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CV Catherine Haley Epstein

Born in Montreal, Quebec CANADA
Lives and works in Camas, Washington USA

EDUCATION
2022 Northwestern University, MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Evanston, IL
2018 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury College, VT
1995 Hamilton College, BA in Fine Arts, summa cum laude, Clinton, NY
1994 Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, ITALY

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Interview, Beauty Matters, “Beauty Disruptor: Catherine Haley Epstein on Decentering Scent”
2021 Interview, XOXO The Mag & Petals Magazine, Istanbul Turkey
2021 “Art for Everyone”, forthcoming Oxford University Press
2020 Netherlands Olfactory Science Exchange, Diving into Nose Dive(s)
2020 Nez, The Olfactory Magazine, “Nose Dive, A Book the Curious Seeking Potential Through Their Noses”, book review, print copy Sprin/Summer volume
2020 Essencional, When Words Don’t Exist to Describe Fragrance
2020 Scent Trunk Journal, Q&A with Catherine Haley Epstein
2020 CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery
2020 Perfume Society, A Growing Vocabulary for Your Nose
2020 Perfume Society, UK, Fragrant Reads We Recommend: Nose Dive2020 The Flamingo Group,”Frame Vol. 4″: Skin Deep
2005 New York Times, “Profit, Not Jobs, in Silicon Valley”, page A1, Sunday, July 3, 2005
2004 San Francisco Business Journal, “High IQ Achievers Retrain Their Brains,” December 31, 2004
(2014 Portland Monthly Exhibition Pick of the Month, June 2013)

AWARDS
2020 Nominated, Perfumed Plume Award
2018 Nominated, Perfumed Plume Award
2017 Winner, Perfumed Plume Award in Journalism
2017 Camas Education Foundation, Living the Vision Award for work on arts in schools
2006 Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin County, CA
1995 J. Barney Moore Prize in Fine Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
William Gillespie Prize in Fine Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

PUBLICATIONS
2020 Founder, Odorbet
2019 Author, “Nose Dive”
2019 Contributor, Aromatica Poetica
2015 – 2016 Contributor, Temporary Art Review
2016 Contributor, Picture Sentence, a quarterly contemporary journal encouraging dialogue in the arts
2013 “In a True Democracy the Many are Obligated to the Few”

SOLO SHOWS
2020 “The Flower, the Witch, and the Pool Toy”, Luke’s, Portland, OR
2019 “My Nose Made Me Do It”, Pushdot Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 “Invisible Permission | An Exercise in Radical Listening”, Luke’s Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 “50 Days 50 Choices”, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
2015 “On Forgetting”, Pushdot Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 “Sorting the Seeds”, Pushdot Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 “Learning to Say No”, LinkSoul LAB, Oceanside, CA

RECENT EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2022 Guest Lecturer, Advanced Museum Studies, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
2021 “Of Scent & Song”, Bealtaine Festival, Panelist in online discussion in conjunction with artist Ceara Conway’s project “How are You”, Dublin, Ireland
2021 Founder CARNET™
2021 “Spell of the Senses”, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2020 Panelist, Scent & Design, Digital Scent Festival
2020 Scent Trunk May Original Edition, based on Ylang Ylang
2020 “50 Days 50 Choices”, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
2019 Artist Talk, Fumerie Perfume, Portland, OR
2019 Artist Talk & Workshop, “Scenting the Bates Motel”, Institute of Art & Olfaction, Los Angeles
2019 Speaker, Esxence, Milan, ITALY
2019 Contributer, Nike’s Blue Ribbon Studio’s Internal Design Channel

2018
Scent Curation & Product Development, Bode Hotel, Nashville, TN
Panelist, “Painting With Words, the Art of Creative Fragrance Writing”, Perfumed Plume, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
“Scent and Art Workshop”, Puplic Annex, Portland, OR
Artist, “Small Faces” The Catskills Mountain Foundation, Hudson, NY
Artist, “Can Touch This”, Cascade Paragon Gallery, Portland, OR
Artist Talk, Nike Headquarters, Beaverton, OR
Workshop: “How to Use Scent in Your Art Practice”, Working Library, Portland, OR
Editor & Artist, “Text & Image”, Washington Reid Gallery, Culver City, CA

2017
Arte Contemporanea Per Busajo, benefit auction at La Loggia in Florence, ITALY
Curator, “On Coloring | An Exhibition on Contemporary Art History and Coloring II|”, a fundraiser for arts in education, Luke’s Frame Shop, Portland, OR
“50 Days 50 Choices”, Pushdot Gallery, Portland, OR

2016
Co-Founder, Point + Line
Exhibitor, AIX Scent Fair, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“Suddenly Entire: Eleven Artists Draw”, Canon Gallery of Art, University of Western Oregon
Curator, “Rhythm, Pattern & Gesture” NIAD Center, Richmond, CA
Curator, “On Coloring | An Exhibition on Contemporary Art History and Coloring II”, a fundraiser for arts in education, Pushdot Studios, Portland, OR
2015
On Color(ing), Rolling River Distillery, Portland, OR (collaborative art project benefitting art education)
2012
Your Voices on Motherhood, International Museum of Women
“Undressed”, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2011
“Equine”, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
“Drawing Connections”, Sienna Art Institute, Sienna, Italy
“Where are we now? Artists reflect on America ten years after 9/11,Gretchen Schuette Art Gallery, Chemeketa College
“Birds & Bees”, LinkSoul LAB, Oceanside, CA
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition annual juried show Wide Open (juror, Nathan
Trotman, Associate Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY)
“TEXT Show”, SOAP Gallery, San Francisco, CA
30th Annual Gender Symposium, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
“Once Upon a Town”, Second Story Gallery, Camas Public Library, Camas, WA
2010
“Exchange with Sol Lewitt”, Cabinet NY and Mass MoCA
“Facing Fear”, Launchpad Gallery, Portland, OR
2009
“Mixed Metaphors”, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Rebels for Justice, Bronx, NY
“Play”, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
“Optical Illusion”, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
“Grounded”, Southern Exposure’s 16th Annual Juried Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
2007
“Domestic Departures”, Living Workshop, Grand Central Art Center, Fullerton, CA
“Mirabile Visu”, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Childish Things”, 301 Bocano Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Peace Camp”, Nettie Horne Gallery (previously Bricklane Gallery), London, UK
X Marks the Spot, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Big Pagoda, San Francisco, CA

