Finalist in the Parkins Drawing Prize 2020 Finalist in the Molly Morpeth 3D Art Awards 2020 Finalist in the Parkins Drawing Prize 2019 Winner of the 28th Annual Wallace Art Awards "Peoples Choice Award" 2020 Finalist in the 28th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2019 Finalist Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award 2019 Finalist in 'Head On' International Landscape Competition 2019 Shortlisted one of three Photographers for the Auckland Photography Festival Commission, 2019 Finalist Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award 2018 Finalist in the 27th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2018 Finalist in 'Head On' International Portrait Competition 2018 Finalist Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award 2017 Finalist in the 26th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2017 Finalist in the Art About Water H20 Manifest Gallery Competition, Ohio 2017 Finalist Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award 2016 Finalist in the 25th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2016 Finalist in 'Head On' International Portrait Competition 2016 Finalist of The Fifth Annual Exposure Awards 2015 Finalist in 'Head On' International Portrait Competition 2015 Finalist in the 23rd Annual Wallace Art Awards 2014 Nominated for the Glaister Ennor Graduate Art Awards 2013 Nominated for the Glaister Ennor Graduate Art Awards 2011 Awarded the AUT Visual Arts Photography Prize 2010
EDUCATION Masters of Visual Arts, AUT University (Hons), Auckland 2013 Post graduate Diploma of Art and Design ( Distinction), AUT University, Auckland 2011 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Distinction), AUT University, Auckland 2008 - 2010 Diploma of Visual Arts (Distinction), Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland 2007 Delivered a seminar at Multi Mediums, the AUT Art & Design Research Conference, 2012. http://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/296256/MultiMedium_invite3.pdf
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Studio Art Tour July 26th, 2020 Dick Frizzell/ Ann Robinson/ Layla Walter/ Cathy Carter/ Terry Stringer/
Muse art Gallery, 2020 Sept 6th - October 8th (solo show) 5 Havelock Rd, Havelock North 4130, NZ
Föenander Galleries, 2020 (solo show) postponed till later this year date to be confirmed 455 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, NZ
Allpress Gallery 2020 (female group exhibition) postponed till Nov 8 Drake Street, Freemans bay, Auckland, NZ
PAST EXHIBITIONS Auckland Art Fair, Virtual Fair 30th with Foenander Galleries April 17th May (online)
Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 16th February 2020 - 20th March 2020 Te Kōputu a te whanga a Toi – Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre
Amano Events Space WorldBending solo show by Cathy Carter and Book Launch 'WorldBending a Survivors Guide', by Pete Rive. 22nd October - 26th, 2019 106-108 Quay St, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū Spring Exhibition (featuring guest artist Cathy Carter) Opening and Artist Talk, 5.30 pm, 28th August- 22nd September, 2019 208 Bridge St Nelson, NZ
Föenander Galleries, Auckland, 2019 Wai Wai Wai, (solo show) 26th May - 18th May 455 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, NZ
Muse Gallery, 2019 Splash (solo show), 21st March- 17th April 5 Havelock Rd, Havelock North 4130, NZ
The Grey Place, 2019 Her Eye, (group show) March 5th - 16th opening night March 5th 5.30pm 37 Scanlan Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ
NKB Gallery Auckland, 2018 The Summer Exhibition, 6th- 24th December 455 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, NZ
The Vivian Gallery, The Golden Hour, (group show) 1st December - 27th January 2018 – 2019 39 Omaha Valley Road, Matakana, Warkworth, NZ
Allpress Gallery 2018 Weird Fishes (solo exhibition) Opening night Tuesday 20th 5.30pm -8pm November 19th - December 10th 8 Drake Street, Freemans bay, Auckland, NZ
Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Awards Exhibition, 2018 19 October - 11 November 2 Korora Road, Waiheke Island, Auckland,
541 Studio 2018 VOLITION (Group Exhibition) Exhibiting as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 13 June to 24 June 2018 541 Mount Eden Road, Auckland, NZ.
541 Studio 2018 PhotoForum Members' Show Images by 49 Photographers 10 April to 04 May 11:00 am-4:00pm Wednesday to Sunday 541 Mount Eden Road, Auckland. NZ
Percy Thompson Gallery 2018 'Blue Lies', Cathy Carter and Amanda Hewlett. 'Fluid Realms' (Solo Show). March, Sat, 3rd (opening 5pm) - March Sun 25th Prospero Place, 56 Miranda Street, Stratford, Taranaki, NZ
Muse Gallery (Solo show ) 2018 'Waimarama, Reflecting on Water'. February 1st - February 21st, 2018 (opening Friday 2nd February) 5 Havelock Rd, Havelock North 4130, NZ
The Vivian Gallery, 'State of Play', (Group show) 2017 Saturday 16 December- Sunday 28th January 2018 39 Omaha Valley Road, Matakana, Warkworth, NZ.
