Catherine Farish was born in London, England, in 1951. She has shown extensively in Europe, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Asia with over 25 solo exhibitions and many group exhibitions. Awards include the Collection Loto-Québec Grand Prize for Printmaking, the Acquisition Award from the City of Montreal, the Material Award in the Boston Printmakers Exhibition and several grants, including a residency at the International Art Festival in Asilah, Morocco, in 2000.
Farish received a diploma from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School in 1976 and her BFA from Concordia University in 1983. She went on to study with a master printer in the French tradition of printmaking. She has spent the last twenty years experimenting and developing her own techniques. She currently teaches at Canada's National Theatre School and the Great River Arts Institute in Vermont.
Farish's work can be seen in collections such as Aim Funds, Alliance Capital, Banque Nationale du Canada, Bell Nordic, Canada Council Art Bank, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Commerzbank, Deloitte & Touche, Domtar, Ernst and Young, Hydro-Québec, IBM, Loto-Québec, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Pfizer Inc. and SSQ Groupe Financier.
She presently lives and works just outside Montreal.
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Exhibition(s) :
notes (November 23 to December 24 2011)
tiaf 2011 (October 27 to October 31 2011)
violaine gaudreau et catherine farish (March 11 to April 18 2009)
territoires intimes (March 29 to April 29 2006)
oeuvres récentes (May 7 to June 7 2003)
dépaysement (April 4 to May 5 2001)
Publications(s) :
Territoire Intimes
Primo Penserio
Press release(s) :
Insula de Catherine Farish et Dans l'encre de Violaine Gaudreau
Catherine FARISH – Territoires intimes
François Vincent – Œuvres récentes
Exposition Dépaysement de Catherine Farish
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