CHRISTINE CATHIE

christine cathie 16 nov - 11 dec

contour

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Tall O-void (Chardonnay) (2013) cast glass, size: 752 x 330 x 155 mm

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O-void (Red) (2013) cast glass, size: 550 x 490 x 115 mm

Tall O-void (Pale Steel Blue) (2013) cast glass, size: 570 x 275 x 127 mm

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O-void (Olive) (2013) cast glass, size: 485 x 495 x 125 mm

O-void (Pale Steel Blue) (2013) cast glass, size: 435 x 585 x 125 mm

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O-void (Red) (2013) cast glass, size: 498 x 350 x 125 mm

O-void (Yellow / Orange) (2013) cast glass, size: 495 x 380 x 105 mm

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Tall O-void (Olive) (2013) cast glass, size: 760 x 430 x 98 mm

Christine Cathie has become a nationally significant glass artist with the hallmark of a distinctive visual language of articulated, banded forms containing arrested motion and defined space.

Cathie bends, twists and alters the bands and fluid forms dramatically. There is a significant interplay between glass density and mass, between tone and the constituencies of colour. Organic (as if free-hand drawn) lines declare presence inside and out. The differing surfaces of each O-void are worked in multiple ways with the direct consequences of the passage of light becoming altered and constrained and released. Visual paradoxes are built, beguiling qualities revealed, and we witness flux and dissolve where the O-voids seem at once to recede and advance while also undergoing rapid and radical changes in shape due to a changed viewing position.

The works in Contour have a noticeably aspirational quality – they stand up, reach and strive. They also collectively present a metaphorical language which directly references the Central Otago landscape and its distinctive seasons.

EXHIBITION PRICELIST 1

Tall O-void (Chardonnay) (2013)

9,000

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O-void (Red) (2013)

8,000

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Tall O-void (Pale Steel Blue) (2013)

7,500

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O-void (Olive) (2013)

8,000

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O-void (Pale Steel Blue) (2013)

8,000

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O-void (Red) (2013)

6,500

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O-void (Yellow / Orange) (2013)

6,500

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Tall O-void (Olive) (2013)

9,000

All prices are NZD and include GST; Prices are current at the time of the exhibition

CHRISTINE CATHIE b. 1955, lives Auckland

Tall Ovoid (Gold Amethyst) [17557] (2013)

The integral nature of rhythm and motion is captured in Christine Cathie’s elegantly minimalist glass sculptures. Employing tapered edges and curvaceous silhouettes, Cathie essentially draws lines within space, exploiting the translucent nature of glass to establish a dialogue between light and shade, density and mass. Cathie’s most recent O-void series sees the forms striving upwards, defying gravity and the weight of their medium, poised as if ready to take flight.

“Over the last few years I have been exploring the O-voids, working with the immediacy of still warm wax sheets, twisted and turned to emphasize fluidity, lending a meditative nature to the smooth contours of the glass. In my mind’s eye I can see framed the intense colours of the Otago landscape with its golden hills, the ice blue of the rivers, the lush greens of the bush and autumn reds and oranges. I am interested in glass’s paradoxes – to get a sense of movement from a static form, using contrasts of matt and polished surfaces that let the light through and bring the glass to life with its complex optical abstractions.”

Born in Wellington, Cathie trained as an architectural designer and subsequently developed a career as a graphic designer. Attracted by the challenge of working in 3 dimensions, Cathie began to explore glass as a creative medium.

A finalist on seven occasions in the Ranamok Glass Prize (Australia) since 2002, Cathie has exhibited in Paris, Hong Kong, New York and Australia. In 2004 she was selected for the Southern Exposure exhibition at the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark, and in 2005 she was included in the significant touring Glass Invitational NZ exhibition. Her work is held in private, public and corporate collections nationally and internationally, most notably the Museum of NZ Te Papa Tongarewa and in NZ embassies worldwide as part of the collection of the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“Christine Cathie’s lead crystal Ribbon also deals with movement and catches that moment in time when a dropped ribbon hits and starts to settle on the floor. Like a late 19th century stop gap photograph by Edouard Muybridge, Cathie records the ribbon’s subtle twisting and allows us to see beauty in movement not normally observable to the human eye”. (1) “The striking presence of works in the foyer such as Brian Corr’s and Christine Cathie’s, were on my finalist list. At the heart of both these works glass was employed as a powerful sculptural material, balancing the physical and visual weight of the medium…meanwhile Cathie’s large O-void, a dark blue oval form made of cast lead crystal, acid etched and polished, appeared to be caught in a moment of suspended animation. It was like a large engine band, dramatic in size, calling for hands to explore the surfaces of smooth and matt glass.” (2) This year saw some exceptionally accomplished works by… Christine Cathie, each investigating the optical intrigue of the interplay between light and solid glass volumes. (3) 1.

