About
Catherine Ruane is an artist based in Southern California. Ruane earned her BA from San Diego State University and her MFA from Otis Art Institute of Art. She was awarded a scholarship to pursue extended study in drawing and printmaking in Florence Italy at Santa Reparata International School of Art. Catherine’s work has been exhibited internationally including; the Villa Donata in Naples Italy, Grafiska Sallskapat Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden, Gallery Antena in Kyoto, Japan, The Palazzo Della Provincia in Frosinone, Italy, as well as in Estonia.
Ruane’s drawings have been included in Museum shows including the Oceanside Museum of Art in Oceanside, CA. the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, CA, The San Luis Obispo Art Museum, San Luis Obispo, CA. Also in California, the Redlands Museum, The Riverside Museum and the University of Arizona Art Museum in Tucson, AZ.
Catherine’s work is included in many private and corporate collections including; CBS Television, Walt Disney CO. Turner Broadcasting Network, Harley Davidson, Lincoln Financial as well as many others.share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Statement
Making art is a process akin to studying and note taking. Drawing for me embodies a rhythm much like a repetitive prayer in worship. My studio process is a search into the mysterious border where the physical meets the mystical. I methodically build images as a visual expression of the contrasts between the appearance of natural, wild forms and what they have come to symbolize.
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MFA Otis Institute of Art, Los Angeles, CA
MA San Diego Sate Univ.
BA San Diego Sate Univ.
Extended Study-Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy -
2025
Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
Hi Desert Art Fare – YiWei Gallery, Yucca Valley, CA
Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Napa Valley Winery, Napa, CA
Hey There Projects, Joshua Tree, CA
Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA2024
Roswell Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
Intersect Art Fare, YiWei Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Baldwin Ave Gallery, Sierra Madre, CA
Space Truckin Gallery, Yucca Valley, CA
YiWei Gallery, Venice, CA
Museum of Art and Science, Lancaster, CA
Roswell Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
Sturt Haaga Gallery, Descanso Gardens, La Canada, CA
Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA
BG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
Middle Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA2023
Techne Gallery, Oceanside, CA
City Gallery, San Diego, CA
Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Wonziemer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Walter N Marks Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA2022
OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
Yiwei Gallery, Venice, CA
SCAPE, Corona Del Mar, CA
Brand Library Gallery, Let Me Talk, Glendale, CA
San Diego City College, Drawing Invitational, San Diego, CA2021
Riverside Art Museum, OB Group Show, Riverside, CA
Walsh Gallery, Carbon Neutral, San Marcos, CA
MOAH Cedar, Perceive Me, Lancaster, CA
Seer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois2020
Museum of Art/History,Collaborate-Create, Lancaster, CA
Escondido Center For The Arts, Endangered, Escondido, CA
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Brand Library, Let Me Talk, Glendale CA, Curated-Brown/Sykes2019
Loft at Liz’s, Forest Bathing, Curated by Betty Brown, Los Angeles, CA
San Diego City College, Starting Line, curated by Wayne Hulgin
University of CA-Riverside, Paintings from the Inland, Curated by Andi Campognone, Riverside, CA
Gallery 825, Curated by Cynthia Penna, Edge of History, Los Angeles, CA
Villa di Donato, Edge of History Curated by Cynthia Penna, Naples, Italy
Coastline College, Curated by Bradford Soloman, New Port Beach, CA
Venice Insti. Cont. Art, Intangible Paint, San Pedro, CA2018
Mash Gallery, Nature Worship, curated by Andi Campognone, Los Angeles, CA
George Billis Gallery, Summer Show, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition, West Valley College, Phx., AZ
Grafiska Sällskapet Gallery, Stockholm Sweden
Coagula Gallery, Magnificent Seven, Los Angeles, CA
Porch Gallery, Thomas Fire, Ojai, CA2017
Mike Kelley Gallery, Now and Then, Venice, CA
Museum of Art and History, Made in Mojave, Lancaster, CA
Groundspace Projects-Curator-Betty Brown, LA, CA
Launch Gallery Reality of Nature, Curator-Kristine Shoemaker, LA, CA
Oceanside Art Museum, Juried, Oceanside, CA2016
Gallery 825, Juried Open Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Mike Kelly Gallery, Beyond Baroque, High Five, Venice, CA
Phantom Gallery, Human Rights!, Hawthorne, CA
San Luis Obispo Art Museum, Blue Marble, Curator-Patricia Watts. CA
Surrogate Gallery, We Are Here, Curator-Erika Lizee, Pasadena, CA
Rolling Hills Estate Group Show, Palos Verdes, CA
Liz’s Loft, Hold You, Los Angeles., CA
stARTup LA, Hollywood, CA2015
Old SM Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Vision LA, SM, CA Groundspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack, Temporary Space, Los Angeles, CA
