Biog - Cathy van Ee

Artist Cathy van Ee

Professional Profile

Artist
Illustrator
Tutor & Mentor
Writer
Art Judge
Gallery Manager and Curator

Over 5 years managing and curating art exhibitions for the Walker Street Gallery – Victorian Regional Art Gallery

Sponsorship Coordinator
Design Manager and Art Director – for Penguin Books Australia and Australian “Philatelic” Stamp Design.

Over the 13 years in these roles,

Graphic Designer

Education

1986 Degree ‘Bachelor of Arts’, Swinburne University of Technology, Art & Design
1986-8 Life Drawing, Swinburne University of Technology
1989-93 Pastel Painting, Lyn Mellady Studio
1990-2 Portraiture, Fiona Bilborough Studio
1993-4 Life Drawing, Peninsula Arts Society Studio
1998-9 Life Portraiture, Victorian Artists Society
2003-19 Life Drawing/Life Portrait Painting Peninsula Arts Society Studio
2009 Certificate 4 Training and Assessment, Chisholm Institute
2014 Painting, David Chen Studio, Balwyn North
2015 Painting, Scottsdale Artists’ School, Arizona with David Leffel & Sherrie McGraw
2021 Ongoing plein air and portrait life painting art practice

Acknowledgements

2018-20 Conducting painting workshops in Tuscany, Italy (the 2020 trip to Venice and Bay of Poets, Italy cancelled due to Covid)
2015-19 Ambassador Artist for the Mornington Art Show
2015 First artist to be commissioned to demonstrate portraiture from a live model at the Camberwell Art show, to the public
2015 Certificate of appreciation, People painting People Victorian Art Society
2009 Commissioned to paint ‘A Gathering of Greats – 150 years of football in Castlemaine. On public display at the Market building in Castlemaine

Awards and Finalist in

2021 Finalist Alice Bale Painting Art Prize
2021 Highly Commended Mornington Art Show
2021 Commended Mornington Art Show
2020 Presidents Award, Pastel Society of Victoria
2018 Finalist Inaugural Collie Art Prize W.A.
2018 Winner, Art Show Chelsea
2017 Highly Commended, The Pastel Society of Victoria
2017 Highly Commended, Best Pastel Mornington Art Show
2017 Commended, Rotary Annual Art Show
2016 Highly Commended Best Pastel, Mornington Art Show
2016 Highly Commended Landscape, Pastel Society of Victoria
2015 Winner Best Oil in Show, Mornington Art Exhibition,
2015 Highly Commended Photography, Rotary Club of Langwarrin
2015 Highly Commended, Portrait Yakkerboo Festival Art Show
2014 Special Mention – Story and Painting AGRA President’s Challenge
2014 Finalist A.M.E Bale Travelling Scholarship, Alice Bale Art Prize
2012 Commended Portrait/Figurative Berwick Artfest,
2012 Bronze Prize Portraiture Category 36th Yakkerboo Festival Art Show
2010 Winner, Urban Scene 34th Yakkerboo Festival Art Show
2010 Commended, Figure 34th Yakkerboo Festival Art Show
2010 Finalist Favourite Subjects. Prize a 10 – page article in Australian Artist Magazine
1992 Winner, Best Designed Book of the Year. Australian Book Publishers Association (ABPA),
1992 Winner, Best Designed Illustrated Children’s Book. Australian Book Publishers Association (ABPA),
1991 Shortlisted, Best Illustrated Children’s Book Australian Book Publishers Association (ABPA)
1991 Highly Commended, Best Designed Children’s Book of the Year. Australian Book Publishers Association (ABPA),

Solo Exhibitions

2018 Traditional Portraiture, Peninsula Art Society
2015 Insight, Kingston Art Centre, Moorabbin
2012 Painted Memories, St Nicholas, Gallery & Events, Mordialloc
2005 Reflections in Colour, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
2001 Postmark, Gallery 101, Melbourne.
2000 Traditional Portraiture, Van Ee Gallery, Richmond

Group Exhibitions

2021 Alice Bale Painting Art Prize
2021 Mornington Art Exhibition
2020 Pastel Society of Victoria
2020 Mornington Art Exhibition
2019 Pastel Society of Victoria
2019 Mornington Art Exhibition
2019 Pastel Society of Victoria
2018 Alice Bale Scholarship Art Prize
2018 Camberwell Art Show
2018 Art Show Chelsea
2018 Collie Art Prize W.A.
2018 Mornington Art Exhibition
2018 Pastel Society of Victoria
2017 Camberwell Art Show
2017 Art Show Chelsea
2016 Mornington Art Show
2016 Pastel Society of Victoria
2016 Camberwell Art Show
2016 Yakkerboo Festival Art Show
2016 AGRA Australian Guild of Realist Artist – Drawing
2016 St Kevin’s Art Show
2015 Mornington Art Exhibition
2015 Rotary Art Show – Langwarrin
2015 Art Show – Box Hill Town Hall
2015 Camberwell Art Show
2015 The Pastel Society of Victoria
2015 Yakkerboo Festival Art Show
2014 Mornington Art Exhibition
2014 AGRA Australian Guild of Realist Artist – President’s Challenge
2014 Camberwell Art Show
2014 Alice Bale Scholarship Award
2014 50th Art Show – Box Hill Town Hall
2014 Brialyn Boathouse Fine Art Gallery
2013 Spring Art Show, Peninsula Art Society
2013 Mornington Art Exhibition
2013 AGRA – Australian Guild of Realist Artist
2012 Berwick Artfest Exhibition
2012 36th Yakkerboo Festival Art Show
2012 Mornington Art Show
2010 Australian Artist Magazine
1999 Artback Exhibition
1998 Artback Exhibition
1998 Victorian Artists Society Galleries
1993 Alice Bale Art Award Exhibition
1992 Brialyn Group Exhibition

Corporate and Private Collections

Private Collections
Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, England, Ireland, Canada, and Belgium.

Public Collection
2018 Holt Armistice 100 years
2009 Sir Neville Marriner – London
2001 Headmaster Portrait – Geoffry G Ryan, PRINCIPAL, Westbourne Grammar
2003 Headmaster Portrait – Mrs Gillian M. Eadie, PRINCIPAL Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington NZ
2003 Historic Football Grandstand – Frankston
2009 ‘A Gathering of Greats’- 150 Years of Football in Castlemaine’, Market Building Castlemaine
2011 Headmaster Portrait – Stuart N Johnston, PRINCIPAL, The Peninsula School

Live painting demonstrations conducted for:

2021 Camberwell Art show – Landscape (Coming)
2021 McClelland Guild of Artists – Portrait (Coming)
2021 PSVA – Pastel Society of Victoria – Landscape
2020 PSVA – Pastel Society of Victoria – Critique Session to members on Zoom
2019 Berwick Art Society – Portrait
2019 Camberwell Art Show – Landscape
2019 Kilmore Art Society – Portrait
2019 McClelland Guild of Artists – Portrait
2019 Mornington Art Show – Landscape
2019 Oz Art Gallery – Landscape
2019 PSVA – Pastel Society of Victoria – Portrait
2018 Oz Art Gallery – Landscape
2018 Camberwell Art Show – Portrait
2018 Mornington Art Show – Landscape
2018 PSVA – Pastel Society of Victoria – Portrait
2017 Berwick Art Society – Landscape
2017 Camberwell Art Show – Landscape
2017 Mornington Art Show – Landscape
2017 Oz Art Gallery – Landscape
2017 Peninsula Art Society – Portrait
2017 Ringwood Art Society – Portrait
2017 Oz Art Gallery – 2nd Landscape
2016 Brialyn Boat House Gallery of Fine Art – Portrait
2016 Camberwell Art Show – Portrait from Life
2016 McClelland Guild of Artists – Still Life
2016 Mornington Art Show – Portrait
2016 PSVA – Pastel Society of Victoria – Portrait from Life
2015 AGRA Australian Guild of Realist Artist – Portrait
2015 Berwick Art Society – Still Life
2015 Brialyn Boat House Gallery of Fine Art – Portrait
2015 Box Hill Art Show – Portrait
2015 Camberwell Art Show – Portrait from Life
2015 McClelland Guild of Artists – Portrait
2015 Mornington Art Show – Landscape
2015 PSVA – Pastel Society of Victoria – Portrait
2015 Victorian Arts Society – 2 x Portraits from Life
2014 Berwick Art Society – Portrait
2014 Brialyn Boat House Gallery of Fine Art – Portrait
2014 Box Hill Art Show – Portrait
2014 Peninsula Art Society – Landscape
2014 PSVA – Pastel Society of Victoria – Landscape
2013 McClelland Guild of Artists – Portrait
2013 Peninsula Art Society – Landscape
2013 St Nicholas Gallery – Portrait

PUBLICATIONS

2022 Cathy van Ee, Author of – The Intuitive Artist (eBook published on this website)
2021 Sue Rochford, Feature article, Vic Pastel-Newsletter of the Pastel Society of Victoria, Vic Pastel, April/May, p.10
2019 Cathy van Ee, Australian Artist Feature Article, Finding the likeness in your portraits, Vol 421, July issue, p.28 – 37
2019 Palette News McClelland Guild of Artists, Cover + Pastel Portrait Demonstration, Vol 37 Issue 3 May/June edition, p.6
2019 Palette News McClelland Guild of Artists , A master in pastel portraiture, Vol 37 Issue 4 July/August edition, p.4
2019 Western Port News, Artist feature and judge at show, January 16, p.5
2018 Special Feature, Provenance Artists Inc. January issue, Australian Artist
2018 Cathy van Ee, VicPastel, Cover + Design, Shapes and Rhythms, June/July edition, P.3
2018 Mornington Leader, Friends, family, neighbours star in artwork, December 18, p.3
2018 ‘Lest We Forget’ The Holt Centenary of the Armistice: Fine Art Exhibition, When everything stopped, p.6
2018 Australian Artist Feature Article, Cover + The Armistice 100 Year Fine Art Exhibition, Vol 415, January p.22
2016 VicPastel, Cathy van Ee’s portrait demonstration, April/May edition p.6
2016 VicPastel, Development of a pastel landscape, June/July edition, p.13
2016 Lyn Leine, VicPastel, You never stop growing in art, August/September edition, p.12
2016 VicPastel, October/November edition, p.16
2016 Australian Artist Magazine, Exhibition Demonstration: Cathy van Ee, Vol 389 November edition, p.68
2016 Palette News, McClelland Guild of Artists, Cover + Still Life in Pastels, Volume 34 Issue 5, September/October edition p.7
2015 Kath McCann, Cathy van Ee in Scottsdale, AGRA HUES The Australian Guild of Realist Artists, No.207 April-May p.12
2015 Cathy van Ee, The benefits of having a go, Australian Artist Magazine No.373 July p58
2015 Peninsula Art Society Studio News, Portraiture – a popular win, August Cover p.1
2015 Alex Munro, An evening with Cathy van Ee, Peninsula Art Society Studio News, April, p.4
2015 Cover Illustration, VicPastel, February/March
2015 Cathy van Ee’s demonstration in pictures, VicPastel, June/July p.10
2015 Mornington News, February edition p.15
2014 ‘Day of Demos’, The Peninsula Arts Society Studio News, June p.1
2014 ‘Art demonstration for Box Hill students’, RC Box Hill Bulletin – Vol 59 No 5
2014 Anne Taylor, ‘An excellent lesson on pastel painting’, Vic Pastel-Newsletter of the Pastel Society of Victoria, August-September, p.8
2014 VicPastel, October/November, back cover
2014 Kathleen Munro, Cathy van Ee and Pamela Pretty, Pastels, The Peninsula Arts Society Studio News, June Cover
2014 Sally Heppleston, Students learn art from a master, Box Hill Leader, p.13
2014 Anne Taylor, An excellent lesson on pastel painting, VicPastel, August/September, p.8
2012 Arty News St Nic’s, Mordialloc Chelsea Leader, 22 August, p.13
2012 Stuart N Johnston, From the Principal, Peninsula Profile, p.3
2011 ‘Central Australian Landscape’, The Peninsula Arts Society Studio News, June, p.7
2010 Cathy van Ee, Back to basics for better portrait studies, Cover & Feature article, Australian Artist Magazine, November Edition, p.40 – 49
2010 Peninsula Arts Society Studio News, Cathy van Ee Demonstration, November Issue, p.8
2009 My Week, The Sunday Age, 11 January, p.17
2009 ‘Castlemaine takes art in proud history’, The Weekly Times-Castlemaine, June p.67
2009 Luke West, ‘Castlemaine honours 25 of its greatest players’, The Advertiser- Castlemaine, June, p.87
2008 Australian Artist, Finalist, My partner Alan, p.17
2006 ‘Noble winners worthy of 50th birthday community art awards’, Star-Noble Park, June 7
2006 Andrea Kellett, Fifty years of fantastic photos, The Leader, 30 January p.5
2006 Marg Stork, Loving willow history, Journal, May 15 p.21
2005 Marg Stork, ‘Gallery draws talent’, Fairfax Community Newspapers-Dandenong, April p.6
2005 Marg Stork, ‘Colourful look at artist’s reflections’ Fairfax Community Newspapers-Dandenong, September
2005 ‘Reflections on art’ The Dandenong Independent, October, p.7 – 8
2005 Melinda Marshall, ‘New image emerges’, The Leader-Dandenong, October
2001 Herald Sun, Profile, Money Section 2, 15 January, p.30
2001 Alison Barclay, ‘First past the post’, Herald Sun, Arts & Entertainment, 9 June, p.113
2001 Rowena Stretton, In The Loop, Melbourne Weekly Magazine, June 24-30, p.6
2001 Jeff Makin, review – Choice Views, The Herald Sun, 29 March
2001 Clark Forbes, Inside Story. Herald Sun Home Magazine, January 27 p.27
2001 101 Collins, quarterly volume 4 No.1, p.7
2000 Zelda Cawthorne, ‘Portraitist leaves her stamp’, The Australian, The Arts, 1 December, p.38
1998 Australian Post Design Team, Design Graphics, issue 41
1996 Geoffrey Dutton, A Rare Bird: Penguin Books in Australia 1946-96, Penguin Books Australia
1994 Feature article, Hues; The Australian Guild of Realist Artists, no.82
1983 Design Education Survey, Swinburne Institute, Design World, no.3