Waiheke Community Art Gallery. 'Sizzle', Summer Exhibition (Group show). Friday December 15th - January 14th, 2017- 12018 2 Korora Road, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ. Waimarama , Muse Artist Residency 2017 November 24th - December 16th Waimarama Beach, Hawkes Bay, NZ
inSPIRACJE 12 International Visual Arts Festival 2017 'Inspiration, 'Breathtaking' (curated by Rob Garrett) June 30- September 30th, 2017 Trafostacja Sztuki w Szczecinie, 4 Swietego Ducha St. 70-205 Szczecin, Poland https://contemporaryhum.com/calendar/cathy-carter-and-matthew-cowan-in-breathtaking-inspiracje-2017-curated-by-rob-garrett
Art Associates, Grey Gallery Launch (group show) 2017 'In The Neighbourhood' May, Fri 5th- May 31st 37 Scanlan Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021, NZ
Platform 72 Gallery (Head On Associated Exhibitor) 2017 'Oceanids Rising #2 ' (solo show) Wednesday 17th May - 27th May 2017 62 Atchinson St, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, 2065 The Vivian Gallery, Not Just Flowers , (Group show) 2017 Saturday 4th March - Sunday 9th April 2017 39 Omaha Valley Road, Matakana, Warkworth, NZ. thevivian.co.nz/cathy-carter
The Vivian Gallery, State of Play, (Group show) 2016 Saturday 17 December- Sunday 15th January 2017 39 Omaha Valley Road, Matakana, Warkworth, NZ. thevivian.co.nz/state-of-play/
Finalist Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award 2016 Waiheke Art Gallery. 21 October - 14 November 2016 2 Korora Road, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ.
25th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2016 Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre: 6 September – 13 November 2016. Wallace Gallery Morrinsville: 30 November 2016 – 5 February 2017 (Opening: 3 December, 11am – 1pm) Pataka Art + Museum: 26 February 2017 – 7 May 2017 (Opening: 26 February, 2pm) Moaroom, Oceanids Rising 'World Ocean Day' 8th June 25th July , 2016 7 Rue Emilio Castelar, 75012 Paris, France
Agora Gallery Out From Down Under & Beyond, 20th May- 9th June, 2016 530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
Headon 2016, Photo Festival, Portrait Prize Exhibition. 29th April -29th May Museum of Sydney. Cnr Phillip and Bridge Streets, Sydney, NSW 2000
From the Studio Floor . Charity Art Exhibitions. 29th 30th April 2016 1b 65 Bryce St, Hamilton, NZ
Indian Photography Festival Hyderabad 2015. October 1st -10th, 2015 Hyderabad, State Art Gallery, Madhapur India. Photoville Brooklyn NYC , 10th-21st September 2015 Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY
Jadite Gallery Arbitrary Chemistry a group show. 16th September 2015 662 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10036
23rd Annual Wallace Art Awards 2014 Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre: 6 September – 13 November 2014. Wallace Gallery Morrinsville: 30 November 2014 – February 2015 Pataka Art + Museum: 26 February 2015 - May 2015 Antoinette Godkin Art House Group Show. 10th July - 28th July 2015 30 York St APT Y32, Parnell, Auckland
SeeMe Exposure Award Exhibition (Digital Display) July 13th, 2015. Musee du Louvre 75058 Paris- France
Headon 2015, Photo Festival, Portrait Prize Exhibition. 1st May -8th June Museum of Sydney. Cnr Phillip and Bridge Streets, Sydney, NSW 2000
We Float, 2014, solo show. Antoinette Godkin Gallery. 5th July -9th August 2014 30 York St APT Y32, Parnell, Auckland
Immersion and Emergence ( Installation), 2013. Masters show AUT University 2013 4 HD single channel video projections 8:48 minute loop . 42 sealed plastic tubes . 295 litres of sea water collected from the Waitemata Harbour at 6 different tides
Waitemata, Obsidian Waters, (a public art project) Transforming Topographies, The Lab 5th Auckland Triennial. Auckland Art Gallery, 2013. Cnr Kitchener and Wellesley St, Auckland City.