Catherine A. Hess
Artist
Alexandria, Virginia and Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Current Galleries
Gallery 75 at The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
The Gallery with Artwork -Woodwork-Stonework, Eastham, MA
Special Exhibitions, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Group Exhibitions
2021
Juried Exhibitions
2021. Line by Line: Artists Interpret Poetry, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Ink It: Contemporary Print Practices, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
All Media(January), The Art League, Alexandria VA- Honorable Mention Award
2020 All Media (October), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2020, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Quarantine Dreams, Online at Gallery-V, Lexington Park, MD
Artists' Choice- National Juried Group Show, Online at Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
All Works Square, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
On the Surface, Online at Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
All Media Exhibit (May), Online at The Art League, Alexandria, VA
National Open Juried Exhibition, Online at Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Human Condition, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2019 All Media Exhibit (December), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Strokes of Genius, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
MFA@Gallery 564, Severna Park, MD - Juror's Choice Award
All Works Square, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
Landscape All Media Exhibit (June), The Art League, Alexandria, VA - Honorable Mention Award
Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
All Media Exhibit (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2018 All Media Exhibit (September), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
"Value" All Media Exhibit (August), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (May), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (April), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Landscape All Media Exhibit (March), The Art League, Alexandria, VA - Honorable Mention Award
All Media Exhibit (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2017 All Media Exhibit (December), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
"Doubt" All Media Exhibit (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Third Annual Athenaeum Invitational: Glow, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (July), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
22nd Annual All Cape Cod Art Show- Open Juried Exhibition, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
All Media Exhibit (May), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2016 All Media Exhibit (December), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (September), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
“Landschap” All Media Exhibit (August), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
“Orbit” All Media Exhibit (April), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2015 “miniMAX” All Media Exhibit (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
‘Scapes All Media Exhibit (August), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (June), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2014 Small Works All Media Exhibit (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Art in City Hall, Alexandria, VA
Neo -Expressionism All-Media Exhibit (June), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Pop Art All Media Exhibit (April), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2013 ‘ Scapes All Media Membership Exhibit (August), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2010 “HerStory” All Media Membership Show (March), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2008 Small Works All Media Membership Show (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Art in City Hall: A Bi-Annual Juried Exhibition (April-October), Alexandria, VA
“ > 100 Artists” All Media Membership Show (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2007 Bi-Annual Art in City Hall Juried Exhibition (April- September), Alexandria, VA
16th Annual Strathmore Artist Membership Multi-Media Exhibition "Food for Thought"
2006 All Media Membership Show (March), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2005 All Media Membership Show (March), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2004 Winter Exhibition, Invitational Gallery, Strathmore Arts Center, North Bethesda, MD
The 7th Annual National Juried Fine Arts Competition, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA
2003 The Body In Perspective, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg VA
All Media Membership Show (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Watercolor Landscape National Juried Show, Zwaanendael Gallery, Lewes, DE
2002 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Show, Cade Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arnold, MD
1996 Washington Studio School Student Exhibition, Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC
Colombian Consulate Exhibition of selected works from the Washington Studio School
Open Exhibitions
2021 Sixth Annual Wellfleet Art Exhibit, Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA
2020 Members Open: Small Works, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Members' 12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Isolation: Inspiration Virtual Art Exhibit, Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA
Come Together Virtual Open Call for Outer Cape Artists, Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
Artists' Fundraiser for Hope Town, Bahamas, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
