Artist CV

Solo exhibitions

2026 – Where Wonder Gathers – Creative Space 19 Feb – 1 March 2026

2025 – And The Stars Came Out – Creative Space 6 -16 March 2025

2024 – Where Stars Walk upon the Mountain Top – Salamanca Side Gallery, Hobart 3-13 October

2024 – Luminosity of Spirit – Creative Space 4 -17 March 2024

2023 – Composing Earth and Sky – Barometer Gallery 25 March – 2 April

2022 – The Silence of Beauty – Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf 13 July –  7 August

2021 – The Volume of Hope – Eramboo Artist Environment 6-15 August

2021 – Being In Balance – Bathers’ Pavilion, Balmoral 3 March – 30 April (Duo)

2019 – Circle Me – ME Studio, St Leonards  9-23 November 2019

2019 – Falling Into Longing – Sydney Road Gallery 20 June -14 July 2019

2018 – Exhalation of the Trees – Mosman Art Gallery 22 September – 2 December 2018

2018 – Surfacing – Sydney Road Gallery  27 September – 21 October 2018

2018 – I am of You – Sturt Craft and Design Centre 15 April- 3 June 2018

2017 – 11:11 – The Synchronicity of Now  Sydney Road Gallery  26 October – 12 November 2017

2017 – Fluidity, Warringah Creative Space September

2015 – Love. Honour. Cherish – Lane Cove Gallery August

2012 – Common Threads, Chrissie Cotter Gallery (Duo)

Catriona Pollard is a contemporary artist who uses traditional fibre techniques to transform foraged plant fibres and recycled metals into evocative sculptural works which investigate human’s personal connection with the natural world.

Her practice has been recognised as a skilful exploration of ideas around nature and human’s relationship, the invisible forces and the movement of energy within it. Central to her work is the investigation of transformation and humanity’s connection, dependence, and the possibility of harmony with the ecological world.

Her sculptures feature intricate and complex weaving techniques that create repetitive patterns which explore the concept of connection and interconnection. Her interplay of shadows extending beyond the physical boundaries of the sculptures opens discussion around light and dark and their role in achieving harmony.

By sharing a dialogue with the organic materials and allowing them to inform the narrative of her sculptures, it means that stories are formed and shared from the nature in transformational ways – in a language that provides new meanings and relationships with spirit, nature, humans, and the interconnectedness of all.

Catriona has been selected for multiple solo exhibitions and exhibits extensively selected, group and touring exhibitions including the Australian Design Centre and Sturt National Craft Centre. She has been a finalist in many art awards including Australian Textile Art Award, International Art Textile Biennale, National Capital Art Prize, Environmental Art & Design Award, North Sydney Art Prize, Australian Fibre Arts Award, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize and many more.

Her artwork is profiled across major art and design media and is featured nationally in galleries, high end design spaces and private collections. Watch her talk about her art at ABC TV and Gardening Australia and read in the feature in Good Weekend, SMH/The Age.  She is profiled in the Book: Woven Together: Weavers and Their Stories. See her website for more talks and media.

As a dedicated professional educator, she holds sold out sculptural basketry weaving workshops in Australia and internationally and teaches for design and craft centres. She holds demonstrations for organisations including Museums, and gives artist talks at galleries and community groups. She also established the online SchoolofBasketryArt.com with students from around the world.

Selected Exhibitions

2026

  • Whispers from the Canopy – Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, 23 January -10 February
  • Mosman Art Walk
  • Fifty Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Galley, 26 June – 14 July
  • Winter Salon, Gallery Lane Cove, 11 – 27 June
  • 2026 Environmental Art & Design Prize, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 7 Aug – 20 Sep
  • The Other Environmental Art Exhibition, Artbau, 13-24 August
  • Expanded Textiles, Articulate Project Space, 5 – 27 September

2025

  • Museum of Art and Culture yapang art prize finalist exhibition – October-December
  • Ku-ring-gai Sculpture Trail 6 September – 6 October
  • The Other Environmental Art Exhibition 13 – 30 August
  • Australian Fibre Art Award Finalist exhibition 29 August – 29 September
  • Sculpture on the Farm Dungog 29 – 31 August
  • Basketry Now 2025, Textile Center, Minneapolis, USA National Basketry Association
  • Threading Lightly, Gallery 76, Embroiderers’ Guild Australia
  • ‘Forage: symbiotic (trans)formations’,  Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 15 February – 13 April
  • Mosman Art Gallery 2088
  • Mosman Art Walk

2024

  • Urunga Small Sculpture Prize – The Arts Centre, 14 September – 12 October
  • Gosford Art Prize finalist’s exhibition – Gosford Regional Gallery, 24 August – 20 October
  • The Other Environmental Art Exhibition, Gallery 109, Sydney 15 – 25 August
  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023 – Central Highlands Regional Gallery, Emerald, QLD, 16 August – 30 September
  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023 – Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, SA, 17 June – 26 July
  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023 – Design Centre Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2 February – 22 March
  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023 – Geelong Art Space, Geelong, Victoria, 5 April – 18 May 2024

2023

  • Mosman Art Gallery 2088
  • National Capital Art Prize finalists exhibition, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra 16 September – 8 October
  • Environmental Art & Design finalists exhibition, Manly Art Gallery & Museum
  • ‘forage: symbiotic (trans)formations’  – Gallery Lane Cove, 13 September – 7 October,
  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023 – East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale Vic, 20 January – 18 March
  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023 – Emu Park Art Gallery, Emu Park, Queensland, 15 April – 10 June 2023
  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023 – Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland,  8 July – 26 August 2023
  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023 – Kyogle Gallery, Kyogle, New South Wales, 23 September – 11 November 2023
  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023 – Moonah Art Centre, Moonah, Tasmania, 9 December 2023- 20 January 2024

