Moon setting in the West by Catherine Morrisey

Catherine Morrisey

Catherine Morrisey was born in Brampton, Ontario, and grew up in Port Credit surrounded by a family of artists including her mother Patience – their works having been presented together in recent years. Catherine received her B.A.Hon. in Fine Art from York University, Toronto, and continued her studies at Arts’ Sake, Inc., Toronto with notable artists Graham Coughtry, Robert Markle, Gord Rayner, Dennis Burton, and David Bolduc.

Her early experience also included working as a gallery assistant at Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, and as a studio assistant to Robert Markle, (1936-90) Mohawk artist from southern Ontario. The Toronto art community of the ’70s and ’80s was a vibrant mix of generations of painters, musicians, and writers. Her neighbours were Gershon Iskowitz, Lynn Donahue, Harold Klunder, Rae Johnson, and Lorne Wagman. The Artists’ Jazz Band played frequently in her studio in the Coffin Factory. She moved to London in the early 1980s and received a Master of Library Science, from Western University, London in 1984. She has worked as a librarian at the London Public Library, the Sarasota County Library, Florida, USA, and Weldon Library, at Western University, London, Ontario.