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CAT CLIFFORD



EDUCATION

2003
MFA Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

2000
Painting: University of Washington

1998
BA University of Montana, Missoula, MT

1997
University of Cape Town, South Africa, Art and Social Change

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008
Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Contested Ground, Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA

2007
Fall, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Nocturnes, Boise Art Museum - Boise, ID (4 person show)
Drawn, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Rural Vernacular, SPACE, Portland, ME
People + Place: Works Inspired by People, their Environment, or How the Two Interact, Seattle Portable Works, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006 Wired Forest, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
And Deer and Trees and Things: Videos by Cat Clifford, Henry Art Gallery , Seattle, WA
Paper Trails, Howard House, Seattle, WA
Grown Accustomed, Crawl Space, Seattle, WA
New American Talent: 21, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX

2005
Deer Observations & Other Stories of Place, 4Culture, Seattle, WA (solo)
Nocturnes, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA (catalogue)
Wish!, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)

2004
Constructions & Architecture, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
New American Talent 19, Arthouse at the Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX traveling exhibition until 2006, catalogue)
Sense of Place, The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

2003
Film Screening To Walk Like a Deer, Jentel Foundation, Banner, WY
Master's Thesis, Pollock Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX

2002 Taos Revisited, Doolin Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX
Imaging the Landscape, Fort Burgwin Research Center, Ranchos de Taos, NM
Cat Clifford: These Things Happen on my Farm, Doolin Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX

1998
Cat Clifford: New Works, Crystal Theatre, Missoula, MT

1996
Group Show, The Union Hall, Missoula, MT


SELECTED PERFORMANCES

2003
To Walk Like a Deer, Jentel Foundation, Banner, WY

2002
Hand on a Trailer, vacant lot, hwy 67, Cleburne, TX
If I Stay Here for Awhile Something Will Happen, Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose, TX
Nan's Divining for Water, Fort Burgwin Research Center, Rancho de Taos, NM
Collaboration with Sara Brisco, Trespassing, Ben Wheeler, TX

2001
How do you Know?, Doolin Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX

1997
Black and White, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

1996
Communication, University of Montana, Art Building, Missoula, MT

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2007
Contemporary Northwest Art Award (2008)

2006
Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship

2005
4Culture Awarded Exhibition, 4Culture, Seattle, WA

2004
Betty Bowen Artist Award Finalist Prize

2003
Jentel Artist Fellowship, Banner, WY
Rigsby Graduate Scholarship

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006
Graves, Jen. "The Genius Award Short-List", The Stranger, October 20 - 27, 2006
Freewater, Morgan. "Why Are The Girls So Smart Here?", Art Access, October
Bae, James. “New American Talent: A Review of Arthouse's New American Talent 21”, Fluentcollaborate, issue 72, June 30
Douberley, Ameanda. “From Stuff, Art”, Austin Chronicle, July 14
Gaucys, Peter. “Short Sheeting: Paper, Paper, Everywhere-But Thin”, The Stranger, June 8, 2006
Graves, Jen. “Naturalized Citizen: Cat Clifford Acts Like a Deer and Makes Birds Fly Across the Paper”, The Stranger, August 17-23
Hackett, Regina. “Hidden Talent Sees The Light of Day at Crawl Space”, Seattle P-I, July
Hackett, Regina. “Galleries Explore a New World of Landscapes” Seattle P-I, June 9
Kelly, Peter. “Listen While You Look: Henry's New Art Casts Help Patrons Learn More”, University Week, July 20
Lippens, Nate. “The Henry Art Gallery gives a lift to artist's three video shorts”, Seattle PI, August 4, 2006
New American Talent: The Twenty-First Exhibition, exhibition catalogue

2005
Engelson, Andrew. “Visual Art Favorites and Calendar: November: Cat Clifford,” Seattle Weekly, September
Engelson, Andrew. “Visual Art Pick: Nocturnes,” Seattle Weekly, September
Lippens, Nate. “Just the Motion: The Handmade Animations of nocturnes,” The Stranger, September

2004
Daniel, Mike. “Constructions & Architecture,” Dallas Morning News, November