b. Redlands CA, 1959
Lives and works in Altadena CA
EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of Arts, University of Redlands, Redlands CA
2000 Photography, Glendale College, Glendale CA
2007 Julia Dean Photography Workshops, Los Angeles CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Desert Traces, Site-specific installation, High Desert Test Sites 2013, Kingman, AZ,
Juried, Andrea Zittel Curator
2009 Certain Places, Lishui Int'l Photographic Cultural Festival, Lishui China, Ellen Boughn Curator
Certain Places, Winter Invitational, SOPAstudios, South Pasadena CA Juried
2008 Certain Places, Wildfire Studios, Los Angeles CA,
2007 Certain Places, DRKRM Gallery, Los Angeles CA,
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 123XYZ, Collaboration with Marilyn J. Galosy, Wildfire Studios, Los Angeles CA, Invitational
2009 Catharine Stebbins and Dawn Roe, Newspace, Portland OR, Invitational, Laura Valenti Curator
123XYZ Curator’s Show, gallery@MSY, South Pasadena CA, Catharine Stebbins and Marilyn J. Galosy Co-Curators
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Annual Group Show, Open Studios Alta/Pasa/Dena, Altadena CA, Juried
2018 Annual Group Show, Open Studios Alta/Pasa/Dena, Altadena CA, Juried
2017 Annual Group Show, Open Studios Alta/Pasa/Dena, Altadena CA, Juried
2015 Inaugural Exhibition, Outpost Projects, Yucca Valley CA, Invitational, Aili Schmeltz Curator
2014 High Desert Test Sites Art Swap, Sky Village Swap Meet, Yucca Valley CA, Invitational
2010 October Show, JTAG Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree CA, Juried
2009 AMUSEMENT, F-STOP Magazine Issue #36 August-September 2009, Juried
2008 Winter Group Show, SOPAstudios, South Pasadena CA, Juried
Collectible, Wallspace Gallery, Seattle WA, Invitational, Curated by Crista Dix
Spring Arts Collective Gallery, Los Angeles CA, Invitational, Curated by Deborah Martin
Blow Up, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA, Juried
Art of Photography Show, Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA, Juried
4 Frames: Eleven Southern California Photographers, The Julia Dean Gallery, Venice CA, Invitational
A Million Little Pictures: Adventures, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco CA, Juried
2007 Show Off, The Julia Dean Gallery, Venice CA, Juried
Night of the Witches, Shotgun Space, Los Angeles CA, Juried
Waves of Devastation Waves of Hope, Montgomery Row Second Level, Rhinebeck NY, Invitational
2006 Waves of Devastation Waves of Hope, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY, Invitational
2002 Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale CA, Juried
Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley CA, Invitational
LaFoto Gallery, Santa Monica CA, Juried
Women Artists in Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA, Invitational
2001 New Photography Competition, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona CA, Juried
BENEFITS
2009 A Place Called Home, supporting A Place Called Home LA. Deborah Martin Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2008 The Indomitable Spirit, supporting Starlight Children’s Foundation, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles CA
AWARDS
2002 Honorable Mention, Still Life Pears, LaFoto Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2001 2nd Place, Architecture Experience Music Project, Honorable Mention, Fine Art The Last Fitting,
Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona CA
CURATORIAL
2009 gallery@MSY, Co-curators Catharine Stebbins and Marilyn J. Galosy, South Pasadena CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 Exhibitions 2002 - 2011, Newspace Center for Photography 2011
2009 End no.1, Summer Catalog cover, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland Or
Chas Bowie. Amy Stein at Blue Sky Gallery and Catharine Stebbins at Newspace,
The Oregonian, August 4, 2009, Arts & Performance
2007 Continuing and Recommended, ArtScene, April 2007 Vol. 26, No.8, pg.50
TALKS/INTERVIEWS
2018 Polytechnic Upper School, Artist talk, Pasadena CA
2014 kchungradio.org Earth Art Radio (Live), Gabie Strong and Suzanne Calkins, Interview with Catharine Stebbins, Los Angeles CA
2009 Newspace, Artist talk, Portland OR
COLLECTIONS
China Lishui Museum of Photography, Lishui, Zheziang China
4Culture Public Art, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle WA
EXPERIENCE
2012-20 TEACHING ARTIST, Polytechnic School Summer Programs, Pasadena CA, Youth Classes: Hand Sewing; Beginning Knitting;
Beginning and Intermediate Machine Sewing; 3D Design and Printing, Mail Art, ages 6-15
2004-07 EDUCATION OUTREACH SPECIALIST, Sumatran Plate Boundary Project, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA
Community education fieldwork in Indonesia, public service announcements, educational materials
1996-00 TEACHING ARTIST, Glendale College Community Extension, Glendale CA
Adult Workshops: Faux Finish painting