Elizabeth Catlett  (American, 1915-2012) 

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Elizabeth Catlett Biography
1915   Born, Washington D.C.
1935   BS, cum laude, Howard University School of Art, Washington, DC
1940   MFA, University of Iowa
1941   Studied ceramics, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
1942 - 1943   Studied lithography, Art Student League, N.Y.
1943   Studied with sculptor Ossip Zadkine, NY
1947 - 1948   Studied wood carving with Jose L. Ruiz and ceramic sculpture with Francisco Zuniga, Escuela de Pintura y Escultura, Esmeralda, Mexico
1955   Studied wood carving with Jose L. Ruiz and ceramic sculpture with Francisco Zuniga, Escuela de Pintura y Escultura, Esmeralda, Mexico
  Lives and works in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Selected Exhibitions
2002   Wood Sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York
2001   M. Lee Stone Fine Prints, Inc. "Elizabeth Catlett, Works Of Art On Paper"
1998   Elizabeth Catlett Sculpture: A Fifty-Year Retrospective, curated by Luncida Gedeon, Ph.D., organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, N.Y.; catalogue; traveling exhibition
1998   Elizabeth Catlett: Sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York
1998   Elizabeth Catlett: Prints & Drawings, Sragow Gallery, New York
1996   Prints from Mexico, curated by Jerald R. Green, Queens College Art Center, Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Flushing, NY
1996   Struggle and Serenity: The visionary Art of Elizabeth Catlett, curated by Mora Beauchamp-Byrd, The Caribbean Cultural Center/African diaspora Institute, New York
1996   In Rare Form, guest curator, June Lambla; essay by Melanie Herzog, Ph.D.;Afro-American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC
1994   In the Hemisphere of Love: Elizabeth Catlett and Francisco Mora, Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993   Sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York;catalogue
1993   The Elizabeth Catlett Exhibition, James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD