About

Catherine Foster is an international artist with artworks in galleries, private collections and corporate collections in the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, Italy, France, Germany,Australia, Russia and Israel. Please see bio below.

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ARTIST BIO CATHERINE FOSTER

19689 7 Ave.. NE #351
Poulsbo, WA 98370
360-598-4540

Grants:
Cultural Arts Foundation NW Grant Recipient 2009
3 Ward Summer Art Competition Grant 2011

Corporate purchases
UC Irvine Hospital Calif. Kimono #26
Univ. WA Medical Center Purchase- Robe of Peace #18
NY.NY City Hospital Building Lobby- Peace Weaving copper 5’x5’
Kaiser Hospital CA Kimono # 113 (to be installed 3/12)

Peace Prevails Kimono no. 13 featured in Wing Luke Museum auction April 2009
Wing Luke auctions 2010,2011, 2012

Published in: “Art For Obama” Edited by Shepard Foirey and Jennifer Gross
Published on cover of “ Our Daily Breath ” Gaye Abbott

Featured in online journals: Rose and Thorn ; Finally Me

SOLO/ FEATURED ARTISTS SHOWS (selected exhibitions)
2011 Dragonfire Gallery, Cannon Beach OR, Unveiling Celebration 4/5 2011
2011 Celebration of Creativity, Beaverton OR
2011 Mercer Island Community Center Jan. 2011
2010 Dragonfire Gallery, Cannon Beach OR. May
2010 Potlatch Gallery, Pouslbo WA March
2009 World Peace Art Exhibit, The Pavilion Bainbridge Island, WA
2009 Art’s Alive Invitational, La Conner WA 11/09
2009 Earthenworks Gallery Port Townsend 7/09
2009 Lawrence Sheridan Gallery Oregon 3-09 to 4-09
2008 Featured artist Miller Gallery Cincinnati OH
2008 Featured artist For Art Sake, Gig Harbor
2008 Nov/Dec. C-Art Gallery Seattle WA –Peace Project
2008 Bella Perla Gallery, Portland Oregon 5-08 to 6-08
2007 NW Design Center, Poulsbo WA 9/07 to 12/07 and 4/07-5/07
2004 Corporate Show – Picture Source, Seattle WA (featured artist)
2003 Wild Woman Gallery, Kent WA
2002 Bon Marche, Seattle WA
2001 Talking Walls installation, Mindport Museum Bellingham, WA
2000 Anderson Gallery, Edmonds, WA-Talking Walls Installation
1999 City of Tacoma Commencement Art Gallery, Ancient Messages Series
1998 Talking Walls installation at Luminary, Seattle, WA
1998 Galleria on Broadway Tacoma WA
1998 Talking Walls installation – artsEdge, Seattle, WA – sponsor – City of Seattle
1998 Talking Walls installation – Providence Mt. St. Vincent, West Seattle
1996 Talking Walls Installation Kent City Art Gallery, Kent
1997 Ancient Messages Series, Galleria on Broadway, Tacoma WA
1993 Gallery North, Edmonds WA
1993 Architrave, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED CO-ARTIST SHOWS & EXHIBITS 1992 – present –(partial list)
2011 Celebrating Creativity Beverton OR, March 2011
2010 Port Angeles Art Center WA Dec.
2009 Art in the Woods, Studio Tour, Kitsap Co. WA
2008 Childhoods End Gallery Olympia WA
2008 PONCHO Feb. 2008 auction Seattle WA
2008 Columbia Tower Club, Seattle WA group show
2007 NW Design Center Poulsbo WA
2007 Art Expo Bainbridge WA August
2007 Ariel Art Gallery International Mart Las Vegas,NV
2007 Columbia Center-WPW gallery 701 5th Ave. Seattle WA
2006 2007- Columbia Tower Club-group show 12-06 to 6-07
2002& 2003 Puyallup Fair Fine Art Show, Puyallup WA
2002 NWWS Annual Membership Waterworks 2002
2001 Listening Women Installation, Mindport Museum, Bellingham WA
2000 Listening Woman Installation with Expressive Arts Conference, SF Calif.
2000- NWWS Retrospective Exhibition, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1999 & 2000 Commencement Gallery, Tacoma WA
1999- Millennium Images- Ireland and America: Washington D.C., Galway Ireland, Belfast Waterfront ,Hall, Omagh Ulster American Folk Park, Belfast Golden Thread Gallery Ireland.
1998 Galleria on Broadway, Tacoma, WA
1998 EAFA Annual Wintergarden Show
1998 Canterbury Annual Art Show Kent WA
1997 The Night Tacoma Danced, Tacoma Art Museum Juried Auction
1997 Galleria on Broadway, Tacoma WA
1997 EAFA Membership Juried Show, Meydenbauer Convention Center
1997 artsEdge, Seattle Center, Seattle WA
1996 NWWS National Show, Howard Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1996 & 1997 Meydenbauer Convention Center, Bellevue, NWWS Signature Show
1996 Waterworks ’96 NWWS Membership Juried Show Tolles Galllery, WA
1995 NWWS Juried Membership Show, Tolles Gallery, Mercer Island WA
1994 Mitre Box, Saratoga CA
1994 Earth, Sky and Beyond, Spokane, WA
1993 Edmonds Juried Art Show, Edmonds WA
1992 NWWS National Juried Show, Howard Mandville Gallery, Kirkland WA

