CATHERINE HEARSE Born 29 May 1957

Studies 1977-80 Bachelor Of Arts Tasmanian School of Art 1981-86 Bachelor Of Arts in Visual and Classical Studies Monash University

Solo Exhibitions 2017 Sessile Lifestyle Watters Gallery, 2015 Particulate Matter Watters Gallery, Sydney 2013 Vegetable Matter Watters Gallery, Sydney 2011 Peculiar Adaptations Watters Gallery, Sydney 2009 Flowers from the Coromandel Coast Legge Gallery, Sydney 2008 Old Hearse - new and old drawings Legge Gallery, Sydney Lots of Little Stitches Legge Gallery, Sydney 2007 Popular Domestic Plants of the Future Legge Gallery, Sydney 2006 Sculpture Legge Gallery, Sydney Sculpture and Jewellery Elsie Gallery, 2005 Under the Ocean Kunstreich am Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany 2004 Ocean and Forest Legge Gallery, Sydney 2002 Sometimes Legge Gallery, Sydney 2001 Old for New Legge Gallery, Sydney 2000 Rupunzel & other Tales Legge Gallery, Sydney 1998 Anticipation Legge Gallery, Sydney 1996 Insomnia Legge Gallery, Sydney 1995 Used Parts Legge Gallery, Sydney 1994 After The Rain Legge Gallery, Sydney Harpies And Heroes Bridges Cafe Gallery, Melbourne 1991 Works The Women's Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions 2017 Preview 2017 Watters Gallery, Sydney Sydney Contemporary Artfair Carriageworks, Redfern 2016 Heads Watters Gallery, Sydney Metal Thread Mud – Watters Group Sculpture Watters Gallery, Sydney 2015 Big and Little Watters Gallery, Sydney 2013 Mainly Sculpture Watters Gallery, Sydney Packsaddle, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale Watters Gallery 27th Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery 2012 Melbourne Art Fair 12 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2011 Frank’s Flat Maitland Regional Art Gallery 2010 Art Month Sydney Watters Gallery Gelengu Du Gelenguwurru Sheffer Gallery, Sydney Hands On Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum Special Art Month Sydney Exhibition Watters Gallery Summer Exhibition Watters Gallery, Sydney

2009 The Drawing Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture Show Legge Gallery, Sydney Summer Exhibition Watters Gallery, Sydney 2008 Sculpture Elsie Gallery, Victoria Small Sculpture Legge Gallery, Sydney Melbourne Art Fair 08 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2007 Works on Paper Legge Gallery, Sydney Small Sculpture Legge Gallery, Sydney Art Sydney 07 Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney Summer Show Legge Gallery 2006 Melbourne Art Fair 2006 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Woollahra Council Chambers Summer Show Legge Gallery, Sydney 2005 Sculpture 2005 Legge Gallery, Sydney Summer Show Legge Gallery, Sydney 2004 Voyage of the Underwhelmed Legge Gallery Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Grassi Fair Museum fur Kunsthandwerk Leipzig,Germany Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale 2003 Figurative Sculpture Legge Gallery, Sydney Summer Show Legge Gallery, Sydney 2002 Sculpture 2002 Legge Gallery, Sydney Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Summer Show Legge Gallery, Sydney 2001 Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale Toys by Artists Newcastle University Art Gallery Group Show Legge Gallery, Sydney 2000 Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Ten Years Legge Gallery, Sydney 11th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery, Sydney 1999 10th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery, Sydney 1998 Christmas Show Legge Gallery, Sydney Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 1997 Being There Legge Gallery, Sydney 1996 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 1995 Drawings Part A Legge Gallery, Sydney Bias Binding Access Gallery at National Gallery of Victoria The Exploding Chrysanthemum Mechanics Institute, Melbourne 1994 Fifth International Women's Day Exhibition The Women's Gallery Joint Show Cowwarr Art Space, Victoria Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Group Show Legge Gallery, Sydney Artists Don't Believe In Sanity Clause Legge Gallery, Sydney 1993 Fourth International Women's day Exhibition The Women's Gallery, Melbourne The Spinsters' No Vacancy, Melbourne Drawing Show Legge Gallery, Sydney The Art Of Survival The Mechanics Institute, Melbourne Invitation Prize Exhibition Box Hill Town Hall, Melbourne Project Anna St. Stevens Church, Melbourne Summer Collection Exhibition Gallery Two, Launceston

Christmas Show The Women's Gallery, Melbourne Tempest Legge Gallery, Sydney 1992 Joining Forces Third International Women's Day Exhibition, The Women's Gallery, Melbourne Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Christmas Show The Women's Gallery, Melbourne 1991 Second International Woman's Day Exhibition The Women's Gallery, Melbourne What A Relief Italio Printmaker Gallery, Melbourne Christmas Group Show The Women's Gallery, Melbourne 1990 St Kilda Festival Acquisition Exhibition Linden Gallery, Melbourne Woman and Surgery West Theatre, Melbourne 1989 St Kilda 2 Group Show Linden Gallery, Melbourne 1984 Joint Show Roar Studios, Melbourne 1980 Women's Art Exhibition in conjunction with the launch of 's Monkey Grip Bellerive Art Centre, Hobart Graduate Show Tasmania School of Art, Hobart Illustrations 2010 Hands On:Craft in Contemporary Art 2010 2008 Textile Fibre Forum No.89, 2008 1992 Rondo magazine, Winter Hidden Agenda Winter Sharing The Journey book 1991 Siren magazine, Winter The Age March & May Bibliography Blackwood, Alice: Catherine Hearse Sculpting Stories with a Crochet Hook, Textile Fibre Forum, No.89, 2008 Brown, Cash: Hands On, Hands On:Craft in Contemporary Art, December 2010 Clement, Tracey: Critic's Picks, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4-10/2/2005 Clement, Tracey: Metro Picks, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11-17/7/2008 Fenner, Felicity: Galleries, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3/12/1996 Hynes, Victoria: Critic's Picks, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24-30/8/2001 Kidd, Courtney: Art Notes NSW, Art Monthly Australia, #188 April 2006 Legge, Sonia: Catherine Hearse, Women's Art Register Bulletin, #42 Winter 2007 Low, Lenny Ann: Spotlight, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6/8/2001 Low, Lenny Ann: Ocean And Forest, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18/5/2004 McKenny, Leesha: Open Gallery, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12-13/7/2008 Moses, Alexa: Exhibitions, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10/8/2002 Penfold, Melissa: Source, The Sydney Morning Herald Domain Home, 30/3/06 Smee, Sebastian: Welcome To Her Nightmare, The Sydney Morning Herald Metro, 19/7/1996 Top Shelf , The Sydney Morning Herald Metro, 4-10/7/2008 Watson, Bronwyn: Drawing On The Past, The Sydney Morning Herald 20/8/1993 Wellington, Robert : A Stitch in Time , Art Market Report Issue 30, Fourth Quarte, 2008