About

Dr Catherine Cartwright is an artist and researcher, and her printmaking uses a range of methods to communicate and engage with current socio-political challenges.

Cartwright’s residencies and commissions include Hospital Rooms (2021) and University of Exeter (2019). Her work has been selected for many exhibitions including Small but Mighty, Bankside Gallery (2025), New Prints at Print Center New York (2018) and Print: A Catalyst for Social Change held at Bury Art Gallery (2019).

Residencies include Women inPrint, ARTLAB (2025) a collaboration with Leonie Bradley, Brave New World at University of Exeter (2019), and National Memorial Arboretum (2018).

Cartwright’s PhD was a deep dive into ‘trauma-informed’ artist practice and the potential of collage for both trauma-informed practice and research methodology. She was based at University of Exeter in cultural/human geography and at the University of West of England at the Centre for Fine Print Research. Her thesis can be found here. Funded by the South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership, Arts and Humanities Research Board.

EXHIBITIONS

Small but Mighty, Bankside Gallery, Sept 2025

Uncommon Ground, Black Swan Arts, Sept 2025

On & Off, F Block Gallery, UWE Feb 2025

Through/Line, Maltings Taphouse, Newton Abbot, Jul 2024

Hospital Rooms, MAKE South West, Nov 2022

Brave New World, MakeTank, Exeter, UK (solo) Nov 2019

In The Moment 54, The Gallery, London, Mar 2019

Print: A Catalyst for Social Change Bury Art Museum, Bury Feb-Apr 2019

Making Peace National Memorial Arboretum, Lichfield Nov-Mar 2019

Royal West of England Academy Open Bristol Oct-Nov 2018

Collaborative Artists’ Books, IMPACT 10, Santander, Spain, 2018

New Prints 2018 International Print Center, New York Jul-Sept 2018

Strong Women: 16 Days of Action CoLab, Exeter Nov 2017

The Masters: One Off Bankside Gallery, London Nov 2017

Center for Book Arts Printmaking & Animation, New York Jul-Aug 2017

The Masters: Etching Bankside Gallery, London Nov 2016

Five Women Printmakers White Moose Gallery, Devon Apr-May 2015

16 Days of Action (solo) Brook Gallery, Exeter Nov-Dec 2015

To Still the Raging Sea (solo) Exeter Phoenix, Devon Jun 2014

Arab British Centre London Mar 2014

Living On (solo) Riverside Gallery, Richmond upon Thames Sept-Nov 2013

Encuentro 2013 La Habana, Cuba Oct 2013

Pushing Print Margate Gallery, Margate, Kent Oct 2013

BITE Mall Galleries, London Sept 2012

 

COMMISSIONS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

Art Lab, Women in Print (w Leonie Bradley) June 2025

Hospital Rooms, Torbay Hospital 2022

AHRC Doctoral Funding, 2019-2024

Project Urgency,University of Exeter 2019

National Memorial Arboretum, Artist Residency 2018

The Cause, printmaking animation residency with Dreadnought SW 2018

Australian National University, Canberra Visiting Artist Residency, 2017

Culture Data Projector, Fabians Film 2015

Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, Refuge Manifesto 2015

Exeter City Council Art Projects Refuge Manifesto 2015

Ancient Sunlight: The Book of Justice, Kaleider 2014-2015

Round and Round You Turn Me, Carousel Project and University of Exeter, 2013-2014

How Clean are Your Clothes? Arts & Culture, University of Exeter, 2014

Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, Exeter’s Women Refuge, 2013

Oxygen, Dreadnought South West, 2013

Politics in Print Devon Records Office 2010

 

TALKS

Justice & Violence Research Group UoE, presentation June 2025

International Creative Research Methods conference Sept 2023

Care-ful Museums presentation Sept 2023

Health Innovation, North East webinar March 2023

Devon Trauma Network webinar May 2022

IMPACT 2021 presentation Apr 2021 

IMPACT 2018 presentation Sept 2018 

Printers Unite paper presentation & exhibition June 2018 

Brook Gallery Artist Talk, Nov 2015

Visual Arts South West conference Nov 2014

Exeter Phoenix Artist Talk, June 2014

The Arab British Centre Feb 2014

The Mosaic Rooms Jan 2014