2022

  • National Capital Art Prize finalists exhibition, The Workshop, Canberra
  • Environmental Art & Design finalists exhibition, Manly Art Gallery & Museum
  • North Sydney Art Prize finalist exhibition – Coal Loader, Waverton
  • Sticks & Stones, Eramboo Artist Environment
  • Ku-ring-gai’s Sculpture Trail

2021

  • Sculpture in the Garden, Mudgee
  • Australian Fibre Arts Award finalists exhibition, Gallery76
  • Transformation – Art in the Recycle, Royal Botanical Gardens
  • [Not A] Basket Case: Making a Case for Contemporary Basketry Art, Gallery76
  • Mosman Art Gallery 2088
  • Environmental Art & Design Award, Manly Art Gallery and Museum
  • Sculpture Society 70th Anniversary, Chatswood Concourse Gallry

2020

  • The Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition, Incinerator Space
  • Mosman Art Gallery 2088
  • A Gift of Time, online exhibition, Garland

2019

  • Little Things Art Prize 2019 Exhibition, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington
  • Home Affairs, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly
  • The Other Art Fair, Sydney
  • Mosman Art Gallery, 2088
  • Pause and Reflect, Sydney Road Gallery
  • From Where We Stand, Sydney Road Gallery
  • Autumnal, Sydney Road Gallery
  • Be Still, Sydney Road Gallery

2018

  • Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize
  • Northern Beaches Art Prize
  • Artisans In The Gardens, Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney
  • Fire, Four Elements, Creative Space
  • We Are One, Sydney Road Gallery
  • Studio Stories, Sydney Road Gallery
  • Love Is, Sydney Road Gallery
  • Opening, Art Gallery On Ocean
  • The Red Project, outdoor installation, Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability

2017

  • Winter, Sturt Contemporary Craft and Design
  • Wish List, Sydney Road Gallery
  • Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize
  • Northern Beaches Art Prize, Creative Space
  • Evolve, Sydney Road Gallery
  • Distill, Sydney Road Galley
  • Home, Sydney Road Gallery
  • Air, Creative Space
  • Intersection, Basketry NSW

2016

  • Earth, Four Elements, Warringah
  • Fibre Stories, Basketry NSW
  • Sculptures in the Garden, Mudgee

2015

  • The Gathering, Basketry NSW
  • Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival
  • Mosman 2088

2014

  • From Small Things, Basketry NSW
  • Glenaeon Art Show
  • Women on Boards Art Prize exhibition
  • Mosman 2088

2013

  • Primrose Park Art & Craft Annual exhibition
  • Glenaeon Art Show
  • “What’s a Basket?” exhibition, Basketry NSW
  • In Situ: Mosman Festival of Sculpture & Installation
  • Mosman 2088 exhibition

2012

  • Mosman 2088 exhibition
  • In Situ: Mosman Festival of Sculpture & Installation
  • Breathing Colours art gallery’s Tiered exhibition.

Awards

2026

  • Finalist, 2026 Environmental Art & Design Prize
  • Finalist, , Fifty Squared Art Prize

2025

  • Finalist, Australian Fibre Art Award
  • Finalist, Museum of Art and Culture yapang Art Prize

2024

  • Awarded, USA National Basketry Association Every 1 Exhibition
  • Awarded, Urunga Small Sculpture Prize
  • Finalist, Gosford Art Prize

2023

  • International Art Textile Biennale 2023
  • Finalist, National Capital Art Prize
  • Environmental Art & Design Award

2022

  • Finalist, National Capital Art Prize
  • Finalist, North Sydney Art Prize
  • Awarded Highly Commended, Environmental Art & Design Award
  • Finalist, Ku-ring-gai Sculpture Trail

2021

  • Finalist, Australian Fibre Arts Award
  • Finalist, Environmental Art & Design Award

2020

  • Finalist, Mosman 2088

2019

  • Finalist, Little Things Art Prize
  • Finalist, Mosman 2088

2018

  • Finalist, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize
  • Finalist, Northern Beaches Art Prize
  • Finalist, Mosman 2088

2017

  • Finalist, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize
  • Finalist, Northern Beaches Art Prize
  • Finalist, Mosman 2088

2016

  • Finalist, Warringah Art Prize
  • Finalist, Mosman 2088

2015:

  • Finalist, Emerging Artist of the Year 2015, Craft NSW
  • Finalist, North Sydney Art Prize
  • Finalist, Mosman 2088

2014

  • Finalist, Emerging Artist of the Year 2014, Craft NSW
  • Finalist, Mosman 2088

2013

  • Finalist, North Sydney Art Prize
  • Finalist, Mosman 2088

2027 – @Gallery Australia – February

2026 – Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence, Tweed Regional Gallery – May,  Creative Studios Primrose Park Arts & Crafts (12 months)

2025 – Museum of Art and Culture yapang art

2024 – Salamanca The Artists’ Cottage Arts Residency Program – October

2023 – Gunyah artists-in-residence program – October

2023 – Police Point, Mornington Peninsula – September

2023 – Domaine de Boisbuchet, France – June

2021 – Northern Beaches Artist in Residence – Eramboo Artist Environment – February – August 2021

2020 – BigCi (Bilpin ground for creative initiatives) – November/December