Recent Recognition

Catrin O'Hara – Artist CV

2026

  • Artist of the Year in association with the Visual Artists Association, long-listed finalist, 2026.

  • Visual Artists Association Open, long-listed finalist, 2026.

  • Open Spaces, Visual Artists' Association, international group show, forthcoming November 2026.

  • The Code of the Subtle, group show, hosted by Nellimya Art House, Arrona, Switzerland, forthcoming September 2026.

  • Southern Nature Art Exhibition, group show, Rooksbury Hall, Wickham, Hampshire, UK, 2026.

  • A Summer Idyll, group show, Fox Yard Studio, Suffolk, UK, July 2026.

  • The Spiritual in Art, international collective, Nellimya Art House, selected as founding member, 2026.

  • Spring Equinox, group show, Fox Yard Studio, Suffolk, UK, 2026.

  • PAE2026, group show in aid of people affected by Alzheimer's, Beeldan Aan Zee gallery, The Hague, Netherlands, 2026.

  • International Postcard Show, group show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK, 2026.

2025

  • Christmas Exhibition, group show, Fox Yard Studio, Suffolk, UK, 2025.

  • Diminuto Film Festival, official selection (vertical format short film), Mexico City, Mexico.

  • SeeMôr Film Festival, finalist, Anglesey, Wales, UK, 2025.

  • Works on Paper, group show, Fox Yard Studio, Suffolk, UK, 2025.

  • Visual Artists' Association, Art 500, shortlisted artist, 2025 (awarded preferred artist status).

  • Fox Yard Studio Prize, Group Show, winning finalist, Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK, 2025 (solo show forthcoming 2026–7).

  • Ferens Art Gallery Open, Group Show, Hull, UK, 2025–26.

  • 'Beneath the Veil', group show, The House of Smalls Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2025.

  • 'Fables', group show, The Mall Gallery, London, UK, curated by Swanfall Art, 2025.

  • Visual Artists' Association Artist of the Year Prize, long-listed finalist, 2025.

  • Visual Artists' Association Open Prize, long-listed finalist, 2025.

  • 'Light and Shade', group show, Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK, 2025.

  • 'An Abstract Adventure', group show, Badger in the Wall Gallery, Clapham, North Yorkshire, UK, 2025.

  • 'The Shape of Things that have no Shape' (Spira9/EIDOS), Indra Gallery, London, UK.

  • 'Abstraction: the energy within', Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK, 2025.

2024

  • Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK (two group shows).

  • 'Here and Now', group show at Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester, West Sussex, UK.

  • Shortlisted for Metamorph Awards.

O'Hara's work has also featured online via CistaArts Gallery, Blue Koi Gallery, and Crosscurrents Gallery, and was shortlisted for MetaMorph (2024).