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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
Born: Bennington, Vermont 1950
EXHIBITIONS, COMPETITIONS, COMMISSIONS & PUBLICATIONS (some group shows not listed)
2024 Portrait Society of America Members Competition, finalist i n the Still Life Category for “Still Life in Blue”
2024 CLWAC 127th Annual Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, Nov. 18 – Dec. 7 for “Dad’s Amaryllis”
2024 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Small Works Show, Salmagundi Club, NYC, Nov. 18 – Dec. 7 for “Lemon and Lime”
2024 Oil Painters of America Western Regional, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ, Oct. 12 – Jan. 5 for “Still life in Blue”
2024 American Women Artists “Expanding Horizons”, Loveland (CO) Museum, Sept. 14 – Nov. 10 for “Lhamo and Her Daughter – Tibetan Refugees in Nepal”
2024 12th Annual Booth Artists Guild, Borderlands Gallery at Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA, May 14-August 11, “On the Edge of Time”
2024 CLWAC Members Show, Lyme Art Association, OLd Lyme, CT, April 19-May 30, “Dad’s Amaryllis”
2024 Southeastern Pastel Society, “All About Pastels”, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA, April 20-June1, for “Sunset Colors at Crescent Beach”
2024 Scottsdale (AZ) Artists School “Best and Brightest”, Feb. 17-March 16, for “Still Life in Blue”
2024 Pastel Society of the West Coast, Members Only Online Show (MOOS), “Sunset Colors at Crescent Beach”
2023 CLWAC 126th Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, Nov. 27- Dec. 9, for “On the Edge of Time”
2023 Southeastern Pastel Society, “Luminosity”, Fall Online Show, “Sunset Colors at Crescent Beach”
2023 Pastel Society of the West Coast, “Pastels USA-99 Voices”, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, Aug. 31-Oct. 29 for “Sunset Stroll at Crescent Beach”, Cheap Joe’s Art Award
2023CLWAC Members Show Online May 1 – June 15, for “Still Life in Blue”
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 Stroll at Crescent Beach”
2023 Pastel Society of the West Coast Members Online Show (MOOS), opening March 1, for “Sunset Stroll 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