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Richard Perram, Ranamok Glass Prize 2006 Catalogue, 2006 Sharon Peoples, The Ranamok Glass Prize 2011, CraftArts International, No.84, 2012 Brian Parkes, Ranamok Glass Prize 2013 Catalogue, 2013

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CHRISTINE CATHIE b. 1955, lives Auckland SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 2011 2010 2009 2006 2005

Contour, milford galleries queenstown Continuity, Avid Gallery, Wellington O-void, Avid Gallery, Wellington Evolve, Koru Gallery, Hong Kong Biomorphic, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Amorphisms, milford galleries queenstown Unfurled, Avid gallery, Wellington Transference, Milford Galleries Dunedin Curve, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013

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Spring Catalogue, milford galleries queenstown Snapshots, New Zealand Glass, Wanganui Prima, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Summer: Utopia into Dystopia, Waitakaruru Arboretum, Waikato Off The Wall, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island The Earl Street Journal, milford galleries queenstown Salute, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Objective Art Awards, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland Encore, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, Australia Laisee, Koru Gallery, Hong Kong Contemporary Glass, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, USA Traverse, Milford Galleries Dunedin Geometry, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Shapeshifter, The New Dowse, Lower Hutt Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D Awards, Whakatane Museum & Gallery, Whakatane Luminaries, A Selection of Work from New Zealand’s Foremost Glass Casters, Sabbbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Sculpture on Shore, Devonport Historic Reserve, Auckland Richmond Road Glass, Form Gallery, Christchurch Glass ‘08, milford galleries queenstown Festival, Avid Gallery, Wellington Art in the Woolshed, Tauwharanui Regional Park Group Show, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island Festive, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Bombay Sapphire Blue Room, Auckland & Wellington Trio, Avid Gallery, Wellington Flow (with ceramicist Hana Rakena), Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Works from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark Glass 07, Milford Galleries Dunedin Group show, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia Sculpture on a Plinth, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island Feast, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Crystalline World, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island SOFA Chicago, Chappell Gallery, New York The Roaring Forties, Chappell Gallery, New York The Land, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Wind and Waves – Beyond the Vessel, Luniverre Gallery, Paris, France Best of New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland SOFA Chicago, Chappell Gallery, New York New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland A Matter of Substance, New Zealand Glass Kensington Gallery, Adelaide, Australia

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Glass Invitational 2005, Milford Galleries Dunedin, Auckland Museum, Canterbury Museum, Pataka Museum Sculpture on a Plinth, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island New Work, Avid, Wellington Precious, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Cast Aways, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, Australia Latitude 36, Form Gallery, Christchurch New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Southern Exposure, a Selected Survey of New Zealand Glass, Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui; Objectspace, Auckland; Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark Duo, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Showing Off: The Best of New Zealand Applied Art, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland New Zealand Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Cast Glass Exhibition, Form Gallery, Christchurch The Cast Survey Exhibition, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland/Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui/ Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei/Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings Translucence, Waiheke Community Art Gallery National Glass Exhibition, Compendium Auckland/Wellington 440°, Artstation, Auckland Norsewear Art Awards, Waipukurau

AWARDS, GRANTS & COMMISSIONS 2013 2012

2011 2010 2009 2008

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2006 2004 2003 2002 2000

Finalist, Objective Art Awards, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Supreme Award, NZSAG Conference Member's Exhibition, Whanganui Scholarship to Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Commission for Crown Hotel, Melbourne, Australia Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Glass Awards, Whakatane Museum & Gallery, Whakatane Finalist, Sea Link Small Sculpture Award, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Auckland 3rd prize, Lincoln Green Sculpture Award, Waitakere Trust Art Awards, Auckland Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Glass Awards, Whakatane Museum & Gallery, Whakatane Commission for outdoor sculpture ‘garden mosaic’ at Ravenscar (private house), Christchurch Creative Excellence Award (judge Grace Cochrane), Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D Awards, Whakatane Museum 2nd Prize, Luminous Art of glass Awards (judge Louie Le Vaillant), Mazda Artworks, Auckland Commission to design and produce Arts Foundation of New Zealand’s New Generation Awards Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Members Award, (judges Richard Whitely, Margaret Tabone) NZSAG Conference, Wanganui Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Creative New Zealand Grant Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia Student Award (judge, Dan Klein), NZSAG Conference, Wanganui

COLLECTIONS Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand Sir Elton John Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Corporate and private collections internationally

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS 2013

Ranamok Glass prize 2013 Catalogue, p.12 & 13, illus. p.4 (article by Brian Parkes)

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Cousins, Kerry-Anne. Art prize lets us watch the glass grow, review (Ranamok Glass Prize 2013), Canberra Times, August 30, 2013 Ranamok Glass prize 2012 Catalogue, p.14 & 15, illus. p.5 (article by Anne Flanagan) The Ranamok Glass Prize 2012, Craft Arts International No. 87, p.93 (illus.)

Ranamok Glass prize 2011 Catalogue, p.16 & 17 Peoples, Sharon. The Ranamok Glass Prize 2011, review & illus., Craft Arts International No. 84, p.93 Christine’s sculpture is the torque of the town, article and photo, Auckland City Harbour News, January 21, 2009 Ribbons in Light, article and photo, The Aucklander, 29 January 2009 Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, A Guide to Contemporary Arts & Crafts, illus., p.27 Vogue Living, Nov/Dec 2007, p.155 (illus.)

New Zealand House & Garden, October 2007, illus. cover, pp. 51 & 52 Hammonds, Lucy. Softening the Contours, Craft Arts International No.70, pp. 52 -56 Dignan, James. Artseen, Otago Daily Times, review, October 12, 2006 Perram, Richard. Ranamok Glass prize 2006 Catalogue, p.16 & 17, p.5 (illus.)

SOFA New York 2006 catalogue p.81 (illus.)

Slide talk to Portraiture Group, Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland, 24 June 2006 Smythe, John. Looking into glass art, National Business Review, February 3, 2006 Allom, Barry. In a glass of their own, review, Christchurch Press, October 19, 2005 Glass Artists in New Zealand, part of an AVP on selected New Zealand Glass Artists, first shown at GAS Conference, Adelaide, Australia, May 2005 New Glass Review 26, p.10 (illus.)

Campbell, Joanne. Seeing through New Zealand’s best glass, review, Otago Daily Times, 14th April 2005 Lonie, Bridie. A sheep’s carcass covered in glass roses, review, NZ Listener May 28, 2005, p.52 Glass Invitational New Zealand, catalogue, Milford House Geissler, M. Ranamok Finalists Exhibition 2004, Craft Arts International 63, p.75-77 (illus) Ranamok Glass prize 2004 Catalogue, p.20 & 21 (illus.)

Southern Exposure, catalogue for exhibition, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft 2004 Glass Acts, The Dominion Post, Wellington, 13/11/04 Cochrane, Grace. Southern Exposure - High class New Zealand exhibition at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark, Neues Glas 3/04 pp. 20-27 Glorious in glass, The Press, Christchurch, 7 January 2004 Brewerton, A. The Ranamok Glass Prize Exhibition 2003, Neues Glas 2/04, pp. 8 -15 Kiwis shine in Glass Award, Art News, New Zealand, spring 2003, p.44 (illus.)

Radio New Zealand interview September 2003 Ranamok Glass prize 2003 Catalogue, p.16 & 17(illus.), intro. (article by Andrew Brewerton) Brewerton, A. The Ranamok Glass Prize, 2002, Craft Arts International 58, p.96 (illus) Ranamok Glass prize 2002 Catalogue, p.20 & 21 (illus.)

Vibrant glass Art, review, The Press July 10, 2002 Elliott,M. The Cast; Recent New Zealand Glass, Object 4/02, p45 (illus.)

THE CAST: New Zealand Contemporary Cast Glass 2001, New Zealand Society of Artists In Glass (NZSAG) Catalogue Williams, Howard. Hot pacific glass, Object 2/00, p.109 (illus.)

Ovoid (Steel Blue) (2011)

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