Catherine Gutsche

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Catherine Gutsche earned her Bachelor of Fine Art degree at York University, 1980. She creates intricate abstracted compositions on paper, wood panels and canvas alluding to forms in nature, ambient sound, and light – driven by a need to engage the mind. Freed from representational limits, but with a thorough technical understanding of media, her interest is in colour, line, rhythm and texture. She worked with acrylic paints for over two decades. In recent years she has delved into combining oil with cold wax to play with luscious texture.

Regardless of scale, the momentum of her body informs the outcome. She uses a variety of tools in the studio, including brushes, palette knives, skewer sticks, tree branches, and objects like metal spikes to gouge the surface she is working on. The unpredictability of her practice shapes the final product in surprising ways.

Her work has been exhibited in Canada, USA & France and is held in private collections in Canada, Australia, England, France, and USA. Catherine has been accepted as an artist in residence at Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON; Pouch Cove Foundation Artist Residency Program, NFLD and was awarded a Denis Diderot Grant to attend t...

Bachelor of Fine Art, York University, Toronto, Canada 1980

AWARDS
• 2009 Honorable Mention – Kanata Art Club 23rd Annual Juried Art Show, Ottawa, ON, Canada
• 2009 Jurors’ Choice – Kanata Art Club 23rd Annual Juried Art Show, Ottawa, ON, Canada
• 2008 Jurors’ Choice Award – Ottawa Mixed Media Artists (OMMA) Atrium Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
• 1990 Aerographics Award for excellence in graphic design – York University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

GALLERIES:
Chase Art Gallery, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Pivot Gallery, Muskoka, ON, Canada

2025
“Chateau d’Orquevaux Residency Finale”, Diderot Gallery, Orquevaux, France
• Strévé Gallery Space, Perth, ON, Canada
• "Winter Group Show", Colbourne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, ON, Canada
• "side by side", Union Gallery, Kingston, ON, Canada

2024
• Solo exhibition: "News Blues", Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte ON, Canada
• Solo exhibition: "Life-lines/Laugh-lines", Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, ON, Canada
• 7 Works Collective: Continuum, Etobicoke Civic Centre Gallery, ON, Canada
• Pi ART Squared, Art Alchemy, Toronto, ON, Canada
• "Divisions" at Art à la Carte In Camera Dining Room /Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
• OAG – Ottawa Art Gallery’s Galerie Annexe – art rental & sales

2023
• 7 Works Collective: Continuum, LESLIE GROVE GALLERY Toronto, Canada
• Solo exhibition: "News Blues", Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Canada
• Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, 7 Works Collective exclusively online
• Continuum, 7 Works Collective, Le Chenail Centre Culturel, Hawkesbury, Canada
• Ottawa Miniature Gallery, pop-up exhibition, Ottawa, ON, Canada
• unframed, PROPELLER ART GALLERY, Toronto, Canada
• "Cathedral Window"...