biographie de Catherine JAMES (1940-2009)

Birth place: Mount Vernon, NY

Addresses: Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

Profession: Painter

Studied: Boston Univ. (B.F.A.); Columbia Univ. (M.A.)

Exhibited: Contemporary Black Artists in America, 1971 & Whitney Ann., WMAA, 1972; Black Artists Nat., Smith-Mason Gallery, Wash., DC, 1971, 1972; Cinque Gallery, NYC, 1971 (solo); Projected Art: Artists At Work, & Women in the Arts, Finch Mus., 1971 & 1972; Summerfield Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1970s. Awards: Creative Artists Coun. Grant in painting, NY State Coun. on Arts, 1971.

Member: Am Crafts Coun.

Work: Commissions: acrylic for The Last Jesus (film), Sepia Theater, Toledo, OH, 1972.

Comments: Born Catherine James, known as Catti. Preferred media: acrylics, plexiglas, enamel, copper. Teaching: art specialist, Wittwyck Sch. for Boys, 1968-70; instr. anat., Col. New Rochelle, 1972-; lectr. African art, educ. & PSI Systs. Publications: auth., three articles, In: Arts & Activities Mag., 1967-70.

Sources: WW73; Cederholm, Afro-American Artists (as Catherine James); Black Artists in America" (slide collection), Univ. S. Ala. & H. Kress Found."