Catherine Lucky Chang is an artist and yoga teacher living in Palo Alto, California. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she received her BS from Skidmore College and her MFA from the University of Georgia. Chang’s work directs qi towards inner peace, love, and joy. She unifies printmaking, drawing, collage, and natural dyeing on her handmade translucent abaca paper. Through integration of meditation in daily life, she uses intuitive, abstract marks to evoke spontaneity, naturalness, and vitality. Chang has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions in New York and Georgia and abroad in Florence, Cortona, and Crete. Her work has been shown at institutions such as The Georgia Museum of Art, Whitespace Gallery, Rainforest Art Foundation, Madison Museum of Fine Art, and Hathaway Gallery. Chang recently attended artist residencies at Mudhouse in Greece, Mauser Ecohouse in Costa Rica, and In Cahoots in California.
Through art and yoga, Catherine guides others towards tapping into their own wholeness and vitality. She shares calming, inviting yoga practices and energetic, intuitive works of art that lead to a shift in energy and a discovery of one’s own vibrancy. She creates space both in her work and in her classes to tune into the present moment and flow with nature. Catherine believes that all beings are worthy of love, joy, and inner peace.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2019 MFA Summa Cum Laude, (Cumulative GPA: 3.9/4.0), University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2017 Study Abroad, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
2014 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, YogaWorks, Washington, D.C.
2013 BS Summa Cum Laude, Management and Business Major and Studio Art Minor; Honors Forum Member (Cumulative GPA: 3.8/4.0; Major GPA 4.0/4.0), Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2011 Study Abroad, Syracuse University Abroad, Florence, Italy
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 Turkish Delights, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA (curated by Cicely Hazel)
Summer August, West Coast Workout Studio, Atlanta, GA
2018 Young Artist: Catherine Chang, Rainforest Art Foundation, Long Island City, NY
2013 Finally, Case Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Works of Heart, Gallery 300, Sebastopol, CA (forthcoming)
Wish You Were Here: The Postcard Show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Deep Blue See: An Exhibition for Child Abuse Prevention Month 2020, Ground Floor Gallery, New York, NY (Artsy.net)
Fe * Mail * Art: 2020 Postcard Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Spotlight on Art: Artist Market, Trinity High School, Atlanta, GA
2019 On Singing the Body Formless and Electric, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA (curated by Lisa Alembik)
Down the Up Road, Mudhouse Residency, Agios Ioannis, Crete, Greece
2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
MFA Students in Painting and Drawing, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Athens, GA
Love in All Its Many Forms, The K.A. Artist Shop Gallery, Athens, GA
2018 David & Goliath: OCAF’s Annual Small Works and their Colossal Counterparts, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
Pool Party, Ready-Made Art Shows, New York, NY
Alumni Art Exhibition, Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
Media Circus, Trio Contemporary Art Gallery, Athens, GA (curated by Tatiana Veneruso)
Final Etchings, Printmaking Project Space Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
MFA Students in Painting and Drawing, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Athens, GA
43nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA (Juror: Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis) (catalog)
Love, in All Its Many Forms, The K.A. Artist Shop Gallery, Athens, GA
Show Swap, Ernest G. Welch Campus Gallery, Georgia State, University, Atlanta, GA
La Mostra: Cortona 2017, Dodd Galleries, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2017 Home For the Holidays, The K.A. Artist Shop Gallery, Athens, GA
Show Swap: A Selection of MFA Work from the Painting and Drawing Department of UGA, The Contemporary Gallery at the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Spotlight on the Arts Silent Auction, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2017 Making Masters, Madison Museum of Fine Art, Madison, GA (curated by Cicely Hazell and Abigail Kosberg)
La Mostra, UGA Cortona, Cortona, Italy
Spring Showcase, The K.A. Artist Shop Gallery, Athens, GA
MFA Students in Painting and Drawing, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Athens, GA
Silent Auction, Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
M4: Mint Annual Juried Exhibition, Hathaway Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Victoria Camblin, Editor and Artistic Director of ART PAPERS Magazine)
42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA (Juror: Susan Krane, Oshman Executive Director of the San Jose Museum of Art) (catalog)
2017 Love, in All Its Many Forms, The K.A. Artist Shop Gallery, Athens, GA
Silent Auction for Breast Cancer, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2016 Spotlight on the Arts Silent Auction, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Locus: MFA First-Year Exhibition, Bridge Gallery, University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA (curated by Claire Dempster and Cicely Hazell)
