CATHERINE SCALA
Lives and works in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Instagram: @catherinescala
EDUCATION:
2008 MFA in Visual Arts, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA
1987 BA, Clark University, Worcester, MA
EXHIBITIONS:
2018 Dialogues: Medium and Materiality, New Arts Center, Newton, MA - Upcoming
ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
Shift Register, Foundation Art Space, Exeter, NH
2017 Button Factory Open Studios, Portsmouth, NH
Artists of the Button Factory, Portsmouth Music and Arts Center, Portsmouth, NH
2016 On the Map, Juror: Christopher French, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
Artist Advancement Grant Reception, Portsmouth Discovery Center, Portsmouth, NH
2015 Solo Exhibition, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
2013 Five Years of Synergy Good Question Gallery @ Skylight Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Make More 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
10th Annual Minumental Exhibition Amherst Street Gallery, Manchester, NH
ArtPM Challenge Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
2011 Solo Exhibition: Shaping Up, Good Question Gallery, Augusta, NJ
Bilhartz, Scala, Kaemmer William Scott Gallery, Boston, MA
Art Chain Samson Projects, Boston, MA
MFA Connects Hargate Gallery, St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
MFA Connects FourthWall Projects, Boston, MA
ArtPM Challenge Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
2010 New Hampshire Institute of Art Faculty Exhibition Amherst Street Gallery, Manchester, NH
Drawn to It: The Art of Drawing, Amherst Street Gallery, Manchester, NH
Four in February The Press Room, Portsmouth, NH
ArtPM Challenge Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
2009 Collective Expressions 200 Wales Street Gallery, Abington, MA
2009 National Juried Competition Juror: Patterson Sims, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
52nd Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art Juror: Denise Bibro, Strohl Art
Center, Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Abridged/Abstract: A National Juried Exhibition of Small Works Juror: Sarah Walker,
Good Question Gallery, Milford, PA
The 5th Annual National Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Competition Palm Beach
Community College, Lake Worth, FL
The 20th National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition Juror: Allegra Marquart,
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
2008 Enormous Tiny Art Show IV Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
Seacoast Redefined Ello Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Boston Young Contemporaries Jurors: Jackie Gendel, Tom McGrath, and Roger White
808 Gallery, Boston, MA,
Art Institute of Boston MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition Boston, MA
2004 La Vie Bohéme, Dover, NH
2003 Family Tree Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2002 Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1993-98 Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1987 Impact Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Clark University Art Gallery, Worcester, MA
Little Center Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA
TEACHING AND SPEAKING:
2010-Present Adjunct Professor, Media Culture, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
2009-Present Adjunct Professor, Communication Technologies, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
2010-2012 Adjunct Professor, Painting, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2010-11 Adjunct Professor, Professional Development, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH 2010
Invited Artist Representative, Strategic Planning Committee, PMAC, Portsmouth, NH
2009 Invited Speaker, The Cult of Personality, The Art Institute of Boston
2008 Visiting Artist Critic, MFA Graduate Residency, The Art Institute of Boston
PRESS/GRANTS/AWARDS:
2018 Featured in Terry Greene's "Just Another Painter" blog
2016 Finalist Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
2013 Featured artist on New Hampshire Public Radio’s, Giving Matters.
Seacoast Media Group Spotlight Award in Drawing nominee.
Featured artist in Jeanné McCartin’s, “Focus on the Abstract: Paintings by Catherine Scala
at 3S Artspace.” Portsmouth Herald. January 5, 2013.
2009 Purchase Award, 20th National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition,
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Nominee (Painting), The Art Institute of Boston
COLLECTIONS:
College of Notre Dame, MD
Dr. Carolyn Pytte, Redding, CT
Imhoff Consulting Project: Compliance Services, Portsmouth, NH