...Cathy Ferrell’s work is exhibited and collected internationally, and found in public, private, museum and corporate collections here and abroad.

 

..Her work has been featured in five solo museum shows, and nine gallery shows, one in New York. She attended the University of Michigan, graduating from Florida Atlantic University with a BA in sculpture, and an MA from the University of Miami in sculpture.

.She is included in the World’s Who’s Who in American Art, the Who’s Who in the World, and the American Who’s Who in American Women, as well as the New York Art Review. She exhibits in museums, and is shown in galleries and museums here and abroad, and is represented by

Art by the Sea, South Thomaston, ME
Cheryl Newby Gallery, Pawley’s Island, SC
Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery, Kirkland, WA

..The ocean has always been the center of my life in Florida. I live on an island, with the Atlantic Ocean in front of me, the Indian River lagoon in my back yard, and the Archie Carr Turtle Refuge on either side. The ocean sounds, tropical colors, brilliant light and open spaces are all inspiration for my work. As captain of my own 36-ft Cheoy Lee sloop and a licences captain delivering boats, I was able to spend time on the water and to experience new places. Always there was sea life: native dolphin and tarpon, wintering right whales and all sorts of marvels. Diving allowed access to an underwater world, leading to ideas for many works of art.

..A childhood interest in sculpting resulted in my majoring in sculpture at the University of Michigan and Florida Alantic University, earning a graduate degree in sculpture at the University of Miami and subsequently studying and working in Italy. My major works in stone now reside in Florida and New Mexico, and bronzes are in private and corporate collections nationwide.

..Awards and honors include: Sculptor in residence at Brookgreen Gardens, Silver Medal of Honor, Audubon Artists of America; Bedi-Makky Foundry Prize, national Sculpture Society, and numerous prizes from Pen and Brush, The Salmagundi Club and American Artists Professional League.

..My ancestors - early settlers from New England- must have started out with a facination for the sea. And so it remains with me.

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Catherine K. Ferrell

Born: 1947, USA.

Resides: Vero Beach, FL.

Education: University of Michigan; BA, Sculpture, Florida Atlantic University; MA, Sculpture, University of Miami; apprenticeship, Montoya International Art Studios; independent study, Pietrasanta, Italy.

Recent Juried and Solo Exhibitions: Color, Form and Space, Cornell Museum of Art and American History, Crest Theatre Galleries, Delray Beach, Fl. 2009-2010; Florida Calling: Sea, Sky, and Land, Sculpture by Cathy Ferrell, Gallery 14, Vero Beach, Fl: Cathy Ferrell, Sculpture 2007, The Master's Gallery of Fine Art, CO.; Spirit of Sea and Land: Sculpture by Catherine Ferrell, Cheryl Newby Gallery (SC), 2003; Solo Exhibition, Pen & Brush (NY) 2002;,National Sculpture Society 75 Annual Awards Exhibition, 2008; American Society of Marine Artists 14 National Exhibition, Chase Center, Wilmington, DE, 2008, Salmagundi Club Annual Combined Exhibition (NY), 2000-2008; Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington Center for the Arts (VT), 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-7; American Society of Marine Artists, Vero Beach Museum of Art, FL, 2005, Nine Exceptional Artists, Cheryl Newby Gallery, S.C., 2005, Art in the Atrium, National Sculpture Society (NY), 2002; Angels, Cupids and Winged Creatures of Fantasy, National Sculpture Society (NY), 2002; A Magnificent Menagerie: Animals in Sculpture, Brookgreen Gardens (SC), 2001; National Sculpture Society Annual Awards Exhibition (SC and NY), 2001; 51st National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art, Academic Artists Association (MA), 2001; 105th Annual Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club (NY), 2001.

Public Collections: Brookgreen Sculpture Gardens (SC); Norton Museum of Art (FL); Cornell Museum of Art and History (FL); Bennex International (Oslo), Armand Hammer United World College (NM).

Memberships: Signature Member, American Women Artists (CO); Fellow, American Artists Professional League (NY); Signature Member, American Society of Marine Artists, Professional Member, Pen & Brush (NY); Salmagundi Club (NY); Audubon Artists (NY); Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club (NY), Society of Animal Artists, Assoc.

Bibliography: Julie Tarasovic "Portrait of the Artist", Indian River Magazine, Jan-February, 2008.Gail Hyer, "The Serendipity of Sculpting, Catherine Ferrell's Charmed Career," Wildlife Art, July-August, 1999; Pam Harbaugh, Art from the Heart: Catherine Klemann Ferrell, Cornell Museum of Art and History (FL), 1999.

Representative: Cheryl Newby Gallery (SC). cherylnewbygallery.com

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