Catherine McWilliams

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Catherine McWilliams
Born1940 (age 8283)
Antrim
NationalityIrish
EducationBelfast College of Art
SpouseJoseph McWilliams
Website https://www.catherinemcwilliams.com/

Catherine McWilliams (born 1940) is a visual artist from Northern Ireland.

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Biography

Catherine McWilliams was born in 1940 in Belfast. She attended the Belfast School of Art. She began exhibiting her work in 1961.

She and her husband, Joseph McWilliams, opened the Cavehill Gallery in 1986. She worked as a teacher in Art at Rupert Stanley College until 1990.

McWilliams has been awarded a number of prizes and grants. Her art is part of the public collections in the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The National Self Portrait Collection, University of Limerick. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Awards

Sources

  1. "Belfast painter, gallery owner and art critic".
  2. "RUA Sculpture Prize Winner, sponsored by Hamilton Architects". hamilton architects.
  3. "Home / 2020 / Goddess Danu by Catherine McWilliams SRUA".
  4. "ARTISTS > CATHERINE MCWILLIAMS". Troubles Archive.
  5. ""TELL THEM EVERYTHING": THREE WOMEN ARTISTS AND THE NORTHERN IRISH CONFLICT".
  6. "Catherine McWilliams RUA". The Kenny Gallery.


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