Education 
2016  Masters of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
1987  Bachelor of Arts, Visual Art, Sydney College of the Arts
1983-1984  Studied Gold and Silversmithing, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Exhibitions
Individual Exhibitions:
2020: Unintended Consequences, Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
2019: Strange Objects 2013 - 2019, F Tanner Baker Micro Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW
2019 Re-imagine; reinterpret, Studio Ingot, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC
2016  Strange Objects, Small Object Space (SOS) Artisan, Brisbane, QLD,
http://www.artisan.org.au/
2001  Small Works, Studio Ingot, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC
1998  (July) Blaze, Makers Mark, Sydney, NSW 
1998  (May) Blaze, Makers Mark, Melbourne, VIC

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2020 Academics in Pandemic, An online exhibition from Ethical Metalsmiths
2020  Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize Finalist, Sydney, NSW
2020  Use, Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery, SA; Hurstville Museum and Gallery, Hurstville NSW; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
2019  100% Recycled, Grey Street Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
2019  ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
2019  Profile 2019, JMGANSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
2019  In the Drawer,  Small Space Jewellery , North Fitzroy, Melbourne, part of the Radiant Pavilion program
2019  Use, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au; Tweed Regional Gallery, 
Murwillumbah, NSW artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/; Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, QLD; Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery, Biloela, QLD
2018  Use, POP Gallery, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD www.jmgq.com.au
2017  Contemporary Wearables ’17, Toowoomba Regional Gallery
2017  Why Jewellery? 2, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong why-jewellery.com
2017  Five, A curated JMGQ members exhibition, Gallery 88, Redcliffe, QLD
2017  Mostyn Open 20, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales mostyn-open-20
2017  Why Jewellery? 2, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD why-jewellery.com
2016  Radical Jewellery Makeover, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
2016  Trace, JMGQ Exhibition Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2016 - 2018 18th Silver Triennial International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany and touring 2017 - 2018: (Museum voor Edelsmeedkunst, Juwelen en Diamant, Antwerp; Silberwarenmuseum Ott-Pausersche Fabrik, Schwäbisch Gmünd; Robbe & Berking Yachting Heritage Centre, Flensburg;  Museum Zons, Dormagen)
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2016  Worn & Weathered,  Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
2015  Pendulum, JMGQ Exhibition Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2015  Precious-The Lure of Skill, Bosz Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2015  Lux Lumens, JMGQ Exhibition gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW
2014  So Fresh + So Clean, Ethical Metalsmiths Annual International Juried Digital Student Exhibition and Emerging Artist Award
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2013  Participate, JMGA Delegates Exhibition in conjunction with 15th Conference, Participation and Exchange Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2013  Confluence/Influence, JMGQ Exhibition, Brisbane City Council Central and Carindale Libraries, Brisbane, QLD
2012  103 Pendants, JMGQ Exhibition, Art Factory Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2012  In the Now, JMGQ Exhibition, Contemporary Artisans Collective, Brisbane QLD
2011  Shared Visions, QCA Group Exhibition, Stanko Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2011 - 2012  Contemporary Wearables ’11, Toowoomba Regional Gallery and touring
2011 - 2014  Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor, artisan, Brisbane QLD and touring
2011  Inundation, JMGQ Exhibition, Contemporary Artisans Collective, Brisbane QLD 
2010  Revisiting the Australian Landscape, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland QLD
2010  Radical Jewellery Makeover, artisan, Brisbane QLD
http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/projects/rjm-online-exhibitions-and-about/rjm-v---brisbane-au/
2009  The Ring, Studio Ingot Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC
2009  Fired Up at the Top End, Framed-The Darwin Gallery, Darwin NT
2009-2010  Contemporary Wearables ‘09, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery and touring
2008 - 2010  Ornamentomology, College Gallery, Queensland College of Art, South Bank 2008 and touring
2006  19th International Cloisonné Jewellery Contest, Tokyo Japan 
2005-2006  Contemporary Wearables ‘05, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, and touring
2004  Chromophobia, Studio Ingot, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC
2001-2002  Contemporary Wearables ‘01, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, and touring
2000  Sites for Adornment, Doggett Street Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
1999  Defining the Object, Quadrivium, Sydney NSW 
1998  The Ring Show, Zu Design, Adelaide, SA
1998  The Brooch Show, Zu Design, Adelaide, SA
1997  Blast, Work by contemporary enamellists, Makers Mark, Melbourne, VIC and Sydney NSW
1997  Fire in the Heart, Australian Enamel, Craftspace Gallery, Sydney, NSW 
1997  Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD and touring
1997  Bodywear, Distelfink Gallery, Armadale, Melbourne, VIC
1996-1997  MAD Ethos, Crafts Council of QLD, Brisbane; Old Bakery Gallery, Lane Cove, Sydney NSW (1996);  Anima Gallery, Adelaide, SA (1997)

Commissions
2019  Trophies for the Queensland Resources Council Resources Awards for Women 
2004  Enamel work for the Primatial Cross for the Archbishop of Melanesia (with David Clayton)
1988  Enamel work for the Ceremonial Mace, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW (with Helge Larsen)

Grants
2020  Individuals Fund Grant, Arts Queensland
1998  Individual Professional Development Grant, The Arts Office, QLD Government
1996  Individual Professional Development Grant, Arts Queensland
1995  One of 6 recipients of shared Promotions and Marketing Grant, Arts QLD, for MAD ETHOS (Marketing Australian Design Ethos)
1995  Individual Professional Development Grant, Arts QLD

Publications
Selected Press
2020 Unintended Consequences by Helen Wyatt, Klimt02
2020 What's On City of Sydney
2019 USE Catalogue
2016  Christianne Weber-Stöber/Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V. (ed.) Silver Triennial International-18th Worldwide Competition catalogue, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart
2016  Strange Objects catalogue, Artisan and Griffith University
2016  Strange Objects on-line catalogue:  
Strange-Objects-by-Catherine-Large.pdf
2016  Artisan Blog feature: www.artisan.org.au/strange-objects/
2014  Catherine Large EM Student Member Interview: 
catherine-large-em-student-member-interview/
​2010  Revisiting the Australian Landscape Catalogue, Queensland College of Art, Griffith university
2009  Contemporary Wearables ’09 Catalogue , Toowoomba Regional Gallery, 
2008  Ornamentomology Catalogue
2005  Contemporary Wearables ’05 Catalogue, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, 
2000  Sites for Adornment, Catalogue (JMGA 10th Biennial Conference)
1998  Jeff Shaw, Courier Mail 12/05/98, Review
1997  Judith O’Callaghan, Object Magazine 1/97,Fire in the Heart: Australian Enamel, Review

Current Memberships
Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Queensland Chapter Inc www.jmgq.com.au 
JMGANSW www.nsw.org.au
Klimt02 klimt02.net/jewellers/catherine-large
World Crafts Council Australia wccaustralia.org.au/
​CraftACT https://craftact.org.au/
Awards 
2006  Award for Encouragement, 19th International Cloisonné Jewellery Contest, Japan Shippo Conference

Public Collections 
1999  Alice Craft Acquisition Permanent Collection, Alice Springs, NT
1995  Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
1994  Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, Ipswich, QLD

Corporate Collections 
1996  BP Oil Refinery, Pinkenba, Brisbane, QLD