Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2019 In The Field (Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens, Hobart)
Coastal : Botanical (Narek Gallery, Bermagui NSW)
2018 Inflorescence (Sabbia Gallery, Sydney)
a visit to the river (Beaver Galleries, Canberra)
2016 On the Nature of Things (Sabbia Gallery, Sydney)
From the Red Heart (with Sharon Field at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra)
2015 Wonder & Loss (Narek Galleries, Tanja NSW)
From the Landscape (with Neville French, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney)
Islands & Corridors (PhD graduation exhibition, School of Art Gallery Australian National University, Canberra)
2014 The Arid Zone (CraftACT: Craft and Design Centre Crucible Showcase, Canberra)
2013 Painting the Hills of Canberra (CraftACT: Craft and Design Centre Gallery, Canberra)
2012 Canberra Bells and Ginninderra Peppercress (CraftACT: Craft and Design Centre Crucible Showcase)
2005 Thermocouple (with Chris Harford at Watson Arts Centre Gallery, Canberra)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Endemic Earth (Kingston Council Gallery, Tasmania)
Drawings - Ceramic Masters 2019 (Sabbia Gallery, Sydney)
2018 Wild: Flora and Fauna in Australian Art, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
Cultivate: inspired by nature (Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW)
Something Blue - Ceramic Masters (Sabbia Gallery, Sydney)
Celebration: 20 years of collecting visual art at CMaG (Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra)
2017 Clunes Ceramic Award (Union Bank Arts Centre, Clunes Victoria)
Lines of Site: finding the sublime in Canberra (M16 Artspace, Griffith ACT)
Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize (Ravenswood School, Gordon, NSW)
Naturally Yours (School of Art & Design Gallery, ANU, Canberra)
Artist-in-Residence: arts, heritage and the environment 10 Year anniversary celebration (CraftACT, Canberra)
Inaugural Klytie Pate Award (Mansfield Glass and Art incorporating Ceramics, Mansfield, Victoria)
Vice-Chancellor's College Artist Fellows Scheme (School of Art Foyer Gallery, ANU, Canberra)
2016 Small Works 2016 (Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT)
Delicate Touch V (Narek Galleries, Tanja NSW)
Doug Alexander (Drill Hall Gallery, ANU Canberra)
Citizens of Craft (CraftACT: Craft and Design Centre)
Ignition Awards 2016 (Maroochy Botanic Gardens, Tanawha, QLD)
Bush Capital: the natural history of the ACT (Canberra Museum and Gallery)
2016 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards (Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, QLD)
2015 2015 Clunes Ceramic Award (Union Bank Arts Centre, Clunes, Victoria)
A Potted History of Canberra Region Ceramics (Canberra Museum and Gallery)
Stomping Ground (ACT Legislative Assembly Gallery, Canberra)
Surround/s (Watson Arts Centre, Canberra)
2015 Australian Ceramics Triennale Presenters Exhibition (School of Art Gallery, ANU, Canberra)
Belonging (School of Art Foyer Gallery, ANU, Canberra)
2014 The Course of Objects (Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney)
Art and Environment in a Suitcase Exhibition (ANU travelling exhibition, Canberra)
Contemporary Porcelain (Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney)
2013 Inhabit (CraftACT: Craft and Design Centre Gallery, Canberra)
Bega Country Show (Bega Art Gallery and Museum, Bega)
2012 Signature (CraftACT: Craft and Design Centre Gallery, Canberra)
2011 Material Matters (School of Art Gallery ANU, Canberra)
2010 Graduating Students Exhibition (Master of Visual Arts, School of Art Gallery ANU)
2006 Impact (Watling Galleries, Brisbane)
Gallery Representation
Sabbia Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
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Beaver Galleries, Deakin, Canberra
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Selected Awards and Grants
2018 Open Award, Ignition Awards for Ceramic Excellence, Nambour, QLD
Capital Arts Patron’s Organisation Funding
2017 Highly Commended (2017 Clunes Ceramic Award)
People's Choice Award (Inaugural Klytie Pate Award)
ACT Arts Fund, Project Funding
2016 300g Award (Ignition Awards 2016)
Scott Brickworks Aquisitive Award (2016 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Award)
Walker Ceramic Award (Canberra Potters' Society Annual Exhibition)
2011-15 Australian Postgraduate Award
2015 Walker Ceramics and People's Choice Awards (Canberra Potters' Society Annual Exhibition)
2013 CraftACT: Craft and Design Centre Award (Canberra Potters’ Society Annual Exhibition)
2012 Doug Alexander Award (Canberra Potters’ Society Annual Exhibition)
2009 ANU School of Art Nelson Nichols Scholarship in Ceramics
2009-10 Tertiary Student Award (Canberra Potters’ Society Annual Exhibition)
2002 Walker Ceramics Award (Canberra Potters’ Society Annual Exhibition)
Institutional Collections
Parliament House Art Collection, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT Legislative Assembly Art Collection, Canberra Centenary Time Capsule, University of Wollongong Art Collection, Research School of Biology (Australian National University)
Academic History
2011-15 Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Ceramics workshop in the School of Art, Australian National University
An Australian Botanical Narrative: a practice-led enquiry into representations of Australian flora on the ceramic vessel
as an expression of environmental culture (awarded 15 December 2015)
2010 Master of Visual Arts (Ceramics), Australian National University
1985 Bachelor of Science, University of Sydney
Residencies
2018 Fremantle Arts Centre
Art of the Threatened Species (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and Orana Arts)
2016 Vice-Chancellor's College Artist Fellows Scheme, Australian National University (Research School of Biology)
CraftACT: Craft and Design Centre (National Arboretum Canberra and Gudgenby Ready-Cut Cottage, October)
Bundanon Trust, Illaroo, NSW (December)
Selected Publications
2018 My Garden Path, Gardening Australia, ABC TV (Series 29/07 March 14, 2018)
A Place for Plants, Meredith Hinchliffe, Journal of Australian Ceramics, 57/2
Cousins, Kerry-Anne. Ceramic evocation of a coastal scene, Canberra Times 22 February 2018, p 18
Hinchliffe, Meredith. Franzi's ceramics burst with confidence after river visit, Citynews.com 26 February 2018
2017 Choi, Sukjin, 'Cathy Franzi', Korean Ceramics Monthly Vol. 258
2015 Franzi, C., 'An Australian Botanical Narrative', Journal of Australian Ceramics 55/2
2014 Franzi, C., ‘Botanical Ceramics', Ceramics Ireland 32, pp12-14
Franzi, C., ‘Art and Environment in a Suitcase Exhibition’, Seed Broadcast Journal, USA, www.seedbroadcast.org. p12
2013 Franzi, C., ‘Ceramics and The Australian Botanical Narrative’, Journal of Australian Ceramics 52/3, pp38-44
2011 Franzi, C., ‘Two Communities – the Language of Clay’, Journal of Australian Ceramics 50/3, pp76-77
2006 Gallery section, Journal of Australian Ceramics 45/1, p81
2005 Franzi, C., ‘President Profile’, Journal of Australian Ceramics 44/1, p6
Franzi, C., ‘Society Profile’, Journal of Australian Ceramics 44/1, pp7-9
1996 Franzi, C., ‘Time for Tea’, Pottery in Australia 35/4, pp36-37
Franzi, C., ‘Chris Harford’, Pottery in Australia 35/4, pp40-41
Franzi, C. and Harford, C., ‘Potting in Thailand’, Ceramic Review 157, pp32-34