Formerly Cathy Senitt-Harbison
Born:1945 Rochester, NY. USA
Education: Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Guelph Audit print classes 2014-2019
Settled in Canada 1966
Other Realities: A Legacy of Surrealism in Canada. Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston. Canada House, London, England.
Centre Cultural Canadien, Paris, France. 1978-79.
Art Gallery of Ontario – Opening Show. Toronto, Ontario. 1974.
Ontario Society of Artists. Toronto, Ontario. 1972.
Jewelry 71. Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario. 1971.
Robertson’s Festival of Canada. 1971.
Expo 70. Osaka, Japan. 1970.
Man and His World Liaison Pavilion. Montreal, Quebec. 1970.h
York University. Toronto, Ontario. 1970.
Survey 70. Toronto Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. 1970.
University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario. 1970.
American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Show. New York, New York. 1969.
Hamilton Invitational. Hamilton, Ontario. 1969, 72, 74, 76.
Winnipeg Biannual. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1968.
Colour and Form Society. Toronto, Ontario. 1967.
Canada Council Traveling Exhibition. Centennial Purchase. 1967.
Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition. Rochester, New York. 1966.
Bach Art Festival. Rochester, New York. 1965-66.
Rochester Religious Arts Festival. Rochester, New York. 1965.
Senitt Retrospective Portraits, Strata Gallery 2011
Print London 2016 TOMPE 2016, TOMPE 2017
Strata Gallery. Elora, Ontario. 2011-2015
Soho Gallery. Toronto, Ontario. 1980.
Zenith Gallery. Washington, DC, USA. 1978.
Merton Gallery. Toronto, Ontario. 1977-78.
Baak Gallery. Cambridge, Mass, USA. 1976.
Alterlier 696. Rochester, New York. 1969-77
Pollock Gallery. Toronto, Ontario. 1967-75.
Alterlier 164. Rochester, New York. 1969-74.
Gallery West. Buffalo, New York. 1970.
Janis Gallery. Rochester, New York. 1966.
Riverside Studio. Rochester, New York. 1965.
Ontario Arts Council Grants. 1975, 79.
Aviva Hadassah. First Prize. 1971, 72.
Canada Council Grants. 1968, 69, 72.
Childe Hassem Purchase Award. 1969.
Finger Lake Exhibit. Award to Female Artist. 1966.
John A. Varney Award. Brockport Jurors Award. 1964.
Second prize TOMPE, Print London. 2016
Honourable Mention TOMPE ,Print London 2017
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Windsor
Hamilton Art Gallery
Queens University
Trent University
University of Saskatchewan
Seneca College
Art Bank (Canada Council)
Numerous Private Collections
Finger lakes Exhibition
"One spot where vitatlity flares intensely - is a room where the work of-.
Cathy Harbison's earthy, ugly, begartered, half nude figure"
- Jean Walwrath, Democrate + Chronicle
April 3rd 1966 Rochester, NY
Janus Gallery Exhibition
"Cathy's work continues to grow and it has already achieved many fine
results with a minimum of growing pains"
- Julie McGraw, Times Union
August 18th 1966 Rochester, NY
Pollock Gallery Exhibition
"Her work is not whismical, but does have touches of elfin humour - 'it 'is undirected, unihibited,
unconsiously childlike unconsiously out of her time - the inner urgency to piant - to the exclusion of all else -
hits blindly and is limited to no age, no generation.
- Kay Kritzwiser, Globe & Mail
Spring 1967 Toronto,Ontario
"Her painting reflect that natural rhythm which keeps the seasons following
Oand the earth turning"
- Kay Kritzwiser, Globe & Mail
March 4th 1972 Toronto, Ontario
Pollock Gallery Exhibition
"A unique combition of primitive and surrealistic art"
- Helen Worthington, Toronto Star
Feb. 22 1974