Abstract painter born in 1971 in Brighton, England, Cathy Blanchflower completed a Bachelor of Arts at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, in 1992, before moving to Melbourne where she was still living and working in 2008.
Since her first solo exhibition 'Frequencies’ at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1995, Blanchflower has held regular shows at Goddard de Fiddes Contemporary Art, Perth; Annandale Galleries, Sydney; and Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne.
She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions both locally and abroad, including: 'The Melbourne Art Fair 2006’, 'The Sound of Painting’, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne (2005); 'ARCO’, Madrid (2003); 'Pink Slips and Golden Parachutes’, The Project, New York (2003); 'Good Vibrations’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2002); 'Phenomena’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2001); and 'Beyond the Grid’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (1999).
Among her various awards and achievements, Blanchflower has received an Artflight Grant (1999) and Youth Creative Development Fellowship (1997), both from ArtsWA; the John Curtin Gallery Print Commission (1997) and the Westpac Art Award (1993).
Her work is held in a number of major public and corporate collections throughout Australia including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Artbank; Bankwest; and Wesfarmers, Perth.
- Writers:
- Woodbury, Karen
duggim
- Date written:
- 2008
- Last updated:
- 2013