Show Swap, The Contemporary Gallery at the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Reciprocity, Ernest G. Welch Campus Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2013 Identity, Rounds Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Juried Student Art Exhibition, Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Juror: Kathryn Price, curator of special projects at Williams College Museum of Art)
2012 AIDS Benefit, Case Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2011 Juried Student Art Exhibition, Syracuse University Abroad, Florence, Italy (Juror: Marco Cianchi, Professor of Art History at Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and California State University and Arabella Natalini, Art Historian and Curator of EX3)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 – Present Art Instructor, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Mixed Media and Collage | Color and Composition | Art Journaling
2020 – Present Private Art Instructor, Catherine Lucky Chang, Palo Alto, CA
2020 – Present Livestream Yoga Teacher via Zoom, Catherine Lucky Chang, Palo Alto, CA
2019 – 2020 Activities Director, Yoga and Fitness Instructor, City Sports Fitness, Fremont, CA
2018 – 2019 Yoga Teacher, Five Points Yoga, Athens, GA
2017 – 2019 Instructor of Record, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Color and Composition, (3 semesters) | Drawing I (1 semester)
2016 – 2019 Yoga Teacher and Fitness Instructor, The Gym at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA
2015 – 2019 Fitness Instructor and Front Desk, West Coast Workout Studio, Atlanta, GA
2018 Summer Volunteer, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
Summer Intern, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH
2017 Printmaking Studio Assistant, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
Mostra Exhibition Assistant, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
Art Library Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Library Assistant, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
2016 – 2017 Painting and Drawing Area Tech, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Drawing I (1 semester)
2015 – 2016 Yoga Teacher, City Club of Buckhead Athletic Club and Spa, Atlanta, GA
2015 - 2016 Product Lead, Nielsen, Arlington, VA
2014 – 2015 Product Manager, Nielsen, Arlington, VA
2013 – 2014 Data Analyst, Nielsen, Arlington, VA
2013 Gallery Assistant and Printmaking Intern, Comune di Barga and Swietlan Kraczyna, Barga, Italy
2012 Editorial intern, Art Papers Magazine, Atlanta, GA
2012 Gallery Intern, Anne Irwin Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 Design Intern, Infinity, Florence, Italy
AWARDS | GRANTS | HONORS
2019 Tina Marie Plein-Air Grant, Runner-up Award, Mauser Ecohouse Artist Residency, Esterillos Este, Costa Rica
2018 – 2019 Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award in Painting and Drawing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2018 Willson Center Graduate Research Award, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Ed Lambert Award, 43nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA (Juror: Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis) (catalog)
2017 – 2018 Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award in Painting and Drawing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2017 Merit Award, 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA (Juror: Susan Krane, Oshman Executive Director of the San Jose Museum of Art) (catalog)
Mary Rosenblatt Art Scholarship, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Graduate Dean's Award for International Study, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Judy Voss Jones Cortona Art Scholarship, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Jane Willson Cortona Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
UGA Franklin College of Arts & Sciences Cortona Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
UGA Foundation Incentive Scholarship for Study Abroad: Cortona, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2016 – 2017 Graduate Assistantship Award in Painting and Drawing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2013 All College Honors, Summa Cum Laude, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Gallery and Printmaking Summer Funded Internship Award Recipient, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Heck Prize, Management and Business, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Seymour and Sylvia Goldman Memorial Prize, Management and Business, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Jefferson Huff ’88 Prize in Business, Management and Business, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2013 Studio Art Advanced Painting Student Opportunity Fund Grant, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2010 – 2013 Dean’s List Highest Honors Award
2012 Studio Art Honors Independent Study in Watercolor Student Opportunity Fund Grant, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2011 Best in Drawing, Juried Student Art Exhibition, Syracuse University Abroad, Florence Italy
Linda Liebig Endowed Scholarship, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2010 Dorothea Jackson Citti ’46 Scholarship, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2009 Dean’s List Award
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Chasteen, Abigail, “Catherine Chang: Meditative Peace Meets Art,” 29 April 2019, https://abigailchasteen.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/catherine-chang-meditative-peace-meets-art/.
