Cathleen Ficht
@catfightpress
WORKSHOPS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 Visiting Artist Drawing Demonstration, Bay College, Escanaba, MI
2020 Art Teacher, South Shore School of Dance, Massapequa, NY
2017 Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Mushing Lithography Demonstration, SGCI Conference, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
2014 Graduate Teaching Internship for Lithography I, SCAD, Atlanta GA
Color Reduction Lithography Demonstration, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
2013 Open Studios Monotype Workshop, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
Letterpress Workshop, Mini-Maker Faire, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Teaching Assistant for Drawing I: Form and Space, SCAD, Atlanta GA
Monotype Workshop, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
Sighting and Measuring Workshop, Drawing and Design Center, SCAD
Monotype Workshop, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
2012 Open Studios Lithography Demonstration, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
Children’s Outreach Program, Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Grant Park, Atlanta, GA
EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) - Atlanta, GA
Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking and Book Arts, 2014
Hartford Art School, University of Hartford - West Hartford, CT
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Minor in Illustration, 2011
University of Georgia - Cortona, Italy
Study Abroad Program, Printmaking, Egg Tempera, Book Arts, Art History , Fall 2010
RESIDENCIES
2021 Visiting Artist, Bay College, Escanaba, MI - September 2021
2020 Chateau d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2019 Visiting Artist, Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA
2018 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Into the Unknown, Besse Gallery, Bay College, Escanaba, MI
2020 It’s Not a Moment, It’s a Movement, Rosalie Dimon Gallery, Jamesport Manor Inn, Jamesport, NY
Water and Fluidity, Golden Gallery, Glen Cove, NY
2014 Beneath the Surface, Inman Perk, Atlanta, GA
Beneath the Surface, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 La Femmes du Chien, Bay College, Escanaba, MI
2020 SCAD Atlanta Fall Open Studios, SCAD Atlanta, GA
Currents of Change, Landing Contemporary Art, Online Exhibition
SCAD Atlanta Open Studios, SCAD Atlanta, GA
CreateHer, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA
2019 Artists’ Annual, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2017 Hartford Art School Alumni Exhibition, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Has Left the Building, SGCI Printmaking Conference, SCAD Atlanta, GA
2015 The New New People, Big Irvs Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 E/AB Print Fair, Artbeam, New York, NY
shapeATL Exhibition, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA
Double Take, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA
2013 SCAD Atlanta Open Studio Night, SCAD Atlanta, GA
Moxie Interactive, Moxie International, Atlanta, GA
Print Big, Binder’s Limelight Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012 You Can’t Get There from Here: New Works from Jennifer Cawley and the SCAD MFA Program, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SCAD Atlanta Open Studio Night, SCAD Atlanta, GA
2011 7/7, Printmaking Senior Thesis BFA Exhibition, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
UGA Studies Abroad Art Exhibition, Athens, Georgia
Egg Tempera Exhibition, ConsultArt Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2010 Mostra: Student Art Exhibition, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
2007 Freshman Art Exhibition 2007- Best Overall Artist, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2021 1st Water International Juried Art Competition, artshowinternational.com
ArtConnects.Net Spring 2021 Show, ArtConnects.Net
2020 4th Annual Wings & Water Exhibition, River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, WI
2019 Heavenly Peace, The Catbird Seat, Northport, NY
The New South 4, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA
2018 Armistice Day 2018, Puffin Cultural Forum and Frontline Arts, Teaneck, NJ
2017 Savannah College of Art & Design - Atlanta Open Studio 2017, SCAD Atlanta, GA
Bright Hill’s 25th Anniversary Arts Exhibit, Bright Hill Book Arts, Treadmill, NY
2015 Water Show, CORE New Art Space, Golden CO
Open Juried Exhibition Earth Elements, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Creation Care: Water, Bridge Gallery, Denver Seminary, Denver, CO
Print Austin 2015, Little Pink Monster Gallery, Austin, TX
2014 Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
The River, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ
7th Annual Book Arts Symposium, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Robert Blackburn Exchange Show, The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY
Wings & Water, River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, WI
2013 Front Street’s Annual Juried Show, “Nature/Culture”, Front Street Gallery, Patterson, NY
Hurricane Sandy Art Competition, Nassau County Office of Emergency Management, Mineola, NY
2013 Hartford Art School Alumni Exhibition, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
2011 Boundless: New Works in Contemporary Printmaking, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
First Fall Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Hartford Art School Alumni Exhibition, West Hartford, CT
September 2011 Projekt 30 Online Exhibition, www.Projekt30.com
Manhattan Graphics Center 1st Annual Juried Show, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
Manchester Community College Juried Art Exhibition, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT, 6th Place
Goldfarb Juried Student Exhibition, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
2010 Manchester Community College Juried Art Exhibition, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
Gallery Representation
Landing Art Contemporary, Charleston, SC
East End Arts, Riverhead, NY
Publications
The Hand Magazine, Issue 30
Woven Tale Press Vol. VIII #1, New York
Collections
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA
Disaster Recovery Center at NYIT, Central Islip, NY
Awards and Grants
The Denis Diderot [A-i-R] Grant, Chateaux d’Orquevaux Artist Residency
SGC International's Student and Emerging Professionals Grant
Honorable Mention, Open Juried Exhibition Earth Elements, Providence Art Club
6th Place, Manchester Community College Juried Art Exhibition, Manchester Community College
Best Overall Artist, Freshman Art Exhibition 2007, University of Hartford
Memberships
Manhattan Graphics Center
The Center for Book Arts
Southern Graphics Council
Robert Blackburn Printshop