Solo Exhibitions

Bentley Projects, Phoenix, Arizona, 2005
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada, 2004
Lobby Gallery at 455 Market, San Francisco, California, 2003
Oakland Museum of California at Latham Square Building, “Sampler,” Oakland, California, 2002
Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, California, 2000
Shaker Museum, South Union, Kentucky, 2000
LIMN, “Paintings of Shaker Objects,” San Francisco, California, 1999
Grover/Thurston Gallery, “The Colors of the Soul: Paintings of Shaker Objects,” Seattle, Washington, 1997
Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1994
Hartnell College, Salinas, California, 1994
DesignWorks, Berkeley, California, 1993
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California, 1992
Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, California, 1990
Kouros Gallery, New York, New York, 1989
Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1988

Selected Group Exhibitions

San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, “Cali/Graffi,” A California Calligraphy Summit, 2006
"Firecrackers: Artists to Watch," Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, California, 2006
LIMN Collection Rugs, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2006
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai’i, “Contemporarities,” 2006
"Freefall: Contemporary Painting in the '00's," online exhibition curated by Chandra Cerrito, 2005
Michelle Bello Fine Art, “Handpicked,” San Francisco, California, 2003
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, 25th Anniversary Exhibition,
San Francisco, California, 2003
Stremmel Gallery, “30 Years/30 Artists,” Reno, Nevada, 2003
Kala Art Institute, “Solos: The Contemporary Monoprint,” Berkeley, California, 2002
Yellowstone Art Museum, 34th Annual Art Auction, Billings, Montana, 2002
LIMN Gallery, “Wrap Up,” San Francisco, California, 2001
Michelle Bello Fine Art, “Black and White and Read All Over,” San Francisco, California, 2001
Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, “Abstraction: From Raucous to Refined,” Walnut Creek, California, 2000
Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Gallery Artists Summer Show, Santa Monica, California, 2000
Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, Montana, Regional Drawing Exhibition,
November 1999–February 2000
Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York, New York, 1999
Jan Baum Gallery, “Precious,” Los Angeles, California, 1998
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, “Pharmacopoeia,” San Francisco, California, 1998
The Jewish Museum, “L’Chaim: A Kiddush Cup Invitational,” San Francisco, California, 1997
Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 1996
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, “Refound,” San Francisco, California, 1996
Richmond Art Center, “Anonymous Arrangement,” Richmond, California, 1995
Gallery Concord, “What’s in a Word?” Concord, California, 1995
Schneider Museum of Art, “Art Faculty Exhibition,” Southern Oregon State University, Ashland, 1993
Vladimir/Emeryville Cultural Exchange, Vladimir, Russia, 1992
Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1991
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1991
“Art: the Other Industry,” Emeryville, California; John Caldwell, juror, 1990
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California, 1990
Galleria San Benigno, “America, Italia, Spagna,” Genoa, Italy, 1989
The Fourth International LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, California, 1989
ProArts Annual, Oakland, California; Graham Beale, juror, 1988
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, “Chain Reaction,” San Francisco, California, 1988
Los Medanos College, “Ten Women Artists of the Bay Area,” Pittsburg, California, 1987
Richmond Art Center, “Bay Area Drawing,” Richmond, California, 1987
Oakland Museum Collectors' Gallery, “Small Treasures,” Oakland, California, 1987
ProArts Annual, Oakland, California; David Ireland, juror, 1987
“Art: The Other Industry,” Emeryville, California; Sidra Stich, curator, 1987
University of Iowa Museum of Art, M.F.A. exhibition, Iowa City, 1984

Awards

National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant, 1989
Ford Foundation Grants, 1982, 1983, 1984
Phi Beta Kappa, 1979

Education

University of Iowa, Iowa City, M.F.A. in painting and drawing, 1984
University of Iowa, Iowa City, M.A. in painting and drawing, 1983
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, 1980
Colby College, Waterville, Maine, B.A. magna cum laude in English, 1979
University of Bath, England, 1977

Teaching Experience

California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco/Oakland, Guest Artist, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2002
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, Instructor, 2002
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Guest Artist, 2000
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Panelist, “Drawing as a Major Medium of Expression,” 1999
Southern Oregon State University, Ashland, Guest Artist, 1999
Southern Oregon State University, Ashland, Instructor (full time), 1993
Emeryville Youth Art Program, Emeryville, California, Instructor, 1985–86
Dominican College, San Rafael, California, Guest Artist, 1985
University of Iowa, Graduate Teaching Assistant in painting, 1982–84

Residencies

Experimental Workshop, monotypes, Emeryville, California 2001
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming, 1991
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, 1985

Reviews

“Catherine Courtenaye at Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art,” Charlene Roth, Artweek, January 2001
“Abstraction: From Raucous to Refined at the Bedford Gallery,” Juan Rodriguez,
Artweek, October 2000
“Driven to Abstraction,” Sarah Lavender Smith, Diablo Magazine, August 2000
“The Inner Lives of Things: Catherine Courtenaye’s Paintings of Shaker Objects,” Bruce Nixon, in conjunction with the Shaker Museum at South Union, Kentucky, January 1999
“Nostalgic,” Rick Deragon, Monterey County Herald, November 1994
“Art as a Civic Virtue,” Jennifer Crohn, The East Bay Guardian, November 1991
“A Promising Quartet,” Kenneth Baker, The San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 1990
“Drawn to Richmond,” Jim Jordan, Express, July 10, 1987
“Richmond’s B.A.D. Show is g-o-o-d,” Charles Shere, Oakland Tribune, July 7, 1987
“Drawing Conclusions,” Phyllis Bragdon, Marin Independent Journal, July 6, 1987
“Direct Marks and Layers of Mystery,” Dan Nadaner, Artweek , May 30, 1987

Selected Collections
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Bank of America
Frontier Adjusters of America
Folger, Levin & Kahn, LLP
Hyatt Hotels
Matsushita Investment & Development Co., Osaka, Japan
Pillsbury Winthrop, LLP
Silk, Adler & Colvin