CATHERINE GUTSCHE – ARTIST CV
Galleries
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Art, York University, 1980 Workshop with Lila Lewis Irving
Workshop with Suzanne Warren Powell Workshop with Lisa Pressman
Workshop with Jane Davies Workshop with Rod Prouse
Workshop with Seth Apter Workshop with Judy Woods
Workshop with Bob Burridge Workshop with Louise Fletcher
AWARDS
2009 Honorable Mention – Kanata Art Club 23rd Annual Juried Art Show, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2009 Jurors’ Choice – Kanata Art Club 23rd Annual Juried Art Show, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 Jurors’ Choice Award – Ottawa Mixed Media Artists (OMMA) Atrium Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
1990 Aerographics Award for excellence in graphic design – York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
GRANTS
2025 Denis Diderot Grant to attend the Chateau d’Orquevaux international artists’ & writers’ residency in France
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
“The Colour of Conversation” 2025, Diderot Gallery held by the Chateau d’Orquevaux, France
“Trees” series purchased for permanent collection 2013 – Ottawa Public Library – Carp, Ottawa, ON, Canada
OTTAWA PUBLIC ART PROGRAM
C4 Gallery project: Contemporary, Conceptual, Compartmental, Community 2011 - Ottawa Public Art Program
Painted Tulip, Tulip Festival, Ottawa, ON, Canada
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Chateau d’Orquevaux international artists residency, France – April 2025
Pouch Cove invitational Artist Residency, Pouch Cove, NFLD, Canada – January 2025
Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON, Canada – 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
GALLERIES
2025-6 Chase Art Gallery – Beaconsfield, Montreal, PQ, Canada
2025-6 O’Connor Gallery – Gananoque, ON, Canada
2025-6 Capital Art Fair Gallery – Ottawa, ON, Canada
2025 Pivot Gallery – Muskoka, ON, Canada
2019-2025 Sivarulrasa Gallery – Almonte, ON, Canada
2006-2010 Three Yellow Tulips Art Shoppe - Pakenham, ON, Canada
2017-2018 Kanata Civic Art Gallery (artist member) - Kanata, ON, Canada
EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS (SELECTED)
SOLO shows
2025 North Folk Café, Perth, ON, Canada
2024 "Life-lines/Laugh-lines", Melt Studio & Gallery - Picton, ON, Canada
2023 “News Blues”, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, ON, Canada
2022 "Improv", Sivarulrasa Gallery - Almonte, ON, Canada
2018 Alice's Village Café - Carp, ON, Canada
2018 KIN Vineyards Tasting room - Carp, ON, Canada
2013 Urban Pear Restaurant - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2011 "Landscapes in the Abstract" - Stittsville Public Library - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2010 "Tie One On" - Bergamot Barn - Almonte, ON, Canada
2009 "My Sunday Best Tie" - Trinity Memorial Art Gallery Ottawa - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 "Tie One On" - Ottawa Public Library - North Gower Branch - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 "Tie One On" - Macdonald-Cartier International Airport - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 “Textiles with meaning. Textiles with personality.” Mississippi Valley Textile Museum - Almonte, ON, Canada
Duo Shows
2019 "Reverie" - Catherine Gutsche & Gayle Kells - Sivarulrasa Gallery - Almonte, ON, Canada
2011 "16 to the Power of 2" - Bergamot Barn - Almonte, ON, Canada
Interviews
2008 CBC Radio Interview - All in a Day with Adrian Harewood
Group exhibitions:
2026 Dada tiny ART SHOW + World Tour, Fake gALLerRy, Worldwide
2026 “side by side”, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2025 Cline House Gallery, Merry Mini show, Cornwall, ON
2025 Carleton Place Gallery, Three-Fifty Squares, Carleton Place, ON
2025 “Chateau d’Orquevaux Residency Finale”, Diderot Gallery, Orquevaux, France
2025 Gallery 1313 “The Summer Exhibition”, Toronto, ON, Canada
2025 Chase Art Gallery, Montreal, PQ, Canada
2025 O’Connor Gallery, Gananoque, ON, Canada
2025 Propellor Gallery “Misneach”, Toronto, ON Canada
2025 Pivot Gallery – Muskoka, ON, Canada
2025 A.I.R. Gallery “Postcard Show”, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2025 Domio Gallery, online, London, England
2025 Strévé Loft Gallery, Perth, ON, Canada
