Catherine McWilliams (born 1940) is a visual artist from Northern Ireland.

Biography

Catherine McWilliams was born in 1940 in Belfast. She attended the St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls and then Belfast School of Art. She began exhibiting her work in 1961.

Catherine McWilliams

She and her husband, Joseph McWilliams, opened the Cavehill Gallery in 1986. She worked as a teacher in Art at Rupert Stanley College until 1990.

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McWilliams has been awarded a number of prizes and grants. Her art is part of the public collections in the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The National Self Portrait Collection, University of Limerick.

Catherine McWilliams

Awards

2020 Sculpture Prize Sponsored by Hamilton Architects, Royal Ulster Academy

2003 General Arts Scheme Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland

1999 Arts Council of Northern Ireland award for materials

1992 Arts Council of Northern Ireland award for materials

1992 British Council travel award

1992 An Chomhairle Ealaion travel award

Sources

1940 births

Living people

Irish artists

Irish women artists