CHRISTINE CATHIE

CHRISTINE CATHIE A Promise of Spring 26 September - 21 October 2015 www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

Milford Galleries Dunedin 18 Dowling Street (03) 477 7727 info@milfordhouse.co.nz

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Sounds (2015) cast glass, size: 632 x 263 x 96 mm

Midday (2015) cast glass, size: 555 x 392 x 98 mm

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Meadow (2015) cast glass, size: 521 x 443 x 112 mm

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Bush Morning (2015) cast glass, size: 363 x 425 x 105 mm

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Heat (2015) cast glass, size: 441 x 457 x 123 mm

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Atmosphere (2015) cast glass, size: 475 x 453 x 108 mm

Morning (2015) cast glass, size: 370 x 433 x 98 mm

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Thaw (2015) cast glass, size: 362 x 425 x 96 mm

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Shimmer (2015) cast glass, size: 555 x 392 x 98 mm

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Spring Tide (2015) cast glass, size: 362 x 425 x 75 mm

In her glass practice, Christine Cathie has pioneered distinct oval banded forms that alter and twist, changing direction, thickness and shape.

Simultaneously her works define space (as if drawn in air) with noticeably fluid, arrested motion.

A Promise of Spring evidences Cathie’s ever increasing confidence and assurance.

Each work is stacked with various (harmonic) colours that slowly transform or bleed from one to another. Suggestions and illusions arise: to spring; to the mutability of that season and the hours of time; to the smells of morning, the meadow; the waxing colours, sounds and effects of light and air.

This introduction of a visual language that explicitly references and is sourced from the natural world is a significant new development in Christine Cathie’s work. There is also a new aspirational quality in the works with the forms seeming to rise up and reach beyond, thereby contributing additional dialogues and intriguing sensations.

EXHIBITION PRICELIST 1

Sounds (2015)

8,500

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Midday (2015)

8,500

3

Bush Morning (2015)

4,900

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Meadow (2015)

8,250

5

Heat (2015)

8,250

6

Atmosphere (2015)

7,750

7

Morning (2015)

9,000

8

Thaw (2015)

4,900

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Shimmer (2015)

4,900

10

Spring Tide (2015)

4,900

All prices are NZD and include GST; Prices are current at the time of the exhibition

CHRISTINE CATHIE b. 1955, lives Auckland

Christine Cathie: Ribbon (Red) (2008)

The integral nature of rhythm and motion is captured in Christine Cathie’s elegantly simple glass sculptures. Employing tapering edges and curvaceous silhouettes, Cathie essentially draws lines within space, exploiting the translucent nature of glass to establish a dialogue between light and shade, density and mass. Cathie combines rich colours with a smooth surface, building graceful ribbons and slender curves, and letting the light glide in.

“Christine Cathie’s cast lead crystal Ribbon also deals with movement and catches that moment in time when a dropped ribbon hits and starts to settle on the floor. Like a late 19th century stop gap photograph by Edouard Muybridge, Cathie records the ribbon’s subtle twisting and allows us to see beauty in movement not normally observable in the human eye.” (1) Cathie has been examining the possibilities of closed, irregular forms, using glass to outline volume and mass in space. This negative form becomes as much part of the works as the glass itself, which Cathie twists and curves to emphasise its fluidity. Using a combination of acid etching and a highly polished mirror finish, light is directed into and through the glass, bringing it to life. Cathie’s most recent O-void series sees the forms striving upwards, defying both gravity and the weight of their medium.

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Christine Cathie trained as a graphic artist and subsequently developed a highly successful career in graphic design. Attracted by the challenge of working in three dimensions, Cathie began to explore glass as a creative medium.

A consecutive finalist in the Ranamok Glass Prize (Australia) since 2002, Cathie is an artist of international repute, exhibiting in Paris, New York, Denmark and Australia. In 2004 she was selected for the Southern Exposure exhibition at the prestigious Glasmuseet, Ebletoft, Denmark and in 2005 was included in the significant touring Glass Invitational NZ exhibition. In 2007 Cathie received the award for Creative Excellence in the Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D Awards and was runner-up in the Cavalier Bremworth Luminous Art of Glass Awards. She won the Supreme Award at the NZSAG Conference Member’s Exhibition (2012), following this up in 2015 by winning the Excellence in Cast Glass Prize. Her work is held in private, public and corporate collections both nationally and internationally. (2) 1. Richard Perram, Ranamok Glass Prize 2006 Catalogue, 2006.

