Catherine Tait

Catherine Tait



About The Artist


Winner of over 30 awards including highly commended Winner sculpture award 2008, 2010 Winner of 3 awards Camberwell Rotary Art Show Melbourne 1999, 2003, 2007 Highly commended for the James Farrell self-portrait prize 2001, Awarded Hepburn springs Latrobe University landscape award 2010, 11, 14 & 17 MANet portrait prize High commendation 2016 Best in exhibit St Pauls Art prize 2013, Kyneton 2014, Flanagan Ballarat 2013, Bendigo Easter Rotary 2012, Harcourt 2010, and people’s choice, best oil 2013, highly commendation 2013, 14,15 & 18 Castlemaine 2009, 2018 3 awards King River Valley Art Exhibition Short listed for Petite Pieces exhibition Aspire Gallery Queensland 2019 EMSLA Coffs harbour, 2007,08,09,10, 11, 13, 14 & 2015 Toorak sculpture Walk and Painting Walk 2017,2018 & 2019 NSW Plein air landscape prize 2017, 2018 M16 drawing prize 2016 Percival portrait award 2011,2012 & Cowra Colleen award 2011, She exhibition 2012,13,14 & 2016 Flanagan art award 2011,12,13, & 14 Len Fox award Castlemaine 2011 and 2013 2013-15 Studied Life drawing and painting with Jeff Makin: Chewton studio October 2015 Travelled to Florence to study Portraiture in sculpture at Florence Art Academy Numerous Solo Exhibitions and joint exhibitions in Castlemaine, Bendigo Melbourne, Sydney, Coffs Harbour, Sydney and Townsville, Toorak Sculpture Walk and New York Commissioned illustration and portrait work for clients in America and Malaysia Commissioned portraits of wine makers in the King River Valley including John Charles Brown (Brown Bros. Winery) 2002 Artist in residence Buda Castlemaine 2007 & 1997 Noted collections: Latrobe University collection Talans private collection Camberwell Rotary collection Stonemans Trust private collection During the period of 1986 through to the present time exhibited in the following galleries Grimandi Gallery New York M16 gallery ACT Coffs Harbour Art Gallery Parliament House NSW Walker Street Gallery Dandenong Townsville Regional Gallery Buda Castlemaine Custom House Warrnambool Capricorn Galleries Melbourne Convent Galleries Daylesford Manningham Galleries Monsalvat Eltham Cascade gallery Maldon