Gail Catlin

Gail Catlin is an internationally acclaimed artist who currently resides in Cape Town, South Africa. Using a dynamic harmony of mixed media, alchemy and expressionism, Gail is the only artist in the world who has perfected the technique of using liquid crystal in an art form.

Liquid crystals are infinitely flexible and fluid enabling transformational art technology with mesmerising qualities. This highly sensitive substance responds immediately to changing intensities of temperature and light with dramatic shifts in colour, reflectivity and sheen providing a constantly changing live pictorial surface.

Accepted for Master’s Degree at Royal College of Art London in 1983.

1979: Cape town Biennial – South African National Gallery

1981: South African Day Republic Day festival – Durban

1981: First Cape Town triennial – South African National Gallery

1985: Women Artist of South Africa – South African National Gallery

1989: South African women paper Exhibition

1990: Standard Bank Natinal Drawing Competition

1991: Grand Prix International art Plastiques – Nice France – Award winner of landscape category

1993: Momentum Art – Biennial – South Africa

1994: Grand Prix International art Plastiques – Nice France – Award winner

1998: Art beyond Borders – Rathaus Augsberg – Germany, represented South Africa, a travelling exhibition

1999: One woman solo show – South African Embassy London

1999: Solo Show – Osborne studio – London.

2000- Exhibited on many group shows. Installed sculpture, conceptual and installations in various public spaces.

2008: Solo Exhibition Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town

2009: One Woman exhibition – Dubai

2010: University Kaust- Kaust Museum Middle East- 2 liquid crystal installations

2019: Solo Exhibition at The Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town

2019-2020: Cheetah Plains Game Lodge, Sabie Sabie...