Cathie Crawford – Illinois Women Artists

Cathie Crawford

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First Name Cathie
Middle Name Ann
Maiden Name Crawford
Surname Crawford
Spouse’s Full Name Richard McBride
Previous Spouse(s) L. Aubrey Moore
Names and Birth Years of Children step-children: John McBride and Melissa HInes
Birth Date July 11, 1949
Birth Place Queens, New York
Ethnicity Irish and German
Residence(s) Columbus, Ohio

Albany, new York

Peoria, Illinois

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Grenoble, France

2004-2020: Peoria, Illinois
Active In Peoria, Illinois
Studio Location(s) 1987-1998: 1119 Summit Blvd. Peoria, Illinois 1998-2001: Al Hambra #1, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2001-2004: 1 Chemin des Berges, La Tour Sans Venin, France 2004-to present: 512 E. High Point Rd. Peoria, Illinois
Categories Block Printer, Printmaker
Training 1971: BFA completed, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Drawing, Painting and PRintmaking
1972: BAE completed, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Art Education
1987: MFA completed, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Relevant Travel France

Japan

Saudi Arabia
Exhibitions History April 2019: Decatur Art Center, Decatur, Illinois [solo]

2019: ImMIGRATION; LA Printmaking at the 2019 Southern Graphics Conference International, Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton and Scuola Internazionale di Grafico, Venice, Italy

March 2019: Print It; California Society of Printmakers, Village Theatre Art gallery, Danville, California

2019: SAGA 85^th Members Print Exhibition; Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey

2018: Stand Out Prints International Juried Exhibition; Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2018: CLIMART, California Society of Printmakers; Academy of Art/Cannery Gallery Suite 110/112, San Francisco, California

2018: 29th Annual International Small Print Exhibition; Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois

2018: Air Water and Earth, Los Angles Printmaking Society; Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California

2018: Four Rivers Print Biennial; Southern Illinois Printworks, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

2018: GALEX 52, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois

2018: Society of American Graphic Artists 84^th Members Juried Print Exhibition; Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, New York

2018: Los Angeles Holiday Print Show; MuzeuMM Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2018: LUNACY: A Group Exhibition; McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois

2018: Points of Departure; California Society of Printmakers; Bridge ARTSpace Gallery, Richmond, California

2018: The Traces Left Behind, California Society of Printmakers; Kings Art Center, Hanford, California

2018: Galesburg Civic Art Center’s Members Exhibition; Galesburg, Illinois

2018: Color High Exhibition; Studio 2091 Mothersbaugh, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

2018: GREAT HOPE Print Exhibition; Union Gallery UMass-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts

2018: For the Love of Printmaking members’ exhibit; Rubber City Prints, Akron Ohio

2018: American Color Print Society Annual Fall Exhibition; The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2017: 36^th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition; Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

2017: Printmaking National Exhibition; MARKARTS Mary R Koch Arts Center, Wichita, Kansas

2017: Graphically Observed, California Society of Printmakers juried exhibition; California College of the Arts, Oakland, California

2017: Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, Illinois [solo]

2017: 7^th Annual “Figurative” Art Exhibition; Light Space & Time Online Gallery

2017: Emergence: National Artists of Central Illinois; Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois

2017: Flora and Fauna; Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis Maryland

2017: Ann Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibit; St. Louis Artists' Guild, St Louis, Missouri

2017: GALEX 51, National Juried Exhibition; Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois

2017: Down East, Monotype Guild of New England, Saco Museum, Saco, Maine

2017: Mid America Print Council Members’ Juried Exhibition; Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, Kansas

2017: Art for Social Change: We are Enough, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, Illinois

2017: The Golden Hour, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

2017: Society of American Graphic Artists 83^rd Print Exhibition, Old Print Shop, New York, New York

2017: Salon des Refuses, MGNE’s Members Show; Kimball Jenkins School of Art Galleries, Concord, New Hampshire

2017: Celebrating Seventy Years, The Boston Printmakers; Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, Massachusetts

2017: American Color Print Society Members’ Exhibition; The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2017: California Society of Printmakers’ 104^th Annual Membership Exhibit; Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, California

2016: Bliss of Being - 30 Years of Woodcut Prints, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois [solo]

2016: Edinboro National Printmaking; Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania

2016: 36^th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2016: MGNE’s 4^th National Exhibition: Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts

2016: 64 Arts, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois

2016: Bliss of Being; West Central Illinois Art Center, Macomb, Illinois [solo]

2016: Speakeasy Art Center, Pekin, Illinois [solo]

2016: A State of Mind, The Boston Printmakers; Lamont Gallery, Exeter, New Hampshire

2016: Unique Impressions VI: MGNE Members’ Exhibition; Zullo Gallery, Medfield, Massachusetts

2015: SAGA CENTENNIAL NATIONAL EXHIBITION; The Art Students League of New York, New York, New York

2015: Once,The Monotype Guild of New England; Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, Massachusetts

2015: Bliss of Being; Foster Gallery, Peoria, Illinois [solo]

2015: 35^th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2015: Pacific Lutheran University National Print Exhibition; Tacoma, Washington

2015: 34^rd Annual National Print Exhibition, Sawtooth School of Creative Arts, Winston Salem, North Carolina

2015: Art St. Louis XXXI, The Exhibition; Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

2014: New Prints 2014/Autumn; International Print Center New York, New York, New York

2014: LA Printmakers Juried Exhibition Push and Pull; City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California

2014: Multiple Impressions, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois

2014: 34^rd Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2014 A Dream or A Memory; St Louis Artists’ Guild, St Louis, Missouri

2014: GALEX 48, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois

2014: Los Angeles Printmakers Society Members Exhibition; LA Print Space, West Hollywood, California

2014: Society of American Graphic Artists 81^st Members’ Exhibition; The Old Print Shop, New York, New York

2014: Palate to Plate Boston Printmakers Members’ Exhibition; Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

2013: GALEX 47, National Juried Exhibition; Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois

2013: SHY RABBIT Print International 4; SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, Colorado

2013: Wood and the Grain, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois

2013: 64 Arts, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois

2013: Nude Attitude, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois

2013: Resonant Reflections; Pearce Gallery, Dunlap, Illinois [solo]

2013: ThINK: Boston Printmakers Members Show; Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado

2013: Society of American Graphic Artists Members Exhibit; Delind Gallery of the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2012: Shy Rabbit’s Print International 3; on line exhibition, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts

2012: The 9^th National Print Exhibition; The Turner Print Museum, Chico, California

2012: Delta National Small Prints Exhibition; Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro

2012: 32^nd Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2012: Members & Friends Juried Art Exhibit; Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois

2012: Nexus National Print Exhibition: Women Printmakers of Austin; Live Oak Center, Columbus, Texas

2012 The Human Experience 2012 National Print Exhibition; Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington

2012: Ann Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibition; St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St Louis, Missouri

2012: Hand Made Prints II, One Horse Press & Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, Illinois

2012: Componère Gallery St. Louis, Missouri

2012: The Society of American Graphic Artists Members’ Show; The Old Print Shop, New York, New York

2012: Lay of the Land, St Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, Missouri

2011: Prints USA 2011; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

2011:Swimming Upstream; Juried Print Exhibit; 44T Artspace, Denver, Colorado

2011: ThINK: Boston Printmakers Members Show; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville Alabama and The Transportation Building, Boston, Massachusetts (continued to travel thru 2012)

2011: Art St. Louis XXVII, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

2010: New Prints 2010/Spring; International Print Center New York, New York

2010: 30^th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2010: Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois [solo]

2010: 64 Arts National Juried Exhibition; Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois
Collections The Admiral Company, Galesburg, Illinois

American University Museum, Washington, D.C.

Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas

Brenntag Southwest, Houston, Texas

CILCORP, Peoria, Illinois

Coleman Chemical & Oil, Peoria, Illinois & Shanahan, Illinois

The Cullom-Davis Library, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

Customer Development Corporation, Peoria, Illinois

Dominick’s Finer Foods, Chicago, Illinois

The Heart of Illinois United Way, Peoria, Illinois

Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois

International Print Center New York, New York, New York

Kemper Group, Long Grove, Illinois

Lincoln Offices, Champaign, Illinois

Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, Peoria, Illinois

Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey

Norwest Banks, Quad Cities, Illinois

Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois

Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois

Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois

Price Waterhouse, Peoria, Illinois

Safeya Binzagr Darat, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Speedball Art Materials, Statesville, North Carolina

Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, New York

Teacher’s Insurance & Annuity Assoc., New York, New York

Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas

Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey

William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois

HRH Prince Abdullah Saud Mohammed, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;

Private Collections in the USA, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, UAE (Dubai) & the United Kingdom
Publications Show Me Your Print Shop edition of the Journal of the Mid American Print Council, p 84 https://www.midamericaprintcouncil.org/journal Star 82 Review Issue 6.2 http://www.star82review.com/6.2/contents.html Monoprint Monotype & Strappo Winter 2016 Volume 1 Issue 5 http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1204745?__r=689901 Chestney, Linda. “A 2016 State of Mind: Printmakers Tackle the Issues.” Artscope 16 November/December 2016: 9-11 http://www.bostonprintmakers.org/…/LamontGallery_2016StateO… Renken, Leslie. “Magical moments: printmaker Cathie Crawford uses color and texture to express joy and wonder in her world.” Journal Star 20 Nov. 2016: D1,6 http://www.pjstar.com/entertainmentlife/20161118/printmaker-cathie-crawford-to-exhibit-at-bradley-university Renken, Leslie. “From Life Comes Art: Artist Cathie Crawford celebrates big moments in exotic places.” Journal Star 1 Sept. 2013: C1-2 http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1281953372/ARTSplus-From-life-comes-art “A Life in Print,” Peoria Magazine, September 2019. https://www.peoriamagazines.com/pm/2019/sep/life-print
Awards 2018 Kent Leasure Fine Print Award: GALEX 52, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois

2018 Works on Paper Award: Galesburg Civic Art Center’s Members Exhibition; Galesburg, Illinois

2017 Special Merit Award: 7^th Annual “Figurative” Art Exhibition; Light Space & Time Online Gallery

2015 Speedball Art Products Materials $1000 Purchase Award: SAGA CENTENNIAL NATIONAL EXHIBITION; The Art Students League of New York, New York, New York

2013: Kent Leasure Memorial Fine Print Award: GALEX 47, National Juried Exhibition; Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois

2012 Chucki Bradbury Purchase Award: Delta National Small Prints Exhibition; Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro

2012 Merit Award: 32^nd Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2012 Works on Paper Award: Members & Friends Juried Art Exhibit; Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois
Other Occupation(s) 1973-1998: taught High School Art in Ohio, New York and Illinois

1987-1995?: Adjunct Faculty, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois

1987-1995?: Adjunct Faculty, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

2006-2020: teaching Water Aerobics
Website(s) YouTube video of artist at work
Biography Originally from New York City, Cathie lived overseas six years in Saudi Arabia and France. She has concentrated on the color reduction woodcut since earning an MFA degree in 1987 from Bradley University where she had a one-person retrospective in 2016. She returned to Peoria in 2004 from France.

Her work has been included in more than three hundred exhibitions, thirty solo exhibitions, seventy-seven juried national shows and sixteen international juried exhibitions since completing a BFA from The Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio. Crawford has received forty awards at both the national and regional level. Her woodcuts have been exhibited in twenty-eight states as well as France, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and the UK.

Crawford prints reductively from one piece of ¼” luan plywood. Her small editions are known for luminous color achieved by numerous blended (rainbow) rolls of transparent ink applied with brayers and litho roller to the woodcut printing matrix. Mylar stencils expand the color possibilities for each woodcut print by allowing her to work reductively within a given shape. She prints on handmade Japanese Kozo paper with oil base relief inks and the aid of a Dickerson Combination press.