About Catherine Barnes

Catherine Barnes, born in London, moved to Dover studying first at Folkestone and then Camberwell School of Art 1965 – 68 later, painting and History of Art at Goldsmiths’ College. Working and exhibiting in London she was a founder member of Greenwich Printmakers and worked at Kelpra Studio. In 1984 she moved to Winchester where she established Juno Studio and was appointed a Visiting Lecturer in Art History at The University of Southampton. In 2001 she was selected for the first Fresh Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, and again in 2003. She exhibited in Paris in Europ’Art 2002 and had two solo exhibitions in London in 2004: at Karen Taylor Contemporary Art and in the East End in the Tea Building. Two more solo exhibitions at Mayfair’s Zizi Gallery in 2005 and 2006 with Cork and Rotterdam Art Fairs in 2005. In 2006 she moved to a new studio in Chichester, where she is now based, whilst continuing to be a visiting artist and lecturer at Southampton City Art Gallery. She recently participated in art fairs in Antwerp, Dublin and London and was selected for the DACS Kowalsky Gallery’s Romance exhibition, British Modern Masters and the Cork Street Open.

Previous Exhibitions

  • 2009  Bell Fine Art, Parchment Street, Winchester
  • 2009  Exhibition of work at The Angel Hotel, Midhurst, West Sussex
  • 2009  Affordable Art Fair (Autumn Collection), London, with Bell Fine Art
  • 2009  Featured Artist at The Arthouse Gallery, Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth
  • 2009  "Musicscapes/Landscapes" solo Exhibition for Chichester Festivities (July)
  • 2009  The Joy Gallery, Chichester. Solo Exhibition (March)
  • 2008 Affordable Art Fair (Autumn Collection), London, with Bell Fine Art
  • 2008 Kowalsky Gallery (DACS) Romance Exhibition, London EC1
  • 2008 Cork Street Open, Mayfair, London W1
  • 2008 "Untitled Artists" Art Fair, Chelsea, London
  • 2008 Art Ireland, RDS, Dublin, Ireland
  • 2008 British Modern Masters touring exhibition in: Bath, Oxford, Worcester, York, Birmingham, Stratford upon Avon,
  • 2007 Art-Event Belgium: Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2007 Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair, London
  • 2006 Thomas Corman Arts
  • 2006 Zizi Gallery, Mayfair, London W1 (solo)
  • 2006 Kunst Event, Ahoy, Rotterdam
  • 2005 The Cork Art Fair, Cork, Ireland
  • 2005 l'Art Pour Tous Art Fair, Cannes, France
  • 2005 Zizi Gallery, Mayfair, London,W1. (solo)
  • 2005 Galleria Regina, Ste. Margherita, Genoa, Italy
  • 2004 Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art
  • 2005 Byard Art, Cambridge
  • 2005 Watson Westmorland, Mayfair, London W1
  • 2004 Karen Taylor Contemporary Art, Twickenham. (solo)
  • 2004 Battersea Contemporary Art Fair
  • 2004 gallery@one0two, Tea Building , Shoreditch, London E1 (3 artists show)
  • 2004 On the Wall Art Fair, Olympia , London
  • 2004 Affordable Art Fair, Autumn Collection, with Thomas Corman Arts & Bell Fine Art
  • 2004 Fenwick Gallery, Warkworth, Northumberland
  • 2004 Work published by Ediciones Selina SA, Valencia, Spain
  • 2004 Russell Gallery , Putney, London SW15
  • 2004 Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art
  • 2003 Fresh Art Fair 2003, Business Design Centre, Islington, London N1
  • 2003 Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art
  • 2003 Thomas Corman Arts
  • 2003 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea (October)
  • 2003 Art Ireland Fair, Dublin, Ireland
  • 2003 Debut and Gallery Artist at gallery@one0two, Tea Building, Shoreditch, London E1
  • 2002 Affordable Art Fair Autumn Collection, Battersea, London
  • 2002 Karen Taylor Contemporary Art, Twickenham, Works on Canvas
  • 2002 CCA Galleries, Farnham Surrey and Fulham, West London
  • 2002 Europ'Art, Espace d'Auteuil, Paris 16, France
  • 2001 Karen Taylor Contemporary Art, Twickenham.
  • 2001 Affordable Art Fair with Bell Fine Art
  • 2001 Fresh Art 2001, Business Design Centre, Islington, London N1
  • 2001 Hampshire County Council added six oil on canvas paintings to their collection
  • 2000 Painting Commission from Winchester City Council for cover of 2001 City Guide
  • 1999 One woman show at the Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire
  • 1997 Beatrice Royal Gallery, Southampton
  • 1997 "New Perspectives on Autumn" series commission by Winchester City
  • 1994 One woman show at The Guildhall Gallery, Winchester
  • 1992 Gallery Artist with Cowleigh Gallery to date
  • 1992 Finalist in the Laing Painting Competition, Mall Galleries, London
  • 1991 One woman show at The Salisbury Festival
  • 1983 One woman exhibition of paintings and prints Tudor Barn Gallery, Greenwich
  • 1981 Group Exhibition, The Bakehouse Gallery, Blackheath, London
  • 1979 - 84 Greenwich Printmakers, London SE10.