CATHERINE WOO
Born: Melbourne, Australia, 1966
EDUCATION
1987 Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts
1992 Graduate Diploma of Art, Visual (Painting), Australian National University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Weather of my Mind, Arc One Gallery Project Space, Melbourne
2008 Blue Sky Project, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2007 Weathermonger, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Forecast, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2004 Catherine Woo, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Catherine Woo, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Mistranslation, Mass Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Catherine Woo, Mass Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Catherine Woo, Renard Wardell Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008 50X50 Summer Show, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
Handle with Care, Biennial of Australian Art, 2008 (curator Felicity Fenner)
Art Gallery South Australia, Adelaide
Paddington Art Prize, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Tidal 08, City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport Regional Galler
Ephemeral Art at the Invisible Lodge, Friendly Beaches Lodge,
Tasmania
2007 Auckland Art Fair, Auckland
2006 Location, Location, Location, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
Salon, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Register:Tasmanian Artists 2006 (curators Craig Judd & Michael
Edwards)
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart,
2005 Rhapsody 21C – Tasmanian Contemporary Art, (curator Malcom Bywaters)
Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston
Altitude (curator Damian Smith), Shepparton Regional Art Gallery
Island Art Prize, Stanley Art Gallery
2004 Embark/disembark (curator Imelda Dover), Immigration Museum,
Melbourne
Altitude (curator Damian Smith), Maroondah Regional Art Gallery
Eleventh Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
2003 Terrain, 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne
Artists for the Tarkine, Bright Gallery, Melbourne
Drawing Dust – Altitude (curator Tony Scott), John Batten Gallery,
Hong Kong, and Redgate Gallery, Beijing
Nillumbik Prize 2003, Eltham Community Centre, Eltham
Lee Garden Exhibition, Central, Hong Kong.
2002 Spirit, Landscape and Destiny, The Rotunda, Hong Kong.
John Leslie Contemporary Art Award, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
Tenth Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
1999 Skin Culture (touring exhibition), La Salle Gallery, Singapore and
Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney
1998 Skin Culture (touring exhibition, curator Tony Scott), The George Gallery, Melbourne, Creation Gallery, Beijing and John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong
Anthony Pelchen & Catherine Woo, Private Showing, South Yarra
Seventh Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1997 Deacons Graham and James/ Arts 21 Award,
University of Melbourne Art Museum
Works on Paper, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong
1996 referencing - work by Luise Fong, Kamari Nahappan, Catherine Woo
Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Macquarie Bank Collection, Sydney; Visy Collection, Melbourne; ARTBANK, Australia; 101 Corporation, Melbourne; Nomura International, Hong Kong; Maroondah Regional Art Gallery; RACV Collection, Melbourne; Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong; Private collections Australia, Britain and Asia.
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
2008 Australia Council Visual Arts Board – $20,000 New Work Grant
2006 Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing
2005 Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong
2000 Mistranslation funded by Arts Vic, International Cultural
Exchange Program
2000 Fringe Festival Contemporary Art Prize
1999 Ritz Carlton Hotel, Shanghai; Westin Hotel, Taipei
1998 Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong;
1995 Artworks Seven: 101 Collins Street Acquisitive Prize
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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