2018 Exit, Merle, “Queens Artists Featured in Long Island City Exhibit,” 12 May 2018, https://www.timesledger.com/stories/2018/19/natureinart_2018_05_11_q.html.
2017 “9th Annual Making Masters Exhibition,” 26 September 2017, https://art.uga.edu/news-and-events/9th-annual-making-masters-exhibition.
BURNAWAY Staff, “Terry on the Town,” BURNAWAY: The Voice of Art in the South, 25 April 2017, https://burnaway.org/feature/terry-on-the-town/.
MINT, “MINT presents M4: Second Severn Crossing at HATHAWAY Contemporary,” 10 April 2017, https://mintatl.org/exhibition/mint-presents-m4-second-severn-crossing-hathaway-contemporary.
Smith, Jennifer, “Lyndon House Presents Juried Exhibition, and More Art News,” Flagpole, 12 April 2017, http://www.flagpole.com/arts-culture/art-notes/2017/04/12/lyndon-house-presents-juried-exhibition.
2011 Jennifer Morales, “Studio Art Student Show,” Villa Rossa Voice, Fall 2011, http://suflorence.syr.edu/publications/VillaRossaVoice/villarossavoice/villa-rossa-voice_fall-2011.pdf.
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
2019 “Awakening Within: The Joy is in the Discovery,” Athenaeum @ UGA, MFA Theses, Published online: May 2019.
2017 “Connections through Mindful Artmaking,” Brush Magazine, Issue 2, November 2017.
Elzbieta Lepkowska-White and Catherine Chang, “Meanings of Food among Polish and American Young Women,” Journal of East-West Business, Vol 23, Issue 3, pp. 1-22. Received 16 Nov 2016, Accepted 24 Mar 2017, Published online: 15 June 2017.
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2019 “Awakening Within: The Joy is in the Discovery,” MFA Speaks, University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
“Awakening Within: The Joy is in the Discovery,” Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Competition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2016 Mindful Art Journaling: Skills Swap Workshop, University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2014 Elzbieta Lepkowska-White and Catherine Chang, “Friend or Foe? Food in the Eyes of Young Consumers: The Many Perceptions of Food,” American Marketing Association Public Policy Conference, Boston, MA, June 6-9, Abstract in Conference Proceedings
2013 "The Perception of Food Among Young Consumers”, Senior Honors Thesis, Independent Study in Management and Business, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2012 Honors Forum Citizenship Art Education Workshop Project, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Vermont, US (Forthcoming)
Lancaster Press Residency, Fiji (Forthcoming)
2019 Mauser Ecohouse Residency, Tina Marie Plein-Air Grant, Runner-up Award, Esterillos Este, Costa Rica (October)
Mudhouse Residency, Agios Ioannis, Crete (July)
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2020 Oriol Gallery, https://oriolgallery.com/artists/catherine-lucky-chang
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2013 Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, Hillsboro, VA
2011 Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, Williamsburg, KY
Florence Marathon, Florence Italy
2007 – 2009 Service Leader, Foundation for Hospital Art, Pace Academy, Atlanta, GA
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spoken Mandarin Chinese; Conversational Spanish; Basic Italian
REFERENCES [upon request]