Catherine Sullivan

Catherine Sullivan (born 1968 [http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/sullivan/index.html pbs.org] ] ) is a Los Angeles based artist [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_2_42/ai_109023343 Margaret Sundell, "Artforum", October, 2003.] ] whose work combines video and performance.

She was educated at the California Institute of Arts and the Art Center College of Design. She is a former actor, and studied as a graduate student under Mike Kelley. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_10_42/ai_n6094718 RosaLee Goldberg, "ArtForum", Summer 2004.] ]

"Five Economies (big hunt/little hunt)" (2002) restages scenes from films including "The Miracle Worker", "Marat/Sade", "Persona" and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?". [http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/an_actor_prepares/ "Frieze", Issue 95, October-November 2005.] ] "'Tis Pity She's a Fluxus Whore" (2003) combines filmed re-enactments of a 1953 production of John Ford's play and a 1964 Fluxus performance. Her 2004 work "D-Pattern", made with the composer Sean Griffin, adapts early scores by John Cage.

She won an Alpert award in 2004 and her works are held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art [ [http://www.whitney.org/www/collection/acquisitions_sullivan.jsp whitney.org] ] , the Tate [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=8577&page=1 tate.org.uk] ] and the Miami Art Museum. [ [http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/collection-recent.asp miamiartmuseum.org] ]

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* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/10/30/bastage130.xml Richard Dorment, telegraph.co.uk, Oct 30, 2007.]