Resume


cathybreslaw@roadrunner.com

Selected Exhibitions

2009

Preston Contemporary Art Center, Four Person Exhibition, Mesilla, NM

Ft. Collins Art Center, Lincoln Galleries, Loose Ends: Contemporary Fiber, Ft. Collins, CO

KSpace Contemporary, Material Revelations, Two Person Show, Corpus Christie, TX

2008

Yorkarts, Art and Industry, Weightless, York, PA

Yavapai College Art Gallery, Perceiving the Planet , Prescott, AZ

Estel Gallery, Common Thread, Nashville, TN

Rosewood Gallery, Kettering Arts Center, Kettering, OH

Maude Kern Art Center, Weight & Float: Contemporary Sculpture, Eugene, OR

2007

Southern California Open 2007, Los Angeles, CA

Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Hidden Pictures, Alburquerque, NM

Central Wyoming College, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Intertwining Ideas, Riverton, WY

Mad Art Gallery, Crossing Paths:Kerry Zimmerman and Cathy Breslaw, St. Louis, MO

University of Colorado, UMC Gallery, Visual Noise, Boulder, CO

Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Pillow Talk: Comfort in Hard Times, Santa Monica, CA

Riverside Art Museum, Material Girls, Riverside, CA

2006

Huntington Beach Art Center, MANufactured, Huntington Beach, CA

2005

Claremont Graduate University, Reheated, East Gallery, Claremont, CA

Claremont Graduate University,Fresh,East Gallery,Claremont,CA

2003

Grand Central Art Center, Between Dimensions, Santa Ana, CA

2002

Interface:Exploring Science, Technology and Art, Escondido Center for the Arts, CA

2001

Escondido Municipal Arts Gallery, Escondido, CA

2000

Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO

1999

William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Annual Exhibition, Carlsbad, CA

The Art and Cultural Center, Artists in Watermedia, Fallbrook, CA

International Experimental Painters Annual, Huntsville Museum of Art,Huntsville, AL

1998

Layerists in Multimedia, Bradford College, Haverill, MA

1997

National Watermedia Society, Travel Exhibition, Bade Museum, Berkeley, CA

Twenty-ninth Annual National Art Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

International Exhibition, Society of Experimental Painters, Sarasota, FL

1996

Witchita Falls Museum and Art Center, Witchita Falls, TX

Mukenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

1995

San Diego Credit Union, Encinitas, CA

1994

Offtrack Gallery, Leucadia, CA

1993

Wagner Fine Art, Del Mar, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2009

West Valley Art Museum, Light Moves, Surprise, AZ

Chico Art Center, Discovery Series: Cathy Breslaw, Chico, CA

Charleston Heights Art Center, Main Gallery, Weightless, Las Vegas, NV

Earleville Art Center Opera House, East Art Gallery, Recent Discoveries, Binghamton, NY

Southern Oregon University, Stevenson Union Gallery,Tapestries of Light, Ashland, OR

2008

Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Bever West Gallery, Topographies, Hamilton, OH

University of St. Mary, Goppert Gallery, Reflections, Leavenworth, KS

Riverviews Artspace, Casting Rhythms, Lynchburg, VA

Waterworks Art Center, Norvell Gallery, Suspension: Color and Light, Salisbury, NC

2005

Claremont Graduate University, East Gallery, Claremont, CA

2001

First National Bank Building, San Diego, CA

2000

Falcon Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA

San Diego State University, Corporate Governance Institute, San Diego, CA

1999

First National Bank, San Diego, CA

1998

Wyndham Hotels Corporate Offices, Emerald Plaza, San Diego, CA

1997

Offtrack Gallery, Leucadia, CA

1995

Wyndham Hotels Corporate Offices, Emerald Plaza, San Diego, CA

1994

First National Bank, San Diego, CA

Corporate Collections

American Graphics Inc., San Diego, CA
GEA Power Cooling Systems, San Diego, CA
ADC Telecommunications, Minneapolis, MN
Che Bella, Phoenix, AZ
Frontier Analytics, La Jolla, CA
Maxwell Technologies, San Diego, CA
Residential Wholesale Mortgage Inc., Solana Beach, CA
Saign & Associates, Los Altos, CA
Amerigraph LLC, San Diego, CA

Bibliography

Ink Magazine, “Exhibition at Preston Art Center”, Mesilla, NM, October, 2009.
Las Cruces Pulse, “Preston Art Center”, Las Cruces, NM, October, 2009.
The Las Cruces Bulletin, “From Abstract to Experimental and Beyond”, October 16,2009, p. C7.
Catalog, ‘Loose Ends : Contemporary Fiber’, Jeanne Shoaff, curator, Ft. Collins Art Center, Ft. Collin, CO, October, 2009.
Coloradoan.com, Stacey Nick, “Loose Ends: Art Exhibition Ties Them All Together”, September 10, 2009.
Reporterherald.com, Jeannie Landcaster, “Loose Ends Surprises with Untraditional Approaches to Age-old Arts”, September 25, 2009
Chico ER.com Kyra Gottesman, “Cathy Breslaw at Chico Art Center”, July 16, 2009, p.6.
Independent Newspapers, George Palovich, ‘Light Moves’ Featured at Art Museum, August 3, 2009, p.14.
New American Paintings, 15th Anniversary Edition 2009, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA.
NPR Radio Las Vegas, Erika Pope, Arts and Entertainment, “Cathy Breslaw Exhibition”, May, 2009.
Caller.com, Elizabeth Reese, “Artwork Shows Womens Many Layers”, June 5, 2009, p.2.
Las Vegas Weekly, Susanne Forestieri, “Optical Fiber”, April 23, 2009, p.2
Las Vegas City Life, City Life Pics, Andrew Kiraly,”Weightless”, April 10,2009, p.1
The Siskiyou, Baptiste Becquart, “Tapestries of Light at SU Gallery”, February 23, 2009, p.7
Journal News, Richard O. Jones, “Topographies at Fitton Center Galleries, November 21, 2008, p.1
Yorkarts, Donna Sylvester, “Art and Industry”, November 2008, pp 8-11
Tennessean, Jonathan Marx, “Common Thread Runs Through Artists Work”, June 8,2008, p.1
Salisbury Post, “Globalization, Womens Issues Focus of Waterworks Exhibit, May 29,2008,p.7
Oakwood Times, “Rosewood Gallery Welcomes Two Exhibitions”, April, 9, 2008, p.1
Daily Emerald, Tiffany Reagan, "Sculpture Reinvented", April, 2008, p.6.
Riverside Museum, Shana Nys Dambrot, "Material Girls", January, 2007, p.2 and 19.
Press Enterprise, Vanessa Franko, "The Fabric of Art", January 2007, p.2
Orange Coast Voice, David L.M. Preston, "Huntington Beach Art Center, November 2006, p. 11
Orange County Register, Daniella Walsh, "The Media and the Message", October 2006, p.17
Huntington Beach Independent, Kelly Strodl, "Art Rises from the Ashes", November 2006, p.1
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition 2003, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
San Diego Jewish Journal, San Diego, CA ,January 2003,"Making Her Mark...",pp.70-71
Who's Who National Register of Executives and Professionals, 2002-2003 Edition
Who's Who in America, 2001-2002 Edition
North County Times, Vista, CA, March 18,1999,"Myths,Dreams and Reality",p.17
Décor & Style Magazine, Solana Beach, CA,February,1999,"Creations on Canvas,pp.24-25
Art Venues Publications, Los Angeles, CA, winter, 1999,Vol.1,"Group Support,Painters, p.13

Selected Awards

2004-05

Sue Arlene Walker Memorial Fellowship, Claremont Graduate Univ,Claremont, CA

2003-04

Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

1997

International Exhibition, Society of Experimental Painters, Sarasota, FL, Merit Award

Twenty-ninth Annual National Art Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, Gold Medallion Award

Education

MFA, Visual Arts, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S.W., Counseling, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
B.A., The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.