Cathy McClure
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Cathy McClure received her BFA from Texas Technological University in 1995 and her MFA from the University of Washington in 1997. The Seattle Art Museum selected her from a pool of 426 applicants to receive the 19th Annual Betty Bowen Memorial Award in 1997; the same year she received her MFA degree. She has exhibited at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Milton Hershey School Museum.
Cathy McClure
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Education
1997 MFA University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
1995 BFA Texas Technological University, Cum Laude, Lubbock TX
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2009 "Remains" Moss New York
2006 "Persistence of Vision", MUSA Art Space, Seattle, WA
2005 "A Raucous Look at the Persistence of Vision", MUSA, Seattle, WA
2003 "Meet George Jetson", Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
2001 "Here I Am, Entertain Me! Commencement Art Gallery", Tacoma, WA
"Pigs on Parade-public art", sponsors: Niketown, Washington Mutual. Seattle, WA
"First Light", Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1999 "Team works", New Kinetic Sculpture, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Le Quai Fete, residency exhibit, Quai de la Gare, Paris
1998 "Carnival of Life", Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions
2009 Moss at Design Miami/ 2009, Miami, FL
2006 "Wired Forest", Kirkland Arts Space, Kirkland, WA.
2005 "People Doing Strange Things With Electricity ll", Dorkbot, SID Inc, COCA, Seattle, WA
"Obsessions", SID Inc, Thread For Art, Seattle, WA
"Outside In", SID Inc., Bumbershoot, Seattle , WA
2004 "Hindsight: Frozen Moments", SID Inc, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
"Domesticity", SID Inc, Thread for Art, Seattle, WA
"Labor Lines", Thread for Art, Seattle , WA
2003 "Speak and Spell", SID Inc, Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA
"The Last Judgment Project", Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle.
"Fashion is Art", Runway Performance/Exhibition/Publication, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
"Coupling", SID Inc, CMA Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
"Dorkbot", SID, Inc, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
"Speak and Spell", SID Inc, SOIL, Seattle, WA
2002 "Outside the Box", Downtown YMCA, curator, Seattle, WA
"First War of the New Millennium", Soil, Seattle, WA
"LAVA 2002" Seattle Contemporary Art, Noodleworks, Seattle , WA
2001 "Pop Mechanics", Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
"Pop Mechanics", Milton Hershey Museum, Hershey, PA
"Fuseball", Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
"Independent Exposure" Vital 5 Productions, Seattle, WA
Public Dedication Day Performance, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
"Domesticity", Donut Shop 3, Portland, OR
2000 "Pigs on Parade", sponsors: Niketown, Washington Mutual, Seattle, WA
"Pacific Northwest Annual", Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
"Art and Technology-Media for the New Century", Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
"Donut Shop Two", Donut Shop, Portland, OR
"Art & Technology: A Marriage for a New Millennium", Bush Barn Art Center , Salem, OR
"East of Eden-Splendor in the Bash", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 "Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition", Meydenbauer, Bellevue, WA
"Betty Bowen Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition", Washington State CTC, Seattle, WA
"Home Alive Benefit", Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA
1997 "Betty Bowen Award Presentation", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
"MFA Thesis Exhibition", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 "Scissor Kick", Ceramic Metal Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
"The Box", Gallery of Fine Woodworking, Seattle, WA
"Works in Progress", Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
"Spiral", Highland Park Gallery, Dallas, TX,
1995 "Works on Paper + Small 3-D", Jacob Lawrence Gallery,, Seattle, WA
"FOVA Eighth Annual Student Competition", FOVA Gallery, Lubbock, TX
1994 "North American Juried Student Exhibition", Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
"New Statements in Sterling" National Student Sterling Design Competition.
- Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, ID,
- Sea First Bank, Spokane, WA,
- Lever House, NY
- The NY Merchandise Mart, NY
- Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
Hackett, Regina. In the Galleries, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 2. 2006
Samantha Scherer, First War of the New Millennium, SOIL, catalog. 2005.
