About — Catheline van den Branden

About the artist

Through my work, I explore our universal attempts at making sense of our world, setting systems for ourselves, only to see them unravel or even consciously provoking their very destruction. I think of us as human paradoxes, absurd, even comical at times, weaving our beautiful, complex journeys as we continue to forge ahead toward the ultimate end, making connections, trying to heal our and each others’ wounds, unravelling and stitching our torn selves back together as best we can. The line that my own path has traced is winding, with detours broken in parts but continually seeking its way forward in loops and leaps, great and small, always under construction. The path, the line often comes to me as thread, threads like I saw pass so many times through my grandmother’s fingers when she knitted beside me, sharing her stories, the words coming as her fingers danced. I believe the images of weavings I create are a metaphor for our own mysterious, colourful journeys. Through various media I try to express my anxious optimism as I forge ahead, with the humour and drama that hide in all of us.

cathelineart@gmail.com

Exhibits and Installations

October 17-November 17, 2024 - Group exhibit - City of Guiyang, Guiyang International Fashion Release & Art Center, China
November 6-9, 2024 - “Editions by Art Dubai” - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ongoing: September 2024 - January 2025 - Exhibition at the French Consulate General / Résidence de France - Boston, USA
April 2024 - “On the way” Group exhibit - City of Belgrade Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
September 27-October 3 2023 - Mykonos Biennale, “Antidotes” section - Archeological Museum, Mykonos, Greece
May 25- July 9 2023 - Solo Exhibit & Outdoor Installation - the Museum of Folk Art & Tradition, Athens, Greece
May 2022 - “Forever in Ten Days” Thesis Show - Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston, USA
May 2022 - “Weaving common ground” Outdoor installation - Emmanuel College, Boston, USA
October 2021 - “Who’s in the House” Group exhibit - The Quin House club, Boston, USA
December 2020 - “Syntax Variations” Group exhibit - Mission Hill Studios, Boston, USA
May 2019 - “Paper and Print” Group exhibit - School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

October 2018 - “One Month In” Group exhibit - Mission Hill Studios, Boston, USA
December 2018 - “Paper & Ink” Group exhibit - School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Press

Interview in Ex_Posure, 2023

https://elzimaraki.gr/catheline-van-den-branden-weaving-restoring-healing/

Article in This is Athens, 2023

https://www.thisisathens.org/events/catheline-van-den-branden-weaving-restoring-healing

Interview in The Owl, 2023

https://westonowl.com/2023/06/05/weston-voices-meet-catheline-van-den-branden-visual-artist/

Article in Days of Art in Greece, 2023

https://daysofart.gr/en/news/days-of-art/catheline-van-den-branden-weaving-restoring-healing/

Article in Culture is Athens, 2023

https://cultureisathens.gr/event/athens-city-festival-weaving-restoring-healing/

Article in Athinorama, 2023