860 Washington Street
New York City
paintings on view
via Rick Wester Fine Art & Jay Grimm Art Advisory
through October 2024
Invincible Summer
Rick Wester Fine Art
New York, NYGroup exhibition and panel discussion
November 2023 - January 2024
Paint/Paper
Furnace Art on Paper
Falls Village, CTAugust 2023 - October 2023
No Seed Unsung
Solo Show of Paintings
Opening November 13, 2 - 5pmRick Wester Fine Art
526 West 26th Street, Suite 417
New York CityNovember 13 2021 - January 15 2022
Color Cure: Women in Abstraction
Group exhibition
Opening November 11 5 - 7pmAlexey Von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, Groton, CT
November 11 2021 - December 15 2021
The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant
Provincetown Art Association and MuseumMay 2021
Abstract is not a Style
Cat Balco, Catherine Haggarty, Liz Leggett, Kylie Manning and Adrienne Elise TarverCurated by Paul Efstathiou
Hollis Taggart Gallery - Southport
330 Pequot Avenue
Southport, CTNovember 5 - December 12 2020
Vision Acuity
Group Exhibition
The DSQ Project with ClandestinaKNOXON, 7411 Biscayne Blvd. Miami Fl
October 8 - December 24 2020
Virtual Studio Tour at Ely Center for Contemporary Art on IGTV
Learn more about ECOA's studio tour project hereJuly 15, 2020
Group Presentation: Cat Balco, Alyse Rosner, Tom McGlynn
Rick Wester Fine Art
Volta, NYC
March 4-8, 2020Connecticut Commission on the Arts Artist Fellowship Award
February 2020
Ahtcast Interview
Interview about My Exploding Stars by Phillip J. Mellen on AhtcastFebruary, 2020
Summer Brooms
Review by of My Exploding Stars by Jeff Frederick on WallScrawlerJanuary, 2020
Abstract/Concrete: Cat Balco, Ellen Carey, C.F. Payne, Marisa Williamson
curated by Rico ReyesJoseloff Gallery
Pulse Miami Art Fair
Miami, FL
December 5 - 8, 2019My Exploding Stars
solo show at Rick Wester Fine ArtRick Wester Fine Art
526 West 25th Street, Suite 417
New York, NY
November 2, 2019 - January 14, 2020Pattern Play
Widener Gallery at Trinity CollegeCat Balco, Donnabelle Casis, Francis O’Shea, Adero Willard
Curated by Felice Caivano
Widener Gallery at Trinity College
Hartford, CTOctober 17, 2019 - December 7, 2019
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 17, 4:30 – 6:30Circles and Squares
group exhibition at Rick Wester Fine ArtRick Wester Fine Art
526 West 25th Street, Suite 417
New York, NY
June, 2019 - August, 2019Cat Balco: Gallery Talk
Sean Scully: Landline
Wadsworth AtheneumHartford, CT
April 17th, 2019
12:30 PMPanelist, Abstraction and Identity
Robert Reed Drawing Workshops
Moderated by Brian Alfred; will be broadcast on his Sound and Vision PodcastMarch 23, 2019
1:00 PM
Hunter MFA Studios
205 Hudson St, New York, NY 10013Languages of the Heart
John Molloy Gallery
group show curated by Lindsay Walt and Colin Thompson49 East 78th St., Suite 2B
New York, NY 10075February 14 - March 16, 2019
Opening reception on Thursday, February 21
6 – 8:00 pm.
