Catalina Chervin

b. 1953, Corrientes, Argentina – lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Born in Corrientes, Argentina, Catalina Chervin graduated from the National School of Fine Arts Ernesto de la Cárcova.  Based in Buenos Aires, she has also worked with various print workshops in New York City.

A master draftswoman, Chervin’s unique practice is characterized by precise mark-making that the artist works and reworks for what often stretches into multiple years.  Over time, these carefully rendered graphic traces build into dense layers that seem to hover on the edge of entropy, yet remain balanced by Chervin’s controlled restraint.  Drawing viewers into their psychologically-fraught atmospheres, the resulting artworks create a sensation of deep perspectival space that at times conjure forth landscapes, emotional states, or haunting presences. 

Chervin has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship (2004 and 2015) and the Fondo Nacional de las Artes Fellowship in Buenos Aires (2001).  Artworks by Chervin are in prestigious public and private collections internationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; the New York Public Library; the Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.; the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California; the Blanton Museum of Art, the University of Texas, Austin; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and the Albertina Museum, Vienna, among others.

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Catalina Chervin's Upcoming Exhibition

Catalina Chervin's Upcoming Exhibition

We are pleased to announce Catalina Chervin's upcoming exhibition:

Catalina Chervin: Catharsis, Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary, New York

On view: April 22 - June 11, 2021.

To read Robert C. Morgan's Review for The Brooklyn Rail, click here.

To read a review by Alberto Barral for ArtNexus, please click here.

Catalina Chervin at the MACBA

Catalina Chervin at the MACBA

We are pleased to announce Catalin Chervin's upcoming solo exhibition: 
Atmospheres and Entropy, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA), Argentina
Curator: Dr. Angel Navarro
Opening Reception: March 6, 2020.
On view: March 6 - May 10, 2020.
Catalina Chervin new exhibitions

Catalina Chervin new exhibitions

We are pleased to announce Catalina Chervin's new exhibitions:

Atmospheres and Entropy: Works on paper at Art Museum of the Americas, The OAS F Gallery, Washington, D.C. from September 7 to October 30, 2016.

Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 7 at 6pm

Catalina Chervin's It and Canto at the Herman Maril Teaching and Research Gallery in the University of Maryland Art Gallery from September 9 to October 30, 2016.

Catalina Chervin new exhibition

Catalina Chervin new exhibition

We are pleased to announce Catalina Chervin's new exhibition:

Colección de Catalina Chervin, El Museo Judío de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Exhibition dates: April 5th through May 15th, 2016

Opening reception: April 5th, 7pm

For more information about this exhibition, please click here.

Catalina Chervin's artist talk at NYU/Steinhardt

Catalina Chervin's artist talk at NYU/Steinhardt

We are pleased to announce Catalina Chervin's artist talk:

Catalina Chervin, Drawings and Prints, Einstein Auditoruim in Barney

Wednesday, December 9th, 2015 at 6:30pm

34 Stuyvesant Street, New York

Catalina Chervin Exhibition at The Art Gallery, University of Maryland

Catalina Chervin Exhibition at The Art Gallery, University of Maryland

We are pleased to announce Catalina Chervin's group exhibition:

Streams of Being: Selections from the Art Museum of the Americas, The Art Gallery

University of Maryland, March 25 through April 25, 2015

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Catalina Chervin's upcoming exhibition

Catalina Chervin's upcoming exhibition

Guzmán / Chervin / Guzmán, Galeria Palatina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

On view November 12 - December 1, 2014

Opening reception on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, 7pm

For more information about this exhibition, please click here.

Catalina Chervin's upcoming exhibition

Catalina Chervin's upcoming exhibition

We are pleased to announce Catalina Chervin's upcoming exhibition:

The IntuitionistsThe Drawing Center, New York, July 11- August 24, 2014

Opening Reception: July 10, 6-8 PM

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