Lives and works in Wimberley, TX

Education
San Jose State University, Ca, 1974, B.A., studio arts, magna cum laude

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
Annely Juda Fine Art, London (upcoming)
Hillsboro Gallery, Dublin (upcoming)

2016
Omi International Arts Center/Omi Fields Sculpture Park, Ghent, New York

2015
Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Omi International Arts Center/Omi Fields Sculpture Park, Ghent, New York

2014
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Blue Star Contemporary Arts, San Antonio, Texas
Omi International Arts Center/Omi Fields Sculpture Park, Ghent, New York Hotels

2013
McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas

2012
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York 

2011
Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
Kunsthaus Wiesbaded, Wiesbaden, Germany

2009
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany

2008
dBerman Gallery, Austin, Texas
Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Annely Juda Fine Art, London

2007
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York 

2006
Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France
Musée d’Arte Moderne, St. Etienne, France

2005
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany

2004
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas

2003
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris

2002
Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark

2001
Galerie Karsten Greve, Milano, Italy
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland

2000
Lyman-Allen Art Museum, New London, CT
Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria
Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain

1999
San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
Galerie Lelong, New York City
Lafayette College, Easton, PA

1998
Bemis Art Foundation, Omaha, NE
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark

1997
Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Sonoma, CA
Galleria Karsten Greve, Milano, Italy

1996
Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
ArtPace, A Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX

1995
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Lelong, New York City
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1994
Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

1993
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Annely Juda Fine Art, London, England
Limestone Press, San Francisco, California

1992
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Linz, Austria
Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

1991
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Kohji Ogura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

1990
Marisa del Re Gallery, New York City
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California

1989
Annely Juda Fine Art, London, England
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
Pure, Texas ArtHouse, Johnson City, Texas
Hurt, Hillsboro Gallery, Dublin
San Antonio Collects: Contemporary, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Summer Show, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Ceramix, La Maison Rouge, Paris

2015
Texas!, National Academy of Art, New Delhi, India
Art on the Green, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
The Thin Line, Cinnabar Gallery, San Antonio, TX, curated by Pamela Auchincloss

2014
Return: George Krause, Catherine Lee, McKay Otto, Cinnabar Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Creativity, Change, Commitment, Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, California

2013
Women in Art, Lakeview College, San Antonio TX, curated by James Miller
Stranger than Fear is Hope, Galerie Schmalfuss Berlin, curated by Bodo Korsig
Edge Order Rupture, Galerie Lelong, NYC
Aîtres, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg
Polari Film Festival, Animated Short Films, Austin, Texas

2012
First Annual Salmon Sculpture Competition, in association with the San Angelo Mueum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX
25th Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
Sculpture, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris

2011
Signs of Change, Catherine Lee and Bodo Korsig, University of Texas at San Antonio Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas
78701 > 78676, dberman gallery, Wimberley, Texas

2010
Collecting the New, Recent Acquisitions to the IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
On Paper II, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Black and White, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
10th Anniversary Exhibition, dberman gallery, Austin, Texas

2009
WE, Galerie Academia, Salzburg
Gifted, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA

2008
Landscape and Geometry, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Clach an Trushal installation, Austin Museum of Art, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
A Year in Drawing, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Exhibition of the Hôtel des Arts Collection, Maison du Cygne, Six-Fours- les-Plages, France

2007
Shadow, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
3 Women, 3 Generations, 3 Continents, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, Texas
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Raku Amends acquisition
(I’m Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear – New Acquisitions – Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2006
Lee, Huber, Redl, Galerie Mauroner, Vienna
Paradiso & Inferno, Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

2005
Summertime, Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

2003
Shift, Galerie Lelong, New York City
Accrochage, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Six Visions: Contemporary Ceramics, curated by Steve Reynolds, University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery, Texas

2002
2300F - 2002, curated by Kathleen Whitney, Grounds For Sculpture, the Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, New Jersey
Selected Works, A Collection, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland

2001
Minimalism, Past and Presence, Galerie Lelong, New York City
X Biennial Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, TX
20 Years of Collaboration, Garner Tullis Workshop, New York City and the Tucson Museum of Art, AZ

