Chicago, IL

Born in Racine, WI.

BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Catherine Sollman is a printmaker and teaching artist who has always lived somewhere along Lake Michigan. Her practice consists of small-scale works on paper that emphasize geometry and color play. Her preferred methods are monotype and relief.

She is currently working on small, colorful gouache paintings and larger corresponding woodblock prints. Using only basic shapes to build abstract forms that hint at person or place, she plays with structure, transparency, and illusion. In this body of work, she attempts to minimize evidence of the free hand while suggesting humanity and humor.

Contact: catsolmin@gmail.com

Recent Group Exhibitions

2025    

(Upcoming) Frogman’s 2025 Portfolio Exhibition, University of Iowa E450 Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2024    

In the Moment,  Anonymous Society, Redding, CT

Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

44th National Print Exhibition,  Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN

NEXT: A Biennial of Contemporary Print,  Ellio Fine Arts, Houston, TX

 2023  

Prints! Prints! Prints! The Martin, Chicago, IL

Committed to Print, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL

Mid America Print Council Members' Exhibition, Moreau Gallery,  South Bend, IN

Past the Pandemic, Expressions Graphics, Oak Park, IL

Parkside National Print Exhibition, UW-Parkside Mathis Gallery, Kenosha, WI

 2022   

LAPS 22nd National Print Exhibition, Mixografia, Los Angeles, CA

Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN

Extreme Pressure Biennial, Webber Gallery, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL

Pulp: Wood, Paper, and Print, Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI

9th International Juried Print Exhibition, Remarque/New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM

Residencies

2024

Weir Farm National Historical Park Artist Residency, Wilton, CT

2023

Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL