Catherine Howell

(B.1984, Wrexham,Uk) Lives and Works in London, Uk  catherine@chinatree.me   www.chinatree.me   +447506407234

Education

Sept 2016-July 2018   MFA Fine Art, Wimbledon College Of Arts

Sept 2004-July 2007  Bachelor Of Fine Arts, Falmouth College Of Arts  

Exhibitions   

December 2019, Elephant x Griffin ArtPrize, Elephant West, London

March 2018, Group Show “Empowerment” Nasty Woman NYC x Creative Debuts. London

November 2017, Collaboration, “Same Same But Different” LCB Depot, Leicester

October 2017, Site Specific, Group Show and Curator “The One that Holds Everything” The Crypt Gallery, London

September 2016, Group Show and Curator ”In The Basement” Gorilla Gallery, London.

June 2015, Group Show, “BankJob” West Bank Gallery, London

Awards / Shortlists

2018 Elephant X Griffin Art Prize, Shortlist

2012 People’s Choice Award, Southbank Arts, Bristol

2008 Ferdynand Zweig arts Travel Scholarship , Location: Havana

2007 Nationwide Mercury Arts Prize, Shortlisted

Commissions  

2017, Bring The Paint, Outdoor Mural, Leicester City Council

2014, John Horan, Research and Portraiture, Cloisters, London

Projects

2019 Artist Residency, Ne’Na Contemporary Art Space, Chiang Mai

2018 “Sound Collectors” Sound Collecting and editing Workshop, Children and
parents. I led the workshop for UAl Wimbledon during the degree show.
2017 Artist Assistant For  David Mach, “incoming” at Griffin Gallery
2017 “Engine Chat Chat, Facilitated Peer Crits with Elizabeth Murton at
Griffin Gallery
2016 Founder of the pop up Gallery “Gorilla Gallery”, I Curated the Group show
for WhiteChapel Gallery first Thursday

2009-2011 The Red Star Project. A collaborative arts project between the Uk
and Cuba. Myself and a fellow artist completed  workshops with children in
deprived areas of  Leicester, Uk and havana,  Cuba. Teaching the children
about cultural diversity through artistic practise. Resulting in a publication
and permanent site specific artwork.