2. Christine Cathie, CV, Retrieved from http://www.christinecathie.com/c-v.html, 2015

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CHRISTINE CATHIE b. 1955, lives Auckland SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2007 2006 2005 2004

A Promise of Spring, Milford Galleries Dunedin Glide, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Contour, milford galleries queenstown Continuity, Avid Gallery, Wellington O-void, Avid Gallery, Wellington Evolve, Koru Gallery, Hong Kong Biomorphic, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Amorphisms, milford galleries queenstown Unfurled, Avid gallery, Wellington Flow, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Transference, Milford Galleries Dunedin Curve, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland New Work, Avid Gallery, Wellington

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 2014 2013

2012

2011 2010 2009

2008

2007

2006

Palette, Masters of Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Essence, Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke The Nature of Things, Avid Gallery, Wellington Spring Catalogue, milford galleries queenstown Snapshots, New Zealand Glass, Wanganui Prima, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Summer: Utopia into Dystopia, Waitakaruru Arboretum, Waikato Off The Wall, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island The Earl Street Journal, milford galleries queenstown Salute, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Objective Art Awards, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland Encore, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, Australia Laisee, Koru Gallery, Hong Kong Contemporary Glass, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, USA Traverse, Milford Galleries Dunedin Geometry, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Shapeshifter, The New Dowse, Lower Hutt Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D Awards, Whakatane Museum & Gallery, Whakatane Luminaries, A Selection of Work from New Zealand’s Foremost Glass Casters, Sabbbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Sculpture on Shore, Devonport Historic Reserve, Auckland Richmond Road Glass, Form Gallery, Christchurch Glass ‘08, milford galleries queenstown Festival, Avid Gallery, Wellington Art in the Woolshed, Tauwharanui Regional Park Group Show, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island Festive, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Bombay Sapphire Blue Room, Auckland & Wellington Trio, Avid Gallery, Wellington Flow (with ceramicist Hana Rakena), Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Works from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark Glass 07, Milford Galleries Dunedin Group show, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Sculpture on a Plinth, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island Feast, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Crystalline World, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island SOFA Chicago, Chappell Gallery, New York

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2005

2004

2003

2002 2001

2000

The Roaring Forties, Chappell Gallery, New York The Land, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Wind and Waves – Beyond the Vessel, Luniverre Gallery, Paris, France Best of New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland SOFA Chicago, Chappell Gallery, New York New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland A Matter of Substance, New Zealand Glass Kensington Gallery, Adelaide, Australia Glass Invitational 2005, Milford Galleries Dunedin, Auckland Museum, Canterbury Museum, Pataka Museum Sculpture on a Plinth, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island New Work, Avid, Wellington Precious, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Cast Aways, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, Australia Latitude 36, Form Gallery, Christchurch New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Southern Exposure, a Selected Survey of New Zealand Glass, Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui; Objectspace, Auckland; Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark Duo, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Showing Off: The Best of New Zealand Applied Art, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Cast Glass Exhibition, Form Gallery, Christchurch The Cast Survey Exhibition, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland/Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui/ Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei/Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings Translucence, Waiheke Community Art Gallery National Glass Exhibition, Compendium Auckland/Wellington 440°, Artstation, Auckland Norsewear Art Awards, Waipukurau

AWARDS, GRANTS & COMMISSIONS 2014 2013 2012

2011 2010 2009 2008

2007

2006 2004 2003 2002 2000

Excellence in Cast Glass Prize, NZSAG Members' Exhibition, Pah Homestead, Auckland Finalist, Objective Art Awards, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Supreme Award, NZSAG Conference Member's Exhibition, Whanganui Finalist, Objective Art Awards, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland Scholarship to Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Commission for Crown Hotel, Melbourne, Australia Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Glass Awards, Whakatane Museum & Gallery, Whakatane Finalist, Sea Link Small Sculpture Award, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Auckland 3rd prize, Lincoln Green Sculpture Award, Waitakere Trust Art Awards, Auckland Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Glass Awards, Whakatane Museum & Gallery, Whakatane Commission for outdoor sculpture ‘garden mosaic’ at Ravenscar (private house), Christchurch Creative Excellence Award (judge Grace Cochrane), Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D Awards, Whakatane Museum 2nd Prize, Luminous Art of glass Awards (judge Louie Le Vaillant), Mazda Artworks, Auckland Commission to design and produce Arts Foundation of New Zealand’s New Generation Awards Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Members Award, (judges Richard Whitely, Margaret Tabone) NZSAG Conference, Wanganui Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Creative New Zealand Grant Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Student Award (judge, Dan Klein), NZSAG Conference, Wanganui Finalist, Norsewear Art Awards, Waipukurau

