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Updated: 10.5.2011

CATHERINE BARTLETT-HIRANI

PROFILE

Upon graduating from Wheaton College with a degree in biology and a minor in art, pursued a successful career in biotechnology for over fifteen years; beginning in academics at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and the E.K. Shriver Center in Waltham, Massachusetts, followed by several years in the biopharmaceutical industry working for companies based in Cambridge, Massachusetts including Genzyme Corporation, LeukoSite, Exelixis Pharmaceuticals, and Ariad Pharmaceuticals. Upon "retiring" from biotech in 1999 began a serious effort to fully restore late 1860s Victorian home in Arlington, Massachusetts while setting out on a course of study to become a full time artist.

EDUCATION

Graduated with honors from Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts in 1983 with a major in biology and minors in art and chemistry.

ADDITIONAL STUDIES
Basic Drawing
Figure Drawing
Technical Oil Painting
Abstraction with the Figure
Oil Painting
Collage
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Lincoln, Massachusetts 1999 - 2004
Illustration
Perspective Drawing
Rivier College Nashua, New Hampshire 1986 - 1987

ARTIST 2000 - present
Working largely in acrylic, oil, and collage have produced a strong body of work both representational and abstract with a vision of reflecting a formal interest in both color and the interaction of shapes and forms. Works reflect primarily immediate surroundings with an emphasis on still life and "suburban" landscapes. Through rigorous study and reading have become self-taught in the field of modern art history.

MEMBERSHIPS and AFFILIATIONS
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts 1997 - present
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Boston, Massachusetts 2007 - 2009
Arlington Center for the Arts Arlington, Massachusetts 2003 - present
Board of Directors Co-chair 2007 - 2009
Fundraiser Co-chair 2007 - 2009
Board of Directors 2005 - 2009
Gallery Committee 2005 - 2009
Volunteer 2005 - present
Concord Art Association Concord, Massachusetts 2004 - present
Advisory Board 2010 - present
Fundraiser Co-chair 2009 - present
Volunteer 2006 - present
The Sharon Arts Center Peterborough, New Hampshire 2003 - present
Juried Member 2004 - present
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Lincoln, Massachusetts 2000 - 2005

SELECT EXHIBITIONS
Jaffrey Civic Center Jaffrey, NH "The New HAT Artists: Jaffrey Explored" Group Show October - November, 2011
Arlington Town Hall Arlington, Massachusetts Solo Show January - March 2009
Brookhaven Lexington, Massachusetts Solo Show August - September 2008
McGowan Fine Art Concord, New Hampshire April 2008 - present
200th Anniversary Harvest Ball Arlington, Massachusetts Group Show at Arlington Town Hall November 2007
The Old Schwamb Mill Arlington, Massachusetts "A Color Cornucopia" Group Show September - December 2007
Gallery 2 at Vermont Artisan Designs Brattleboro, Vermont "Colorful Strokes" Solo Show September/October 2006
Concord Art Association Concord, Massachusetts Holiday Originals Show December 2005 - 2010
Members Juried I Show January 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
Awarded Best Water Media 2004
Members Juried II Show February 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Frances N. Roddy Open Competition September 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011
Paint the Town Donated painting towards fundraising event May 2004 - 2011
The Sharon Arts Center Peterborough, New Hampshire Mini Mania Group Show December 2007 - 2010
Members Show January/February 2004 - 2007
Featured Artist of the Month September 2004
Arlington Center for the Arts Arlington, Massachusetts Arlington Open Studios October 2004 - 2009
Images of Arlington Show April 2004 - 2011
Awarded Honorable Mention 2004, 2005
Heart of the Arts Group Show May 2003
Awarded 3rd Prize Flora Arlington, Massachusetts Solo Show May - September 2004
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Lincoln, Massachusetts Members Juried Show November 2003, 2004
West Island Gallery Georgetown, Maine Summer, 2003
The Chocolate Church Arts Center Bath, Maine Juried Show August - September, 2003