Cat Balco on Gorky's Granddaughter
A video studio visit with Zachary Keeting and Christopher Joy for their online video archive Gorky's Granddaughter
January, 2019
Berkshire Taconic Foundation Artist Resource Trust Award
October 2018
Review of State of Abstraction Show, including my work
Curated by Daphne Anderson Deeds and Jaqueline Gleisner
June, 2018
Tilia Projects
New Haven, CTInaugural Group Show
June 3 - 10, 2018Cat Balco, David Livingston, Jeff Ostergren, Joseph Smolinski, Cesar Valdes, Nina Yuen
Get Loose
Rick Wester Fine Art
526 West 26th Street Suite 417, New York CityCurated by Tracy McKenna
Cat Balco, Ben Godward, Jason Rohlf
Opening June 7, 2018
State of Abstraction
Washington Art Association
Washington Depot, CTCo-Curated by Daphne Anderson Deeds and Jacquelyn Gleisner
Connie Pfeiffer, Bob Knox, Olu Ogibe, Tim Prentice, Roxanne Faber Savage, Janet Lage, Howard El-Yasin, Ryan Paxton, Joe Fucigna, Elizabeth Gourlay, Suzan Shutan, Zachary Keeting, Julia Coash, Cat Balco, David Livingston and Hong Hong
May 5 - June 16, 2018
Opens May 5, 4pm - 6pmStudio Visit: Tschabalala Self
A piece about Tschabalala Self that I wrote for the January/February 2018 Issue of Art New England (not available online)
Profile: Anoka Faruqee
A profile of Anoka Faruqee that I wrote for the January/February 2018 Issue of Art New England (not available online)
Studio Visit: Helena Hernmarck
A piece about a studio visit with Helena Hernmarck that I wrote for the November/December 2017 issue of Art New England
Review: Robert Indiana at The Glass House
A review I wrote in the September/October 2017 Issue of Art New England (not available online)
Review: Ruth Miller and Andrew Forge
A review I wrote for the July/August 2017 issue of Art New England
The Apex: A Selection of Several Most Admired CT Artists by Art Directors and Curators Across the State
Group exhibition of paintings
Hygenic Art
New London, CT
June 8 - July 1, 2017Opening Thursday June 8 6PM - 9PM
Watch Your Step!
Solo exhibition of paintings
Five Points Gallery
March 30 - May 6, 2017Reality of Abstraction: Cat Balco, Mike Childs, Adam Frezza and Terry Chiao, Chris Mercier, Anne Sherwood Pundyk, David Rich, Vincent Verillo, Cecilia Whittaker-Doe, Becky Yazdan
Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Akatsu School of Design
University of Bridgeport
Schelfhaudt Gallery
October 2016 - February 2017Evolution of Immediacy: Cat Balco, Hanna Calcagni, Kathryn Frund, Elizabeth Gourlay, Sue Post, Karen Schifano, Lucy Mink
Ball and Socket Arts
Cheshire, CT
Opens July 11, 2015Art for Sale
Group Exhibition at Real Art Ways
Hartford, CT
June 12 - August 23, 2015Article in The Arts Paper
Cover Image and artists' profile, April 2015
Thinking Through Painting
Group Exhibition at the Sumner McNight Crosby, Jr. Gallery
Curated by Leticia Galizzi
September 30 - November 7, 2014Improvised Showboat #1
Friday, September 12, 2014
Group Exhibition, New Haven, CT
Organized by Zach Keeting and Lauren Britton
Improvised Showboat #1Article in the Hartford Courant
At Real Art Ways, a Dramatic Display of the Dying
June, 2014 article by Susan Dunne about the Ellipses ProjectThe Ellipses Project
May 15 - August 8 2014
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Opening May 15, 6 - 10PM
visit The Ellipses Project for more informationFabrica
Court Square Gallery, Long Island City, NY
group show including textile patterns
May 5 - June 2 2013
Opening May 5 4PM - 8PM
visit Court Square Gallery for more informationA Shape Language
A solo exhibition in Frame 301 Gallery at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
April 29 - May 28, 2013
visit Frame 301 for more informationYale MFA: Five Years Later
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
January 24 - March 6, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 24, 6pm - 8pm
Artists: Cat Balco, John Bianchi, Jonathan Brand, Breehan James, Andy Lane, Beth Livensperger, Jacob RhodesIn Plain View
Group show at nuartlink
Westport, CT
On view September 29th - November 12th 2012Tough Love
Cat Balco & Megan Craig
October 12 - November 3 2012
Seton Gallery
University of New Haven
Click here for information about gallery hoursArticle in the Hartford Courant
Students and Patients Share Joy in the Face of Life Threatening Illness
August, 2012 article by Ingrid AdamowExhibition at Connecticut State Capitol
Secretary of State Denise Merrill's Office, Hartford, CT
May - August 2012Twofold: Rachel Beach and Cat Balco
Opening December 3, 2011 from 5 - 8PM
Nuartlink
Westport, CTStar on view at The Institute Library
The Institute Library
New Haven, CT
October, 2011Grey Matter
Group Show
The Painting Cente*
New York City
June 21 - August 6, 2011