Catherine Morland is a London-based artist and gardener whose work bridges art and horticulture. She explores the use of plants and plant fibres through traditional techniques such as basketry, weaving, cordage, and knotting, focusing on the social and cultural significance of handmade crafts. Her practice emphasises the ecological and historical value of processes once considered essential but later relegated to “craft”. Viewing basketwork as a form of commons, she fosters a reciprocal relationship with nature by understanding plant life cycles and habitats, promoting sustainability, care, and skill.
Education:
2023 RHS Level 2 Practical Horticulture & Level 2 Garden Design.
2007-08 University of Greenwich, London PGCE
2001-2003 Royal College of Art MA Painting
Exhibitions:
2025: Gathering The Commons St Stephens Chapel,West Norwood Cemetery. Funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund.
2024: Images of the Good Life in the East, Gallery Lutnita Chisinau Moldova.
2024: Wasteless 2. Way Out East Gallery. London.
2023: Performing the Commons. Celsius Projects. Malmo. Sweden. Suppported by Riksförbundet Sveriges Konstföreningar
2023: Catalogue of Failures. Group. Online Publication. Curated by Alice Clough.
2022. She Speaks up. Group Show. Chingford. London.
2020-2022 The Commons Re Enchanting the World. The Museum of English Rural Life. Reading. Curator and Lead Artist. ACE Funded.
2019: The Speed of Thought, Art Academy London, Newington Library Gallery. Curated by Hand+Young Projects.
2019: Fire: Flashes to Ashes in British Art 1692-2019 RWA Bristol
2017: Housework/Artwork, (co-curated ), Art Licks Weekend, Number 13, London
2017 Summer Salon Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes, London
2016 Sixty, Art-Athina, Greece
2016 Sixty, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes, London
2015 Sex Shop Transition Gallery, London
2014 Sex Shop Folkestone Triennial Fringe
2014 From Fossils to 4x4s. Solo Show Kuona Arts Trust, Nairobi, Kenya
2013: Shadowlands. 15 Schools Lane, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
2012: Georgie project. Group show. The Griffin Gallery. London.
2009: Smoke Curated by Sally O’Reilly. The Pump House Gallery London
2008: Vital Arts. Solo Show in conjunction with Bart’s and the Royal London Trust London
2008: On Time. The East Wing Collection VII The Courtauld Institute of Art. London
2007: Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Gallery, London
2007: My Penguin. 39 Gallery. Mitchell Street. London
2007: Top twenty 39 Gallery Mitchell Street. London
2006 Kaleidoscope Film Nights Whitechapel Gallery London
2006: Rokeby Gallery Two Person Show London
2005: Art Futures Bloomberg Space London
2005: Bowieart Night. Portobello Film Festival. London
2005: Bloc County Hall Gallery London
2005: Platform for Art, Charing Cross & Earls Court stations London
2005: Darkness Aram Gallery London
2004: Under 5’s Video 39 Gallery Mitchell Street. London
2003: Prospects Drawing Prize. Loading Bay Gallery. Truman Brewery. London
2003: Snow Transition Gallery. London
2003: Portrait of the Artist as Exquisite Corpse ’39’ Mitchell Street London
2003: Bowieart Night. Portobello Film Festival. London
2003: Timeshare Barge house. Oxo Tower Wharf. London
2003: State of the House Korean Embassy. London
2002: Mostyn Open. Oriel Mostyn. Lllandudno. Wales
2002: Group Show Khyber Centre for the Arts. Halifax. Nova Scotia. Canada
Awards/Commissions
2009 Barts and the Royal London Trust. Commission for Vital arts.
2005 Platform for Art Poster commission
2004 Nominated for Jerwood Artists Platform
2003 National Grid Transco Award
2003 Thames & Hudson RCA Society Book Prize
Publications
Time Out Nov27 2008 Rebecca Geldard
The Guardian Guide June 2006 Jessica Lack
Contemporary Magazine Issue No75 2005 Bloc Celia Jameson
Modern Painters July/August 2005 Bloc Sally O’Reilly
Nina Miall 2006 Saatchi Art Daily
Ontime . The East Wing Collection VII The Courtauld Institute of Art. London. Catalogue
Residencies
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax Canada 2002
Catherine Morland is a London-based artist and gardener whose work bridges art and horticulture. She explores the use of plants and plant fibres through traditional techniques such as basketry, weaving, cordage, and knotting, focusing on the social and cultural significance of handmade crafts. Her practice emphasises the ecological and historical value of processes once considered essential but later relegated to “craft”. Viewing basketwork as a form of commons, she fosters a reciprocal relationship with nature by understanding plant life cycles and habitats, promoting sustainability, care, and skill.