AWARDS ( Partial listing of exhibitions)
2008 Finalist Manifest Hope Online Gallery
2004 Puyallup Fair Mixed Media Kimono no. 1 3rd place award
2003 Puyallup Fair 3 Place mixed media for “9-11” artwork
2002 Burien Gallery WPW Members Show – Utrecht Award Puyallup Fair – 3rd
1998 Asian Seattle Art Museum, Kado Tea Garden, Flora Correa Award
1997 Kent City Purchase Award Canterbury Annual Juried, Kent WA
1997 Puget Sound Country 1st Kirkland, WA
1997 Shonomish Co. 10 Annual Juried Art Show. 1st place
1996 City Purchase Award Canterbury Fair Juried 10th Annual, Kent, WA
1996 1 Place Snohomish Arts Council Juried Annual, Everett, WA
1995 American Frame Award NWWS National Juried Art Show
1995 NWWS National Juried Show, Kirkland, WA – 1st Place
1991 NW Watercolor Soc. Assoc. Members Show 2nd place
1990 Pacific Art League Juried Annual- 2^nd place- Palo Alto, CA
1990 National League of American Pen Women Honorable mention
1990 1st Place W/C and 2nd Place Printmaking at PAAL, Palo Alto,CA
1990 Los Gatos Tait Museum Annual 1st Place Los Gatos,CA
1989 Olympiad of the Arts – First place Santa Clara, CA
1989 Santa Clara Art Assoc. First Place Award
1988 1st Place Award Santa Clara Co.Fair
1988 1st place Ohlone College Gallery Juried Show, Mission San Jose,CA
1978 1st Place Milpitas City Juried Show in Mixed Media
1977 1st Place Milpitas City Juried Annual Show in Watercolor

MURALS- 1983 through 2004 (partial listing)
* Café of Life, Kent, WA
* Mandala, Anacortes, WA
* Redmond Town Center – Shine & Nintendo, Sponsors
* Oak Barn, Lynwood, WA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (partial listing)
1999- 2004 Seniors Making Art – Dale Chihuly Foundation WA
1992- 1994 Teaching for Lynwood Recreation Center, Lynwood WA
1986- 1990 Teaching for Milpitas Recreation Center, Milpitas, CA

EDUCATION (partial listing)
1994 Expressive Art Therapy CET
1993 Touch Drawing with Deborah Koff-Chapin
1990-91-California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1989-91 Workshops: Jan Kunz, Tom Lynch, Maxine Masterfield, Xiaogong Zhu
1987- 90 Mission Collage, Santa Clara, CA San Jose City College, 1962-63, 1975, 1978-79 San Jose, Calif. San Jose City College

ART AFFILIATIONS (partial listing)
Advisory Board Northwest College of Art Poulsbo WA
Women Painters of Washington- past memeber
Artist Trust WA
Northwest Watercolor Society -Past Signature Member

Catherine Foster -artist interviewed by Mari-Lyn Harris!

What a joy to be interviewed by Mari-Lynn Harris on Art Marketing. Thank you Mari-Lynn. We both share a passion to help other artists market their artwork and Thrive!

New Dragon Robes Edition of 10

Just finished Dragon Robes #5,6,7 Limited Edition of 10 in honor of the Year of the Water Dragon.

  

Dragon Robe #5 30"wx32"Lx3"D

Dragon Robe #6 40"wx43"Lx4"D

Dragon Robe #7 30"wx32"Lx2"D

Kimono’s by Catherine Foster

These unique 3D Metal Wall Art by Catherine Foster came in a dream. ” I had a vision of a metal kimono one night and woke up and just started to explore how I could create the image using copper and aluminum.”

Creation process for the metal wall art:

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Love what You Tube has done to update sites

This is my new site for You Tube.   I love what they have done to allow me to edit and change the format and the background color. Thanks You Tube!
http://www.youtube.com/user/cath4art1

Year of the Dragon- Dragon Robes by Catherine Foster

WE WELCOME THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON, 2012

01/23/2012 – 02/09/2013 (Water)

According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of 2012 is the Year of the Dragon.  The Dragon is a creature of myth and legend.  In ancient China, the celestial Dragon represents an emperor and  power. Today, it  is the ultimate auspicious symbol signifying success and happiness. The dragon usually clutches a pearl symbolic of its super-natural powers.  Invariably accompanied by thunder and rain, dragons move like lightning and whirlwinds – - all powerful yet totally unpredictable. May the celestial Dragon bring great good luck to everyone as the year of the Dragon will be marked by excitement, unpredictability, exhilaration and intensity.

“I have been inspired to create Dragon Robes with the energy of Dragons. It is the tenth year anniversary of Dragonfire Studio Gallery in Cannon Beach.”

Dragon Robe #1-mixed media copper, aluminum, glass,

fabrics, found objects.