Catherine Beaudette was born in Montréal, Québec and currently divides her time between Toronto, Ontario and Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Her practice stems from both places where she collects artifacts and specimens to form the basis of her drawings, paintings and installations. Catherine studied painting in Toronto and Florence, Italy and has exhibited her work in Canada since the mid 80’s.  In 1998 she received an MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Catherine is the founder of Loop Gallery in Toronto’s Queen West Gallery District where she continues her involvement with the local art community.  Catherine is an associate professor at The Ontario College of Art and Design.

BIRTH: Montréal, Québec
EDUCATION     
M.F.A.,  Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1998
A.O.C.A.,  Honors, Ontario College of Art, 1982

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor, Faculty of Art, Ontario College of Art & Design, 1990-present
Instructor, sessional, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design 1997-98

HONOURS
2006                            Ontario Arts Council, mid-career grant
2005                            Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
2004                            Canada Council for the Arts, Creation Grant
2001                            Canada Council for the Arts, Creation Grant
2000                            The Canadian Emerging Artist Prize, RBC Connor Clark Private Trust
1994,'94,’87,’85          Ontario Arts Council Material Assistance Grant
1991                            Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
1982 & ‘86                 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
1982                            W.O. Forsythe Award for Women Painters

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
2007                            Visiting Artist, MOCCA Inside Out, Toronto, Ontario
2005                            Buljarica Artist Colony, Serbia/Montenegro
2005                            Visiting Artist, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2005                            KIAC Artist Residency,  Dawson City, Yukon
2005                            New Works Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
2000,2002,2008          Florence Program Coordinator, OCAD, Florence Italy
2000 to 2003              Heritage Structure Restoration, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
2000                            Founder, LOOP Gallery Artist Collective, Toronto
1997                            Research Residency, The Fortress of Louisbourg,Parks Canada - Archaeology. Cape Breton NS
1996                            Panel guest, CBC Radio Morningside, “The State of Funding in the Arts.” Toronto, February 29
1992                            Invited Artist, On The Edge Art/Environment Project.  Dundas Valley, Ontario
1991:                           sefl directed residency, Berlin, Germany
1984:                           self directed residendy, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1982:                           independent study, Quebec City

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009                            Yukon Art Centre, Whitehourse, Yukon. Confluence
2008                            Full Tilt Gallery, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. Epitaph
2008                            Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. The Martha Paingings
2007                            Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Mushrooming
2007                            Pouch Cove Foundation, St. John’s, Newfoundland. Mushrooming
2003                            LOOP Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Anima L
2001                            LOOP Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Classified
2000                            LOOP Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. The Trash Bin of History
2000                            CAA - Canadian Archaeology Association Conference, Halifax NS
1999                            St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax NS. Tableau
1998                            Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS. Set’
1997                            Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS. Works on Paper
1994                            The Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario. Catherine Beaudette - Paintings
1993                            Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. Views from Highway 10
1993                            Magnum Books, Ottawa, Ontario. Sunset Boulevard
1992                            Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario. Watercolors
1992                            Wallace Avenue Studios, Toronto, Ontario. Before and After Berlin
1989                            Algonquin Art Gallery, Brancroft, Ontario. Designer Food
1987                            Weller-Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Contemporary Relics
1986                            Weller-Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Hi Honey, I’m Home!
1985                            Weller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. The Neighbourhood Series
1984                            Weller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1982                            Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010                            Sopa Fine Arts, Kamloops, BC.
2005                            Crvena komuna, Petrovac, Montenegro. Kolonija Bujarica 2005
2005                            Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Gallery Artists & their Hang Pals
2004                            64 Steps Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Natural History
2003                            LOOP Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Pulp
2001                            SPIN Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Don’t give up you day job, because…
2001                            a_level, Toronto, Ontario.  Yoni Lingham Full Co Lo
2000                            LOOP Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Inaugural Exhibition
2000                            Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario. Arts2000
2000                            The artFIRM, Toronto, Ontario. Knockout
1998                            Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.  MFA Group Exhibition
1997                            Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.  Thirteen
1996                            Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ont. Tell Tale - An exhibition of three painters
1995                            Dufferin Mall, Toronto, Ontario. True to Form - seventeen painters
1994                            179 John St., Toronto, Ontario.  Posse
1994                            Seoul, Korea. The Canadian-Korean Contemporary Art Show
1994                            The Prairie Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta. Catherine Beaudette / Pam Pike
1993                            Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario. Dundas Valley - On the Edge
1992                            Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton, Ontario. Working Notes
1991                            Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario. Juried Exhibition
1991                            Tudor Hall, Montreal, Quebec. American Women's Club
1988                            O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario. Group Show
1985                            1087 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Art Department
1983                            Here and Now Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