2025 "Winter Group Show", Colbourne Street Gallery - Fenelon Falls, ON, Canada
2025 "side by side" fundraiser, Union Gallery - Kingston, ON, Canada
2019-2024 Anniversary Exhibitions at the Sivarulrasa Gallery - Almonte, ON, Canada
2024 "Give A Little Bit" Holiday Group Show, Melt Studio & Gallery - Picton, ON, Canada
2024 "Merry Mini's Holiday Show", The Jackalope Gallery, 1558 Queen St. E, Toronto, ON, Canada
2024 "Holiday Art Market", Colbourne Street Gallery, 36 Colbourne St., Fenelon Falls, ON, Canada
2024 “Pi ART Squared” show, Art Alchemy - Leaside (Toronto), ON, Canada
2024 “Continuum, 7 Works Collective” - Etobicoke, ON, Canada
2024 Postcard Art Exhibition 2024 - McKinney, Texas, USA
2023 “unframed”, Propeller Art Gallery - Toronto, ON, Canada
2023 OMG - Ottawa Miniature Gallery, pop-up exhibition at Happy Goat Coffee Co. - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2023 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, 7 Works Collective exclusively online - Toronto, ON, Canada
2023 “Continuum, 7 Works Collective”, Le Chenail Centre Culturel - Hawkesbury, ON, Canada
2023 “Continuum, 7 Works Collective”, Leslie Grove Gallery - Toronto, ON, Canada
2022 “Back of an Envelope”, Blue Monkey Network & Edgeland Modern Online Gallery - Newhaven, UK
2022 “Light Of Day: Rejects Reconsidered”, Lodger Gallery, Online Gallery - NY, USA
2022 “SCORE - Southern California Open Regional Exhibition”, Online Gallery - San Fernando Valley, CA, USA
2022 “MONOCHROMATIC – One Color: Infinite Possibilities”, Online Gallery - Mill Valley, CA, USA
2022 “ARTIST’S VISION 2022”, Marin Society of Artists, Online Gallery - San Rafael, CA, USA
2022-2025 Art à la Carte In Camera Dining Room, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
2021-2023 Modern Fuel Gallery – group exhibitions, Tett Centre - Kingston, ON, Canada
2020 Whitby Art Show - Online Juried Art Exhibition - Whitby, ON, Canada
2020 OAG – Ottawa Art Gallery’s Galerie Annexe – art rental and sales - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2018 The Art House Café and Gallery group shows - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2018 "From Toronto, with Love" - A Nuit Blanche 2018 Independent Project - Toronto, ON, Canada
2017-2018 Kanata Civic Art Gallery (artist member) - Kanata, ON, Canada
2017-2018 Vardera Cafe - West Carleton Arts Society group shows - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2017-2018 OWAA (Ottawa West Arts Association) - Goulbourn Recreation Complex - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2016-2018 Ottawa West Arts Association - Goulbourn Recreation Complex - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2016 "West Carleton-March Day in May" - Ottawa City Hall, Jean Pigott Hall - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2016 NVAC group shows - Studio Gallery - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2015-2018/2025 Plant/Bath Wall Space - West Carleton Arts Society group shows - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2015 "Pull Up a Chair" on the lawn of The Hive - Carp, ON, Canada
2013-2018 Main Street Optical - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2012 “Celebration of Summer Colours” - Hair Committee - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2009/10 C4 Gallery: Contemporary, Conceptual, Compartmental, Community - City of Ottawa, ON, Canada
2009 The Abbey for the Arts - Glen Nevis, ON, Canada
2009 Art Mad - Spring Floral Art Show - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2009 St. Elmo's Fire - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2008 Eclipse Gallery - Huntsville, ON, Canada
2008/11 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport - Departure Lounge - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 "Fluff - a Fibre Art Show" Wabi-Sabi, 1078 Wellington St. - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008-2017 “Expressions of Art” - Carp, ON, Canada
2008-2018/2025 West Carleton Family Health Team clinic - West Carleton Arts Society - Carp, ON, Canada
2007 Ottawa's Mayor's Art Festival / Juried Show - accepted - CANCELLED BY FORMER MAYOR LARRY O'BRIEN
2007 "Celebrating The Season" - Society of Canadian Artists - Toronto, ON, Canada
2007 Cube Gallery - "Great Big Smalls III", "Homage", "Canadian Homage" - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2007/9 Kanata Art Club group exhibitions - Kanata, ON, Canada
2006-2012 OMMA group shows - Almonte/Ottawa, ON, Canada
2006-2007 Hummingbird Gallery - Arnprior, ON, Canada
2006/10/11 Britannia Gallery - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2006/7/11 Tay River Gallery - Perth, ON, Canada
2005 "Return to Sender" - a mail art exhibition group show - Trap\door - Lethbridge, AB, Canada
2005 46th Annual Exhibition - Salon de Refuse / The Woodstock Art Gallery - Woodstock, ON, Canada
2005 Tulip Festival - Festival Plaza / Painted Tulip & artist's tent - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2005 Lobby Show - Rural Roots Theatre Group - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2005 Group Show, Santé Restaurant and Art Gallery - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2005/6 Bergamot Log Barn Gallery - the Herb Garden - Almonte, ON, Canada
2005/6/7/15 Red Trillium Studio Tour - West Carleton, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2004 Galerie Du Park - Chelsea, PQ, Canada
2004 St. Mary's Art & Fine Craft Show & Sale - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2004 West Carleton Open Studio Tour - West Carleton, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2004-2007 West Carleton Arts Society Christmas Show - Carp, ON, Canada
ADDITIONAL
Max Keeping Teddy Bear Tie painting donation to CHEO 2006, Ottawa, ON, Canada
MEMBERSHIPS/PROJECTS
West Carleton Arts Society (president 2016 & 2017), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ottawa West Arts Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Manotick Art Association, Manotick, ON, Canada
Artists in Cellophane (Art-o-mat), Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston ON, Canada
Union Gallery, Kingston ON, Canada7 Works Collective - Artist residency re-worked, one of the founding members
Kanata Civic Art Gallery - past juried member, Kanata, ON, Canada
Creator & Administrator of the Ottawa Artists Facebook group
The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library (3 sketchbooks in the collection), Brooklyn, NY, USA
Bachelor of Fine Art, York University, 1980 Workshop with Lila Lewis Irving
Workshop with Suzanne Warren Powell Workshop with Lisa Pressman
Workshop with Jane Davies Workshop with Rod Prouse
Workshop with Seth Apter Workshop with Judy Woods
Workshop with Bob Burridge Workshop with Louise Fletcher
AWARDS
2009 Honorable Mention – Kanata Art Club 23rd Annual Juried Art Show, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2009 Jurors’ Choice – Kanata Art Club 23rd Annual Juried Art Show, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 Jurors’ Choice Award – Ottawa Mixed Media Artists (OMMA) Atrium Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
1990 Aerographics Award for excellence in graphic design – York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
GRANTS
2025 Denis Diderot Grant to attend the Chateau d’Orquevaux international artists’ & writers’ residency in France
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
“The Colour of Conversation” 2025, Diderot Gallery held by the Chateau d’Orquevaux, France
“Trees” series purchased for permanent collection 2013 – Ottawa Public Library – Carp, Ottawa, ON, Canada
OTTAWA PUBLIC ART PROGRAM
C4 Gallery project: Contemporary, Conceptual, Compartmental, Community 2011 - Ottawa Public Art Program
Painted Tulip, Tulip Festival, Ottawa, ON, Canada
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Chateau d’Orquevaux international artists residency, France – April 2025
Pouch Cove invitational Artist Residency, Pouch Cove, NFLD, Canada – January 2025
Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON, Canada – 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
GALLERIES
2025-6 Chase Art Gallery – Beaconsfield, Montreal, PQ, Canada
2025-6 O’Connor Gallery – Gananoque, ON, Canada
2025-6 Capital Art Fair Gallery – Ottawa, ON, Canada
2025 Pivot Gallery – Muskoka, ON, Canada
2019-2025 Sivarulrasa Gallery – Almonte, ON, Canada
2006-2010 Three Yellow Tulips Art Shoppe - Pakenham, ON, Canada
2017-2018 Kanata Civic Art Gallery (artist member) - Kanata, ON, Canada
EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS (SELECTED)
SOLO shows
2025 North Folk Café, Perth, ON, Canada
2024 "Life-lines/Laugh-lines", Melt Studio & Gallery - Picton, ON, Canada
2023 “News Blues”, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, ON, Canada
2022 "Improv", Sivarulrasa Gallery - Almonte, ON, Canada
2018 Alice's Village Café - Carp, ON, Canada
2018 KIN Vineyards Tasting room - Carp, ON, Canada
2013 Urban Pear Restaurant - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2011 "Landscapes in the Abstract" - Stittsville Public Library - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2010 "Tie One On" - Bergamot Barn - Almonte, ON, Canada
2009 "My Sunday Best Tie" - Trinity Memorial Art Gallery Ottawa - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 "Tie One On" - Ottawa Public Library - North Gower Branch - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 "Tie One On" - Macdonald-Cartier International Airport - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 “Textiles with meaning. Textiles with personality.” Mississippi Valley Textile Museum - Almonte, ON, Canada
Duo Shows
2019 "Reverie" - Catherine Gutsche & Gayle Kells - Sivarulrasa Gallery - Almonte, ON, Canada
2011 "16 to the Power of 2" - Bergamot Barn - Almonte, ON, Canada
Interviews
2008 CBC Radio Interview - All in a Day with Adrian Harewood
Group exhibitions:
2026 Dada tiny ART SHOW + World Tour, Fake gALLerRy, Worldwide
2026 “side by side”, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2025 Cline House Gallery, Merry Mini show, Cornwall, ON
2025 Carleton Place Gallery, Three-Fifty Squares, Carleton Place, ON
2025 “Chateau d’Orquevaux Residency Finale”, Diderot Gallery, Orquevaux, France
2025 Gallery 1313 “The Summer Exhibition”, Toronto, ON, Canada
2025 Chase Art Gallery, Montreal, PQ, Canada
2025 O’Connor Gallery, Gananoque, ON, Canada
2025 Propellor Gallery “Misneach”, Toronto, ON Canada
2025 Pivot Gallery – Muskoka, ON, Canada
2025 A.I.R. Gallery “Postcard Show”, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2025 Domio Gallery, online, London, England
2025 Strévé Loft Gallery, Perth, ON, Canada
2025 "Winter Group Show", Colbourne Street Gallery - Fenelon Falls, ON, Canada
2025 "side by side" fundraiser, Union Gallery - Kingston, ON, Canada
2019-2024 Anniversary Exhibitions at the Sivarulrasa Gallery - Almonte, ON, Canada
2024 "Give A Little Bit" Holiday Group Show, Melt Studio & Gallery - Picton, ON, Canada
2024 "Merry Mini's Holiday Show", The Jackalope Gallery, 1558 Queen St. E, Toronto, ON, Canada
2024 "Holiday Art Market", Colbourne Street Gallery, 36 Colbourne St., Fenelon Falls, ON, Canada
2024 “Pi ART Squared” show, Art Alchemy - Leaside (Toronto), ON, Canada
2024 “Continuum, 7 Works Collective” - Etobicoke, ON, Canada
2024 Postcard Art Exhibition 2024 - McKinney, Texas, USA
2023 “unframed”, Propeller Art Gallery - Toronto, ON, Canada
2023 OMG - Ottawa Miniature Gallery, pop-up exhibition at Happy Goat Coffee Co. - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2023 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, 7 Works Collective exclusively online - Toronto, ON, Canada
2023 “Continuum, 7 Works Collective”, Le Chenail Centre Culturel - Hawkesbury, ON, Canada
2023 “Continuum, 7 Works Collective”, Leslie Grove Gallery - Toronto, ON, Canada
2022 “Back of an Envelope”, Blue Monkey Network & Edgeland Modern Online Gallery - Newhaven, UK
2022 “Light Of Day: Rejects Reconsidered”, Lodger Gallery, Online Gallery - NY, USA
2022 “SCORE - Southern California Open Regional Exhibition”, Online Gallery - San Fernando Valley, CA, USA
2022 “MONOCHROMATIC – One Color: Infinite Possibilities”, Online Gallery - Mill Valley, CA, USA
2022 “ARTIST’S VISION 2022”, Marin Society of Artists, Online Gallery - San Rafael, CA, USA
2022-2025 Art à la Carte In Camera Dining Room, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
2021-2023 Modern Fuel Gallery – group exhibitions, Tett Centre - Kingston, ON, Canada
2020 Whitby Art Show - Online Juried Art Exhibition - Whitby, ON, Canada
2020 OAG – Ottawa Art Gallery’s Galerie Annexe – art rental and sales - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2018 The Art House Café and Gallery group shows - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2018 "From Toronto, with Love" - A Nuit Blanche 2018 Independent Project - Toronto, ON, Canada
