Catherine N Ross

EDUCATION

1985 - 86 Banff Center Artist Residency

1983 - 85 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Halifax

1981 - 83 Grant MacEwan Community College, Diploma in Fine Art, Edmonton

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS + COMMISSIONS

2019-21 Migratory Paths

Edmonton Convention Centre Atrium Public Art Project, Edmonton, AB $50,000 budget.

Project details were completed in the summer of 2020. Migratory Paths is scheduled for installation on May 10, 2021. Migratory Paths, represents the movement a flock of golden ceramic birds as they traverse the interior space of the atrium of the Edmonton Convention Centre. There are 2035, hand modeled ceramic birds threaded onto 735 cables that are suspended from a steel armature. The materials used in Migratory Paths are; clay, glaze, gold, copper/zinc, steel stainless, steel and rigging hardware.

Dimensions: 488 x 228 x 701 cm or 192 x 113 x 276 inches

2010-11 Aeolian Aviary

Southern Alberta Art Gallery Public Art Project, City of Lethbridge, AB $180,000 budget

This sculpture combines my experiences as sculptor and fabricator as I explore representations of avian movement with my collaborator’s Denton Fredrickson’s, interests and experience making unique instruments using computer programing and electronics. The materials used in Aeolian Aviary are; steel, glass, bronze and electronics

Dimensions: 457 x 426 x 457 cm or 180 x 168 x 180 inches

2003-04 Stella Ripa

Alumni Sculpture Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC $10,000 budget

Stella Ripa was originally developed for a temporary installation in the Alumni Sculpture Garden at Chapel Hill. In 2005, I donated Stella Ripa to the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, and in 2008 it was permanently installed on campus in Markin Hall. The CRDC valuation of Stella Ripa was $35,000. The materials used in Stella Ripa are; hardware cloth and winterstone,

Dimensions: 91 x 457 x 889 cm

1996-99 Stella Mere

Since 2008, Stella Mere is part of the collection of the Glenbow Museum, The CRDC valuation for Stella Mere was $72,000. The materials used in Stella Mere are aluminum and steel rods

Dimensions: 214 x 427 x 889 cm

1990-91 Resting Place

Resting Place was donated to the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, in 1995 a valuated by the CRDC for $6,000. The materials used in Resting Place are aluminum, slate, steel, and plywood

Dimensions: 15 x 380 x 533 cm

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Impossible really! Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks, AB

2015 Impossible really! Casa Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

2010 Field Sightings Mueller Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

2010 Stella Mere Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB

2004 Stella Ripa Alumni Sculpture Garden, Chapel Hill, NC

2002 Stella Mere Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB

2001 First Five Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

2000 Stella Mere Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

1999 Stella Mere the grunt gallery, Vancouver, BC

1995 The White Bird Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

1993 Relativity Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB

1992 Transparence Galerie d’art de l’Universite’ de Moncton, Moncton, NB

1992 Recent Works Plug in Inc., Winnipeg, MA

1991 Birds of Prey Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB

1990 Riding a Dark Horse Great George Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI

1989 Riding a Dark Horse Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s, NB

1988 Riding a Dark Horse Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2011 Between Material and Imagination with Denton Fredrickson Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

2004 Mouvance with Catherine Bodmer Expressions, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, PQ

2003 De l‘objet comme Poétique esthétique with Jean-Pierre Morin Musée régionale de Rimouski, PQ

2001 Above and Below with Glen MacKinnon Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax. NS

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014 Silent Treatment Casa, Lethbridge, AB

2013 1912/2012 Made in Alberta MOCA, Calgary, AB

2011 Mapping a Prairie City Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

2006 Currents Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

2001 Pause Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

1996 Big Hat No Cattle Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

1995 Sculpture 95 Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB

1995 Basic Tools Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS

1992 Nature as Artifact Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB

1991 Some New Alberta Art Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB

1989 - 2017 Faculty/Staff Exhibitions University of Lethbridge, AB

AWARDS

2016 Alberta Foundations for the Arts Project Grant

2014 Alberta Foundations for the Arts Project Grant

2004 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant

2003 The Canada Council for the Arts Mid-Career Grant

2001 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant

1996 Standard Life Sculpture Competition Finalist, Calgary, AB.

1998 Canada Council for the Arts Mid-Career Grant

1990 Alberta Culture Project Grant

1988 Nova Scotia Tourism and Culture Exhibition Assistance Grant

1985 Alberta Heritage Trust Fund Louise McKinney Scholarship

1985 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Endowment Fund Grant

COLLECTIONS

2018 University of Lethbridge, Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB Big Hat No Cattle Collection

2000 Young Parkyn & McNab, Lethbridge, AB Hitode’

1996 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS Big Hat No Cattle Collection

1993 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB Untitled, 1991

1989 Nova Scotia Art Bank, Halifax, NS Study for Riding a Dark Horse

1998- Private Collections

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

2021 Migratory Paths Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald

2021 Migratory Paths Terry Vogt CTV Lethbridge

2017 Impossible really! Tammy Rollie Okotoks Today

2011 Between Material and Imagination Ryan Doherty Exhibition Essay

2010 Review Nancy Tousley Calgary Herald

2004 Mouvance Melanie Boucher Exhibition Essay

2003 De l’objet comme poétique esthétique Jocelyne Fortin Exhibition Essay

2001 Halifax-Lethbridge Matthew Riechertz Catalog Essay

2000 Stella Mere Julie Duschenes Catalog Essay

2000 Flow Tide Robin Peck Catalog Essay

1996 The White Bird Robin Metcalfe Arts Atlantic 54

1993 Transparence Dennis Gill Arts Atlantic 47

1989 Riding a Dark Horse Anna Marie Larsen+ Jeff Viner Arts Atlantic 34

1988 Ride for Your Life John Greer Exhibition Essay