Participation in exhibitions, residencies, art fairs and photographic festivals form the central part of Catherine Jacobs’s artistic practice. She also regularly works with arts consultants on projects for hotels and interiors both nationally and in the USA.In 2008 she held a solo, participatory show of her Uncertainties series at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Dublin.

In 2007 Catherine won the Allied Irish Banks (AIB) Here & Now Photography Competition with her reportage image selected for the August section of their calendar. She participated in Photo-London 2007 with Zebra Projects and work from her In Proximity series was also shown by the gallery Flowers East in their annual Small is Beautiful exhibition. In February 2006 she was selected as Artist-in-Residence for the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust’s Viewfinder project. This is an innovative photographic project working with patients and staff of a large Cancer Ward to produce photographs of their favourite landscapes. Further involvements include Picture This, a charity auction in aid of War Child at the OXO Tower and Bargehouse, London, with artists Sam Taylor-Wood and Damien Hirst.

In 2005 Catherine staged a successful interactive solo exhibition of her ‘Uncertainties’ series at the Midlands Arts Centre (mac), in Birmingham. From 2002-3 Catherine held a prestigious Florence Trust Studio Residency and participated in Fresh ART with the studio group. Her work has also been included in international photography festivals such as Photo LA, 11th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exhibition and the Herefordshire Photography Festival. Other galleries that have shown her work include newbloodart.com, ArtSway, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, Artco and Harris-Interiors. Artist-led exhibitions also form an important aspect of Catherine’s practice and involvements include shows with the London artist-networking group Vision In Art, Sense and Sensuality with artist Annabel Kapp that toured five Shropshire Galleries and Re-union at the APT gallery.

A full curriculum vitae can be downloaded here