Seekings, Kate. People Doing Strange Things With Electricity II, DORKBOT, art using tech/tech making art, 62-63,catalog, 2005
Wagonfeld, Judy. Hindsight and foresight at play when Frozen Moments evolve. Seattle Post Intelligencer, May 21. 2004
Graves, Jen. “The Arts: fashion Is...eclectric, individual-and certainly, Fashion Is Art.” Tacoma News Tribune, August 31, 2003
Visual Art Picks Frozen Moments. Seattle Weekly, June 9. 2004
Fahey, Anna. Fashion Is Art, Thread for Art, Page 26, catalog. 2003
Parvez, D. Fashion statements, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 29. 2003
Syme, Chad. Get Me Off This Crazy Thing, Bumbershoot Seattle, catalog, 2003
Catalani, Stefano. The Last Judgment Project, Seattle, Pages 32-33, catalog, 2003
Farr, Sheila. Exhibits show a fashion sense you’ll want to devour, Seattle Times. 2003
Dorkbot. NPR Broadcasting, Mechanical toys played on air. (Nov) 2003
Wiswell, Tonnvane. Magic With Words: Speak and Spell at SOIL/ Pound Galleries, Tablet, July2003
Curtis, Molly Norris. Bumbershoot Visual Arts Preview, Art Access, July/August. 2003
Fahey, Anna. The impulse for First War of the New Millennium, Art Papers, September. 2002
Farr, Sheila. In words that chill, in a haunted stare-the impact of Sept. 11, Seattle Times, May 10. 2002
Hill, Steve. One Odd Coupling: Home Security and Bowling, University Week, March. 2002
Fahey, Anna. LAVA 2002, Thread for Art, Pages 82-85 Artist book reproduced images. 2002
Hall, Emily. Pay Attention, Please. Artists Before the Eruption, The Stranger, May 30, 2002
Christopher, Brian M. Fighting Gravity, Sci-Fi art exhibit pushes envelope, Intelligencer Journal, January 19. 2001
Lewis, Zachary. Art Museum’s Side Show Geared to Mechanical, Patriot News, January 21. 2001
Kelly, Sara. Perfect collaboration. Tacoma Reporter. March 22, 2001.
American Craft, April/May. 2001.
Hall, Emily. Tinkerer’s Toy-Cathy McClure’s Nagging Animation Obsession, The Stranger, August 10th. 2000
Row, D.K. The rough edges of high art. The Oregonian, September, 2000.
Kangas, Matthew. Last call at the mall, Installations outshine paintings in museum’s last show, Seattle Times, August 11. 2000
Hackett, Regina. Art in Progress: BAM’s Pacific Northwest Annual, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 11. 2000
Fredrickson, Eric. Look at Me! Young and New in Bellevue, The Stranger, August 12. 2000
Maclay, Catherine. The Illusions of Zoetrope, Silicon Valley News, June 13.1999
Bonetti, David. Art as team effort, Solo works grab attention at Yerba Center, San Francisco Examiner, July 6.1999.
Kumi Yamashita. Cathy McClure, Bay Guardian, June 8, 1999.
Im, Soyon. The Hit List. The Seattle Weekly, March 19, 1998.
Spencer, Kelly. Bellevue Arts Commission Indoor Exhibition Catalog, Page 10, July 17, 1998.
Halper, Vicki. Betty Bowen Award Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Page 26, catalog, 1998
McClure wins Bowen award, Artweek, January. 1998
Artweek. Art News, January. 1998
Updike, Robin. McClure’s magic circus, Intricate Installation by Young Artist Well Worth a Look, Seattle Times, March 12, 1998
Fredrickson, Eric. Zoetroparific! March 13, The Stranger. 1998
Johnson, Lara. Cathy McClure’s Carnival of Life, The University Daily, February 23, 1998
Hackett, Regina. Craft Values Dominate in Pioneer Square shows, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 13. 1998
Updike, Robin.. Artist Cathy McClure’s creations spin chaotic illusions, Seattle Times, Nov 30, 1997
Nakane, Kazuko. Where Do They Go After School? Artweek, August. 1997
HONORS
2003 Carol Marlow and Jim Young, permanent collection, Seattle, WA
2000 Best in Show, Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
2000 People’s Choice Award, Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue,WA
2000 Matt Griffin and Evelyn Rozner, permanent collection, Seattle, WA
1999 The Pace Collection, permanent collection, Dallas, TX
1999 Quai de La Gare, residency recipient, Paris, France
1997 Betty Bowen Memorial Award, grand prize, Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA
1996 Marsh Scholarship, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1995 Gonzales Scholarship, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1995 Teaching Assistantship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN
1995 HYPrice Merit Scholarship, TexasTechnological University, Lubbock, TX
1995 Arts Alliance Scholarship, Texas Technological University, Lubbock, TX
1994 HYPrice Merit Scholarship, Texas Technological University, Lubbock, TX
1994 Art Memorial Scholarship, Texas Technological University, Lubbock, TX
1994 Friends of Arrowmont Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Art, TN
1994 All American Scholar Collegiate Award, National
1994 White House, Blue Room, permanent collection, Washington, DC
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Education
1997 MFA University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
1995 BFA Texas Technological University, Cum Laude, Lubbock TX
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2009 "Remains" Moss New York
2006 "Persistence of Vision", MUSA Art Space, Seattle, WA
2005 "A Raucous Look at the Persistence of Vision", MUSA, Seattle, WA
2003 "Meet George Jetson", Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
2001 "Here I Am, Entertain Me! Commencement Art Gallery", Tacoma, WA
"Pigs on Parade-public art", sponsors: Niketown, Washington Mutual. Seattle, WA
"First Light", Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1999 "Team works", New Kinetic Sculpture, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Le Quai Fete, residency exhibit, Quai de la Gare, Paris
1998 "Carnival of Life", Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions
2009 Moss at Design Miami/ 2009, Miami, FL
2006 "Wired Forest", Kirkland Arts Space, Kirkland, WA.