2000
New Works, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland

1999
Group Exhibition, Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain
Black & White III, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
25 Years, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
Encaustic Works, Watermark/Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY
Das Gedächtnis öffnet seine Tore, die Kunst der Gegenwart im Lenbachhaus, München, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Collaborative Papers: Contemporary Works of Art from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA
Some New York Artists, BGH Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1998
Group Show: Chillida, Judd, Lee, LeWitt, Mangold, Ryman, Galerie Lelong, New York City
Zeit und Materie, Baukunst, Köln, Germany
Group Exhibition, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Oud en Nieuw, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Netherlands

1997
Gallery Group Exhibition, parts I & II, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich
New Editions, Galerie Lelong, New York City

1996
Jill Moser & Catherine Lee, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Serienbilder - Bilderserien, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany

1995
Summer Group Exhibition, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
Group Show, Galerie Lelong, New York City
Black & White I, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
U S Print / Grafiikkaa U S A, Garner Tullis Workshop, Retretti Art Center, Finland
Recent Acquisitions, Hofstra Museum, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hempstead, NY

1994
Shape, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York City
Contemporary Prints, The Tate Gallery, London
29th Annual Exhibition of Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery,  University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
Sculpture & Drawing, Galerie Lelong, New York City

1993
Italia - America, L’astrazione Ridefinita, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, San Marino, Italy
Couples, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Art on Paper, The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Transcending Boundaries, curated by Cynthia Gallagher and Arthur Williams, 92nd Street Y, New York City
Garner Tullis Workshop, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Contemporary Prints, Ten Years of Acquisitions, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Prints from the Garner Tullis Workshop, The Australian Print Workshop & the Darian Knight Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia
Drawings, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City
5 One Man Shows, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland

1992
Geteilte Bilder, Das Diptychon in der neuen Kunst, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Reliefs, Konstructive Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Collection, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Women Critics, Bruton Street Gallery, London

1991
Drawings, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York City
Group Exhibition, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York City
Contemporary Sculpture from the Weatherspoon Collection, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Catherine Lee Monotypes, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York City
IIIème Biennale de Sculpture, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Art for Children’s Survival, Unicef, Lawrence Monk Gallery, New York City

1990
Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Malmgran Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden
Inaugural Exhibition, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Minimal Sculpture, Marisa del Re Gallery, New York City
Artists in the Abstract, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

1989
Sitings: Drawing with Color, traveling exhibition: Instituto de Estudios Norteamericanos, Barcelona, Spain / Casa Revilla, Valladolid, Spain / Museo Barjola, Gijon, Spain / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal / Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York City / Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York City
Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Small Paintings, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Boston, MA
Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Persons-Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Drawings, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Geometry and Abstraction, curated by Pamela Auchincloss, Persons- Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Recent Acquisitions, Prints and Monotypes, The Tate Gallery, London
18th International Biennale of Graphic Art, International Centre of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

1988
Ten Americans, curated by John Caldwell, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Collaborations in Monotype, curator Phyllis Plous, traveling exhibition:  University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA / Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX / Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Works from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA
Works on Paper: Selections from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York City
Seven American Abstract Artists, Ruggiero-Henis Gallery, New York City
40th Annual Academy Institute Exhibition, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City
Works on Paper Invitational, Shea & Beker Gallery, New York City
Works on Paper, Ruggiero-Henis Gallery, New York City

1987
Lee, Lewczuk, Witek, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
5 Abstract Artists: Amar, Gitlin, Glick, Lee, Wiley, Michael Maloney Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Gallery Artists, John Davis Gallery, New York City
Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York City
Art Against Aids, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York City
Drawn Out, Kansas City Art Institute, MO
Black in the Light, Genovese Graphics, Boston, MA
Selected Works, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY

1986
Inaugural Exhibition, John Davis Gallery, New York City
Catherine Lee and Sean Scully, Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Past and Present, curated by Steven Reynolds, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
Gallery Artists, John Davis Gallery, New York City
Invitational, Saxon Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Works on Paper, Althea Viafora Gallery, New York City
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
24 x 24, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York City
The Constructed Image, Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York City

