Biography
CATHY STOCKER was born in Taplow, Bucks in 1965. She studied at Amersham College of Art and Design and Leeds Polytechnic (Metropolitan University), graduating in 1988 with a B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art.
Cathy has exhibited in London, Bristol and Leeds and was the first Artist in Residence at the Yorkshire Dance Centre where she also had her first solo show in 1989.
Cathy has worked with dance and theatre companies, including the Phoenix Dance Company, the Full Moon Theatre Company and Faceless Theatre Company.
Television work includes collaboration with choreographer, Beth Thompson and Dancer Eddie Duncan for BBC Television called ‘After Icon’. The piece was filmed on location at Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire. Cathy created paintings for the piece which were digitally edited to the film and choreographed to the music, she also co-edited the piece.
Community Arts work includes Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Ikongang Arts Company, whose education work has included working in schools in Oxford and research work for the Peanuts Trust in the area of art development with disadvantaged young people in Bristol.
Cathy has a studio at Candid Arts in London where, for the last two years, she has been focusing on her ‘Silver Birch Series’ (Treescapes from Finland). She regularly takes on private commissions and most of her work is available to purchase either in original painting format or limited edition signed prints via her website.
Show Highlights: SOLO SHOWS: ‘Trees’, Belsize Health, London (2010) / ‘This Tiny Brittle Frame’, The Poetry Society, London, (1996), a collaboration with Bridport Poetry Prize Winner, Nicola Waldron / ‘Do the Locomotion’, Yorkshire Dance Centre (1989). GROUP SHOWS: Candid Artists Group Shows, London (Sept & Dec 2009), The Hope Gallery Group Show, London (2007) / Leeds Artists Show, Leeds City Art Gallery (1990) / ‘Art From Here to Tomorrow’, The West Yorkshire Playhouse (1990) / ‘Taking Root’, Bristol Cathedral (1989) / ‘Animal Rights & Wrongs, Community Copyart, London (1989).
To view each piece of work individually, for best results, select one of the category buttons and click on the thumbnail of the image to view the work in full screen, you will find full details and prices. If you are interested in purchasing any of the work, send Cathy an email quoting the reference number in the ‘Subject’ field, she will then get back to you with availability.
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Hi Cathy
Just listening to your CD and it prompted me to check out your new website. Love the paintings. They remind me of landscapes we came across in northern Germany last year. Fabulous!!
We’re in Sydney, Australia at the moment, teaching, photographing and gardening!
Good luck with the art. Very inspirational!
Alison x