BIOGRAPHY
Catherine Higham's formal qualifications include a degree in Visual Arts from Edith Cowan University in 2000, with major studies in painting. Higham is also qualified to lecture in visual arts, and is currently employed by C.Y. O'Connor Institute in Narrogin, Western Australlia.
Originally from northern Tasmania and raised in close proximity to the Ben Lomand mountain range, Catherine Brown as she was then known, grew up with a love of nature and respect for the unpredictable characteristics of mountain weather. This background has remained a significant influence in Highams artistic career and is evident in her current work.
In 1991 Catherine married Williams farmer Geoff Higham and has lived with him and their two daughters on a family farm since then. Catherine's experiences as an artist and farmer living in the South West of Western Australia provide the source of her arts practice. Recent work demonstrates a shift made, by extending the personal into wider ecological concerns that include technological and climatic change.
Current work includes Catherine's research and development with the SymbioticA projectAdaptation, based at Lake Clifton. This project is conducted by SymbioticA and is coordinated from the University of Western Australia. In this project Catherine attempts to connect watershed in her immediate surrounding to Lake Clifton through the investigation of water qualities.
Catherine Higham exhibits regularly in selected group exhibitions and held her fourth solo exhibition Prime Mover at the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery in Fremantle, Western Australia this year. Catherine has a multidisciplinary approach to her artwork that includes painting, photography, assemblage and sculpture. In addition, Catherine and will exhibit a short film at The Science Gallery in Dublin during their exhibition Surface Tension - Future of Water this year.
Originally from northern Tasmania and raised in close proximity to the Ben Lomand mountain range, Catherine Brown as she was then known, grew up with a love of nature and respect for the unpredictable characteristics of mountain weather. This background has remained a significant influence in Highams artistic career and is evident in her current work.
In 1991 Catherine married Williams farmer Geoff Higham and has lived with him and their two daughters on a family farm since then. Catherine's experiences as an artist and farmer living in the South West of Western Australia provide the source of her arts practice. Recent work demonstrates a shift made, by extending the personal into wider ecological concerns that include technological and climatic change.
Current work includes Catherine's research and development with the SymbioticA projectAdaptation, based at Lake Clifton. This project is conducted by SymbioticA and is coordinated from the University of Western Australia. In this project Catherine attempts to connect watershed in her immediate surrounding to Lake Clifton through the investigation of water qualities.
Catherine Higham exhibits regularly in selected group exhibitions and held her fourth solo exhibition Prime Mover at the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery in Fremantle, Western Australia this year. Catherine has a multidisciplinary approach to her artwork that includes painting, photography, assemblage and sculpture. In addition, Catherine and will exhibit a short film at The Science Gallery in Dublin during their exhibition Surface Tension - Future of Water this year.
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