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The work of Catherine Farish has been described as emotionally sophisticated and provocative. Farish creates large mixed media works on paper, combining printmaking, drawing, painting and collage, using random lines and textures and deliberate markings to form lyrical abstractions which are both sensitive and innovative.

Catherine Farish has shown extensively in Europe, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Asia with over thirty solo exhibitions. Awards include the Grand Prize for Printmaking in Québec, the Acquisition Award from the City of Montreal, the Material Award in the Boston Printmakers Exhibition and several grants, including a residency at the International Art Festival in Asilah Morocco. In 2008 she was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts.

Catherine Farish was born in London, England, in 1951. She presently lives and works just outside Montreal. Farish received a diploma from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School in 1976 and her BFA from Concordia University in 1983. She went on to study with a master printer in the French tradition of printmaking. She has spent the last twenty-five years experimenting and developing her own techniques. She currently teaches at Canada’s National Theatre School, the Great River Arts Institute in Vermont and regularly gives workshops in printmaking.

Farish’s work can be seen in collections such as Aim Funds, Alliance Capital, Banque Nationale, Bell Nordic, Canada Council Art Bank, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Commerzbank, Deloitte & Touche, Domtar, Ernst and Young, Hydro-Québec, IBM, Loto-Québec, Musée du Québec, Pfizer Inc. and SSQ Groupe Financier.