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Catherine Frances Rayner

Education
2004 Edinburgh College of Art
BA (Hons) Visual Communication - Illustration (2.1)
2000 Leeds College of Art and Design
Diploma in Foundation Studies - Art and Design (merit)

Books Published
Posy Illustrated By Catherine Rayner, written By Linda Newberry. Published by Orchard Books, London (April 2008)

Harris Finds His Feet Written and Illustrated By Catherine Rayner.
Published By Little Tiger Press, London (April 2008)

Augustus and His Smile Written and Illustrated By Catherine Rayner. Published By Little Tiger Press, London (April 2006)

Awards
Shortlisted Dundee City of Discovery Picture Book Award 2007 Shortlisted The Norfolk Libraries Children’s Book Award 2007 Shortlisted “Read It Again!” Cambridgeshire Children’s Book Award 2007
Shortlisted Royal Mail Scottish Children’s book Awards (0-7 category) 2007
Shortlisted Kate Greenaway Medal 2006. For outstanding children’s picture books.
Winner Best New Illustrator, Booktrust Early Years Awards 2006 Shortlisted V&A Illustration Awards 2006
Shortlisted Child Magazine Best Children’s Book Awards 2006
Winner Edinburgh College of Art, The Andrew Grant Degree Show Award 2004
Runner-up The Macmillan Prize 2004 for Children’s Picture Book Illustration
Winner The J Sainsbury Award 2000 for A-Level Art

Exhibitions
2008 Whitehouse Gallery (Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway) ‘All Creatures Great’
The Illustration Cupboard (London) ‘The Best New Illustrators’
Affordable art Fair, Bristol (With Sarah Wiseman Gallery)
Will’s Art Warehouse (London) ‘Wild’
Bologna World Book Festival (Italy 2008)
Pennel Gallery (Peebles) ‘Spring Watch’
Line Gallery (Linlithgow) ’The way we see it…’

2007 Caledoniart @ Smithfield Gallery, London
Whitehouse Gallery (Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway) ‘Country Pursuits III’
Frankfurt Book Fair (Germany 2007)
Affordable Art Fair, London (With Sarah Wiseman Gallery)
Baxters (Dartmouth) ‘Menagerie’
Sarah Wiseman Gallery (Oxford) Summer Show
Just Scottish Gallery (Edinburgh) Solo Show
Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh) Solo Show
Affordable Art Fair, Bristol (With Sarah Wiseman Gallery)
Bologna World Book Festival (Italy 2007)
Edinburgh Printmakers ‘Secret Kingdoms’ Solo Show
Whitehouse Gallery (Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway) Joint exhibition with Valerie Sadler

2006 The Line (Linlithgow, West Lothian) Autmn Exhibition
Whitehouse Gallery (Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway) ‘Country Pursuits II’
Baxters (Dartmouth, Devon) Gallery inaugral show
Flat Cat Gallery (Lauder, Berwickshire) Summer show
Just Scottish Gallery (Edinburgh) Festival exhibition
Red Barn Gallery (Melkinthorpe, Penrith) ‘A Country Living’
The Maiden Bridge Arts Centre (Tatham, Lancaster) Spring show
Panik Gallery (Killearn, Glasgow) Early Summer exhibition
Glasgow Art Fair (George Square, Glasgow)
Bologna World Book Festival (Italy 2006)
Red Barn Gallery (Melkinthorpe, Penrith) ‘Rights of Spring’
Just Scottish Gallery (Edinburgh)‘Animals, Myths and Fables’

2005 Compass Gallery (Glasgow) Christmas exhibition
Edinburgh Printmakers (Union Street) Christmas exhibition
Glasgow Print Studio (Glasgow) Christmas exhibition
Sculpture Lounge (Holmfirth, Leeds) Christmas exhibition
Flat Cat Gallery (Lauder, Berwickshire) Summer show
Marchmont Gallery (Edinburgh) Group show
Sculpture Lounge (Holmfirth, Leeds) Summer show
Bologna World Book Festival (Italy 2005)
Gallery 42 (Tadcaster, York) Spring show
Sculpture Lounge (Holmfirth, Leeds) Solo show

2004 Panik gallery (Killearn, Glasgow) Group show
Red Door Gallery (Edinburgh) Art in a suitcase
D&AD Graduate Exhibition (London)
Edinburgh College of Art Degree show

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