Cathy VanVoorhis
1986 MFA Painting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1984 MA Art History, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
1980 BA Art & Philosophy, Albion College, Albion, MI
Grants and Honors
1989 Individual Creative Artist Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts.
1983 Hinman Graduate Fellowship, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Forests and Shores: A Summer at the U of M Biological Station,
North Campus Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2018 Gifts of Art, Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2012 Kresge Foundation Art Gallery, Olivet College, Olivet, MI
2011 Chelsea Center for the Arts, Chelsea, MI
1999 Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, MI
1997 Mott Academic Center Art Gallery, Olivet College, Olivet, MI
1995 Glen Arbor Art Center, Glen Arbor, MI
1994 Battle Creek Fine Arts Center, Battle Creek, MI
1993 Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI
Joyce Petter Gallery, Douglas, MI
1992 UpJohn Corporate Headquarters, Portage, MI
co-sponsor: Kalamazoo Institute of Art
1991 Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
1990 Albion College, Albion, MI
1989 Lowell Arts Council, Lowell, MI
1987 Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Landscape Invitational Exhibit: Six Artists, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI
2017 Artumentary Invitational Exhibit, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
2016 55th Greater Michigan Art Exhibit, Dow Museum of Arts & Sciences, Midland, MI
Fine Arts Exhibit, Petoskey Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI
2015 54th Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Dow Museum of Art & Science, Midland, MI
Golden Apple Artist Residency Exhibit, Public Library, Jonesport, ME
Bettye Clark Cannon Gallery, Frauenthal Center, Muskegon, MI
Forest and Tree, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
2014 86th Regional Exhibit, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2013 Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
Legacy of the Land Through Art, Legacy Land Conservancy, Ann Arbor, MI
Small Paintings Exhibit, Riverside Arts Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, MI
Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Artist-in-Residencies
2019 Biostation Artist Residency, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2014 Golden Apple Artist Residency, Harrington, Maine.
2011 Glen Arbor Art Association, Glen Arbor, Michigan.
1999 Flora Kirsch Beck Visiting Artist, Glen Oaks Community College, Michigan.
1994 National Park Service: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
Publications
2014 Eva Cameron, "The Art of Sleeping Bear Dunes," Manitou,
The Magazine of LeeLanau, vol. 5, Gemini publications, MI
2013 Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, Leelanau Press, Traverse City, MI
2012 Hannah Brinks “Seasons of Color Come to Campus,” Hillsdale Collegian, MI
2011 John Carlos Cantu, “Paintings Explore Wild Places,” Ann Arbor News (March 20)
2009 The Saugatuck Dunes: Artists Respond to a Freshwater Landscape,
Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance, Saugatuck, MI
1996 Elizabeth Edwards, “Artist’s Renditions,” Traverse Magazine, MI (September)
1995 Fred Glazer, “Stroll shows different styles,” The Commercial Record, Saugatuk, MI
1994 Sylvia Krissoff, “Two Artists share common bond,” The Grand Rapids Press,
Grand Rapids, MI (September 1)
Mark Schwerin, “Artisans nurture nature,” The Battle Creek Enquirer (September 1)
1993 Sylvia Krissoff, “VanVoorhis Art evokes good nature,” The Grand Rapids Press,
Grand Rapids, MI (October 8)
1992 Mary Klemic, “Realism seen in new light,” The West Bloomfield Eccentric Lake
Edition, Bloomfield Hills, MI (January 23)
“Exhibition Focuses on Art Trends,” The Rochester Clarion, MI (January 30)
Sylvia Krissoff, “Nature-inspired oil paintings,” The Grand Rapids Press (March 22)
1989 John L. Allen, “Current Corcoran exhibit presents a study in size,” The Muskegon
Chronicle, Muskegon, MI (May 10)
1988 Sara Albert, “Lovers of realistic art should check out Hefner show,”
The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, MI (April 10)