Catie O'Leary


 

Biography

Catie O’Leary has been awarded residencies at the American Academy in Rome and at the Oberpfalzer Kunsterhaus in Fronberg, Germany. In 2019 she had solo exhibitions at the Fresno Art Museum and the Monterey Museum of Art. She has exhibited in many California venues including the Braunstein/Quay Gallery in San Francisco, Stanford Art Spaces at Stanford University, Palo Alto Art Center, Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek and the Morris Graves Museum in Eureka, California. She is represented by the Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco, California.

A California native, Catie O’Leary lives in Pacific Grove, California.



Artist Statement

In her collages, Catie O’Leary uses original engraved illustrations from antique books. The books are both her inspiration as well as her material. The images become a continuous thread throughout the years of an invented nature. Lucy Lippard has said “collage is a means of putting together things without divesting them of their own identities.” This describes the meticulously cut-out parts which become puzzle pieces in the selection process creating a chain of associations. The resulting collages become their own visual story. The unexpected juxtapositions of birds, animals, drapery, architecture and scientific objects become poetic landscapes examining the relationship between the natural and human worlds.



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Exhibitions

  • 2024

    • Harper’s Magazine -
      October 2024, collage illustrations for Day 121 by Solvej Balle
    • RE/ALIGNED:
      A Visual Journey in Collage, Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA
    • Salon at the Triton 2024
      Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California

  • 2022

    • Harper’s Magazine -
      June 2022, collage illustration for Ina by Ottessa Moshfegh

  • 2021

    • RePurposedful:
      The Art of Collage and Assemblage, SCRAP (Scroungers Center for Reusable Art) at the Randal Museum, San Francisco, CA
    • Salon at the Triton Museum,
      Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California

  • 2020

    • Slumber with a Key
      Surreal Artist Dreams, Jack Fischer Gallery, S.F.
    • Bird, Nest, Nature,
      Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
    • Noir Nouveau wine label design,
      Imagery Estate Winery, Glen Ellen, CA.

  • 2019

    • A Natural History of Collage,
      solo exhibit, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
    • Visual Stories, solo exhibit,
      Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
    • hot love/cold facts,
      Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA Jack Fischer curator

  • 2018

    • American Academy in Rome -
      Visiting Artist
    • no rhyme or reason,
      Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    • Paper Cuts: Large-Scale Collage,
      Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
    • 2018 Left Coast Annual,
      Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
    • Built for Books, Pacific Grove Library,
      Pacific Grove, CA

  • 2017

    • Echo Poems
      Catie O’Leary and Vanessa Woods, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    • Marvelous! International Exhibition of Collage, Assemblage and Construction
      Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

  • 2016

    • Metamorphic: Collage in the Dadaist/Surrealist Tradition
      Stanford Art Spaces, CA
    • Judy’s Cabinet of Dada Curiosities & More
      r. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
    • Sand City 2016 Juried Art Exhibition
      Sand City, CA
    • Hybrid: A Collage Show
      traveling to the Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
    • ArtSeed Exhibit
      Thoreau Center Gallery, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA

  • 2015

    • Botanica: All Things Plant Life
      Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
    • Hybrid: A Collage Show
      a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA

  • 2015

    • Left Coast Exhibition
      Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

  • 2014

    • Catamaran Art Show
      r. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
    • (n)collage: a mixed media collage exhibit
      IceHouse Gallery, Petaluma, CA
    • Catamaran Literary Reader - Vol. 2
      Issue 1 Winter 2014 - Collage Illustrations
    • kolaj Magazine - Collage Artist Trading Cards - Pack
      San Francisco Center for the Book - Mail/Art/Book

  • 2013

    • 6 week residency at the Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus
      in Swandorf, Germany
    • Copy.right?
      33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL

  • 2011

    • The Collage Show
      Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    • Reclamation: New Bay Area Collage
      Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
    • International Mail Art Exhibition
      Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C. Canada

  • 2010

    • San Francisco Fine Art Fair
      Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    • Secret Drawings
      Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
    • Unbound - A National Exhibition of Book Art
      Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek,CA
    • Permutations from Nature’s Perimeter, Radius 2009
      Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
    • Assemblage + Collage + Construction
      The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
    • Michael Rosenthal Gallery Mixed Metaphors and Obsessive Compulsive Behavior
      S.F.
    • Arts on Fire XIII
      Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
    • Structure and the Meaning of Life – ArtSeed
      Gallery Thoreau, The Presidio, CA
    • Faculty Exhibition Cañada College
      Redwood City, CA
    • Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art
      Group Show, Redwood City, CA

  • 2007

    • Achenbach Inspired: Works on Paper
      Curated by ArtSeed
    • The Point Gallery and Studio
      Hunters Point Shipyard Artists Studio, S.F., CA

  • 2006

    • Braunstein/Quay Gallery
      Access Program, San Francisco, CA
    • Multiple Choice
      cabrillo gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA – merit award
    • ZYZZYVA – Vol. XXII
      No. 1 Spring 2006 - Collage Illustrations
    • Women Beyond Borders, permanent collection
      exhibit Palo Alto Art Center

  • 2004

    • The Ceremony of Tea
      Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA

  • 2003

    • Cut, Copy, Paste: The Art of Contemporary Collage
      deSaisset Museum, Santa Clara University, CA

  • 2001

    • Objects Considered, Modern and Postmodern Still Life
      Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek

  • 2000

    • California Small Works
      Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
    • 1.0. Wonder
      Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

  • 1999

    • Artist’s Books/Art from Books/Sketchbooks
      Sunnyvale Creative Arts Center

  • 1998

    • Small Works
      Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
    • Radius 1998
      Two person show, Palo Alto, CA
    • Pulp Fictions: Works on Paper
      Texas Fine Art Associations, Austin, TX
    • The Light is Diverse in California
      Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA

Education

  • 1977 - M.F.A. Lone Mountain College, San Francisco, CA
  • 1974 - B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 1972 - A.A. Cañada College, Redwood City, CA

Teaching Experience

  • Cañada College, Redwood City, CA, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA,
  • Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, Idaho,
  • Roosevelt Elementary, Boise, Idaho, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
  • teaching Beginning to Advanced Drawing , 2-D Design, Color Theory, Collage,
  • Assemblage, Artists Books, Etching, Relief Printmaking and Children Art
  • Represented by the Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, California