Upcoming events
-
Manchester Art Fair
19/11/2026 to 22/11/2026
I am delighted to announce I will be exhibiting at Manchester Art Fair in November at Manchester Central.
Save the date!
-
The Secret Postcard Show
21/08/2026 to 6/09/2026
I’m delighted to have donated seven postcards to The Secret Postcard Show at The old Lock Up Gallery, Swifts Hollow, 19 The Hill, Cromford.
All purchases support the work of the Gallery and fund Artist Residencies next year. All cards are £20 each. See you there!
-
Studio Visits
By Appointment
If you’d like to arrange a studio visit to see my work in real life, please contact me via the contact page.
Hello, I’m Catherine Burbridge and I’m really pleased you’re here.
This is a place where you will find authentic heartfelt artwork. Art that’s about love and the screaming intensity of loss; about making sense of all its contradictions and unknowns, of rebuilding and reclaiming yourself as life moves on.
There is love, beauty and joy within my art and I hope you will feel that contrast and delicate balance. Perhaps recognising something that feels familiar or meaningful from your own experience, something that draws you in and you finally feel seen.
I explore the lightness of new experiences or memories, remembering and wondering what life might have been or could be still. In essence I paint ongoing conversations with my late husband Mark. the person I used to be and the person I am becoming.
How I make my work
I begin with free expression, capturing emotional energy in a constant call and response. Sometimes a memory or a visual clue draws my eye and I follow that instinctively. Colour, texture or a fragment from my writing leads the way.
I go with what feels good or what needs to be released. Over time the nature of the piece is revealed. I work in layers, building a rich history of paint, creating a sense of time passing and a world in which to lose yourself.
I see my work as a record of my inner self, a diary as I respond and rebuild after loss. I capture those moments however fleeting, awakening to the idea that pain and joy can co-exist vividly and vibrantly. One cannot be without the other.
I hope to show all this in my art and encourage you, the viewer to respond to the feeling of my work. I truly believe that art should be felt as well as seen,
Previous Exhibitions, Awards and Publications
Exhibitions
The Secret Postcard Show 2026, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford
The Open 2026, Group Show, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington
27/06/2026 -9/08/2026
Kama Muta 2026, Group Show, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford
21/06/2026 -2/08/2026
The Feast 2026, Group show, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, April 12th - May 24th 2026
Masa UK ArtX Bienale, Group show, Altrincham, 5th December 2025- January 5th 2026
Solstice, Group Show, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, 22nd November 2025 to December 21st 2025
Stockport Open 100, Group Show, Stockport Art Gallery, June 2025
Precious Little, Group Show The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, 24th November 2024-December 24th 2024
The Secret Postcard 2024, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, 30/08/2024 -15/09/2024
Eos, 2024, Group Show, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, 26/05/2024 to 06/07/2024
Open 2024, Group Show, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, 10/02/2024 to 03/03/2024. Prize winner 2024 for Finding Light to Bloom
Beacon 42, 2023, Group Show, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, 19/11/2023 to 24/12/2023
Arty Party, 2023, solo, private fundraiser for Maggie’s Manchester and Prevent Breast Cancer, solo show, Hale, 19/08/2024
Between The Eyes, 1997, Group show, Oldham Coliseum, 1997
Poetry Publications
2024 Handstitched; poetry collection, poems written by members of Maggie’s Creatives writing group
2024 Unstitched; poetry collection, poems written by members of Maggie’s Creatives during Lockdown
2024 Maggie’s Poetry Pharmacy, poems written by members of Maggie’s Creatives, inspired by William Sieghart’s “The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried and True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul”
2022 In Our Own Words; a collection of poems written by people who attend Maggie’s Manchester to share the voices of people effected by cancer in Greater Manchester. Originally published as part of Cancer Revolutions exhibit at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry