August 3 ˆ September 2, 2006 Ed Osborn Nina Katchadourian In conjunction with ISEA conference

CATHARINE CLARK GALLERY HISTORY

Since 1995 Catharine Clark Gallery has been situated in the Union Square area of downtown San Francisco, California. The gallery program, which began in 1991 as Morphos Gallery, presents the work of local, national and international emerging and mid-career contemporary artists. A wide range of media is included in the gallery stores with an emphasis on content driven work that challenges both the traditional use of materials and formal aesthetics.

 Catharine Clark has pioneered the presentation of new media art in San Francisco and, to date, has the only commercial gallery in the area with a dedicated video project room. Exhibitions are hosted on a 4 ˆ 6 week schedule and generally feature one or two solo artist exhibitions, in addition to video and project room installations. Featured artists in the video room have included such established figures as William Kentridge, Kutlug Ataman and Ann Hamilton.

The gallery programming has garnered critical attention from numerous publications, including The New York Times, ArtForum International, Flash Art, Teme Celeste and Art Review. Gallery artists have exhibited at many esteemed national and international institutions, such as Museum of Modern Art (New York, New York), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, New York), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, California), Serpentine Gallery (London, England), and Queensland Museum of Art (Brisbane, Australia), among others. Additionally the gallery actively participates in the blossoming culture of art fairs and stages fair presentations regularly in Los Angeles, New York and Miami among other cities, as well as presentations at fairs internationally.