Catherine Bertulli

These large watercolor and gouache works on paper (usually 140lb Arches hot press) are figuratively inspired but painted with a vibrant physically engaged approach. The images are drawn from my life experiences. I use crayon resist, wet and wet, sgraffito ( using the back of my fingernails to scrape away the paint or use the flat side of a screwdriver to uncover a colorful under painting). I get a thrill when I take a chance and push the image but can still limit myself to a restrictive palette. I give the composition a twisted perspective, the picture builds up energy and the slanting images feel like they are slipping off the edge of the paper. You are seeing the image from my POV. I use hot and zestful saturated colors. I look at still life with a fresh perceptiveness, humor and whimsy: a joi de vivre approach where "less is more than meets the eye".

I studied at the Massachusetts College of Arts, I have work in the Fogg Art Museum, MIT, The Rose Art Museum, and the Paine-Webber Collection.

I also work with industrial grade aluminum foil but I am currently not offering this work at Saatchi. I was the featured artist, sponsored by Interall Srl, Aluminum 2000, Verona Italy this June.

Massachusetts College of Art

The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA, Fellow

AWARDS
2017 Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency
2016 The Studios at Mass MOCA, Artist Residency
2016 The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant, Finalist
1991 The Massachusetts Art Lottery, Melrose, MA, Recipient
1982-1983 The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA, Fellow
1979 The Artist Fellowship Program, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, Boston, MA, Recipient
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 Featured Artist, sponsored by Interall Srl, Aluminum 2000, Verona Italy
1987 “Catherine Bertulli, Watercolors,” Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA
1985 “Catherine Bertulli, Watercolors,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 "Catherine Bertulli and Max van Pelt," Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, Fall River, MA, September, 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 “HABITAT/ion,” Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2016 “Danforth Art Annual,” Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2015 “On the Edge,” South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA,
2015 “Community of Artists,” Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2014 Studio Visit Magaine, Volume 24
1999 “Ninth Triennial Exhibition, ” Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA
1988 “Affixion,” Danforth Mu...