Norman Catherine
NORMAN CATHERINE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
1949 Born September, in East London, South Africa.
1967/8 Studied at East London Technical College Art School.
1970/1 Worked as a commercial artist in Johannesburg.
1972 Started full-time fine art career.
1973 Began working on Fook Island project with Prof. Walter Battiss.
1975 Began building home called Fook Manor at Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa.
1978 Began working on 'Memo' book with Allan Cameron.
1981 Worked for R.O. Blechman, New York on animation project Stravinsky's ‘L'Histoire du Soldat’.
1984/5 Spent a year in Los Angeles and New York.
1986 Spent 3 months in New York and Los Angeles.
1986/7 Designed murals for Fook Island town house development in Pretoria on original property of Walter Battiss 1987/90 Designed Fook Island merchandising.
1995 Book, “The Legend of Memo the Hierophant” created with Allan Cameron, published by Orion in UK.
2000 Monograph: ‘Norman Catherine’ published by Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2007-09 Completed House Catwalk, Hartbeespoort
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1969 Herbert Evans Gallery, Johannesburg
1970 Motif Gallery, East London
1971 N.S.A. Gallery, Durban
1972 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1973 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1974 Goodman-Wolman Gallery, Cape Town
1976 Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1977 No 13 Abel Road Gallery, Johannesburg
1978 Kunsthandel SIAU,Amsterdam, HOLLAND
Gallery 21, Johannesburg
1979 Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg (Retrospective exhibition 1969-1979)
1980 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1982 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Gowlett Gallery, Cape Town
1984 S.A. Association of Arts, Windhoek, NAMIBIA
1985 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1986 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (Fook Island-Walter Battiss Commemoration Exhibition)
S.A. Association of Arts, Pretoria
Gallery 21, Johannesburg (100 works from Pelmama Collection)
Area-X Gallery, New York, USA
1987 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1991 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1993 Spot-On Gallery, Windhoek, Namibia
1994 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1995 Espace XL, LUXEMBOURG
2000 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2002 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2004 Urban Mutations, Moba Art Gallery, Brussels
2004 Now & Then Retrospective, Pretoria Art Museum
2004 Now & Then Retrospective, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein
2005 Now & Then Retrospective,Stellenbosch Art Gallery
Now & Then Retrospective,Nelson Mandela Metro Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth
2005 Now & Then Retrospective, Durban Art Gallery
Now & Then Retrospective, Polokwane Art Gallery
2006 Now & Then Retrospective, Johannesburg Art Gallery
'Dualities', Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Numerous in South Africa to date
1972 Galleria d'Arte L'Orizonte, Senigallia, ITALY
1973 Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris, FRANCE
1975 Art 6'75, Basel, SWITZERLAND
1981 Art EXPO, San Francisco, USA
Art EXPO, Los Angeles, USA
Defense Art Gallery, Paris, FRANCE
1985 Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Tributaries Exhibition, Johannesburg & GERMANY (BMW-sponsored touring exhibition)
1986 Pictures of People, Area-X Gallery, New York, USA
1987 Art 18'87, Basel, SWITZERLAND
1989 Art 20'89, Basel, SWITZERLAND
1990 Voices from South Africa, Contemporary Art against Apartheid, Stuart Levy Gallery, New York, USA
1990-91 Art from South Africa, Zabalaza Festival, Oxford Museum, Oxford, UK (touring Exhibition)
1991 AA Life Vita Art Exhibition, Johannesburg
1993 Venice Biennial, Venice, ITALY
Graphica Creativa, Jyvaskyla, FINLAND
1994 Cuban Biennial, Havana, CUBA & Ludwig Forum, Aachen, GERMANY
In Full Color, Les Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
1995 Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
On The Road, Delfina Studio Trust Gallery, London
Mayibuye i Afrika, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS
