Introduction
Cathy Lomax (born 1963) is a London artist, curator and director of the Transition Gallery.
Life and career
Cathy Lomax is an artist mainly known for her figurative paintings. She has a BA Fine Art from London Guildhall University (2000), and an MA from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (2002). She said about painting:
She is the director of Transition Gallery in east London which focuses on new contemporary art by both emerging and established artists.
She also publishes and edits two magazines: Arty, an idiosyncratic publication featuring artwork and thoughts by a group of invited contributors, and Garageland, a glossy art and culture publication which examines pertinent art themes such as beauty, machismo or nature.
Arty was started in April 2001 as a reaction against established art magazines; it is written and illustrated by artists. It was described by her colleague Alex Michon as: an antidote to the kind of dry academic writing about art which was becoming increasingly elitist and out of touch with the kind of riky tiky, hand-made and heartfelt work which was appearing in minuscule galleries throughout the land.
Artist Stella Vine has commented on Lomax:
Shows
Exhibitions include:
The Image Duplicator (Contemporary Art Projects, London, 2009)
The Golden Record (Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, 2008)
Vignettes (Rosy Wilde 2006)
She's No Angel (James Coleman 2004)
Girl on Girl (Transition Gallery 2003)
Books
- "Arty: Greatest Hits" Transition Editions, ISBN 0-9548954-1-X (an anthology of excerpts from issues 1-16)