Food for Thought

Catherine Haggarty is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her M.F.A from Mason Gross, Rutgers University in 2011, and is currently an adjunct professor at The School of Visual Arts (SVA). She also co-directs the NYC Crit Club. Her paintings and curatorial work have been reviewed by and featured in Hyperallergic, Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn Magazine, The New York Times, Maake Magazine, Art Maaze Magazine, Art Spiel, the Final Friday Podcast, Sound and Vision Podcast, The Black and White Project, Curating Contemporary’s book Eraser, and Young Space. From 2016 to 2019 she was a co-director of the artist-run space Ortega y Gasset in Brooklyn, NY. Select exhibitions include Morgan Lehman, Markel Fine Arts, N2N Gallery in New York, Art on Papier Fair with Project Pangee in Montreal Canada, Tripp Gallery in London, Galleria Dan-iele Agostini in Switzerland, Bridge Productions in Seattle, Able Baker Contemporary in Port-land Maine and CGK Gallery in Copenhagen. Solo shows include This Friday Next Friday (NYC), Bloomsburg University (PA), One Main Window (NY), One River School of Art and Design, Proto Gallery (NJ), and Look and Listen in Marseille France. Haggarty has been a visiting artist at Penn State University (2018), Hunter MFA (2020), Denison University MFA (2020), Brooklyn College MFA (2019), The Wassaic Project, Nars Foundation, Residency Unlimited, Trestle Gallery. Teaching experience includes Rutgers University, The School of Visual Arts, Hofstra University.

I selected works that made me stop for a moment. Either the work dealt with the formal qualities of beauty and representation or they challenged my idea of how to see, understand, and register the images. Some images and pieces did both of these things - those were the strongest selections to me. I loved how the number of artists chosen for the selection of this show gave me a personal glimpse into their world with a specificity and sense of humor all at once - this referenced ideas of consumption, romance, indulgence, and joy all at once. Bravo to all, thank you for letting me look at your work!