Panoramas of Passage: Changing Landscapes of South Africa, Meridian Cafritz Galleries, Washington, Touring USA (Dallas, Atlanta, Detroit and Wilberforce,Ohio)
1996 Modern Konst i Afrika, MalmöKonsthall, Malmö, SWEDEN
Eight from South Africa, Centre for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, USA
Common and Uncommon Ground, Atlanta, USA
Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, USA (May)
Simunye, Adelson Galleries, New York, USA
Art 27’96, Basel, Switzerland
Colours, Zeignössische Kunst aus Südafrika, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, GERMANY
1997 South Africa, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Fin de Siecle, Michel Luneau Art Gallery, Nantes, FRANCE
1998 Included in United Nations Portfolio: “New York - Artists Salute Gerard Schroeder”
2000 Zeignössische Kunst aus Südafrika, Bayer AG, Leverkussen, Germany
2002 L’humour dans i’art contemporain, Espace Belleville, Paris, France
Passport to South Africa, Centro Culterale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
Natural Born Painters, Galerie W, Paris, France
2003 Art 34 Basel, Switzerland
Brett Kebble Awards, Cape Town
2004 'Identity - The ID of South African Artists' Exhibition, Scheveningen, Holland
2006 '1er Salon d'Art Contemporain Africain', Brussels, Belgium
2007 ‘Local Racism, Global Apartheid’, CCCP, Barcelona Spain
2011 ‘Art Monaco ‘11’, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
'Water – the [Delicate] Thread of Life’, Standard Bank Gallery, JohannesburgE
2011 INTRE DE CULTURA CONTEMPORÀNIA DE BARCELON
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
S A National Gallery, Cape Town
Johannesburg Municipal Art Gallery, Johannesburg
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
Durban Art Gallery, Durban
Ann Bryant Art Gallery, East London
Sandton Municipal Art Gallery, Sandton
Oliwenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein
The Haenggi Foundation Inc, Switzerland
Pelmama Permanent Art Collection, Johannesburg
University of South Africa, Pretoria
Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
University of Natal, Durban
Walter Battiss Museum, Somerset East
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
Roodepoort Public Library, Roodepoort
Department of National Education
Carnegie Art Gallery, Newcastle
Gauteng Legislature, Johannesburg
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
Constitutional Court of SA, Johannesburg
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (MOMA)
Reserve Bank of South Africa
Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, NY, USA
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, USA
Mobil Court Art Collection, Cape Town
Volkskas Bank, Pretoria
Everite Ltd, Johannesburg
Premier Milling Co, Johannesburg
Trust Bank, Johannesburg
Bankorp, Johannesburg
Standard Bank, Johannesburg
Sasol Art Collection
World Bank, Johannesburg
BHP Billiton, Johannesburg
World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
Union Bank of Switzerland, Sandton
Telkom, Johannesburg
Absa, Johannesburg
Saronsberg Wine Estate Collection, Tulbagh
Vodacom, Cape Town
Berardo Foundation, Portugal
Sanlam Ltd., Bellville
Fortis Circustheatre, Scheveningen, Holland
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1969 Artlook, Johannesburg (No 36)
1972 Artlook, Johannesburg (June)
1973 Art South Africa Today, Durban (Catalogue)
Time-out, Johannesburg (June)
Habitat, Johannesburg (No 1)
1974 To the Point, Johannesburg (13/9)
Passport to Pleasure, Johannesburg (August)
1975 Habitat, Johannesburg (No 12)
Art 6'75 Basel Catalogue, Switzerland
1976 Art 7'76 Basel Catalogue, Switzerland
Habitat, Johannesburg (No 21)
Source Guide for Art & Architecture, Pretoria
1977 Escape, Johannesburg (May)
Deluxe, London, UK (Vol 1, No 1)
1978 South African Art, James Ambrose Brown (MacDonald), Cape Town
De Stalmeesters, H R Meijer (De Opkomende
Zon), Amsterdam, Holland
Last Letters from the Wilderness, Ramsay MacKay
1979 Music Maker, Johannesburg (May)
Rand Afrikaans University exhibition Catalogue, Johannesburg
Art Collection of Unisa, Pretoria (Catalogue 1)
1980 Graphis Annual, Zurich, Switzerland
S.A. Architecture, Cape Town (Fook Manor designed by Stanley Saitowitz)
Style, Johannesburg (December)
The Airbrush Book, Curtis & Hunt, (Orbis Publishing), London, UK
1981 Idea 164, Tokyo, Japan (Vol 29 - January)
Artwork, Los Angeles, USA (Catalogue)
Style, Johannesburg (October)
1982 UCLA Bulletin Cover, Los Angeles, USA
Style, Johannesburg (August)
Progressive Architecture, Stamford, USA (Vol 63 No 3 - Fook Manor)
University of StelIenbosch (Catalogue 40 Portraits exhibition)
Frontline, Johannesburg (Vol 3 No 3)
GA Houses 10 (ADA. Edita, Tokyo - Fook Manor)
Three Centuries of S.A. Art, H. Fransen (A.D. Donker), Johannesburg
1983 South Africa 1983, Johannesburg
The Blue Book, Brad Benedict (Vermillion) London
Art & Artists of S.A., E. Berman, revised edition
(A.A. Balkema), Cape Town,SA/Rotterdam, Holland
University of the Witwatersrand (Catalogue: Art & Artist of SA, November), Johannesburg
1984 OPTIMA (Vol 32, No 1 - Coverpage), Johannesburg
Sun Magazine, Johannesburg (February) Sandton Sun Guide (September )
Pretoria Art Museum (Catalogue - Marguerite Stephens, Weaver - Tapestry), Pretoria
The Advanced Airbrush Book, Misstear & Scott-Harman (Orbis Publishing), London, UK
1985 Looking at S.A. Art, P. Harmsen (JL van Schaik) Pretoria
AD Art Director (No 2 & No 3), Johannesburg Tributaries - A View of Contemporary S.A. Art (BMW), Johannesburg
Cape Town Triennial Catalogue, Cape Town
Vula, Cape Town (December/January)
East Village, A Guide A Documentary (Egret Publishing), New York, USA
1986 Gallery 21, Pelmama Collection Catalogue Leadership (Vol 5 No 4), Johannesburg
Hello (May), Johannesburg
Johannesburg Art Gallery Brochure (Tapestry)
Pretoria Art Museum, (September Newsletter)
Art Forum (Dec-Exhibition review) New York, USA
108 East Village Review (Sept) New York, USA
Artspeak (Sept Vol IX No l)New York, USA
1987 Johannesburg Art Gallery (Vita Art Now Catalogue)
Norman Catherine Recent Works (Catalogue for
Art 18'87, Basel - publ. Goodman Gallery), Jhb.
Art 18'87 Basel Catalogue, Switzerland
De Kat (July), Johannesburg
1989 Resistance Art in South Africa, Sue Williamson (David Phillips Publishers), Cape Town
Battiss & the Spirit of the Place (Unisa Art Gallery), Pretoria
1990 150 S.A. Paintings, Alexander & Cohen (Struik Publ.)
A.D.A. Magazine No 8, Jennifer Sorrel, Cape Town
20/20 (February), London, UK
1991 Omni (April - Coverpage), New York, USA
The Sasol Art Collection Catalogue
South African Portfolio, Steel & Michel (Struik), S.A.
Style (August), Johannesburg
1993 Incroci Del Sud Affinities Catalogue, XLV Venice Biennial
Vogue (Dec/Jan), Paris, France
1994 De Kat (March), Johannesburg
Style (September), Johannesburg
1995 Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa Catalogue, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
On the Road Catalogue, Delfina Studio Trust, London, UK published by Goodman Gallery, Jhb
1996 Colours - Kunst aus Sudafrika, Berlin.
Art in South Africa -the Future Present, Sue Williamson, Ashraf Jamal - David Philip Publishers
2000 “Norman Catherine” monologue published by Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2002 L’humour dans i’art contemporain Catalogue, Paris
‘Passport to South Africa’ catalogue for exhibition in Bolzano, Italy
2004 'Identity - The ID of South African Artists' Exhibition Catalogue, Scheveningen
2004 Now & Then Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue
2008 ‘Art and Justice’, David Krut Publishing
2009 ‘South African Art Now’, Sue Williamson (Harper Collins)
Viva, Omni, Penthouse, Penthouse Forum, High Times magazines in New York have used artwork for editorials on numerous occasions as well as In Style, Los Angeles.
TELEVISION & RADIO
1978 SABC-TV, Johannesburg (Perspektief 31/5)
1979 SABC-TV, Johannesburg (Focus on Five - Josh Spencer)
SABC-TV, Johannesburg (Interviewing Walter Battiss on Galaxy 16/3/79)
Don Searll, Johannesburg (Norman Catherine's Visions)
1980 Radio, (Interview by David Hall Green) Johannesburg
1982 SABC-TV, (Portfolio - February)
SABC-TV, (Portfolio - 17/8/82)
1984 SABC-TV, (Art & Seen, E Berman 26/6/84)
1985 SABC-TV, (Portfolio - 24/9/85 - Cape Town Triennial Review)
1987 SABC-TV, (Collage - 06/87)
1988 SABC-TV, (Collage - 06/88)
1989 SABC-TV, (Kamers)
1991 SABC-TV, (Collage - Exhibition 08/91)
1994 SABC-TV, (Top Billing 9/94)
1995 M-NET, (Front Row - Africa ‘95, London - 10/95)
1996 SABC-TV, (Beckett’s Trek - Hartbeespoort - 5/96)
1997 SABC-TV, (Arts Unlimited 10/4/97)
2000 KYKNET (Kunskafee 4/00)
2005 KYKNET (Kunskafee 3/05)
2006 YOTV (March)
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