Catherine Haggarty, b. 1984, is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York.
Haggarty’s paintings and curatorial work have been reviewed by and featured in Bomb Magazine, Artnet, Hyperallergic, Art Forum, Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn Magazine, The New York Times, Art Maaze Magazine, Art Spiel, Pep Talks for Artists, Sound and Vision Podcast and The Observer.
Catherine has been a visiting artist & critic at Cornell MFA (2024), Rocky Mountain College of Art (2024), Western Connecticut MFA (2023), Contemporary Arts Memphis (2023), Vassar College (2023), Rutgers MFA (2022), U Albany MFA (2022), MICA (2022), UCONN MFA (2022 + 2023), RISD BFA (2022), Pratt BFA (2022), The University of Oregon (2021), Boston University MFA (2021), SUNY Purchase MFA (2020), Hunter MFA (2020), Denison University (2020), Brooklyn College MFA (2019) and in 2018 Haggarty was the Anderson Endowed Lecturer at Penn State University.
Solo & Two Person exhibitions include: Deanna Evans (NYC), Untitled Miami, Lorin Gallery, LA, Geary Contemporary (NYC), Massey Klein Gallery (NYC), This Friday Next Friday (Brooklyn), Bloomsburg University (PA), and Look and Listen in Marseille France. Select group exhibitions include: The PIT (LA), Badr El Jundi (Madrid, Spain), Mindy Solomon (Miami, FL), Andrew Rafcaz (Chicago, IL), Hesse Flatow (NYC), Mrs (Maspeth, NY) and McBride Contemporary in Montreal, Canada.
Haggarty earned her M.F.A from Mason Gross, Rutgers University in 2011. Haggarty is the Founder, Owner and Executive Director of The Canopy Program which is a one year mentorship program within the NYC Crit Club which Haggarty co-founded in 2017. In addition, Haggarty is a Visiting Associate Professor at Pratt Institute.
Haggarty was the Spring 2024 Teiger Mentor for the Arts at Cornell AAP MFA and in the Winter of 2024 was recently was a Visiting Artist at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (Denver, CO) on the occasion of her Solo Exhibition ‘Stay the course’ featuring ten years of work at The Philip J. Steele Gallery.
Haggarty’s final solo show of 2024 will be held at Deanna Evans Projects in Tribeca opening October 18th through November 23rd.
Visiting Artist Lecture, Hunter MFA - 2020
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions:
Forthcoming:
2024: Deanna Evans Projects, Tribeca NY - ‘Afterlife’ - Solo
2024: Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design / Visiting Artist, Scholar, and Designer Program + Solo Show. Denver, CO
2024: Geary Contemporary - Millerton, NY - ‘Just Drawing’ - Solo
2022: Two Person: Untitled, Miami - Geary Contemporary
2022: Two Person, Lorin Gallery, LA
2022: Solo: Living, Geary Contemporary, NY, NY
2022: Two person exhibit with Liv Aanrud, Leftfield Gallery, CA
2020- 2021: Solo, An Echo’s Glyph - Massey Klein Gallery, NY, NY
2019: Two Person Exhibit: SCC with Shari Mendelson
2019: Solo: Benched, Main Window, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NYC
2018: Solo: Impossible Pictures, Gallery Cubed, NY
2018: Two Person Exhibit: Phantom Shell, with Anna Valdez, The Provincial, MI
2018: Solo: Impossible Pictures II, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
2017: Solo: Bleu Jaune Champ, One River School of Art and Design
2017: Solo: 'What if, you slept?', Proto Gallery
2017: Solo: Look e Listen, One person show & Residency, France
2016: Solo: The Sixth Woman, This Friday, Next Friday, Brooklyn, NYC
Select Group Exhibitions:
2023
Badr el Jundi - Madrid, Spain
Future Fairs with Lorin Gallery - NYC
Hashimoto Contemporary - NYC
Tiger Strikes Asteroid - BK, NYC
My Pet Ram - NY, NY
2022
Mrs Gallery, Maspeth Queens
NBB Gallery, Berlin Germany
Andrew Rafcaz Gallery, Chicago, IL
Lorin Gallery - LA, CA
Mcbride Contemporary, Montreal, Canada
2021
The Pit, Los Angeles, CA - Run With the Wolves
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, Fla, Unearthed
Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY - Pathological Landscape
Wonzimer Gallery, LA - Imperfectionism
Geary Contemporary, NY - The Burning Kite
Hesse Flatow, Chelsea NY curated by Carl D’Alvia, GLYPHADELPHIA,
2020
Hollis Taggart - Five Women Painters, Sourthport, CT
Honolulu Museum, Why are you painting? Virtual Exhibition & Publication
Shin Haus, New York, New York
Congruence, Congruence, curated by Lauren Gidiwitz, Rye, NY
2019
Under the Time of Lampshades, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Shift, curated by Tracy McKenna, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
Hyperlight, curated by Sam Bornstein, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Sense of Place, 1 Gap Gallery curated by Park Place, Brooklyn, NY
The Magic Hour, Curated by See You Next Thursday, Brooklyn, NY
20x16 Biennial, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
!Quirk!, curated by Fran Shalom, Markel Fine Arts, Chelsea, NYC
2018
Phantom Shell, Two Person Exhibit with Anna Valdez - The Provincial, MI
Windows, Next to Nothing, 181 Orchard St. NY, NY
Reading between the lines, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
Art on Papier' Fair, Projet Pangee', Montreal, CA
Missed Connections, 137 Eldridge Street, New York, New York
Somewhere Near By, Bridge Productions, Seattle WA
2017
Paper Cuts, Tripp Gallery, Kris Day, London, England
Assemble, Proto Gallery, NJ
We are the ones, Volume 1 - CGK Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (NE)
Eyes, Ears, Nose - Left FieldSLO, Curated by Ryan Travis Christian (CA)
More Women Painting, Curated by Michele Weinberg, Miami Fla
Cities Like Dreams, Swamps, Where, Cedars Grow, The Provincial, Michigan
Brave New Work, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Massachusetts
2016
Serious Play, Automat, Philadelphia, PA
We Lost Our Tails, Curated by M.E.N, Hoboken, NJ
The Black and White Project / curated by Yifat Gat & Look e Listen Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Solar Vortex / Geoffrey Young Gallery, MA,
Expand and Flourish / Proto Gallery, Hoboken NJ
Paper Paris / 3 Cite' du Petit Thouars, 75003 Paris France, Look e Listen
Art on Paper Fair, / The Armory, New York. Pier 36, Booth 121 with Proto Gallery and The Dorado Project
The Sixth Woman, Solo show / This Friday or Next Friday Gallery, Dumbo, Brooklyn
2015
Project Raisin / Gallery Martagon. Malaucene, France
On the Fence / Finish Flag / curated by Joshua Bienko, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
MEGALODON / Curated by Nick DePiro, Hoboken, NJ
-------- / curated by Patricia Brace, 191 Henry Street, NY
Painting in Trees / curated by Ben LaRocco and Ben Pritchard, The People's Garden, Bushwick New York
Spring Benefit, / Momenta, Brooklyn, New York
New Work City / curated by Julie Torres. Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York
2014
21 & Counting / The Painting Center, NYC
BalletX Benefit Show / Bridget Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2008-2013
Surface and Pattern / M.F.A. Thesis, Mason Gross Galleries, NJ
MFA Thesis Exhibit / White Box, New York, New York
National Juried Show / Juried by Paul Resika, Bowery Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
Young Blood / Opera Gallery, SoHo, NYC
Publications / Press:
2023: ArtForum, Must See Exhibitions - New York City
2023: Pep Talks for Artist - Podcast
2023: The School of Unlearning - Podcast
2022: Artnet - Feature, Exhibition to see in New York
2021: Bomb Magazine: Interview with Meg Lipke ‘How Things Grow’.
2021: Bomb Magazine: Interview with Sangram Majumdar - ‘The Company Your Mind Keeps’.
2020: Review, ‘Catherine Haggarty’s Call to Memory’, by Zach Seeger - Two Coats of Paint
2020: Artnet - Feature - 12 exhibitions to see in New York
2020: The Observer, Power 50 - Art World (forthcoming): Feature with Hilary Doyle & NYC Crit Club
2019: Hyperallergic, What is the Value of an online critique?
2018 - The Value of an online Art Critique?, Hyperallergic, 2018
2018 - Art Maze Magazine, Issue 7 - Spring Print Edition, London, UK - 2018
2017 - Sound and Vision Podcast, with Brian Alfred
2017 - Wallace, Brett. The Conversation Project
2017 - Moths, Kate, Young Space
2016 - Swiger, Greg, Final Friday podcast with Artist Catherine Haggarty, Final Friday.
2016 - Haggarty, Catherine. An Artist’s Exchange, NYC to LA, Two Coats of Paint
2016 - Haggarty, Catherine. On Influence – The Curator
2016 - Butler, Sharon. Body Parts: Catherine Haggarty, Clarity Haynes & Ginny Casey, Two Coats of Paint.
2016 - Joy, Chris & Keeting Zach. Gorky’s Granddaughter Interview, Gorky’s Granddaughter
2016 - Morowitz, Daniel. Now What it is Interview – Catherine Haggarty.
2015 - Micchelli, Thomas. The Other Side of Portrature – Hyperallergic
Grants
2023 - Joseph Robert Foundation Grantee
2013 - ESKFF Artist Grant
Collections:
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Fidelity Bank
Tom & Chai Hall Collection
EF Foundation - Boston, US.
Education
2011 Master of Fine Arts, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, NJ
2012 Arcadia University, Certification of Art Education, K-12
2006 BA, Fine Arts, BS Psychology, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
2005 The Tyler School of Art, Study Abroad, Rome, Italy
Professional Affiliations:
Founder, Owner & Executive Director - The Canopy Program
Co-Founder, Executive Director & Faculty NYC Crit Club - 2017- current.
Co-Director, 2016-2019 Ortega y Gasset Projects, Gowanus, Brooklyn
Lectures & Visiting Critic:
2024:
Visiting Scholar Program - Rocky Mountain College of Art (+solo show), Denver, CO
Cornell BFA, Lecture
2023:
UCONN MFA Visiting Artist & Lecturer
Contemporary Arts Memphis - CAM, Keynote Lecture (TN)
Visiting Critic & MFA Artist Lecture - Western Conneticut State University
Visiting Lecturer - Drawing, Vassar BFA
Rutgers BFA Thesis Critic
American University MFA - Visiting Speaker
2022:
Visiting Critic & MFA Artist Lecture - Rutgers University, New Brunshwick, NJ
Visiting Critic & MFA Artist Lecture - University of Albany, NY
Visiting artist & Lecturer, Tyler BFA
Visiting artist lecture and MFA critic: Leroy E Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA MFA
Visiting artist lecture: RISD BFA
Visiting artist lecture: Pratt Drawing BFA
Visiting artist lecture & MFA Critic: UCONN MFA
2021:
Visiting artist lecture & MFA critic, The University of Oregon
Visiting artist lecture - Cornell University, BFA Painting Seminar
Visiting artist lecture - Rutgers University BFA Painting Seminar
Visiting critic - Boston University MFA Final Painting Reviews
2020:
Visiting artist & critic, SUNY Purchase MFA
Visiting artist lecture & MFA critic, Hunter MFA
Visiting artist lecture & MFA critic, Denison University, Ohio
2019:
Visiting artist lecture & MFA critic: Brooklyn College MFA
Guest Critic, Nars Foundation, NYC
Guest Critic, Residency Unlimited, NYC
2018:
Anderson Endowed Lecture Series & guest critic for BFA - Penn State University
2017:
Guest Critic, Nars Foundation, NYC
Guest Critic, Trestle Residency, NYC
Guest Critic, Residency Unlimited, NYC
2016:
Guest Critic, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, New York
Panels / Jurying Exhibitions
2023: MyMA - Juror - Artist Grant
2022: Panel Discussion, Reimagining the MFA - Cornell University
2021: I Like Your Work Podcast, Juror - Online Exhibition & Catalog
2021: Panelist - Red Line Denver & vvrkshop - ‘Is it time to kill the MFA’?
2019: MFA - Maryland Federation of Art - Juror, Open Call
2018: Ground Floor Gallery, Juror - International Open Call
2018: ESPOSIVITO, Juror - International Residency, Spain
2017 & 2018: Juror, Ortega y Gasset International Open Call
2016 - Artist as Curator Panel at Trestle Gallery, Kirk Stoller, Catherine Haggarty & Vince Contarino
2016 - Co-Juror, Boston University's MFA Exhibition, Boston Young Contemporaries
2015 - The Black and White Project, curated and designed by Yifat Gat, St. Chamas, France. Sluice Art Fair, London, UK.
Curatorial work:
2023 - One to the Next, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2022 - AHL Foundation, Head Juror, Writer and Curator
2021 - A Quiet Scale SVA Flatiron Galleries, Josephine Halvorson & Hanneline Rogeberg - Catalog
2019 - Footloose, David Humphrey & Keisha Martin Prioleau, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - Strange Business, Rose Nestler, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - I Pine, Rick Briggs, Ortega y Gasset Projects, NYC
2016 - About Looking, Two person show, Matt Phillips & Travis Fairclough, Ortega y Gasset Projects, NYC - Catalog
2015 - The Players Dinner, Curating Contemporary, Curation and Essay. December, 2015
2015 - WE ARE WHAT THE SEASE HAVE MADE US, Curation and Essay. Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ. Featuring: Yevgeniya Baras, Dana James, Alan Prazniak, and Daniel John GaddHAVE MADE US, Curation and Essay. Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ. Featuring: Yevgeniya Baras, Dana James, Alan Prazniak, and Daniel John Gadd
Teaching Experience:
2024: Spring Teiger Mentor for the Arts - Cornell AAP MFA
2023 to current: Pratt Institute: Visiting Associate Professor - BFA
- Seminar III
2023: Faculty - Anderson Ranch, Aspen CO
2021: Fashion Institute of Technology: Sophomore Painting - Associate Professor
2017- present: The New York City Crit Club, Co-Founder & Executive Director
- Courses designed & taught:
- The MFA, Expectations & Preparations
- Theory & Writing Seminar
- Visiting Critic Program & Group Critique
- History & Theory of Drawing
2019- present: The School of Visual Arts (SVA): Adjunct Professor
- Courses designed & taught:
- Honors Program, Drawing II
- Drawing Theory Seminar
- Non-European Art Histories
- Honors Program, Drawing I
- European Painting I - Art History
- Seminar in Drawing Theory
- Painting & Culture, Art History Seminar
2021 - The Fashion Institute of Technology
- Sophomore Painting
2019- Advisor for Critical Feedback Program, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - 2019 - Adjunct Professor,Hofstra University, Painting 1
2018 - Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University, Drawing Seminar
2016 - 2017 One River School, Englewood NJ
2013 - 2017 Tenure Track Teacher, West Orange Board of Education. West Orange, New Jersey.
2013 Princeton Day School, Art Assistant Teacher, Lower School. Princeton, NJ
2012 Student Teacher, k-4 Sugartown Elementary, Malvern PA. Ceramics and A.P. Visual Arts, Secondary 9-12, Morristown High School, Morristown, NJ
2011 Assistant Teaching Artist, Asian Arts Initiative - Mural Arts Corps. 1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA. Summer Session, Youth Mural
2011 Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, NJ. Part Time Lecturer; Summer Session, Course: Drawing I
2010 Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, NJ. Part Time Lecturer; Summer Session, Course: Undergraduate Figure Drawing II
2010 Rutgers Art Camp Instructor - Kids Create, New Brunswick, NJ
2006 Bloomsburg University Teaching Assistant, Psychology Department
2005 Creative Heart-work, Intern for instructing classes for Non-Profit Art Therapy Clinic
Residencies & Awards:
2017 - Look e Listen Residency, St. Chamas, France
2016 - DNA Gallery Residency, Provincetown, MA
2014 - E.S.K.F.F Grant and Residency at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2013 - Studio Visit Magazine, Winter Edition
2013 - Artist Grant fellowship, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2011 - Gaza Daniels Endesha Award, Graduate Faculty Selection, Rutgers University Commencement Award
2010 - Lyda J Craig Endowment Scholarship, Graduate Faculty Selection, Rutgers University