1985
The Non-Objective World - 1985, curated by Stephen Westfall, Kamikaze, New York City
An Invitational, curated by Tiffany Bell, Condeso-Lawler Gallery, New York City
Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH

1984
Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc, Akron, OH
Contemporary Art, National City Bank, Cleveland, OH
Fifteen Abstract Painters, curated by Per Haubro Jensen, Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Small Works: New Abstract Painting, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Fourth Anniversary Exhibition, John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
Acquisition Priorities, curated by Laurie Rubin, William Beadleston Gallery, New York City
Summer Group Show, Gallery Bellman, New York City

1983
New Acquisitions, Franklin Furnace, New York City
All Over Painting, Grommet Gallery, New York City
MCAD Faculty Show, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Institute of Art,  Minneapolis, MN
Third Anniversary Exhibition, John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
Contemporary Abstract Painting, Muhlenberg College Center for the Arts, Allentown, PA
Multiples, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York City

1982
Critical Perspectives, curated by Joseph Masheck, P.S.1, the Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York City
Group Invitational, Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston. MA
Pair Group, curated by William Zimmer, Jersey City Museum of Art, Jersey City, NJ
Pastiche, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York City

1981
CAPS at the State Museum, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
Arabia Felix, curated by William Zimmer, Art Galaxy, New York City
New Directions, curated by Sam Hunter, traveling exhibition:  The Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL / Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK / Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA / Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI / Madison Art Center, Madison, WI / Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL

1980
Mind Set,  John Weber Gallery, New York City
Contemporary Works, curated by Sam Hunter, Princeton University Museum, Princeton, NJ

1979
New Wave Painting,  curated by Per Jensen, The Clocktower, New York City
Fourteen Painters, Lehman College, CUNY, New York City

 

Principal Publications

Catherine Lee, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland and Charta Art Books, 2005; forward by Enrique Juncosa, essays by Lorand Heygi, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Nancy Princenthal

Catherine Lee, Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France, 2006; forward by Gilles Altieri, essays by Lorand Heygi, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Nancy Princenthal (in French)

Catherine Lee, Musee d’Art Moderne, St Etienne, France, 2006; essays by Lorand Heygi, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Nancy Princenthal (in French)

Outcasts, New Works by Catherine Lee, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, 1992 (catalog), essays by Helmut Friedel, David Carrier

Shards. The Work of Catherine Lee, The Southwest School of Art and Craft, 2004, San Antonio, TX, introduction by Paula Owen, essays by Elizabeth Ferrer, Francis Colpitt and Catherine Lee

Catherine Lee: the Alphabet Series, University of Washington Press, 1999 (2nd edition), essays by Carter Ratcliff, Faye Hirsch

Catherine Lee / West Texas Triangle, Charta Art Books, 2011; essays by Stephen Westfall, Lilly Wei, Hearne Pardee

 

Teaching History
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN: visiting artist,  fall 1982
University of Texas, San Antonio, TX: visiting assistant professor,  spring 1983
Columbia University, New York City: adjunct professor, fall & spring 1986-87
University of Texas, San Antonio, TX: visiting assistant professor, fall 2000
University of Texas, Austin, TX: lecturer, fall 2010
The University of Applied Science, IKKG, Koblenz, Germany: visiting professor of art, spring 2011 and 2015

Selected Public Collections
Städtishe Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
The Metropolitan Opera, New York City
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Tate Gallery, London
The San Francisco Museum of Art
Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia
Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Austria
Milwaulkee Art Museum
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
Edward R. Broida Trust, Los Angeles
Comodities Corporation, Princeton
United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.
State University of New York, Cortland
Chemical Bank
Kröller-Mueller Museum, Netherlands
Phillip-Morris, Inc
Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX
IBM Corporation
Buscaglia-Castellani Art Gallery, Niagara University, NY
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina
The Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
The Contemporary Austin
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Hôtel des Arts, Toulon
Musée d’Arte Moderne, St. Etienne, France
The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Indianapolis Museum of Arts
The Contemporary Austin
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of the Southwest, Midland
The McNay Museum, San Antonio
Dallas Museum of Art
Omi International Arts Center, Omi Fields, Ghent, NY
The Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas