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Catherine Woo

Born

b.1966

Education

1987 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts

1992 Post Graduate Diploma (Painting), Australian National University

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:
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



Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 - Handle with Care, Biennial of Australian Art, 2008, Adelaide - 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, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery,Hobart
2005 - Rhapsody 21C – Tasmanian Contemporary Art, Launceston
Altitude, Shepparton Regional Art Gallery
Island Art Prize, Stanley Art Gallery
2004 - Embark/disembark, Immigration Museum, Melbourne
Altitude, 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, John Batten Gallery, Central, Hong Kong;
Redgate Gallery, Beijing
- Nillumbik Prize 2003, Eltham Community Centre, Eltham
- Lee Garden Exhibition, Central, Hong Kong.
2002 - Spirit, Landscape and Destiny, Central, 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;
Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney
1998 - Skin Culture (touring exhibition), The George Gallery, Melbourne;
Creation Gallery, Beijing; John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong
- Anthony Pelchen & Catherine Woo, Private Gallery, 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/Commissions

ARTBANK, Australia; 101 Corporation, Melbourne; Nomura International, Hong Kong; Visy Collection, Melbourne; Maroondah Regional Art Gallery; RACV Collection, Melbourne; Private collections Australia, Britain and Asia

Awards/Grants

Awards & Commissions

2000 Mistranslation funded by Arts Vic, International Cultural Exchange Program
Fringe Festival Contemporary Art Prize
2005 Four Seasons Hotel, Kong Kong
1999 Ritz Carlton Hotel, Shanghai; Westin Hotel, Taipei
1998 Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong;
1995 Artworks Seven: 101 Collins Street Acquisitive Prize

Bibliography

Wolfe, R., “In Xanadu”, Art Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts, 2008
Osbourne, M., “A fragile world”, The Advertiser Review, February 16, 2008
Neylon, J., “Reviews: Handle with Care”, Artlink Magazine, vol. 28 no.2, 2008
Thomas, D., “Environmentalists’ ar t at an ecotourism lodge”, Art Monthly Australia, June, 2008
Osbourne, M., “Handle with Care: 2008 Adelaide Biennial”, Art Monthly Australia, May, 2008
Smee, S., “Altered States”, The Weekend Australian, March, 2008
Crawford, A., “Art around the galleries”, The Age, July 7, 2008
Crawford, A., Preview: Catherine Woo, Australian Art Collector, April 2007
Fenner, F., “Fragile State”, Handle with Care, 2008 Biennial of Australian Art catalogue, March 2008
Timms, P., “Modern Alchemy”, Handle with Care, 2008 Biennial of Australian Art catalogue, March 2008
McDonald, J., “Objects Unearth Lure of Nature”, The Sydney Morning Herald, February, 2008
Crawford, A., Preview: Catherine Woo, Australian Art Collector, April 2007
Downes, B., Register Tasmanian Artists, 2006, Eyeline Contemprary Visual Arts, no. 62, 06/07
Judd, C., Register Tasmanian Artists 2006, exhibition catalogue, ?Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Sept 2006?Bywaters, M., “Rhapsody 21C”, exhibition catalogue, University of Tasmania, 2005
Timms, P., “That Strange Quivering of Substance”, Artlink Magazine, Sept 2004
Nelson, R., “Sightlines”, The Age, Oct, 2004
Makin, J., “Woo does it the Wei way”, Herald Sun, 27 Sept, 2004
Dover, I., “Embark Disembark”, exhibition catalogue, Immigration Museum of Victoria, Dec 2003
Wallace, B., “Drawing Dust”, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 164, Oct, 2003
Nelson, R., “A Strong Showing”, The Age, 27 Dec, 2000
Taylor, R., “Catherine Woo”, Asian Art News, Vol.10, No. 6, Nov/Dec, 2000
Nelson, R., “Learning to be Exotic”, The Age, 18 Oct, 2000
Makin, J., “Choice Views”, Herald Sun, 12 April, 1999
Theisen, J., “Fresh Air for Hong Kong”, Australian Collectors Magazine, Jan 1999
Ferguson, J., “Skin Culture – Tin Sheds Gallery”, City Hub, Oct 7, 1999
Bragge, A., “Skin Tight but Right”, Herald Sun, 13 June, 1998
Fitzpatrick, C., “Skin Culture in Beijing”, Art Monthly Australia, Dec 1998
Ko, C., “Skin Culture”, PACE Magazine, Dec 1998
Gagliardi, J., “Skin of Culture Peeled Away”, H.K. Sunday Morning Post HK, Oct 18, 1998
Botua, J., “Skin Culture”, Parles Magazine, Oct 1998
Wardell, M., “Skin Culture”, catalogue essay, June 1998
Kent, R., “Deacons, Graham and James/Arts 21”, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne University, 1997