About Cathy Quinn

 
 

Memory Experience Possibility

 

Melbourne-based artist Cathy Quinn is well recognised for her joyously fluid oil paintings.  Her colourful abstracted landscapes take pictorial cues from the various locations she has visited over the years. Although the outdoor scenes are grounded in familiar terrain, they constitute a melding of such to create a personal vision.  Quinn relates that mood is an important aspect in these works; experience of time and place evoke the feeling and direction of her painting.

My paintings are a reflection of my experience immersing myself within the landscape.
My response to the colour, smell and textures encompasses a deep connection to memories which play out upon the canvas. My focus is generally on the ambiguity created by melding the shapes and weaving layers of colour light and atmosphere.

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Exhibition of works created whilst exploring LonFarm and its local beaches, rockpools & twisted Moonah pathways ARTIST IN RESIDENCE LON RETREAT POINT LONSDALE VICTORIA

Recent exhibition

NATURES GARDEN Artist in residence Lon Retreat Point Lonsdale Victoria Augsut 19 - 16 September2022

HINTERLAND - paintings by Cathy Quinn Anthea Polson Art

29 Tedder Ace Main Beach Qld 4217 28 May - 11 June 2022

2020 /21

  • Cathy Quinn at Bed Bath N’ Table The WORKS Hawthorn

HEAT An exhibition of recent works Nov - Dec 2020

  • Christmas at Tedder Avenue Exhibition: Anthea Polson Art Qld Dec 19

  • Solo exhibition From Within Anthea Polson Art Qld May- June

2019

  • Boroondara Town Hall Gallery About Abstraction 19 November - 15 December

  • Invited FInalist 2019 Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize Brisbane

  • Melbourne Gals A group exhibition showcasing new work by Melbourne Woman. Art Images Gallery Adelaide SA

2018

  • Little Treasures: A Christmas exhibition Group show Anthea Polson Art Qld

  • Solo Exhibition: The Still of Day: Anthea Polson Art Qld

  • St Kevins Art Show Finalist

  • ​The Colour Field A group Show
    at Art Images Gallery, SA

  • Solo Exhibition: Rhythm & Flow Eco Outdoor Richmond- An interpretation of Rick Eckersley's gardens at Musk Cottage Flinders

2017

  • St Kevins Art Show Finalist

  • Under the Sky group show curated by Nina & Pequito STK Art Space

  • Salt Contemporary Art Summer Series Group Show

  • Christmas Group Exhibitions; Small Gifts Anthea Polson Art

  • Artist's Choice Christmas Exhibition Anthea Polson Art

2016

  • WWS Foundation Art Show - Eclectica 2016 Mittagong NSW

  • 2016 ACMD Aquisitive Art Prize St Vincents Hospital

  • SOLO EXHIBITION Alternate Reality- Anthea Polson Art Qld

  • St Kevin's Art Show Awarded 2016 Winner of best modern painting

  • Anthea Polson comes to Melbourne Menzies Auction Rooms South Yarra

  • ​Sorrento Victoria - Pop up gallery At the beach ​summer group show of coastal inspired work

2015

  • Waterfront Gallery ARI Group Show - Colours of Melbourne
    presented by Magnus Collective & DC Gibbons

2014

  • Chapman & Bailey Gallery Group Show - Belle Arti 2014 Prize

  • Tacit Contemporary Art Group Show - Off the Wall exhibition

  • SOLO EXHIBITION Tacit Contemporary Art: – Beyond

  • NGV Melbourne Now - Abbotsford Convent Open Studio Event

2013

  • SOLO EXHIBITION - St Heliers St Gallery at Abbotsford Convent Imagined Worlds

  • 69 Smith St Gallery Group Show - Secret life of

2012

  • St Heliers St Gallery at Abbotsford Convent Tenants Christmas Exhibition

  • Chapman and Bailey Gallery Group Show - Belle Arti 2012 Prize

  • 69 Smith St Gallery: Group Show- The Secret Life of Space

2011

  • Linden Gallery Group show - Postcard Show

  • Brunswick Street Gallery BSG Small Works Prize Exhibitions
    2010

  • 69 Smith St Gallery Group show – the Secret Life of the City

  • La Trobe College Gallery Group show - Black and White;

1990

  • CURATOR: Smith Gallery Convent Garden The Printmakers Art

1987

  • Victorian Print Workshop Group Printmaking Exhibition

1986

  • Reconnaissance Gallery Group Print Making Exhibition

1985

  • 70 Arden Street Gallery Grad show -Chisholm Institute Victorian College of Arts and RMIT Bundoora

  • Chisholm Institute Awarded High Commendation Lucato Prize

Collections

  • Genazzano Collage Art Collection

  • Private collections in Australia & Europe

 

Snapshot

education

  • 1986: BA (Fine Art) Chisholm Institute

  • 1997: Christies Education, Australian Art;

  • 2010: La Trobe College of Education: Studio & practice development.

Acheivements

  • Invited Finalist 2019 Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize Brisbane;

  • St Kevins Art Show: Finalist 2018, 

    St Kevins Art Show: Finalist 2017  St Kevins Art Show: Finalist 2016 WINNER Best Modern Painting 2016

  • Lucato Prize: High Recommendation 1985