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COLLECTIONS Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand Sir Elton John Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Corporate and private collections internationally

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS 2013

2012 2011

2009

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001 2000

Ranamok Glass prize 2013 Catalogue, p.12 & 13, illus. p.4 (article by Brian Parkes) Cousins, Kerry-Anne. Art prize lets us watch the glass grow, review (Ranamok Glass Prize 2013), Canberra Times, August 30, 2013 Ranamok Glass prize 2012 Catalogue, p.14 & 15, illus. p.5 (article by Anne Flanagan) The Ranamok Glass Prize 2012, Craft Arts International No. 87, p.93 (illus.)

Ranamok Glass prize 2011 Catalogue, p.16 & 17 Peoples, Sharon. The Ranamok Glass Prize 2011, review & illus., Craft Arts International No. 84, p.93 Christine’s sculpture is the torque of the town, article and photo, Auckland City Harbour News, January 21, 2009 Ribbons in Light, article and photo, The Aucklander, 29 January 2009 Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, A Guide to Contemporary Arts & Crafts, illus., p.27 Vogue Living, Nov/Dec 2007, p.155 (illus.)

New Zealand House & Garden, October 2007, illus. cover, pp. 51 & 52 Hammonds, Lucy. Softening the Contours, Craft Arts International No.70, pp. 52 -56 Dignan, James. Artseen, Otago Daily Times, review, October 12, 2006 Perram, Richard. Ranamok Glass prize 2006 Catalogue, p.16 & 17, p.5 (illus.)

SOFA New York 2006 catalogue p.81 (illus.)

Slide talk to Portraiture Group, Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland, 24 June 2006 Smythe, John. Looking into glass art, National Business Review, February 3, 2006 Allom, Barry. In a glass of their own, review, Christchurch Press, October 19, 2005 Glass Artists in New Zealand, part of an AVP on selected New Zealand Glass Artists, first shown at GAS Conference, Adelaide, Australia, May 2005 New Glass Review 26, p.10 (illus.)

Campbell, Joanne. Seeing through New Zealand’s best glass, review, Otago Daily Times, 14th April 2005 Lonie, Bridie. A sheep’s carcass covered in glass roses, review, NZ Listener May 28, 2005, p.52 Glass Invitational New Zealand, catalogue, Milford House Geissler, M. Ranamok Finalists Exhibition 2004, Craft Arts International 63, p.75-77 (illus) Ranamok Glass prize 2004 Catalogue, p.20 & 21 (illus.)

Southern Exposure, catalogue for exhibition, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft 2004 Glass Acts, The Dominion Post, Wellington, 13/11/04 Cochrane, Grace. Southern Exposure - High class New Zealand exhibition at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark, Neues Glas 3/04 pp. 20-27 Glorious in glass, The Press, Christchurch, 7 January 2004 Brewerton, A. The Ranamok Glass Prize Exhibition 2003, Neues Glas 2/04, pp. 8 -15 Kiwis shine in Glass Award, Art News, New Zealand, spring 2003, p.44 (illus.)

Radio New Zealand interview September 2003 Ranamok Glass prize 2003 Catalogue, p.16 & 17(illus.), intro. (article by Andrew Brewerton) Brewerton, A. The Ranamok Glass Prize, 2002, Craft Arts International 58, p.96 (illus) Ranamok Glass prize 2002 Catalogue, p.20 & 21 (illus.)

Vibrant glass Art, review, The Press July 10, 2002 Elliott, M. The Cast; Recent New Zealand Glass, Object 4/02, p45 (illus.)

THE CAST: New Zealand Contemporary Cast Glass 2001, New Zealand Society of Artists In Glass (NZSAG) Catalogue Williams, Howard. Hot pacific glass, Object 2/00, p.109 (illus.)

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