2005 "People Doing Strange Things With Electricity ll", Dorkbot, SID Inc, COCA, Seattle, WA
"Obsessions", SID Inc, Thread For Art, Seattle, WA
"Outside In", SID Inc., Bumbershoot, Seattle , WA
2004 "Hindsight: Frozen Moments", SID Inc, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
"Domesticity", SID Inc, Thread for Art, Seattle, WA
"Labor Lines", Thread for Art, Seattle , WA
2003 "Speak and Spell", SID Inc, Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA
"The Last Judgment Project", Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle.
"Fashion is Art", Runway Performance/Exhibition/Publication, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
"Coupling", SID Inc, CMA Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
"Dorkbot", SID, Inc, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
"Speak and Spell", SID Inc, SOIL, Seattle, WA
2002 "Outside the Box", Downtown YMCA, curator, Seattle, WA
"First War of the New Millennium", Soil, Seattle, WA
"LAVA 2002" Seattle Contemporary Art, Noodleworks, Seattle , WA
2001 "Pop Mechanics", Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
"Pop Mechanics", Milton Hershey Museum, Hershey, PA
"Fuseball", Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
"Independent Exposure" Vital 5 Productions, Seattle, WA
Public Dedication Day Performance, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
"Domesticity", Donut Shop 3, Portland, OR
2000 "Pigs on Parade", sponsors: Niketown, Washington Mutual, Seattle, WA
"Pacific Northwest Annual", Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
"Art and Technology-Media for the New Century", Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
"Donut Shop Two", Donut Shop, Portland, OR
"Art & Technology: A Marriage for a New Millennium", Bush Barn Art Center , Salem, OR
"East of Eden-Splendor in the Bash", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 "Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition", Meydenbauer, Bellevue, WA
"Betty Bowen Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition", Washington State CTC, Seattle, WA
"Home Alive Benefit", Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA
1997 "Betty Bowen Award Presentation", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
"MFA Thesis Exhibition", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 "Scissor Kick", Ceramic Metal Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
"The Box", Gallery of Fine Woodworking, Seattle, WA
"Works in Progress", Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
"Spiral", Highland Park Gallery, Dallas, TX,
1995 "Works on Paper + Small 3-D", Jacob Lawrence Gallery,, Seattle, WA
"FOVA Eighth Annual Student Competition", FOVA Gallery, Lubbock, TX
1994 "North American Juried Student Exhibition", Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
"New Statements in Sterling" National Student Sterling Design Competition.
- Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, ID,
- Sea First Bank, Spokane, WA,
- Lever House, NY
- The NY Merchandise Mart, NY
- Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
Hackett, Regina. In the Galleries, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 2. 2006
Samantha Scherer, First War of the New Millennium, SOIL, catalog. 2005.