 

COLLECTIONS
Dan Donovan Collection
Art Gallery of Mississauga
Nestle Canada
Providence Centre
Kilmer Van Nostrand Co.
Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby
Sayers and Associates
Bishops University
Limner Investment
Husky Canada
Royal Bank of Canada Private Counsel
The Fortress of Louisbourg(Parks Canada)
Colart Collection
               
               
PUBLICATIONS

catalogue The Ken Roberts Anatomy Collection 1627-1934 commissioned by KB Roberts and Philips of London auction house.  June 1998

 

EXHIBITION INTIATIVES
2008                        Howard Park Institute window gallery, Toronto – ongoing exhibitions
2002- 2004          Go West OCAD Thesis Exhibition, 25 downtown galleries, Toronto
2000                     Loop Gallery, Founder, Toronto        
1995                    True to Form - 17 painters, Dufferin Mall, Toronto
1994                    Posse - six painters, Isaacs Gallery, 179 John St., Toronto, Ontario. 
1985                   Art Department, inaugural exhibition at 1087 Queen St. West, Toronto 
               

BIBLIOGRAPHY 
Bradshaw, Mary, “Beaudette Berkman Busby” Exhibition Catalogue, Yukon Art Centre, 2009

Hastings, Sascha, “In Review”, Canadian Art, Fall 2007

Cook, Mandy, “Profile Catherine Beaudette” The Independent, August 3, 2007

Gary Michael Dault, “A nushrooming of…”,  March 24, 2007

Lupe Rodriguez, “Here and Now”, CBC Radio interview, March 14, 2007

Darrell Hookey,  “The Stuff of Art”, What’s Up Yukon,  April  22, 2005

Gary Michael Dault,”Natural History at 64 Steps Gallery” The Globe and Mail,  September 4, 2004

Gary Michael Dault, “Disturbing Exhibitions Reflect Anxious Times.” The Globe and Mail,  March 22, 2003

Gary Michael Dault, “Catherine Beaudette at LOOP.”   The Globe and Mail,  May 19, 2001
 
Charles Hackbarth, “Review: Catherine Beaudette-Classified.”  Artfocus, Summer 2001

Sarah Nind, “The Museum, The Collection, and The Book of Knowledge  Meditations on the work of Catherine          Beaudette.”  Exhibition Brochure, April 2001                  

Gary Micheal Dault, “Inaugural Exhibition at Loop.”  The Globe and Mail, March 18, 2000 

Dan Turner, “Catherine Beaudette: Tableau.  ARTSatlantic, Fall 1999
 “Edge of destruction: Artist celebrate the landscape of southern Ontario…”  The Toronto Sun, February 1996

John Bentley Mays, "Two Shows that show the Unshowable."  The Globe and Mail,   September 9, 1995

Betty Ann Jordan,  "Reviews - Dead Industry / Painting Disorders / Posse / Mud."  Canadian Art,  Spring 1995

Catherine Gibbon,  “On The Edge: Artistic Visions of a Shrinking Landscape” Erin, Ontario. Boston Mills Press, 1995. P.66
               
David Somers,  “Catherine Beaudette: Paintings.”  Art Gallery of Peel, Exhibition Brochure,  August 1994

Paul Wysmyk,  "Catherine Beaudette:  Highways, Power Lines."  Workseen,  Summer 1992
               
Sheilagh Rogers  “Art Department / alternative venues.” CBC Radio interview, June 1985

not yet published…Gordon Laurin, “Tableau Exhibition Catalogue”, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery