Cain Park : Feinberg gallery : Opens June 12 through July 12, Artist Reception June 19th from 6 - 8 pm : Artist in attendance. Contact the office on premise to see the show during business hours. Gallery is open for one hour before each performance and at the last intermission of the evening.
"Protector of Souls" 4"x8" Ink on kaolin for Billy Shire Fine Arts Detail : "Mythic Voyage" 9"x12" Inks and kaolin for Billy Shire Fine Arts
+Billy Shire Fine Arts : Cathie Bleck, Donn Fritz, and Jenn Porreca Exhibition: August 8 through September 5, Opening reception Saturday, August 8 from 7-10pm. Cathie Bleck will be in attendance
+The Kokeshi Show-From Folk Art to Art Toy : Japanese American National Museum : Curated by Christina Conway : 100 contemporary artists : Opens July 11th through Oct 4, 2009 : Click here for more details on the artwork
+Comi Con : San Diego : Opens July 23 : Cathie Bleck will have one 18"x18" painting posted online July 6th : Group exhibition curated by Mark Murphy : Artists include: Tim Biskup, Ray Ceaser, Kevin Christy, Tony Fitzpatrick, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Gary Taxali, Chris Mars, Esther Pearl Watson, Mark Todd, Kent Williams, Martin Wittfooth
+Curated by Mark Murphy : Red Dot Silent Auction : June 13th : 12"x12" painting to be posted June 1st.
NEW PRINT RELEASE:
"A Choice" 48"x60" Inks, kaolin clay, 22K gold on clay board A special exhibition limited edition print of "A Choice" 24"x30" in an edition of 50 $300. Available at Meta Gallery
+Milton Glaser interviewed by Cathie Bleck for Communication Arts Magazine's 50th Anniversary Issue : Excerpts
Commissions
+University Hospitals of Cleveland commissioned "The Nurturary" A 36"x60" Inks and Kaolin painting for their new Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit : view Details of Artwork
"Possibilities 1", 10"x10" x2" SOLD "Course of the Horse", 10"x10"x2" SOLD from Art Basel : Gen Art Fair
backside and front of catalog Detail from "Renaissance" Detail from "Beauty Traps" "Aqua Regia 1" : Edition of 50 : Print size 8"x10" +Recent museum Exhibition
+ Youngstown, OH The Butler Institute of American Art "Becoming Human" : Solo Exhibition : New Work September 14 through November 7th, 2008
This exquisite relief print entitled "Raptured Landscape" is offered in an edition of 20, custom framed and hand signed and numbered by Cathie Bleck. Printed by accomplished master printmaker Brad Keech from Denver, CO, this limited edition print is floated on black linen fabric and encased in an ebony 3 inch wood frame with museum quality acrylic glazing and includes a certificate of authenticity. Order Print
+ "Open Spaces" : The Definitive Art Collection from Cathie Bleck
"Open Spaces" is an artist signed, high-quality limited edition that archives the works of Cathie Bleck, published by Murphy Books and Archived in the Library of Congress
+Collector's limited edition books with artist's limited edition fine art etchings available online. View prints and slipcase in the "Editions".
You can find Open Spaces book at several fine book stores including: Hennessey and Ingalls in California, Rizzoli's in New York City, The New Britain Museum of American Art in Hartford area CT, The Butler Museum in Youngstown, OH and Loganberry Books as well as Appletree Books in Cleveland, OH.
"Aqua Regia": Meta Gallery : February 20th through March 29, 2009 www.metagallery.com
+Metropolitan Galleries : "Influences" Closes Friday, January 23rd at Shaker Square in Shaker Heights, OH : For sales and further information contact Rayleen Nani at www.metropolitangalleries.net
+Miami Gen Art Vanguard Show at Art Basel : 2 pieces exhibited at the "Know" exhibitioncurated by Mark Murphy : Show runs Dec 4-7
+ Youngstown, OH The Butler Institute of American Art "Becoming Human" : Solo Exhibition : New Work September 14 through November 7th, 2008
+New Britain, CT : Cathie Bleck : Retrospective : The New Britain Museum of American Art : February 8 through May 4, 2008
+Toronto "Mapmakers : Visions in Contemporary Art" at Meta Gallery : Group Exhibition with Mars- 1, Raul Casillus, Alex Grey, Dean Chamberlain, Ben Tour amoung others www.metagallery.com September 5th through Oct 12th 2008 +Santa Monica, CA Robert Berman Gallery : November 17th 7pm 2007 "Green" Exihibition currated by Mark Murphy : Show runs through Dec. 22 "Green Exhibition"
+Venice, Italy MOSTRA IX Biennial of Illustration and Graphics : January 8 - 27, 2008 SPAZIOEVENTI Mondadori : website address: http://www.teatrio.it International exhibition of 43 women artists : Past exhibitions of this show: Rome: Villa Poniatowski, April 23 - June 3, 2006 Naples: Egg's Castle-Sala delle Terrazze, August 3 - September 20, 2007
+Miami, FL : Know Exhibition : Art Basel Miami : Murphy Design: December 6-9, 2007 : Claremont Hotel : Miami Beach +Press +Lou Zona, Director of The Butler Institute of American Art, 2008 Cathie Bleck is a unique talent. At a time when the visual arts have been dominated by various forms of conceptualism, it's great to find an artist still capable of exciting us on a purely visual level. This is not to say that Bleck's work is not about ideas, it most certainly is. But what attracts us to her imagery is its ability to grab our attention via the brilliant use of light and dark and an innovative approach to depicting familiar themes. Her style is both remarkably original and wonderfully executed. We so often hear the criticism about contemporary art that so much of it is void of demonstrable skill. Cathie Bleck's work is a celebration of skill. It is also shows us that form is still pertinent and all that Cezanne taught us about the manipulation of visual elements is still relevant in the 21st century. The art of Cathie Bleck looks back to a time when the purely visual was held dear; but, it is also about creativity and that level of originality that we have come to associate with our contemporary world. The Butler Institute is proud to host this exhibition of the work of Cathie Bleck . She is clearly an artist who represents the talent, vision and vitality of the best of American art, past and present.
+Douglas Hyland, Director of The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT 2008
Cathie Bleck's inventive, intricate paintings and scratchboard drawings are so immediately arresting that they commend our instant and full attention. On close examination there are interwoven into the design human figures, animals, trees, vines, tendrils and leaves, each with its own significance. When you hear Bleck explain the personal nature and biographical importance of each detail a wondrous tale emerges. However, even without her narrative, the viewer can imagine a mythic arrangement of cosmic forces at work shaping the destiny of the assembled cast of characters. Our early 21st century sensibilities notwithstanding, her art works have a universal appeal that transcends a particular time and place because they delight the beholder. The same can be written of her book illustrations that give life and substance to the abstraction of mere words.
+ Evelyn Theiss, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 19, 2008, Arts Section “Artist Cathie Bleck tells stories with powerful works”
+Katherine R. Leiber, Artscope.net review, 2006 "Open Spaces : I Space Gallery"
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