon Trust, Illaroo, NSW
2015 - British School at Rome, ITALY
2014 - Penrith Regional gallery & the Lewers Bequest, NSW
2013 - Bilpin international ground for creative initatives: The Big Ci, Bilpin, NSW
2013 - Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest, NSW
2011 - Artst in Residence Nepean Creative and Performance Art High School, NSW
2010 - Scuola International di Grafica, Venice, ITALY
2010 - Casula Powerhouse Artist in Residence, NSW
2009 - Blacktown Art Centre Artist in Residence, NSW
2009- Historic Houses (Elizabeth Farm Parramatta) Artist in Residence, NSW
ARTICLES
Journals/Magazines
2021 - Dow, S, 2021, Building a Collective Memory, Art Guide Australia, May/June 2021. Issue 131, Pg 62-65. Editorial, May 14 2021,
2021 - Bowker, S,Dr, Australian Suburban Gothic (Hardenvale: Our Home in Absurdia) Review, 26 January, 2021 Accessed May 20, 2021.
2019 - Apps, L. "Artist inspired by Grafton" Daily Examiner, Saturday July 13, 2019 pg 9
2019 - Sands, N. "Gallery’s Artist in Residence arrives" Daily Examiner Wednesday July 10 2019, pg 41
2019 - McCarthy, N, "To Hold Eternity in an Hour – Hardenvale Our Home in Absurdia" exhibition essay, 28 March to 20 April, 2019, National Art School, Sydney
2019 - Marshell, L. 2019, "Fibro Facade" exhibition essay, 16 April - 31 May, 2019, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, NSW
2018 -Stranger, L. 2018 ‘Catherine O’Donnell | No Barrier to Entry’ Artist Profile online https://artistprofile.com.au/catherine-odonnell-no-barrier-entry/ accessed 17/9/21
2018 - Lewis, B.C. "Glenbrook artist Catherine O'Donnell's work featured in The Ideal Home at Lewers" Blue Mountains Gazette, November 29, 2018
2018 - Berry, V. “Housing Memories.” Look, March-April, 58-60, 62
2017 - McDonald, J. “Splash Out” Sydney Morning Herald, 16-17 Sep, p10-11
2017 - Frost, A. "Sydney Contemporary seduces with animated flowers, charcoal houses and a live dingo" The Guardian, Arts and Design, September 8
2017 - Melicor, J. “Catherine O’Donnell” Art Collector Special Edition, September, p.44
2017 - Grishin, S. “Stations of the Cross sees 16 artists interpret eternal questions” The Canberra Times, 20 March
2017 - Clement, T. “Fourteen” Art Guide Australia, March/April, p.47
2016 - Fortescue, E. "Artist Catherine O’Donnell drew inspiration from observing the buildings of her childhood” Daily Telegraph, September 29
2016 - Mc’Donald, J. “Drawing on Experience” Sydney Morning Herald, September 10-11, Spectrum pp16-17
2016 - Stranger, L. "Catherine O’Donnell" Artist Profile, Issue 36, 2016, pp 86-91
2016 - Ryan, A. "Close to home, Australian Drawing Biennial 2016" Sydney: Art Gallery of NSW, pp52-57
2016 - Frost, A. "The Dobell Drawing Biennial: modestly staged, impressively rendered” The Conversation, August 12
2016 - Gall, N. "Close to home: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2016” Art Guide Australia, August 9
2016 - Taylor, A. "Western Sydney's landscape inspires latest crop of artists at Parramatta Artists Studios” Sydney Morning Herald, February 12
2015 - Home/Front 100 Year Commemoration of the Gallipoli Campaign”, 11 April - 31 May, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
2015 - Paterson, I. “Rome is where art is”, Penrith Press , 30 January, p5
2013 - Fizgerald, M. “Open Gallery - Estates of Tomorrow”, SMH Spectrum, 6 - 7 April, p13
2013 - Middlehead 33°50′ S 151° 14′ E, exhibition catalogue 7 September- 17 November, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW
2011 - Dabron, S. "C-Block: Drawings by Catherine O’Donnell” exhibition catalogue, 6 August - 16 October, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
2011 - Venetian Visions, exhibition catalogue, 5 March - 24 April, Albury Art Gallery, NSW
2011 - Durrent, J. “The Albury Art Prize” Art Monthly Issue 236 Dec 2011-Jan, p 62-64
2011 - Michaels, Linda (ed). "Freehand, Recent Australian Drawings’" exhibition catalogue 26 November
2010 - 6 March 2011 Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Victoria
2010 - Munting, B. "Living Liverpool" exhibition catalogue, 6 February - 11 April, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW
2010 - Blain, N. “In the Studio: Catherine O’Donnell”, Artbank Now, October 2010, p14-15
2010 - Daborn, S. "The Indefinable Art of Drawing” April 2010, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
2009 - "Light and Shadow: Drawings by Catherine O’Donnell" exhibition catalogue, 14 April - 13 June 2009, Blacktown Art Centre, NSW
2006 - Kouyoumdjian, S. "Work in Progress Contemporary Drawing from Western Sydney" exhibition catalogue, 24 February - 25 March 2006, Blacktown Arts Centre, NSW
2006 - Fizgerald, M. “Open Gallery - Estates of Tomorrow”, Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum
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