BIOGRAPHY
Catherine Anholt lives and works in Devon, UK
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Education
1978 Foundation, Oxford
1979-1982 BA Hons Fine Art, Falmouth Cornwall (First Class Honours)
1982-1985 MA Royal College of Art, London
Upcoming shows:
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A Journey Of Love
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Solo Show 2024
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London Art Fair 2024
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Representation TinManArt. James Elwes
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Art Busan May 12th to May 14th 2023
Solo Show Love, Life, Loss ChoiandChoi Gallery Seoul Korea 12th May to
24th June 2023
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Group Show Human ChoiandChoi Gallery. Seoul Korea November 2023.
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Past shows:
Art Busan South Korea
May 13th-15th 2022
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A Rainbow’s Edge Group Show
Shepherd’s Market London
28th August-4th September 2022
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Group Show, Flower, Choi&Choi Gallery, Seoul.
4th March-24th April 2022
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Invited artist, ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries London
November 2021
Group Show, Whelm, Leicester Contemporary
9th-14th August 2021
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Joint show Arundel Contemporary
9th-30th April 2021
Mixed Show Paperworks Arundel Contemporary
January-February 2019
Arundel Contemporary www.arundelcontemporary.com
Group Exhibition
Invincible Summer, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Summer 2018
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About the artist
THIS DAPPLED LIFE
Catherine Anholt
July 2022
I was born in 1958, one of eight siblings in an Irish Catholic family. My mother was a nurse and my father a potter. I was a quiet child and from the earliest age, I learned to escape the hubbub of family life by accessing my inner world. I would spend hours wandering alone through the countryside; allowing the beauty of nature to permeate my soul.
At this time I began to keep visual diaries, a habit which continues to the present day. I have thousands of these handmade journals, which allow me to process my feelings and memories. Many of my larger paintings grow from their pages.
My work celebrates the experience of being alive; of being a woman, a partner, a mother and a grandmother. Sometimes when life is hard, it can be a form of therapy. I’m interested in conveying the dappled quality of life; its fragility and transience.
Although I grew up in a tiny village in the Cotswolds, my DNA is 93% from Galway in Southern Ireland. I am convinced that the rhythms, colours and storytelling tradition of that magical place permeate my work. Our roots grow deeper than we know.
I studied at Falmouth School of Art in Cornwall, where I met my husband Laurence who is an author and artist. We then moved to London where I took my Master’s Degree at the Royal College. When our children were young I worked alongside Laurence, illustrating hundreds of books. Our son, Tom Anholt is also an artist based in Berlin, and his beautiful paintings are exhibited all over the world.
In my sixth decade, I have made peace with myself and my creativity and I am unselfconscious about what I do. Our home and studios sit high on a hill overlooking the sea in Devon.
Surrounded by nature, I am able to lose myself in my inner world, as I did as a child. I am currently working towards several exhibitions, including a one-woman show in Seoul, and I am blessed with more energy than ever before.
Painting is an elusive process which is hard to convey in words. All I can say is that when I am working well it feels as if I am a conduit for imagery which springs from a deep and mysterious place. Like dreams or music, the narratives are not necessarily logical or specific, so I am happy for people to put their own interpretation on what they see. I have noticed, however, that the work which generates the greatest interest, is that which comes out of the most profound experiences in my life - the birth of a child, the love of another being, or the passing of someone I have known. The universal stories, in other words, which weave humanity together like the threads of a tapestry.
When I am painting I feel like a child wandering wide-eyed through this dappled world. It is a journey without end. That is the fascination. That is the joy.
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