Catherine Fitz-Gerald works from her home studio, freely sharing her space and skills, in an inclusive environment, with fellow artists and children for over 15 years.
Each year she opens her studio during SALA and is regularly asked to give artist talks, workshops and create commissioned works.
Catherine is committed to community engagement and recently completed Audio Description for the Arts training.
Catherine Fitz-Gerald is a multidisciplinary, South Australian artist recognised for her masterful skills in handling light and luminous colour. Her practice uses traditional oil painting, abstractions, installation photography and digital storytelling. Catherine has also independently published three limited-edition art books as outcomes of residencies or exhibitions.
Her work develops in a series of extended investigations, exploring the common threads that bind us as people and communities. Recurring themes include intergenerational and intercultural education, seasonal produce and domestic making, memory, climate change and ecosystems at risk. Curiosity and experimentation underpin her expressive practice.
By taking the well-known genre of still life and gently pushing it into a different plane, her work challenges the viewer to pause and reevaluate everyday moments.
An award-winning artist, Catherine has participated in and curated group and solo exhibitions with great success, in both non-traditional and gallery spaces. Her work can be found in private collections throughout Australia, USA, Malaysia, Europe and New Zealand.
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Selected Exhibitions
2024 If fabrics could speak, Pepper St Gallery
2024 Artist in residence, Penola
2024 Barossa Art Festival
2024 If fabrics could speak… Adelaide Fringe Best Visual Arts & Design Award 2024
2023 Barossa Art Prize, finalist, Barossa Regional Gallery
2023 Victor Harbour Art Show
2022 Artist in residence, Walkerville Art Show
2022 Bluethumb Art Prize Finalist
2022 SALA All you need is …. group exhibition
2021 Salisbury Watershed Art Prize, finalist
2021 SALA Zest for Life Open Studio
2021 Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize, finalist
2021 Solo exhibition, Before the wine - New vintage, Gallery 1 Fleurieu Arthouse
2021 Solo exhibition, Water Ways, Gallery 2 Fleurieu Arthouse
2021 Victor Harbor Art Prize, Gold Award recipient
2021 City of Burnside, Artist in residence
2020 Paddington Art Prize Exhibition NSW, finalist
2020 Submerge, invited artist exhibition, Praxis ArtSpace
2020 1.5 Degrees, finalist Artaviso exhibition, fortyfivedownstairs gallery, Melbourne Victoria
2019 Walkerville Art Prize, Recipient
2019 30th International Artavita online art contest, Finalist, Certificate of excellence
2019 SALA, Experiences from a WA Residency, Open Studio, with Ursula Kiessling (finalist)
2019 Glenside Art Show, highly commended
2019 Artist in Residence, Beverley Station Arts Western Australia
2019 Water Ways, Curator and artist, group exhibition, Adelaide Fringe
2019 '‘Every wine must be tasted’, Kay Brothers Winery, solo
2018 SALA Curator & artist, Group Exhbition, ‘Water - Space, Science & Emotion’
2018 Fleurieu Biennale, finalist
2018 Adelaide Fringe Exhibition, Centre for Creative Health, Royal Adelaide Hospital
2017 Artist in residence, ‘Alphabet Fruit’ Adelaide Central Market
2017 ‘Beyond the Blues’ SALA Open Studio
2017 ‘a variety of friends’ Invited artist, Group exhibition
2016 ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ SALA Open Studio
2016 Advertiser Contemporary Art Award, finalist
2016 Royal Adelaide Show Art Prize, Still Life, Recipient
2016 Royal Adelaide Show Art Prize, Abstract, Highly Commended
2016 ‘A Bus Full of Art’ SALA in the Square, Curator & artist with six artists
2016 ‘A Bus Full of Art’ Curator and artist, Adelaide Fringe Festival Event touring South Australia, six artists
2016 Fleurieu Food and Wine Art Prize, finalist
2016 Glenside Art Show, featured artist
2015-2016 ‘Scope’ Solo Exhibition, Gallery at Pikes
2015 ‘From Chiaroscuro to Abstraction’ SALA Open Studio
2015 St Ignatius Art Show
2015 ‘Colour and Improvisation’ Solo Exhibition
2015 Glenside Art Show, Recipient
2014 SALA ‘Who needs a theme? Friends and their art’ Invited artists group exhibition
2013 SALA Open Studio
2013 St Ignatius Art Show
2013 Loreto Spring Art Fair
2013 ‘Before the wine & more’ Solo show at Artisans of the Barossa
2013 Invited artist ‘Degustation Art Trail’ Barossa Vintage Festival
2012 Stirling Art Fair
2012 Loreto Spring Art Fair
2012 SALA Open Studio
2012 ‘Inspiration and Memory’ Solo exhibition at Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
20011 Greenhill Gallery combined artists Christmas exhibition
2011 Loreto Spring Art Fair
2011 St Ignatius Art Show
2011 SALA Open studio
2011 ‘Medley of mixed media’ combined artists exhibition Gallery M
2011 ‘Four Ladies and a Gentleman’ Invited artist exhibition at Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
2011 Barossa Art Gallery combined artists exhibition
2011 ‘The great teapot show’ invited artists exhibition at Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
2010 ‘Tastes of Summer’ exhibition at Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
2010 ‘Director’s Choice’ exhibition at The Hilton, Greenhill Gallery
2010 Loreto Spring Art Fair
2010 ‘The Heysen Trail Exhibition’ invited artists exhibition over five sites state wide, Greenhill Gallery
2010 Princes Contemporary Art Show
2009 Loreto Spring Art Fair
2009 South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival – Open Studio
2009 Scotch College Art Show
2009 Princes Contemporary Art Show – Prince Alfred College
2009 Greenhill Gallery combined artists Christmas exhibition
2008 ‘Seasons’ solo exhibition at Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
2008 Greenhill Gallery combined artists Christmas exhibition
2007 Greenhill Gallery combined artists Christmas exhibition
2007 ‘Tasting Australia’ individual exhibition at the Hyatt Regency, Adelaide
2007 South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival – Open Studio
2007 The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award Finalist
2006 Greenhill Gallery combined artists Xmas show
2006 Penny’s Hills Winery – solo exhibition with Greenhill Gallery
2005 The Adelaide Food Summit ‘The Future of Food’ at the Hyatt Regency
2004 Independent Arts Foundation – curator and artist, combined show, Greenhill Gallery