2017-2018 Kanata Civic Art Gallery (artist member) - Kanata, ON, Canada
2017-2018 Vardera Cafe - West Carleton Arts Society group shows - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2017-2018 OWAA (Ottawa West Arts Association) - Goulbourn Recreation Complex - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2016-2018 Ottawa West Arts Association - Goulbourn Recreation Complex - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2016 "West Carleton-March Day in May" - Ottawa City Hall, Jean Pigott Hall - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2016 NVAC group shows - Studio Gallery - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2015-2018/2025 Plant/Bath Wall Space - West Carleton Arts Society group shows - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2015 "Pull Up a Chair" on the lawn of The Hive - Carp, ON, Canada
2013-2018 Main Street Optical - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2012 “Celebration of Summer Colours” - Hair Committee - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2009/10 C4 Gallery: Contemporary, Conceptual, Compartmental, Community - City of Ottawa, ON, Canada
2009 The Abbey for the Arts - Glen Nevis, ON, Canada
2009 Art Mad - Spring Floral Art Show - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2009 St. Elmo's Fire - Stittsville, ON, Canada
2008 Eclipse Gallery - Huntsville, ON, Canada
2008/11 Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport - Departure Lounge - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008 "Fluff - a Fibre Art Show" Wabi-Sabi, 1078 Wellington St. - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2008-2017 “Expressions of Art” - Carp, ON, Canada
2008-2018/2025 West Carleton Family Health Team clinic - West Carleton Arts Society - Carp, ON, Canada
2007 Ottawa's Mayor's Art Festival / Juried Show - accepted - CANCELLED BY FORMER MAYOR LARRY O'BRIEN
2007 "Celebrating The Season" - Society of Canadian Artists - Toronto, ON, Canada
2007 Cube Gallery - "Great Big Smalls III", "Homage", "Canadian Homage" - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2007/9 Kanata Art Club group exhibitions - Kanata, ON, Canada
2006-2012 OMMA group shows - Almonte/Ottawa, ON, Canada
2006-2007 Hummingbird Gallery - Arnprior, ON, Canada
2006/10/11 Britannia Gallery - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2006/7/11 Tay River Gallery - Perth, ON, Canada
2005 "Return to Sender" - a mail art exhibition group show - Trap\door - Lethbridge, AB, Canada
2005 46th Annual Exhibition - Salon de Refuse / The Woodstock Art Gallery - Woodstock, ON, Canada
2005 Tulip Festival - Festival Plaza / Painted Tulip & artist's tent - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2005 Lobby Show - Rural Roots Theatre Group - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2005 Group Show, Santé Restaurant and Art Gallery - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2005/6 Bergamot Log Barn Gallery - the Herb Garden - Almonte, ON, Canada
2005/6/7/15 Red Trillium Studio Tour - West Carleton, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2004 Galerie Du Park - Chelsea, PQ, Canada
2004 St. Mary's Art & Fine Craft Show & Sale - Ottawa, ON, Canada
2004 West Carleton Open Studio Tour - West Carleton, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2004-2007 West Carleton Arts Society Christmas Show - Carp, ON, Canada
ADDITIONAL
Max Keeping Teddy Bear Tie painting donation to CHEO 2006, Ottawa, ON, Canada
MEMBERSHIPS/PROJECTS
West Carleton Arts Society (president 2016 & 2017), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ottawa West Arts Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Manotick Art Association, Manotick, ON, Canada
Artists in Cellophane (Art-o-mat), Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston ON, Canada
Union Gallery, Kingston ON, Canada7 Works Collective - Artist residency re-worked, one of the founding members
Kanata Civic Art Gallery - past juried member, Kanata, ON, Canada
Creator & Administrator of the Ottawa Artists Facebook group
The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library (3 sketchbooks in the collection), Brooklyn, NY, USA