Catherine Callanan is an emerging, award-winning mixed media artist. After a 20-year career in education, working with ‘at risk’ students and their families, she returned to college to focus formally on her creative endeavours. Catherine studied Drawing, Sculpture, Textiles, Ceramic and Glass while pursuing her BA Contemporary Applied Art in Crawford College of Art and Design, MTU, Cork. She then completed a Fine Art MA in Art and Process graduating with first class hons in both.
Catherine’s work is research-driven and material-focused, exploring interpersonal relationships from a female perspective. She delves into the epigenetic inheritance of intergenerational trauma and internal landscapes.
Her installations and sculpture encourage tactile interaction, while her paintings employ multiple layers to weave a narrative. Designed to engage viewers physically and emotionally, her work challenges perceptions and prompts introspection.
Intrigued by the complex and often unpredictable process of making, Catherine purposefully includes imperfections in her work. Her choice of format and material is guided by her research and informed by the inherent properties of the materials she selects. By focusing on the unseen and misrepresented she invites viewers to reconsider what they may initially overlook.