Education:
2023 RHS Level 2 Practical Horticulture & Level 2 Garden Design.
2007-08 University of Greenwich, London PGCE
2001-2003 Royal College of Art MA Painting
Exhibitions:
2025: Gathering The Commons St Stephens Chapel,West Norwood Cemetery. Funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund.
2024: Images of the Good Life in the East, Gallery Lutnita Chisinau Moldova.
2024: Wasteless 2. Way Out East Gallery. London.
2023: Performing the Commons. Celsius Projects. Malmo. Sweden. Suppported by Riksförbundet Sveriges Konstföreningar
2023: Catalogue of Failures. Group. Online Publication. Curated by Alice Clough.
2022. She Speaks up. Group Show. Chingford. London.
2020-2022 The Commons Re Enchanting the World. The Museum of English Rural Life. Reading. Curator and Lead Artist. ACE Funded.
2019: The Speed of Thought, Art Academy London, Newington Library Gallery. Curated by Hand+Young Projects.
2019: Fire: Flashes to Ashes in British Art 1692-2019 RWA Bristol
2017: Housework/Artwork, (co-curated ), Art Licks Weekend, Number 13, London
2017 Summer Salon Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes, London
2016 Sixty, Art-Athina, Greece
2016 Sixty, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes, London
2015 Sex Shop Transition Gallery, London
2014 Sex Shop Folkestone Triennial Fringe
2014 From Fossils to 4x4s. Solo Show Kuona Arts Trust, Nairobi, Kenya
2013: Shadowlands. 15 Schools Lane, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
2012: Georgie project. Group show. The Griffin Gallery. London.
2009: Smoke Curated by Sally O’Reilly. The Pump House Gallery London
2008: Vital Arts. Solo Show in conjunction with Bart’s and the Royal London Trust London
2008: On Time. The East Wing Collection VII The Courtauld Institute of Art. London
2007: Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Gallery, London
2007: My Penguin. 39 Gallery. Mitchell Street. London
2007: Top twenty 39 Gallery Mitchell Street. London
2006 Kaleidoscope Film Nights Whitechapel Gallery London
2006: Rokeby Gallery Two Person Show London
2005: Art Futures Bloomberg Space London
2005: Bowieart Night. Portobello Film Festival. London
2005: Bloc County Hall Gallery London
2005: Platform for Art, Charing Cross & Earls Court stations London
2005: Darkness Aram Gallery London
2004: Under 5’s Video 39 Gallery Mitchell Street. London
2003: Prospects Drawing Prize. Loading Bay Gallery. Truman Brewery. London
2003: Snow Transition Gallery. London
2003: Portrait of the Artist as Exquisite Corpse ’39’ Mitchell Street London
2003: Bowieart Night. Portobello Film Festival. London
2003: Timeshare Barge house. Oxo Tower Wharf. London
2003: State of the House Korean Embassy. London
2002: Mostyn Open. Oriel Mostyn. Lllandudno. Wales
2002: Group Show Khyber Centre for the Arts. Halifax. Nova Scotia. Canada
Awards/Commissions
2009 Barts and the Royal London Trust. Commission for Vital arts.
2005 Platform for Art Poster commission
2004 Nominated for Jerwood Artists Platform
2003 National Grid Transco Award
2003 Thames & Hudson RCA Society Book Prize
Publications
Time Out Nov27 2008 Rebecca Geldard
The Guardian Guide June 2006 Jessica Lack
Contemporary Magazine Issue No75 2005 Bloc Celia Jameson
Modern Painters July/August 2005 Bloc Sally O’Reilly
Nina Miall 2006 Saatchi Art Daily
Ontime . The East Wing Collection VII The Courtauld Institute of Art. London. Catalogue
Residencies
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax Canada 2002