ARTS EDUCATION | COMMUNITY & BOARD WORK
2019 “Easy Art Big Impact”, Teaching elementary school teachers simple excercises to introduce creative thinking to the art-starved classroom, Camas, WA
2014 – present, Volunteer Teaching Artist, Camas Public Schools
2015 Facilitated schoolwide art project with 450 plus stedents for permanent installation, Dorothy Fox School, Camas, WA2016 Point & Line, Board of Advisors, Seattle, WA
2014 Visual Thinking Strategies, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, New York, NY
Adjunct Lecturer Art History, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2014-present Co-teacher for art class, Dorothy Fox Elementary School
2013-present Artist in Residence Chair, Dorothy Fox Elementary School
2012 Visual Thinking Strategies, completed training at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
2009 Right Brain Initiative, Advocacy Committee, Portland, OR (served three years)
2008 The Urban School, Guest Lecturer, San Francisco, CA
2005 Appointed Chair of the Arts Patrons Council for Levis Strauss/SF Chronicle Youth Arts Festival
Girls for a Change, Art Workshop Facilitator, San Jose, CA
2003 Visual Thinking Strategies, worked on marketing and fundraising materials for VTS, facilitated teachers training and worked with museums on implementing their collections with public school curriculums, San Francisco, CA

WORKSHOPS/RESIDENCY
2021 Drawing & Painting workshops with Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky
2012 Artist in Residence, with Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky, Montespertoli, ITALY
2009 Resident, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Contemporary Art & the Everyday, Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky, Berkeley, CA
2007 Concept in Art Practice, Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky, Montespertoli, ITALY
2006 Art History, with Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky, San Francisco, CA
2006 Concept & Critque, with Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Mixed Media, with Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky, Montespertoli, ITALY
2002 Artist in Residence, with Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky, Montespertoli, ITALY

CURATING & PROGRAMMING
2009 Curator, Mary Lamboley – Recent Work, VIVA, Sebastopol, CA
2008 Curator, Begin Anywhere, 23HAM, Berkeley, CA
Curator, Mapping Reason, VIVA, Sebastopol, CA
Curator, The Water Project, Thoreau Galleries, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA
2006 Curator, ArtEdu, VIVA, Sebastopol, CA
Curator, Don’t Believe Everything You Think, VIVA, Sebastopol, CA
2004 Host and organizer for political fundraiser, Engage! where 35 artists nationwide contributed work
2003 Owner, Director and Curator, Haley Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Curated, set up and promoted exhibits of national and international emerging and mid-career contemporary artists, managed gallery operations and finances, developed press materials and a catalog for exhibitions, managed artist, client and vendor relations, developed community relations and outreach.
1996 Gallery Manager, S. Bernstein & Company, San Francisco, CA
Manager for gallery specializing in museum quality ancient Chinese jade and artifacts, researched and wrote detailed descriptions of inventory for use in sales materials, managed accounting, invoicing and vendor relations, facilitated symposiums with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

COMMUNITY SERVICE & OUTREACH
2014 – present, Volunteer Teaching Artist, Camas Public Schools
2018-present Donated artwork to CAP annual auction
2015 Facilitated school-wide art project with 450 plus students for permanent installation, Dorothy Fox School, Camas, WA
2017  Donated artwork to Classic Wines Auction in Portland, Oregon to benefit the YWCA of Clark County
2017 Donated artwork to “Win Win” to benefit NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
2015 National Panel Member for Grant Review, National Endowment for the Arts
2009 Created artwork for family at the Children’s Relief Nursery, Portland, OR
2007 Donated artwork to Headlands Center for the Art’s Annual Benefit Auction
2005 Appointed Chair and Host of Hospitality House’s 20th Annual Art Auction
Auction Committee, Southern Exposure’s Annual Fundraiser
2004 Art Advisory Committee for Access Institute’s “Art Attack” Auction, San Francisco, CA
Procured new website by Kirshenbaum Bond Partners for de Young Museum’s Art Point group
Auction Committee, Southern Exposure’s Annual Fundraiser

MUSEUMS
2012 Portland Art Museum, Board Member, Contemporary Arts Council, Portland, OR
2005 Crocker Museum, Guest speaker, “Neo-Mod: Northern California Abstraction” exhibit, Sacramento,CA
2004 de Young Museum, Member of the Art Point Board, San Francisco, CA
1995 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Assistant to the Director of Public Relations, Boston, MA
Fielded journalist inquiries on current exhibits and questions on collections, wrote press releases, represented MFA at Museums of Boston (MOB) meetings on behalf of PR Director, conducted survey to test comfort level with increasing ticket prices for special exhibitions.

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