Moorpark College Gallery, Look Until You See, (Solo Show), Moorpark, CA
Angels Ink gallery, The World Around Us, San Pedro, CA
Brand Library Gallery, Brand 43, Juror-Kent Twitchell, Glendale, CA
Waterworks II, Glendale College, Glendale, CA
Waterworks II, Porch Gallery, Ojai, CA
Oceanside Art Museum, Juried, Oceanside, CA
Gallery Antenna, Homing Pigeon ED: 4, Kyoto, Japan
Mike Kelley Gallery-Beyond Baroque, Hot Ten, Venice, CA
Red Pipe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Canon Gallery, Drawn, Carlsbad, CA
Liz’s Loft, Palette to Palate, Curator-Liz Gordan, Los Angeles, CA
Bleicher Gorman Gallery, Shades of Gray, Santa Monica, CAMAS 8 San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Riverside Museum of Art, California Dreaming, Riverside, CA2014
Cuyamaca College, On The Line
Oceanside Museum of Art, California Dreaming, Oceanside, CA
Palazzo della Provincia di Frosinone, California Dreaming, Frosinone, Italy
Vista City Hall, Purchase Award, Vista, CA2013
Cannon Art Gallery, Biennial, Best of Show, Carlsbad, CA
Bonita Art Museum, Drawing the Details, Bonita, CA
Northern Trust, “Seeing Beyond the Scene” Two Person show, Phx., AZ2012
Gallery 515 “Cry Me a River”, (Two Person Show), Phoenix, AZA. E. England Art Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Olney Gallery, Rust, Leaf, Flower, Phoenix, AZ2011
U of Arizona Art Museum, The Border Project, Tucson, AZ
Art and Democracy, Ave. 50 Studio, L.A., CA
So. Graphics Print Council, “Reality Distortion”, Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO,
Mayo Hospital, Solo Show, Humanities in Medicine, Scottsdale, AZAZ Arts Business Council, “Martinis and Masterpieces”, Scottsdale, AZ
Gallery 515, Group Show, Art Detour, Phoenix, AZ2010
Paradise Valley College, Split Personality, 2-person show, Phoenix, AZAFTA Gallery, “inspire” Glendale, CA
Gallery 515, “Out West, Solo Show, Phoenix, AZ
Phx. Art Museum Contemporary Forum Benefit, Phoenix, AZ
Alta Space Gallery, “Repetition,” Phoenix, AZ
Center-Performing Arts, “Split Personality,” Paradise Valley College, AZ2009
Phoenix Mayor’s Office (Solo Exhibition), Phoenix, AZ
Mayo Clinic, Humanities in Medicine Scottsdale, AZ
Goodyear City Hall, Solo Exhibition, Goodyear, AZ
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, “Art from the Ashes”, Santa Barbara, CA2008
Tempe Ctr. Arts, Biennial-Juried, Tempe, AZ
Shemer Art Center and Museum, “Order and Chaos” Phoenix, AZ
Beginnings, Burton Barr Library, Phoenix, AZ2007
Brand Art Center ,Glendale, CA Juror: Lita Albuquerque
2006
Faculty Exhibition, Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA
2005
Introductions, Diana Muhs Gallery, Apple Valley, CA
2004
Montgomery College Invitational, Blue Bell, PANational Juried Drawing Exhibition, Wiford Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003
American Art Magazine, Group Exhibition, Pasadena, CA
2002
White Gallery, Group Show, Montrose, CA
California Arts Club, “Poems Without Words” Pasadena, CA2001
San Bernardino County Museum, Small Images Show, Redlands, CA
2000
Sag’s Head Gallery, Int. Small Image Exhibition, Sag’s Head, NC
San Diego Art Institute, “Artist and the Environment”, San Diego, CA1999
The Forum/Journal of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
1998
Hawaii Galleries Invitational Group Exhibition, Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii, HI
1997
San Bernardino College Art Gallery, Invitational Spring Exhibition
1995
San Bernardino County Museum, Small Images Show, Redlands, CA
1994
Riverside Art Museum, Group Exhibition, Riverside, CA,
Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Olga Wagner Gallery, Forests, Wrightwood, CA, Best in Show1993
South Bay Museum of Contemporary Art, Heart Attack”, San Pedro, CA
1992
Summer, San Bernadino College Gallery, San Bernadino CA
1991
Redlands Natural History Museum Redlands, CA
1990
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1989
Gallery One, (Solo), Denver, Colorado
1978
15 Artists, L.A. Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Emerging Talent, L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA1975
San Diego Fine Arts Museum, Cal-Hawaii Exhib., San Diego, CA
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Prudential Insurance, Regional Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA
Lincoln Financial, Philadelphia, PA
Hyatt Regency Hotel. Chicago, IL
Sheraton Corporation, Palm Springs, CA
Intercontinental Hotel, San Diego, CA
Hilton Inc. Miami, Fl
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Museum Art and History
Prudential Insurance
University of AZ Art Museum
Xerox Corporation
Turner Broadcast Network
Fluor Corporation
Chubb & Sons
Crocker Bank
Hughes Helicopter Corporation (Boeing Corp)
Walt Disney Company
20th Century Fox Studios
CBS Television
Gainsborough & Associates Financial
Garzillie & Associates Law Firm
Citibank
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Scottsdale, AZ
Harely Davidson USA
Hyatt Hospitality Corporation
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Development Company
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Southern Graphics Council International
College Arts Association
West Coast Drawing
LA Art Association
Audubon Society