2019. Members Open: Small Works, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA.
Art Scramble Fundraiser to benefit Wild Care, at Eastham Public Library, Eastham, MA
Members' 12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA Summer Show, Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
2018 A Community of Art; Inaugural Exhibition Celebrating the Opening of Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
Members Open: Small Works, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Art Scramble Fundraiser to benefit CapeAbilities, at Eastham Public Library, Eastham, MA
Members' 12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2017 Members’ 12×12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Members Open Exhibition I, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2016 Member Exhibition, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
Member Exhibit, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
Members’ 12×12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2015 Member Exhibit, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2009 Works by Alumni, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
2006 Kalorama Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2005 Kalorama Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
2004 Kalorama Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
Annual Members Show, Museum of Contemporary Arts- MOCA DC
A and M Galleries, Washington, DC
2003 “Water” special exhibition, The Art League of Virginia, Alexandria, VA
International Artists Support Group and Annual Members Show, MOCA DC
1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
Art on the Side, at Bossa, Washington, DC
Figurative Art Gallery, Washington, DC (June, July, August, October-December)
Kalorama Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
2002 The American Dream Exhibit, Masterpiece Alley Gallery, Mitchellville, MD
Annual Members Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Washington, DC
1460 Walls Mountable, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
DC Commission on the Arts Artist Fellowship Program Applicant Exhibition, MOCA DC
Kalorama Emerging Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2001 1460 Walls Mountable, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1999 Seventh Annual Artists of the XXIst Century Show, Arlington, VA
Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1998 Painting Holidays Watercolor Exhibition, Arlington, VA- Northern Light Honorable Mention Award
Professional Affiliations
Outer Cape White Line Printmakers- 2018- present
Discover Graphics Atelier- 2017- present
Figure Painting at Schulenberg Studio- Eastham, Massachusetts, 2016- present
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 2015- present
Art League - Alexandria, Virginia, 2002-present
Maryland Federation of Art- 2019-2020
Cape Cod Museum of Art- 2018- 2019
Cape Cod Creative Arts Center- Chatham, Massachusetts, 2016- 2017
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, 2015- 2017
Strathmore Artist, 2002-2007; 2015- 2017
District of Columbia Arts Center 2002-2007
Mid City Artists- 2005
Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran 2002-2004
Artist
Alexandria, Virginia and Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Current Galleries
Gallery 75 at The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
The Gallery with Artwork -Woodwork-Stonework, Eastham, MA
Special Exhibitions, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2021
- Postponed from 2020; Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA
- Outermost Light, Amavi Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
- A Singular Vision of Outer Cape Cod, Parkview Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
- A Singular Vision of the Outer Cape. Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, MA
Group Exhibitions
2021
- Finding the Figure, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
- Small Wonders 2020, True Grit Art Gallery, Middleboro, MA
- Winter Small Works Virtual Show, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
- Guidebook Cover Competition, Online at Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce, Wellfleet MA
- Reflections on the Pandemic, Highland House Museum/Truro Historical Society, Truro, MA
- The Woodfleet Project, Online at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, MA
- Guidebook Cover Competition, Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce at Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA
- Celebrate Our Waters, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- In Thoreau's Views at Eastham Public Library, Addison Art Gallery
- After Hopper, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- In Thoreau's Views, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- The Woodfleet Project, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, MA
- Eastham Garden Tour Exhibit, Eastham Public Library, Eastham, MA
- On the Bright Side, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- Outer Cape White Line Printmakers, Truro Council on Aging, Truro, MA
- Guidebook Cover Competition, Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce at Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA
- Outer Cape White Line Printmakers, Truro Library, Truro, MA
- After Hopper, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- Woodfleet Project 2.0, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, MA
- Eastham Garden Tour Exhibit, Eastham Public Library, Eastham, MA
- Outermost Inspirations at Eastham Public Library, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- Celebrating Truro, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- Artists and Muses, Barnstable Town Hall, Hyannis, MA
- Outermost Inspirations, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- The Woodfleet Project, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, MA
- After Hopper in Truro, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- After Hopper in Eastham, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
- Drawn to Life: The Monday Group, Marlboro Gallery, Largo, MD
Juried Exhibitions
2021. Line by Line: Artists Interpret Poetry, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Ink It: Contemporary Print Practices, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
All Media(January), The Art League, Alexandria VA- Honorable Mention Award
2020 All Media (October), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2020, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Quarantine Dreams, Online at Gallery-V, Lexington Park, MD
Artists' Choice- National Juried Group Show, Online at Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
All Works Square, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
On the Surface, Online at Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
All Media Exhibit (May), Online at The Art League, Alexandria, VA
National Open Juried Exhibition, Online at Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Human Condition, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2019 All Media Exhibit (December), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Strokes of Genius, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
MFA@Gallery 564, Severna Park, MD - Juror's Choice Award
All Works Square, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
Landscape All Media Exhibit (June), The Art League, Alexandria, VA - Honorable Mention Award
Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
All Media Exhibit (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2018 All Media Exhibit (September), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
"Value" All Media Exhibit (August), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (May), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (April), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Landscape All Media Exhibit (March), The Art League, Alexandria, VA - Honorable Mention Award
All Media Exhibit (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2017 All Media Exhibit (December), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
"Doubt" All Media Exhibit (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Third Annual Athenaeum Invitational: Glow, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (July), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
22nd Annual All Cape Cod Art Show- Open Juried Exhibition, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
All Media Exhibit (May), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2016 All Media Exhibit (December), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (September), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
“Landschap” All Media Exhibit (August), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
“Orbit” All Media Exhibit (April), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2015 “miniMAX” All Media Exhibit (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
‘Scapes All Media Exhibit (August), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (June), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
All Media Exhibit (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2014 Small Works All Media Exhibit (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Art in City Hall, Alexandria, VA
Neo -Expressionism All-Media Exhibit (June), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Pop Art All Media Exhibit (April), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2013 ‘ Scapes All Media Membership Exhibit (August), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2010 “HerStory” All Media Membership Show (March), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2008 Small Works All Media Membership Show (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Art in City Hall: A Bi-Annual Juried Exhibition (April-October), Alexandria, VA
“ > 100 Artists” All Media Membership Show (January), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2007 Bi-Annual Art in City Hall Juried Exhibition (April- September), Alexandria, VA
16th Annual Strathmore Artist Membership Multi-Media Exhibition "Food for Thought"
2006 All Media Membership Show (March), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2005 All Media Membership Show (March), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2004 Winter Exhibition, Invitational Gallery, Strathmore Arts Center, North Bethesda, MD
The 7th Annual National Juried Fine Arts Competition, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA
2003 The Body In Perspective, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg VA
All Media Membership Show (November), The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Watercolor Landscape National Juried Show, Zwaanendael Gallery, Lewes, DE
2002 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Show, Cade Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arnold, MD
1996 Washington Studio School Student Exhibition, Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC
Colombian Consulate Exhibition of selected works from the Washington Studio School
Open Exhibitions
2021 Sixth Annual Wellfleet Art Exhibit, Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA
2020 Members Open: Small Works, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Members' 12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Isolation: Inspiration Virtual Art Exhibit, Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA
Come Together Virtual Open Call for Outer Cape Artists, Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
Artists' Fundraiser for Hope Town, Bahamas, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
2019. Members Open: Small Works, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA.
Art Scramble Fundraiser to benefit Wild Care, at Eastham Public Library, Eastham, MA
Members' 12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA Summer Show, Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
2018 A Community of Art; Inaugural Exhibition Celebrating the Opening of Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
Members Open: Small Works, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Art Scramble Fundraiser to benefit CapeAbilities, at Eastham Public Library, Eastham, MA
Members' 12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2017 Members’ 12×12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Members Open Exhibition I, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2016 Member Exhibition, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
Member Exhibit, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
Members’ 12×12 Exhibition and Silent Auction, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2015 Member Exhibit, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2009 Works by Alumni, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
2006 Kalorama Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2005 Kalorama Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
2004 Kalorama Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
Annual Members Show, Museum of Contemporary Arts- MOCA DC
A and M Galleries, Washington, DC
2003 “Water” special exhibition, The Art League of Virginia, Alexandria, VA
International Artists Support Group and Annual Members Show, MOCA DC
1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
Art on the Side, at Bossa, Washington, DC
Figurative Art Gallery, Washington, DC (June, July, August, October-December)
Kalorama Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
2002 The American Dream Exhibit, Masterpiece Alley Gallery, Mitchellville, MD
Annual Members Show, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Washington, DC
1460 Walls Mountable, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
DC Commission on the Arts Artist Fellowship Program Applicant Exhibition, MOCA DC
Kalorama Emerging Artists’ Fair, Washington, DC
Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2001 1460 Walls Mountable, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1999 Seventh Annual Artists of the XXIst Century Show, Arlington, VA
Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1998 Painting Holidays Watercolor Exhibition, Arlington, VA- Northern Light Honorable Mention Award
Professional Affiliations
Outer Cape White Line Printmakers- 2018- present
Discover Graphics Atelier- 2017- present
Figure Painting at Schulenberg Studio- Eastham, Massachusetts, 2016- present
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 2015- present
Art League - Alexandria, Virginia, 2002-present
Maryland Federation of Art- 2019-2020
Cape Cod Museum of Art- 2018- 2019
Cape Cod Creative Arts Center- Chatham, Massachusetts, 2016- 2017
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, 2015- 2017
Strathmore Artist, 2002-2007; 2015- 2017
District of Columbia Arts Center 2002-2007
Mid City Artists- 2005
Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran 2002-2004
