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DONNA CATOTTI, ARTIST RESUME

P.O. Box 1154, Haines, AK 99827    (907) 766-2707  (907) 314-3019

www.donnacatotti.com      email: catotti.alaska@yahoo.com

www.artstudioalaska.com

Born: Bennington, Vermont 1950

EXHIBITIONS, COMPETITIONS, COMMISSIONS & PUBLICATIONS (some group shows not listed)

2023 11th Annual Booth Art Guild Juried Exhibition, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA, May 16 – Aug. 13 for “Still Life in Blue”
2023 Southeastern Pastel Society “All About Pastel” Members Juried Exhibition, Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, GA, Apr. 20- June 20, for “Sunset Colors at Crescent Beach”
2023 Pastel Society of the West Coast Members Online Show (MOOS), opening March 1, for “Sunset Colors at Crescent Beach”
2023 Scottsdale (AZ) Artists School “Best and Brightest”, Feb. 18 – March 18, for “Primary Colors”
2022 Southeastern Pastel Society “All About Pastel”, Alpharetta (GA) Arts Center, Oct. 31- Nov. 29, for “High Sierra Winter Blues”
2022 CLWAC Members Show at Ridgewood (NJ) Art Institute, Sept. 1- Oct. 1, for “Primary Colors” and “Still Life with Cherries”

2022  CLWAC Associate and Members Juried Show at Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT, Sept. 30-Nov. 10 for “Arizona Healer” and “Tied Up at Paradise Cove”

2022  Pastel Society of So. California International Online Open “Make Your Mark”, Aug. 1-30, for “A Wise Decision on the Chilkat River Flats” and “Lynn Canal from Viking Cove”

2022  PSWC 36th Annual Pastels USA International Open “99 Voices in Pastel”, Art Center Morro Bay, CA, June 30-

August 7 for “High Sierra Winter Blues”

2022  American Women Artists Spring Online Juries Show for “A Wise Decision on the Chilkat River Flats”

2022  Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 125th International Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, NY, June 20 – June 30 for “Arizona Healer”

2022  10th Annual Booth Artists’ Guild Exhibition, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA, May17-Aug. 14 for “Primary Colors”

2022  3rd Place Award Southeastern Pastel Society “Make Your Mark” International Online Juried Exhibit, April 16-June 1 for “Across the Lynn Canal from

Viking Cove”

2022  3rd Place Award Pastel Society of the West Coast Members Show (MOOS), March 1 open online, for “A Wise Decision on the Chilkat River Flats,

Haines, Alaska”

2021  Richeson 75 Portrait Figure Competition, Meritorious Recognition for ” Arizona Healer” and “Ready for the Dance”

2021  CLWAC Members Show, Van Vleck House and Gardens, Montclair, NJ, Oct. 14-28, “Still Life with Cherries”

2021  OPA Salon Show, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA, June 10 – Aug. 7, “Circa 1703 – Elsfreth Alley”

2021  Catharine Lorillard Art Club 124th Annual Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, May 23-June 5, for “Ready for the Dance”

2021  9th Annul Booth Artists Guild, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA, May 11 – Aug. 22 for “Still Life with Cherries”

2021  Scottsdale (AZ) Artists’ School “Best and Brightest” Show, Feb. 18 – March 19 for “Circa 1703 – Elsfreth Alley”

2021  Pastel Society of the West Coast’s Members Only Onlline Show, March 1, “High Sierra Winter Blues”

2020  PSWC’s 34th Annual PASTELS USA International Open Exhibition, Online Sept. 20, 2020 for “Autumn Tidal Flats on the Chilkat River”

2020   AWA’s “Making Their Mark: American Women Artists”, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA, May 27-Aug. 23,

“One Hundred and Ten years Later – A Tribute to H.W. Watrous”

2020   Scottsdale Artists’ School “Best and Brightest 2020” Show, Feb. 20-March 19, “Still Life with Cherries”

2020   Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 123rd Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC, Jan. 7-31, “Circa 1703 – Elsfreth Alley”

2019   Guest Curator for Portrait Society of America Alaska Members Show, Davis Gallery, Juneau, Dec. 6-Feb. 29

2019   “Complementary Colors – ALASKA to ARIZONA”  Two-person show with Rob Goldberg, Haines Sheldon Museum, opens August 2 – Septembe 14

2019  The New South 4, Juried Works on Paper, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, June 7 – July 26, for 3 serigraphs

2019  1st Place in Oils and Acrylics, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members Online Exhibition, June 1-August for “One Hundred and Ten Years Later…”

2019   Pastels USA 2019, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, May 16 – July 14, “Across the Lynn Canal from Viking Cove”

2019   7th Annual Booth Artists’ Guild Exhibition, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA, May 14 – Aug. 25, “One Hundred and Ten Years Later” and

“Long Shadow on Yellow”

2019   Atlanta Print Biennial, March 8- April 6, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA, “Sailboats in Paradise Cove” and “Waiting for the Tide – Alaska”

2019   Catharine Lorillard Art Club 122nd Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC, Jan. 8-26, “One Hundred and Ten Years Later”

2018   Santa Barbara Printmakers Fall Juried Exhibition, Jewish Federation of SB, Aug. 17- Oct. 25

2018   Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, June 4-15, “Still Life in Yellow”

2018   Southeastern Pastel Society 18th International Juried Exhibition, Oglethorpe Univeristy Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, May 11 – June 24, for “Blues Harp”

and “Paradise Cove Remnants of the Past”

2018   Scottsdale Artists School Juried “Best and Brightest Show”  Feb. 8 – March 31, 2018, Scottsdale, AZ, for “Long Shadow on Yellow”

2018   Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 121st Open Exhibition finalist, National Arts Club, NYC, Jan. 9-26 for “Keeping the Tradition From Afar”

2017   Alaska State Council on the Arts purchase of “Autumn Tidal Flats on the Chilkat River” for Alaska Contemporary Art Bank

2017   American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition, “Under a Vast Sky”, finalist, Tucson Desert Art Musuem,  Oct. 13 – Dec. 3, “Autumn Tidal Flats

on the Chilkat River”

2017   Guest Curator for Portrait Society Alaskan Members Show, Sheldon Museum, Haines, AK, June 2- July 30

2017   Southeastern Pastel Society Juried Members Show, Merit Award for “Autumn Tidal Flats on the Chilkat River”, Stone Mountain, GA, April 8- May 13

2017   Richeson 75 Still Life and Floral Show, meritorious recognition in exhibit catalog for “Onion Harvest”

2017   Richeson 75 Small Works Show, meritorious recognition in exhibit catalog, for “Skunk Cabbage”

2017   Shagaf International Printmaking Exhibition in Dubai, Zayed University, U.A.E., February

2017   Scottdale Artists’ School “Best and Brightest” Juried Art Show, Feb. 9 – March 31, “Still Life with Grand Canyon Driftwood”

2016   Solo Exhibition,  New and Local Paintings, Wild Iris Gallery, Haines, AK, Dec. 2-31

2016   Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 120th Open Exhibition finalist, National Arts Club, NYC, Nov. 29-Dec. 16, “Dream Studies”, Ridgewood Art Institute

Award for excellence in painting

2016   Richeson 75 Portrait/Figure Competition finalist, Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI, Oct. 21 – Dec. 3, “Keeping the Tradition From Afar”

2016   Solo Exhibition, “Keeping the Tradition”, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council Gallery, Juneau,      AK, Sept. 2 – 30

2016   Richeson 75 Still Life Competition, online and publication, “Tlingit Closet Regalia”

2016   American Women Artists, Members-only Spring Online Competition, “Tlingit Closet Regalia”

2016   New Works, Alaska Arts Confluence, Haines, AK, Opening Feb. 5

2016   Visual Art Center 10th National Art Exhibition, Punta Gorda, FL, Jan. 29 – March 12, “Dream Studies”

2016   Best and Brightest Show, Scottsdale Artists School, AZ, Jan. 8-Feb. 27, “Keeping theTradition From Afar” (color study)

2015   Portrait Society of America Members-only Competition, First Merit Award Still Life, “Tlingit Closet Regaila”

2015   Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 119th Open Exhibition finalist, National Arts Club, New York City, Dec. 1-18, “Girl With Peacock Earrings”

2015   Richeson 75 Portrait/Figure, Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI, Oct. 20-Dec. 5, “Dream Studies”

2015   Boston Printmakers North American Biennial, Boston, MA, Nov. 8-Dec. 12, “Waiting for the Tide”

2015   Pastel Society of America, “Enduring Brilliance”, National Arts Club, NYC, Sept. 8-26, “Fishing Buddies”

2015   Guest Curator for “Portraits – People in Paint”, Sheldon Museum, Haines, AK, June 19-July 25

2014   CLWAC 118th Open Exhibition finalist, National Arts Club, New York City, Dec. 2-19, “Waiting for the Wave”

2014   Catotti and Goldberg New Works, Aurora Fine Art, Anchorage, AK, Opening June 6, 2014

2013   Richeson 75 Portrait/Figure Competition finalist, Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI, Sept. 16- Oct.25, “Girl With Peacock Earrings”

2013   Solo show, “Faces and Figures”, Sheldon Museum, Haines, AK, June 7-July 20

2013   Salon International Juried Exhibition finalist, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, April 13-May 3, “Dancer at the Window”

2013   “Pastel 100” Competition finalist, Pastel Journal, April issue, “Beach Rocks and Clouds”

2013   “Over 60 “ Competition, Artists’ Magazine, March issue, one of ten winners for “Waiting for the Wave”

2013   Southwest Art Magazine, May issue, half page feature for “Pastel 100” competition

2012   Richeson 75 Portrait/Figure Competition finalist, Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI, Oct. 8,-Dec. 12, “Waiting for the Wave”

2012   Alaska State Fair, Palmer, 1st Place Oils, & Judge’s Choice Ribbon, “Buckskin Bill of Salmon River”

2012   Haggin Museum National Art Competition, July 5-Sept. 2, Stockton, CA,  “Dancer at the Window”

2012   “Captain Lucy Harrell, MV Whisker III”, portrait commission for Haines Assisted Living

2012   Richeson 75 Portrait Figure Competition, Meritorious Recognition in exhibit catalog for “Wind in Her Hair”

2010   1% for the Arts, Harborview Elementary, Juneau, AK, “Harbor Views from Sea to Sky”, etched glass

2009   “In the Footsteps of Thomas Moran”,  Zion National Park, Utah,  Invitational Paint-Out,

-Bingham Gallery, Mt. Carmel, Utah,  April 14 – May 26

-Zion National Park Human History Museum, April 14 – May 26

2009   KHNS Public Radio Artist of the Year, print published

2008   “Zion National Park: A Century of Sanctuary”, juried group show and hardback publication, St. George Art Museum, Utah, August 22, 2008 to May, 2009

2008   1% for the Arts, Haines, AK Public School, 32’ curved bench and etched glass windows

2007   “Serigraphs by Donna Catotti – 26 Years of Hand Printed Originals” -Complete Retrospective, Sheldon Museum, Haines, Alaska,  April 27 to June 8

-Pacific Grove Art Center, California  July 20 to August 30, solo show

-Catotti & Goldberg Retrospective Exhibit,  Harbinger Gallery, Arnold, CA, July 28-Aug. 31.

2005   Donna Catotti Paintings,  First National Bank, Haines, AK,  November

2004   Catotti and Goldberg, New Works, Harbinger Gallery, Arnold, CA, July 2-August 4

2003   Gallery Walk Featured Artist, Ad Lib Gallery, Juneau, AK, December

2003   Catotti and Goldberg, New Works, Harbinger Gallery, Arnold, CA, July 4-August 1

2002   1% for the Arts, Alaska Marine Highway Building, Juneau, AK, 31 etched glass windows

2001   Catotti and Goldberg, New Works, Harbinger Gallery, Arnold, CA, May 25-July 1

2001   Alaska Bald Eagle Festival Artist of the Year, print published

2001   Cover Artist of the Year, Alaska Bar Association Brochure

2000   Artist of the Year, Bear Valley Music Festival, CA, print published

2000   International Artist Magazine, Feb.-March issue, painting published

2000   Pastel Artist International Magazine, January issue, painting published

1999   Gallery Walk Featured Artist, Rainsong Gallery, Juneau, AK, December

1999   KHNS Public Radio Artist of the Year, print published

1995   Catotti and Goldberg, New Paintings, Harbinger Gallery, Arnold, CA, Dec. 9-Jan. 5

1995   Catotti and Goldberg, New Paintings and Serigraphs, House of Wood, Fairbanks, AK, April

1995   Alaska Bald Eagle Festival Artist of the Year, print published

1993   State of the Art ‘93, New England Fine Arts Institute’s National Invitational Exhibition, Boston, MA

1993   Catotti & Goldberg, New Paintings and Serigraphs, House of Wood, Fairbanks, AK, September

1993   Catotti and Goldberg Paintings and Serigraphs, Anne Saunders Gallery, Jamestown, CA, April 2-30

1992   “Florida Déjà Vu”, Art Collector Gallery, Gainesville, FL, solo show, Feb 22-March 28

1992   Harbinger Magazine, Cover Art for winter issue

1991   KHNS Public radio Artist of the Year, print published

1990   1% for the Arts Commission, 24 Paintings and Serigraphs for Bartlett Hospital, Juneau, AK

1990   Florida Images X, Art Collector Gallery, Gainesville, FL, June, group show

1990   Sunbird Gallery Second Annual Watercolor Show, Los Altos, CA, April 26-May 13, group show

1989   “Local Color- Paintings of the High Sierra”, The Lodge at Bear Valley, CA, solo show

1989   Florida Images IX, Art Collector Gallery, Gainesville, FL, June, group show

1989   Sunbird Gallery First Annual Watercolor Show, Los Altos, CA, March 18- April 9, group show

1989   Sierra Heritage Invitational, Kernville, CA, February, group show

1988   Florida Images VIII, Art Collector Gallery, Gainesville, FL, June, group show

1988   Pastel Society of the West Coast National Open Show, 3 pieces, April 5-May 1, juried show

1988   “Images of Nepal”, Thomas Center Galleries, Gainesville, FL, March 26-Apr. 28, solo show

1987   Recent Work, La Maida House, Los Angeles, CA, May, solo show

1987   Recent Work, Natural Image Gallery, Arnold, CA, March 22-Apr. 30, solo show

1987   Best of Graphics for “Afternoon Serenity” serigraph, Alpine County, CA Art Competition

1986   Serigraphs Show, Stanford University, CA, June, solo show

1986   Best of Show for “Oh Be Joyful” watercolor (40”x60”) and Best of Graphics for “Blue and White Iris”, Alpine County Art Competition

1985   “Southwest Landscapes”, Grand Canyon National Park Visitor Center, AZ, September, solo show

1985   “Southwest Landscapes”, Driftwood Gallery, Springdale, UT, August 17-Sept. 4, solo show

1985   “Grand Canyon: A River Runner’s View”, Running Ridge Gallery, Ojai, CA, May 11-27, solo show

1985   “Sierra Landscapes and Wildflowers”, The Lodge at Bear Valley, CA, March, solo show

1985   Best of Drawing for “Aspens in Jelmini Basin”, pastel, Alpine County, CA Art Competition

1984   “Canyon Art”, Grand Canyon National Park Visitor Center, AZ, May, solo show

1984   “Inside Grand Canyon”, La Maida House, Los Angeles, CA, April, solo show

1983   Recent Works, Rancho Santa Fe Library, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, May, solo show

1981   Recent Works, E. H. Dyke Gallery, Pacific Grove Arts Center, CA, November 20-Dec. 12, solo show

1980   “Colors of Nature”, Pacific Grove Art Center, CA, Dec. 3-Jan.5, solo show

EDUCATION

2015-2019   Studio Incamminati, Host “In Your Town” painting workshops with instructors from Philly in Haines, AK

2012, 2014-2019   Portrait Society of America Conferences, April, Atlanta and Washington DC

2017   Studio Incamminati,  Sculpture with Steve Perkins, Master Portrait with Lea Wight and Darren Kingsley

2017   Scottsdale Artists School, plein air workshop with Kate Starling

2017   “Color of Light” pastel workshop with Sally Strand, Atlanta, GA

2014   Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, two weeks advanced portrait/figure with Lea Wight and Kerry Dunn

2014   Scottsdale Artists’ School, figure painting workshop with Max Ginsburg

2013   Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, two week intensive Portrait/Figure workshop, August

2002   Scottsdale Artists’ School, workshop with Rosalind Cook, “Sculpting Children”

1996   Scottsdale Artists’ School, workshop with Michael Lynch, “Plein-air in Oils”

1995   Scottsdale Artists’ School, workshop with Ron Riddick, Oils

1992   Workshops with John Seerey-Lester in Florida, Oils

1991   Scottsdale Artists’ School, Workshop with Lincoln Fox, sculpture

1990   Ultima Thule Arts Symposium, week of workshops and plein-air painting, Haines, AK, May

1990   Scottsdale Artists’ School, workshop with Terrence Coyle, “Anatomy and Figure Painting”

1990   Scottsdale Artists’ School, workshop with Thomas Buechner, “Portrait Painting of the Dutch Masters”

1984   Studies with internationally known classical master Theodore Lukits in his Los Angeles studio

1976   Post graduate studies in the Fine Arts Department, University of Florida

1973   Bachelor of Design with high honors, University of Florida, Dept. of Architecture, Gainesville, FL

1968   Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS AND CLASSES

2012-2018   Southeast Alaska State Fair, Demonstrating artist from life

2010   Southeast Alaska Artfest, Instructor for high school silkscreen students, April

2010   Southeast Alaska State Fair, daily painting demonstrations, July 28-Aug.1

2008   Southeast Alaska State Fair, daily silkscreen demonstrations, July 24-27

1991-1995   Arts on the Ferries Program, twice yearly, 3 days each, classes and demos

1991   Scottsdale Artists’ School, Best and Brightest Show, March 14-16, demo in pastel with live model

1987, 1985, 1984   Artist in Residence, Bear Valley, CA Elementary School, alpine County Arts Council

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Portrait Society of America,  Ambassador for the state of Alaska,

Oil Painters of America, Pastel Society of America, American Women Artists, Allied Artists of America, Southeastern Pastel Society, Catharine Lorrrilard Art Club,

Audobon Artists

CURRENT GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

Aurora Fine Art, Anchorage, AK

Scanlon Gallery, Ketchikan, AK

Extreme Dreams Gallery, Haines, AK

Wild Iris, Haines, AK

Mario’s Gift Shop, Haines, AK

Juneau Arts and Humanities, Juneau AK

Ad Lib Gallery, Juneau AK

Artists’ Cove, Sitka, AK

Sitka Rose Gallery, Sitka, AK

Lynch and Kennedy, Skagway, AK

Sea Lion Gallery, Homer, AK