Seekings, Kate. People Doing Strange Things With Electricity II, DORKBOT, art using tech/tech making art, 62-63,catalog, 2005
Wagonfeld, Judy. Hindsight and foresight at play when Frozen Moments evolve. Seattle Post Intelligencer, May 21. 2004
Graves, Jen. “The Arts: fashion Is...eclectric, individual-and certainly, Fashion Is Art.” Tacoma News Tribune, August 31, 2003
Visual Art Picks Frozen Moments. Seattle Weekly, June 9. 2004
Fahey, Anna. Fashion Is Art, Thread for Art, Page 26, catalog. 2003
Parvez, D. Fashion statements, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 29. 2003
Syme, Chad. Get Me Off This Crazy Thing, Bumbershoot Seattle, catalog, 2003
Catalani, Stefano. The Last Judgment Project, Seattle, Pages 32-33, catalog, 2003
Farr, Sheila. Exhibits show a fashion sense you’ll want to devour, Seattle Times. 2003
Dorkbot. NPR Broadcasting, Mechanical toys played on air. (Nov) 2003
Wiswell, Tonnvane. Magic With Words: Speak and Spell at SOIL/ Pound Galleries, Tablet, July2003
Curtis, Molly Norris. Bumbershoot Visual Arts Preview, Art Access, July/August. 2003
Fahey, Anna. The impulse for First War of the New Millennium, Art Papers, September. 2002
Farr, Sheila. In words that chill, in a haunted stare-the impact of Sept. 11, Seattle Times, May 10. 2002
Hill, Steve. One Odd Coupling: Home Security and Bowling, University Week, March. 2002
Fahey, Anna. LAVA 2002, Thread for Art, Pages 82-85 Artist book reproduced images. 2002
Hall, Emily. Pay Attention, Please. Artists Before the Eruption, The Stranger, May 30, 2002
Christopher, Brian M. Fighting Gravity, Sci-Fi art exhibit pushes envelope, Intelligencer Journal, January 19. 2001
Lewis, Zachary. Art Museum’s Side Show Geared to Mechanical, Patriot News, January 21. 2001
Kelly, Sara. Perfect collaboration. Tacoma Reporter. March 22, 2001.
American Craft, April/May. 2001.
Hall, Emily. Tinkerer’s Toy-Cathy McClure’s Nagging Animation Obsession, The Stranger, August 10th. 2000
Row, D.K. The rough edges of high art. The Oregonian, September, 2000.
Kangas, Matthew. Last call at the mall, Installations outshine paintings in museum’s last show, Seattle Times, August 11. 2000
Hackett, Regina. Art in Progress: BAM’s Pacific Northwest Annual, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 11. 2000
Fredrickson, Eric. Look at Me! Young and New in Bellevue, The Stranger, August 12. 2000
Maclay, Catherine. The Illusions of Zoetrope, Silicon Valley News, June 13.1999
Bonetti, David. Art as team effort, Solo works grab attention at Yerba Center, San Francisco Examiner, July 6.1999.
Kumi Yamashita. Cathy McClure, Bay Guardian, June 8, 1999.
Im, Soyon. The Hit List. The Seattle Weekly, March 19, 1998.
Spencer, Kelly. Bellevue Arts Commission Indoor Exhibition Catalog, Page 10, July 17, 1998.
Halper, Vicki. Betty Bowen Award Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Page 26, catalog, 1998
McClure wins Bowen award, Artweek, January. 1998
Artweek. Art News, January. 1998
Updike, Robin. McClure’s magic circus, Intricate Installation by Young Artist Well Worth a Look, Seattle Times, March 12, 1998
Fredrickson, Eric. Zoetroparific! March 13, The Stranger. 1998
Johnson, Lara. Cathy McClure’s Carnival of Life, The University Daily, February 23, 1998
Hackett, Regina. Craft Values Dominate in Pioneer Square shows, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 13. 1998
Updike, Robin.. Artist Cathy McClure’s creations spin chaotic illusions, Seattle Times, Nov 30, 1997
Nakane, Kazuko. Where Do They Go After School? Artweek, August. 1997
HONORS
2003 Carol Marlow and Jim Young, permanent collection, Seattle, WA
2000 Best in Show, Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
2000 People’s Choice Award, Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue,WA
2000 Matt Griffin and Evelyn Rozner, permanent collection, Seattle, WA
1999 The Pace Collection, permanent collection, Dallas, TX
1999 Quai de La Gare, residency recipient, Paris, France
1997 Betty Bowen Memorial Award, grand prize, Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA
1996 Marsh Scholarship, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1995 Gonzales Scholarship, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1995 Teaching Assistantship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN
1995 HYPrice Merit Scholarship, TexasTechnological University, Lubbock, TX
1995 Arts Alliance Scholarship, Texas Technological University, Lubbock, TX
1994 HYPrice Merit Scholarship, Texas Technological University, Lubbock, TX
1994 Art Memorial Scholarship, Texas Technological University, Lubbock, TX
1994 Friends of Arrowmont Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Art, TN
1994 All American Scholar Collegiate Award, National
1994 White House, Blue Room, permanent collection, Washington, DC
