Catherine Howe’s paintings are exercises in the evocative power of paint as a material. The painted surfaces vary widely in paint application, with some areas thinly glazed or quickly sketched, and others so thick they appear to be in relief. Howe’s palette is known to be strong and vibrant, though not without eerie contrasts; her technique includes splatters, spills, and the scraping away of paint.
Howe was born in upstate New York in 1959 and received an MFA from SUNY Buffalo in 1983. The many publications that have reviewed her work include Art in America, Artforum, Art Critical, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and the Los Angeles Times. She was a Professor for fifteen years in the Graduate Painting Faculty at the New York Academy of Art and Chair of the Department of Critical Studies until 2021. Howe has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe for over twenty years and has been included in international exhibitions in Paris, London, Munich, and Amsterdam.
