Catherine Pennington-Meyer
Catherine Pennington-Meyer MA, MSc
Artist Statement
Catherine Pennington-Meyer is a multi award-winning artist who currently lives and works in Augsburg, near Munich, in Germany. Her work concentrates primarily on abstract expressionism. Catherine is represented through multiple international galleries and has participated in exhibitions throughout Europe, including the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona. Over the years she has established a prestigious international collector base.
Catherine says of her art: `I see my painting as a kind of language, translating what I feel or experience to those viewing it. I am innately drawn to create raw, emotive, expressionist pieces, mostly abstracts, which distil a subject down to its feeling. I don`t only want my art to be `beautiful` but for it to reach out and touch the person who is viewing it on an immediate, intuitive level. I want my paintings to speak to their audience in their own visceral language. I am influenced by nature, particularly the multifaceted nature of water, and memories of growing up in particularly beautiful landscapes in North Yorkshire and Scotland. I also find human psychology and science fascinating. But I see compositions everywhere, whether it be flowers in a park, the way smoke curls, books on a library shelf or a street market. Everything is made up of shapes and colours. The world is a constant source influences and inspiration.’
Over time, as her work has developed, she has been increasingly compelled towards abstraction, through which she feels able to communicate an energy which is untethered by the constraints of realism. She enjoys playing with light, depth and movement in her art to give it immediacy and to draw a viewer into the composition. Catherine also enjoys poetry, and her works occasionally have accompanying narratives. Catherine views visual and written art as two sides of one coin and likes the notion that ‘painting is silent poetry, and poetry painting that speaks’ (Plutarch).
Biography:
– Starting from October 2023, a member of the roster at Parcus Gallery.
– Dec 2023: Participation Artbox Project Miami
– Dec 2023: Participation Expo Metro Times Square
– Sept 2023: Awarded Artist of The Year 2023 World Of Art Magazine
– Sept 2023: Represented through Kooness online via Teravarna Gallery
– August 2023: Exhibited, European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Barcelona
– July 2023: Winner, 2nd place, ArtPrize Barcelona, Artio Gallery (NYC)
– July 2023:participation in Biafarin Rebellion exhibition
– June 2023: Participation in Expo Metro billboard art show, Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona
– From May 2023: Representation through ARTOUI Gallery, Munich
– May to June 2023: Participation in The Holy Art Gallery Reflections 2023 exhibition, London
– May 2023: Participation in, and Talent Award Winner, Teravarna Landscapes International juried art competition
– May 2023: International Prize “PEGASUS for the Arts”, The Scuola Grande of San Teodoro, Venice
– Feb – March 2023: Participation in, and Public Choice Award Winner for, Biafarin AQUA Exhibition
– Nov 2022: One of only 40 artists invited to take part in The Placrylic Art Fair, York, UK
– Oct 2022: Participation in Rome Art Week, Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome
– Oct 2022-April 2023: Solo exhibition, Westhouse, Augsburg
– April – Nov 2022: Solo Exhibition, Nuno,Textil Museum, Augsburg
– September 2021: Honourable Mention Award, `Harmony of Art` International art competition, Blue Blood Gallery, Prague
– July 2021: Exhibition, Van der Plaas Gallery, New York, USA
– From May 2021: Represented through Wychwood Gallery, Oxford, UK
– Selected for inclusion in the upcoming `Artfolio 2021: Curated Collection of The World`s Most Exciting Artists`
– May 2021: Participation In Artbox Projects Barcelona 1.0
– February 2021: Featured in The Guggenheim Edition of the World of Art Magazine
– August 2020: Merit Award, `Waters` International art competition, Art Room Gallery
– From July 2020: Representation through Visual Voices International
– June/July 2020: Digital exhibition, Artbox Projects gallery, Zurich
– June 2020: Awarded First Place in the `Skies` International juried art competition, Grey Cube Gallery
– April 2020: Feature-Article, Discover Germany, Switzerland & Austria Magazine
– March 2020: Winner of the `Contemporary Art Gallery 2020` Munich & South Germany Prestige Awards
– From Jan 2020: Representation through Five3 Gallery, California, USA
– Aug – Nov 2019: Exhibition (as part of Rome Art Week) Gallery `Rossacinabra`, Rome
– October 2017: Winner, Photography Juried Art Competition, Fusion Art (USA)
– June 2017: Winner, Artists Info International Art Contest (UK)
– April 2017: Finalist, Visual Arts Open 2017
– April 2017: Finalist, 2nd Annual Waterscapes Fusion Art Exhibition
– March 2016 –present: Artist/Gallery Owner ‘Gallerie White Space`, Augsburg, Germany
- October 24, 2023
