Cat Babbie
Fiber artist, sculptor, creative project manager
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Solo Exhibitions
2021 Expanded Spectrum, Free Range Brewing, Charlotte, NC
2021 Undulating Thoughts, LOOM Coworking Studio, Fort Mill, SC
2020 Cocoon Installation, Alchemy, Charlotte, NC
Group Exhibitions
2024
Tufted work and Cocoon Series, Please Touch the Art, Woodstock Arts, Woodstock, GA
2023
Flame & Symbol, Flux Galleries, Charlotte, NC
Nutrient Rich, GoodYear Arts, Charlotte, NC
Art Party, Friday Arts Project, Rock Hill, SC
Materia Prima, Sulfur Studio, Savannah, GA
SC Festival of Flowers Juried Show, The Arts Center of Greenwood, Greenwood, SC
ArtFields, Lake City, SC
Culture, Color & Cubism, Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Free For All Show, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte,NC
2022
Nutrient Rich, GoodYear Arts, Charlotte, NC
Up and Coming Invitational, Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2021
By Their Hand, Petra’s Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Threaded III Envision Arts, Virtual Gallery
Immersive Van Gogh Boutique, Charlotte, NC
Give Them Their Flowers, Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Air & Dust: Duet, Courthouse Gallery, Rock Hill, SC
2020
Color Show, Gallery5, Richmond, VA
2019
Textures: CLTextiles, C3 Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Intersection, C3 Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Residencies, Grants, Awards
2021 Artist in Residence, Immersive Van Gogh Experience
2021 H.U.G. Grant, Charlotte Is Creative
2021 Class of 2021, ArtPop Street Gallery Future Movement
2020 Community Supported Art Grant, Class of 2020, Arts & Science Council
2019 Photography Award & Artist Essay published in Lucia Journal, Volume III, Wild
2016 Artist in Residence, Good Year Arts. Installed ‘Spaces Between’
Consultant/Project Management
2023-present, Creative Project Manager for Salt Paper Studio
2023, 2022 Blumenthal Arts: Project Manager, 100 Tiny Things, by Charlotte International Arts Festival
2021-present Visual and Performing Arts Center (VAPA): Marketing Committee, Co-Chair
2020 WorX: Creative Consultant for MakerX brand: photoshoot support and tutorial creation
Publication Features
Exposure, Surface Design Journal, Winter 2022 Issue
Featured Artist, Shoutout Arizona, October 2022 Issue
Featured Artist, Virtual Art Gallery, WCCB, April 2021
Featured ArtPop Artist, The Mill Magazine, May 2021
Superstition Review, Issue 27, Spring 2021
Ponder Review, Volume 5, Issue 1, Spring 2021
Essay, PLACE (SACRED SPACE): Without Beginning or End curated by Rebecca Snack
Education
Bachelor’s of Science, Studio Art; minor, art history, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA