Cathy Pitts is a contemporary painter.
She trained extensively in piano, dance, and acting which she fully integrated in the development of her work. In the late 70"s she designed stage sets at UCLA where she earned her BFA and later designed sets for the Palm Springs Dance Company. Cathy has painted for close to three decades. She is the protege of Kwok Wai Lau with whom she was mentored privately for six years. Kwok Wai Lau is a former faculty member of the International Art School, Hong Kong and guest lecturer for The Art Institute of Chicago and School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Cathy is exhibiting internationally. Her paintings and sculptures are in private and public collections nationwide.
She was awarded "Best of Show" at The Palm Springs Art Museum's 37th National Exhibition.
In the last seven years her award-winning work has been shown and awarded in 26 national and international exhibitions selected by many distinguished jurors in the art field, including world renowned art critics, Donald Kuspit, Phyllis Tuchman, and Kenneth Baker: museum curators of the Metropolitan, Museum of Modern Art/New York, Whitney, Guggenheim, Chrysler, Corcoran, Terra Museum of American Art, and Spertus Museum, as well as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Walker Art Center, and the Art Student's League.
Her work was also awarded "Best Oil Painting", by the Director of Education for the Paul Mellon Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, as well as selected by the Editor-in-Chiefs of "American Artist Magazine" and "The Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine".
Awards:
2006 - Cover Artist for the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylics Exhibition
2008 - First place Lenore Segan Award for New York's Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation
2009 - National Visual Arts Competition and has showcased her work at the Hollis Taggart Gallery in Manhattan.
2010 - commissioned artist for the Vail Jazz Festival.
2011 - cover artist for the international CEO Compass Magazine where her paintings "Spring Dreams" and "Metamorphosis" are featured.
Cathy Pitts Is currently debuting her work in Taipei as an invited featured international artist at Art Revolution Taipei (A.R.T.) 台北新藝術博覽會 in the Taipei World Trade Center Show Hall 2 and is now exhibiting throughout Taiwan in the X-Power Gallery 寶勝畫廊in Taichung and Kaohsiung. More information about Cathy Pitts, please visit her ArtSlant's site: http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/132464-cathy-pitts?tab=PROFILE.
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