RÉSUMÉ

 

exhibitions

 

museums

Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT. 15th Annual Group Exhibition, January - February 2012

Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT. 14th Annual Group Exhibition, January - February 2011

2-person

Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, NM.  O_2. Paintings by Cate Moses / Paintings & Installation by Dienke Nauta, October 2008

group

Botanica.  Arroyo Gallery, Santa Fe. April - May 2012

Arroyo Gallery, Santa Fe, ongoing representation, December 2011 -

Squared, Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, December 2011

Third Annual Randall Davey Invitational Wildlife Art Exhibition, Randall Davey

     Audubon Center & Sanctuary, Santa Fe, NM, May-June 2011

Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM. Collect 10. May—June 2011

Second Annual Randall Davey Invitational Wildlife Art Exhibition, Randall Davey

     Audubon Center & Sanctuary, Santa Fe, NM, May-June 2010

Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM. Collect Inside 8 2010. May—June 2010

Kosmos Gallery at the Factory on 5^th, Albuquerque, NM.  Juried exhibition 

     curated by Maggie Ross and Juliet Wing, February 2010

5G Gallery at the Factory on 5^th, Albuquerque, NM. January 2010

Kosmos Gallery at the Factory on 5^th, Albuquerque, NM. Invitational exhibition curated by Vivian Hartman, December 2009

Warehouse 21, Santa Fe, NM.  Artists For Animal Awareness. Juried exhibition. Judith Vejvoda, Curator, November 2008

Bravo. Invitational exhibition. Scottish Rite Temple, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 2003 

SOFe ArtSpace, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Peace Show.  Curated by Erika Wanenmacher, May-June 2003 

Rufina Studios, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Off Canyon. Invitational exhibition, September 2002

Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  A Show of Colors.  Invitational exhibition, November, 2001

 

press

The Santa Fe Reporter (Online). “Las Conchas Inspired Art on Canyon Road.” Wren Abbott. 12 Jan., 2012. http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/blog-3266-las-conchas-inspired-art-on-canyon-road.html

The Santa Fe Reporter (Online). “Española Javelina Inspires Art!:” Wren Abbott, 29 July 2011, http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/blog-2925-espantildeola-javelina-inspires-art_.html

The Santa Fean. “Art Reviews: O_2.: Dienke Nauta and Cate Moses At Wilder Nightingale Fine Art,” October-Nov. 2008

“Fall Harvest of Riches, O_2.: Cate Moses and Dienke Nauta At Wilder Nightingale Fine Art,” Steve Fox, P/Reviews, Taos Daily Horsefly, 15 Sept. 2008

 

education

Studied painting with Sam Scott

Pennsylvania State University. Ph.D. in English, Specialization in Contemporary American and African American Literature, M.A. in English

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. B.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing, magna cum laude

 

recent community service

St. Elizabeth Emergency Shelter, Santa Fe, NM.  Volunteer cook and server.  2008-present

Volunteer Art Teacher, Acequia Madre Elementary School, 2007-present; Atalaya Elementary School, Santa Fe, NM, 2006-2007

 

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ARTIST STATEMENT (RÉSUMÉ follows)

 

I work from a strong sense of place, painting the wildlife with whom I share a home in the high altitude Southwest.. I spend a good deal of time tracking, observing, and photographing wildlife. 

 

Some of my works place animals in urban or abstracted environments, creating a dialogue between the wild and the constructed, and inviting the viewer to consider our own animal nature.

 

I grew up with wildlife.  People brought wounded and orphaned animals to my mother.  Under her care, many recovered.  A starling rode on her shoulder.  A rehabilitated red-tailed hawk remained nearby for years.  A raccoon lived on the back porch. A former fighting cock roosted in the kitchen. Rabbits shared my bedroom. 

 

It was just a matter of time before wildlife became the primary subject of my paintings.  I have an affinity for old, tough animals as well as the young and vulnerable; survivors with scars, torn ears, three legs, one eye. Animals who recall my mothers' patients; animals whose bodies tell stories. 

 

When one moves paint around on canvas, the forms that are the conceptual matrices and patterns underlying conscious experience emerge.  The painter steps aside and lets that process happen, allowing the painting to breathe and reveal its internal structures and symbols.