Art Education
1985 Banff School of Fine Arts - Banff, AB
1982-1984 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design - Halifax, NS
1981 Mount Allison University - Sackville, NB
Exhibiting Galleries
Gallery 78 - Fredericton, NB
Buckland Merrifield Gallery - Saint John, NB
Clark Gallery - Lincoln, MA, USA
Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte ON.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Ministers Island in Small Pieces - Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre, Saint Andrews, NB
2022 Ministers Island in Small Pieces - Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
2022 Ocean Journal - Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2018 A Closer Look - Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre, Saint Andrews, NB
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Dash - Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre, Saint Andrews, NB
2023 Blossoms - Spicer Merrifield Gallery, Saint John, NB
2022 Art on Paper - Pier 36, NYC
2022 Dash - Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre, Saint Andrews, NB
2022 Anniversary Exhibition - Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, ON
2022 Affordable Art Fair - NYC
2022 Winter Salon Show - Clarke Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts
2022 December Choice - Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2021 Year One - Spicer Merrifield Gallery, Saint John, NB
2021 Artist Choice - Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2021 Art on Paper - Pier 36, New York, USA
2021 Colour Call - Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA, USA
2021 Dash - Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre, St. Andrews, NB
2020 Regrouping - Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA, USA
2020 Gathering Blooms - Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2020 Christmas Choice - Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2020 6th Anniversary Show - Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, ON
2020 Kitchen - Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, ON
2019 Art on Paper - Pier 36- New York, USA
2019 Still - Cathy Ross & Susan Paterson Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2019 Holiday Small Works - Collins Gallery, Orleans, Cape Cod MA
2019 PTOWN POP UP - Clark Gallery, Provincetown
2018 A Closer Look - Solo Exhibition, Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre
2018 Feast - Buckland Merrifield Gallery, Saint John, NB
2018 December Choice 2018 - Gallery 78, Fredericton NB
2018 Smoke - Group Exhibition, Buckland Merrifield Gallery, Saint John NB
2017 Swan Song - Buckland Merrifield Gallery, Saint John NB
2017 Small Wonders - Gallery78, Fredericton NB
2017 Instructor’s Showcase - Sunbury Shores, Saint Andrews NB
2017 Painting, drawing and Sculpting Realism - Gallery 78, Fredericton NB
2014-2016 Instructors of Sunbury Shores - Sunbury Shores, St. Andrews, NB
2016 Welcome Spring - Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2016 Red - Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph, ON
2015 Out of the Garden - Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2014 Objects of Desire - Peter Buckland Gallery, Saint John, NB
2014 My Favorite Things - Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2014 Still Life - Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph, ON
2012 Home and Garden - Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2010 Two Canadian Families in Art: Ross & Forestall - Peter Buckland Gallery, Saint John, NB
2009-2010 Annual Group Exhibition - Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2008 Docent's Choice - Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, NB
Public and Corporate Permanent Collections
New Salem Museum - New Salem MA, USA
The Canada Council Art Bank Collection - Ottawa, ON
New Brunswick Museum - Saint John, NB
New Brunswick Government Art Bank Collection - Fredericton, NB
Banff Centre - Banff, AB
Dofasco Inc. - Hamilton, ON
Burnaby Art Gallery - Burnaby, BC
The Bank of Montreal - Montreal, QC
Confederation Art Centre Gallery - Charlottetown, PEI
Awards
Exhibition Assistance Grant - Ontario Arts Council (2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2011)
Arts Travel Grant - Canada Council (2012)
Purchase Award - Burnaby Print Show (1986)
Fine Arts Scholarship - Banff School of Fine Arts (1984)
Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation Grant (1981, 1984)
Purdy MacDonald Foundation Grant (1980, 1978, 1977)
Publications
2021 Createdhere Magazine, Presence of the Person The Painting Practice of Cathy Ross by Véronique Thériault
2020 Small Truths, The Art of Cathy Ross, St Thomas University, Essay by Ray Cronin & Forward by John Leroux
2014 Awesome Art Times Two - The Grand / Barbara Aggerholm
2009 When she isn’t being a mom, she’s painting - Waterloo Record / Barbara Aggerholm
1994 Cathy Ross: Flowers and Still Life - Arts Atlantic / Maria Kubacki
Teaching
2016-2020 Watercolour / Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre - St. Andrews, NB
1988-1990 Print Making / Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre - St. Andrews, NB
Artist in Residency Program
Minister’s Island - St. Andrews, NB (2016, 2018, 2021, 2023)
Kingsbrae International Residence for the Arts/Kira (2020)
Kingsbrae Gardens - St. Andrews, NB (2014)