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.
Gail Catlin’s CV:
1983: Accepted for Master’s Degree at Royal College of Art London
National and International competitions:
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 - large collection of Bronze’s & paintings in their art collection.
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From 2010 - 2020:
For the last 10 years, Gail has exhibited at various galleries throughout South Africa and internationally. The list of galleries include Walker Bay Modern (her main gallery), Everard Read Gallery Cape Town, Everard Read Gallery Gauteng, Kalk Bay Modern Art, Smac Gallery Cape Town, Stellenbosch Die Kunsgallery, Manzart Franshoek & Isart Gallery Stellenbosch.
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Public Collections:
Pulitzer Collection, St Louis, USA
Royal College of Art, London, UK
South African National Gallery, Cape Town, RSA
Johannesburg Art Gallery, RSA
Pretoria Art Museum, RSA
Durban Art Gallery, RSA
Polokwane Art Museum, RSA
Stellenbosch University Collection, RSA
South African Reserve Bank Collection, RSA
South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria, RSA
South African Department of Education and Training, Pretoria, RSA
Public Library Collection, Cape Town, RSA
Good Hope Bank of South Africa, Cape Town, RSA
Constitutional Court, Pretoria, RSA
Demarco European Art Foundation, Edinburgh, UK
Kaust Science Museum, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ellerman House Collection, Cape Town, RSA