Catherine Bertola
Biography
Born 1976 Rugby, UK
1995-1999 BA (Hons) Fine Art University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1994-1995 BTEC Diploma Art and Design Calderdale College, Halifax
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, England
Workplace Gallery, Gateshead
2008
Over the Teacups, M R Fricke, Berlin
2007
Prickings, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, and Fabrica, Brighton
2006
The property of Two Gentlemen, Firstsite, Colchester
2005
Domestic Landscapes, International 3, Manchester
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Alchemy Fundiaco Joan Miro, Barcelona Spain (forthcoming)
2009
Wanderwall, Temple Newsam, Leeds, UK
Can't Forget What I Don't Remember, Lausanne, Switzerland
Beyond Pattern, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newton Wales
Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, England
2008
The Intertwining Line, Cornerhouse, Manchester
Beautifully Crafted, National Glass Centre, Sunderland
TOMORROW THE FUTURE, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton, UK
The Enchanted Moment, Baltic, Gateshead
Kingfisher Tales, Union, London
Shake before Using, Artium, Vitoria Gastiez, Spain
2007
Out of the Ordinary, V&A Museum, London
Unpicked and Dismantled, Kaunas Art Biennale, Kaunas, Lithuania
Preview, M R Fricke, Berlin
Isobar, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London and tour
Opposite of Vertigo, Drawing Room, London/Burren College of Art Ballyvaughaun
Moved, Workplace Gallery Gateshead
Metteurs en Scθne, The Embassy, Edinburgh
The End Begins, The Hospital, London
Extreme Crafts, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
Art Futures, Bloomberg Space, London
Lost, Found and Imagined, 28 David's Road, London
2006
Fine and Fashionable, The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
No place like home, Beacon Art Project, Bridge Farm, Bicker
Blue Star Red Wedge, Glasgow International, Glasgow
Opposite of Vertigo, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan/Drawing Room, London
2005
PILOT 2, Farmiloes Building, London
Zoo Art Fair, London with Workplace Gallery
Imagine a world , Barge House, London
2004
Floral Habitat, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
Shrinking Cities, Kunst-Werke, Berlin and tour
2003
Space Between Us, Friar House, Newcastle upon Tyne. Curated by SMART Project Space, Amsterdam
Fragmentos, Galeria Casa Gaia, Havana, Cuba
2002
Pattern Crazy, Crafts Council, London
CAPITAL, various venues in Newcastle upon Tyne
2001
REPRO, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
2000
Site, Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne as part of VANE 2000
Pattern Transfer, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Commissions
2009
The House of Bling, Tattershall Castle, Linconshire (forthcoming)
Artist-Object Project, National Museum Wales, Cardiff, (forthcoming)
Commission for Temple Newsham and Leeds City Art Gallery Collection, Leeds
2007
Everything and Nothing, commissioned for Out of the Ordinary exhibition at the V&A
2006
Frills and Flounces, commissioned by Government Art Collection, for the DCMS building, London
By day, by night, commissioned for Snowdomes exhibition at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland
2003
Posh Doily, drawing commissioned by Locus , Newcastle upon Tyne
2002
Scratching at the Surface, commissioned by Locus , Newcastle upon Tyne
Venetian Blind, commissioned by Globe Gallery, North Shields
2001
Under your feet, commissioned by Grainger Town, Newcastle upon Tyne
Residencies
2009-10
Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester (forthcoming)
2003
Batiscafo projects, Havana, Cuba, organised by Gasworks/Triangle Arts Trust, London, Arts Council England and British Council
2002
Further Up in The Air, Liverpool
Bibilography
2006
A dent in time, essay by Cherry Smyth to accompany the exhibition The property of Two gentlemen, Firstsite, Colchester
Prickings, publication to accompany the solo touring exhibition
Open Frequency on www.axisweb.org with essay by Stephen Feeke, curator Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
2005
Lost Narratives, Monograph edited by Jon Bewley, Locus , published by Art Editions North, Sunderland and Work and Leisure International, Manchester.
2004
Workplace, book published by Art Editions North. With essay Rescued Narratives, by Maeve Polkinhorn, assistant curator Tate Modern
'here today, gone tomorrow: transient materiality' by Linda Sandino for the Journal of Design History Volume17 Number 3, published Oxford University Press
Furthermore-a book of proposals, book published by Further Afield Publications
2003
Further Up in the Air, book published by Further Afield Publications
Other publications and reviews
Cover Crafts Magazine, November 2007
Review by David Lillington-a-n Magazine, November 2006
Review by Dr Catherine Harper-Selvedge, September 2006
Front cover-a-n Magazine June 2003
Review by Graham Parker-Art Monthly November 2002
'High Art' article by Henrietta Thompson-Blueprint September 2002
Collections
Simmons & Simmons, London
Private Collections, UK & USA
Catherine Bertola is represented by Workplace Gallery, Gateshead and M R Fricke, Berlin