Cathy Breslaw

Cathy Breslaw

Southern, CA, United States

About Cathy Breslaw

Link to short video about Cathy and her work: https://youtu.be/oI2STDFaReA Breslaw has been featured in over 36 solo exhibitions and has participated in over 50 group exhibitions across the U.S. in museums, art centers, college and university galleries and commercial galleries. She holds an MFA from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California where she received two Fellowships. Since the early 90's Breslaw has professionally exhibited while exploring the boundaries of painting and is continually experimenting with accessible commercial materials to create large format wall, floor, sculptural and installation works that engage concepts of light, space, and the interconnected and ephemeral nature of life. "Making art has been a continuous thread throughout my life. Punctuated by the joy and reverence I have for nature and a relentless curiousity about the world around me, my work combines painting, drawing and sculpture. Many of my ideas stem from research and reading about space and time as well as structural forms appearing in the natural world. I am especially drawn to transparent-like elements and have been primarily using industrial mesh and other commercial plastic materials to create my works. Layering and examining transparencies as they relate to light and shadow are central to my work. Color plays an integral role in enhancing the atmospheric transparency of the materials. The work, sharing forms of painting, sculpture and installation leads the viewer to take an intimate look at seemingly ordinary materials that because of what has been done to them, transcends their function." www.cathybreslaw.com facebook: cathy breslaw contemporary visual artist www.artfullifebycathy.blogspot.com twitter: @cathybreslaw

Education:

Claremont Graduate University, MFA
Claremont, CA
recipient of two fellowships

Howard University, MSW
Counseling
Washington, D.C.

George Washington University, BA American Studies
Washington, D.C.

Events:

2016 Star of San Diego, San Diego Home and Garden Magazine

Exhibitions:

July,2015 'Above, Below and Beyond' Installation, Sparks Gallery, San Diego
September,2015 Solo Exhibition,"Macro Views, Micro Wonders", Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
October - December 30,2015 Solo Exhibition "Light,Space and Beauty", Meadows Gallery, Denton,Texas

2015 Francis Parker, Rose Gallery, Imaginings, San Diego, CA
University of Tulsa Art Gallery, Material Visions, Tulsa, OK

'Contemplation',
Gotthelf Art Gallery, Center for Jewish Culture, La Jolla, CA
September 11, 2014 - November 26, 2014
'Translucence'
San Jose Textile Museum, San Jose CA
November 6, 2013 - January 19, 2014