ABOUT CAT

Cat Babbie is an abstract fiber artist, sculptor and creative project manager. Her work has been exhibited in various solo and group exhibits, including ArtFields, Charlotte International Arts Festival (CIAF), Good Year Arts, and ArtPop Street Gallery. Her project management career has included global companies like Coats & Clark and JELD-WEN, and she offers her organizational skills to her fellow artists through The Gold Star Studio. She was the lead project manager for Chromatic Roots, an immersive exhibit that transformed 2,500 square feet of church basement into a colorful, interactive space collaborating with over 30 local visual and soundscape artists and was enjoyed by over 1,800 guests. 

 

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in studio art at James Madison University and has grown increasingly deep roots in Charlotte, NC, where she works out of her colorful studio located in the VAPA Center. She was an artist in residence at the Olive Stack Gallery in Listowel, Ireland in 2025. 

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She utilizes ancient techniques that span wet felting, lampworking, and metalsmithing to create work that is ingrained with curiosity around microbiology, imagination and deep sea creatures, with an emphasis on tactile depth and color.