After years of living in Chicago, San Francisco, and most recently Los Angeles, Catherine has returned to her hometown of Austin, where she is a full-time working artist. Her particular mixed media collage technique is derived from skills developed over the last fifteen years, involving a variety of media, intuition, and whimsy. Her inspiration is directly related to the visual complexity and imperfect beauty of the urban landscape. From old signage and graffiti to architectural forms and repetition in nature, these city elements are extracted as “visual souvenirs” and work their way into the art via color, shape and pattern.

“I collect the visual elements and work them into my art through photography, drawing, painting, screen-printing, and finally collage. Evolution is the center point of my process. I achieve this through intuitive and recurrent construction, deconstruction, and recombination of materials and imagery.”

Catherine Dudley’s work has been collected both publicly and privately throughout the country. She is represented at the Andrea Schwartz Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

BIOGRAPHY

BORN
1976, Fort Worth, Texas

EDUCATION
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1995-1997
The University of Texas at Austin, BA in Studio Art, May 2000

EXHIBITIONS

Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA January-February 2010

Fall/Winter Exhibition, Wyatt Brand, Austin, TX November 2009-February 2010
East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX November 2009

Exhibition of New Works, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA June-July 2008
East Austin Studio Tour, Mix Studio, Austin, TX November 2007
Opening Night Celebration, Camino Nuevo High School, Los Angeles, CA November 2006
Fine Art Projects Group Show, wall installation at Art Center, Pasadena, CA December 2005
New Works, Hooker Gallery at Cate School, Carpinteria, CA Spring 2004
New Works, galleryjane, Los Angeles, CA September – November, 2003
Luxe Productions at Jane’s Salon, Los Angeles, CA December 2002
New Images, Otoko, Los Angeles, CA, November 8 – 22, 2002
Let’s Go, Highland Grounds, Los Angeles, CA, July 30-October 30, 2002
Prints and Photographs, Trudy’s, Austin, TX, April-June 2000
Ultra, The University of Texas at Austin, February, 2000
2000 Annual Art Students Exhibition, The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin, January 21-February 6
Observations: A Collection of Photographs by Catherine Dudley, Solo Exhibition at Cappy’s, San Antonio, TX, October-January 2000
Freak Show, The Side Street Bar, Austin, TX, June 20-August 5, 1999
Celebration of the Arts, Cate School, Carpinteria, CA, June 1998
Analecta 25, The Texas Union Gallery at The University of Texas at Austin, April 15-May 8, 1998
Decade, The University of Texas at Austin, February 1998
FYP Exhibition, juried student exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 1996

AWARDS, HONORS & PUBLICATIONS
Constance Forsyth Scholarship in Printmaking from The University of Texas at Austin, April 2000
Analecta 25, Liberal Arts Council of The University of Texas at Austin. 1999, pp. 24, 119
Analecta 24, Liberal Arts Council of The University of Texas at Austin. 1998, pp. 42, 57
“Decade”, honorable mention for two dimensional artwork, 1998
Two Dimensional Art Award, June 1994
“Stop AIDS Now” statewide poster contest sponsored by the California State Senate, Second Place

SELECTED  PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Bob Anderson, University of Texas at Austin

Mr. & Mrs. Alex Bloomingdale, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Culmo, Austin, TX
Kevin Daly, Daly-Genik Architects, Santa Monica, CA

El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA
Lucy Gonzales, Los Angeles, CA
Brian Lane, Los Angeles, CA
Timothy High, University of Texas at Austin
Jim McHugh, Los Angeles, CA

Pueblo Nuevo Charter Academy, Los Angeles, CA
The S & R Schlumberger Collection, San Francisco, CA
Steve Seaford & Camino Nuevo, Los Angeles, CA
John Silva, Los Angeles, CA
The Weiss Family, Los Angeles, CA