Cathy Locke

I am a San Francisco-based figurative artist and writer. I was born in Oxford, Mississippi and raised in America’s deep south until I was twelve. I spent the majority of my teenage years living between Los Angeles and New York, until finally settling in California’s wine country north of San Francisco. I have a B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design and a M.F.A. from the Academy of Art University, both with honors. I teach figurative courses for the graduate department at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. I have received over forty accolades for my paintings, including ones from: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Pastel Society of America, Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, the Pastel Journal, Northern California Artists Association and University of Oregon. My work has been featured at six museum shows and is collected by civic and educational institutions, as well as private patrons across the United States, Canada and Europe.

Writing about art is a big part of my art practice. I am the editor-in-chief of . I have also been published by Palgrave Macmillan, the Military History Quarterly and American Arts Quarterly.

My paintings explore the female figure’s movem...

B.F.A. - Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
M.F.A. - Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

MUSEUM SHOWS
2018
– Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL

2016
– National Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA

2013
– Salon International, International Museum of Contemporary Masters, San Antonio, TX
– National Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA

2011
– Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
– Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA

2008
– Pastels USA, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA

2006
– 13th Annual, Connecticut Pastel Society, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT

2005
– Pastels USA, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
– Renaissance in Pastel, Slater Memorial Museum, CT

JURIED SHOWS
2018
– A Hint of Light: California Daybreak, California Art Club, Altadena, CA

2017
– 84th Annual Hudson Valley Art Association Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club Gallery, New York
– Small Works, Graton Gallery, Graton, CA

2016
– OPA Salon Exhibition, Castle Gallery Fine Art, Fort Wayne, IN
– "Artists Choice," San Francisco Women's Gallery
– "The Nude Figure," Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 19087

2015
– 40 Hues, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
– Fire and Water Exhibition, 1337 Gallery, San Rafael, CA
– Human, Laguna Beach, CA
– Bold Expressions, Carmichael, CA
– Peoples” Sebastopol Ce...