1986/88Diploma of Fine Arts (Printmaking), Phillip Institute (RMIT), Melbourne
1989Lithos Press, Printmaking Assistant to John Robinson
1990Diploma of Education, Hawthorn Institute of Technology, (Melbourne University)
2007/11MFA Fine Arts, Monash University, Melbourne
Oct 2011 - Jan 2012PointB Studio Residency, Brooklyn, NYC
Nov 2013 - Jan 2014PointB Studio Residency, Brooklyn NYC
Sept 2016 - Nov 2016Residency at the Australian Tapestry Workshop
Dec 2017 - Jan 2018Travelled to London
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019Travelled to Japan
April 2019 - May 2019Travelled to Vietnam
2024Reflecting Spaces, Tacit Art, Collingwood
2023Hidden Spaces, Tacit Art, Collingwood
2020Sub-Divide, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne
2019Negative Construct, REY AREA (Rmit)
2018Obstructing Views, 73 Cromwell St. Collingwood
2015The Architect Considers, Cox Architecture, Flinders Lane Melbourne
2014It’s a Twin Thing, Neospace, Collingwood
2014PointB Studio Residency Exhibition
2013Masking the City, Dear Patti Smith Gallery, Melbourne
2012Gearbox Gallery Site Specific Installation
2012Imagined Cities, Form Studio and Gallery, Queanbeyan, ACT
2011Open Studio Residency Exhibition, Point B, Brooklyn, NY, NY 11211 USA
2011Imagined Cities, Jenny Port Gallery, Richmond
2010Irwin Consult Commission Exhibition, 1 East Melbourne, Level 3
2009Tracing Space: a generic city of the imagination, Jenny Port Gallery
2009Tracing Space 3, LSM (Light, Space Modulator), ARS Upstairs @ the Napier Hotel
2008Tracing Space Stage 2 (Light, Space Modulator), ARS Upstairs @ the Napier Hotel
2008St.Luke Installation, Melbourne, (Beijing works)
2009Red Gate Studio Residency Exhibition, Bei Gao, Beijing, China
2007Tracing Space – Stage 1, Warehouse Show, 313 Victoria St., Abbotsford
2006T.O.A.S.T Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour, Hudson Street Studios New York 2005 Elaboration, persistence, mutation, decay: an investigation of urban architecture, Coppin Street warehouse, Richmond
2003Urban Encounters: fragments/shards, Red Gallery, Melbourne 2000 The NY, NY Experiment, Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne 1999 Roam, Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne
1998Elements of...... Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne
2023ArtBox Group Exhibition at Tacit Gallery
2023Alliance 2, Poljski/Blyton Collaboration, Queenscliff Gallery.
2023Substrate, Tacit Art, Collingwood
2022NU28 Inaugural Opening Exhibition, Armadale
2022SWAN HILL Print Prize Exhibition, Swan Hill Regional Gallery
2022EDITIONS 22, Tacit Art
2022Tacit Voices, Curated by Tim Bateman, Tacit Art
2022SuperImposed, No Vacancy Gallery, Curated by Lana de Jager
2021Peebles Print Prize Exhibition, Queenscliff Gallery
2019MoP&A (Museum of Platitudes and Aphorisms), curated by Phil Edwards, C3 Contemporary
2019Editions 2019, Tacit Contemporary, Collingwood
2018The Alliance: Louise Blyton Cat Poljski Neospace, Collingwood
2017ATWAIR16 Australian Tapestry Workshop
2017Portland Bay Press Two Cities in Print: artists navigate Portland&Melbourne
2017Warrnamool Art Gallery, Two Cities in Print: artists navigate Warrnambool&Melbourne
2016PROOF, Port Jackson Press Gallery
2016Documenting Silence, St Hellier, Abbotsford Convent
2016Lettered Print Exchange, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop
2015Magical, Curated by Rona Green, Neospace, Collingwood
2015de.con.struct, curated by Krista Svalbonas, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon New York
2015Editions 2015, Tacit Contemporary Art, Abbotsford
201518 x 8 From Point A to Point B and back again, Honoring 18 years of hosting International Artists in Brooklyn, PointB, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC. January 2015
2014American Australian Association, Dame Joan Sutherland Fund, Arts Showcase, Oct. 2014, 25W 31st Street,Floor 2, New York
201437°48’S Artists Navigate Melbourne, Curated by Dianna Gold and Carmel Wallace, Sofitel, Melbourne 2014 The Abject Museum of the Absurd, curated by Phil Edwards. RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne 2013 Monstrous Project, curated by Rona Green, Neo Space, Collingwood, Mebourne
2013Small Screen Video Exhibition (Melbourne Fringe Festival) ARI Upstairs at the Napier
2013Urban Art, Port Jackson Press, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2012Non-Objective to Present, Curated by Stephen Wickham, Langford 120 Gallery
2011Smorgasboard, Jenny Port Gallery, Richmond
201121New: a selection of recent acquisitions exhibition, Banyule Arts Space
2011Pressing Matters, Melbourne Printmakers, Jenny Port Gallery,Melbourne
2010Stone Love, Lancaster Press, Brooklyn, Melbourne
2010The Exquisite Palette, St. Luke Artist Colourmen
201052 Print Portfolio curated by Rona Green, Geelong Gallery
20092009 Guanlan International Print Biennial, Guanlan Museum, Shenzhen, China
2008The Exquisite Palette, St.Luke Artist Colourmen
2007Inaugural Group Show, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne
2005Darebin Latrobe Acquisitive Prize Exhibition, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
2005Distant Noises, Group Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2005Humane Society International Fundraising Exhibition, Motor Work Gallery
2005Salon 2005, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2004A4 Annual Exhibition, West Space, Melbourne
200429th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
2004The Hutchins Art Prize Exhibition, the Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania
2004Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards’, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
2004Another Misspent Portrait of Etienne de Silhouette, curated by Christian Capurro, West Space
2004Melbourne Affordable Art Show, (represented by Red Gallery), Royal Exhibition Buildings
2004Environs, curated by Dennis Chapman, Dante’s Upstairs Gallery, Melbourne
2003Distant Noises’ Project Collaboration, RMIT Faculty Gallery, Melbourne
2003White Cube Project, Dante’s Upstairs Gallery, Melbourne
2003The Hutchins Art Prize Exhibition, Tthe Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania
2003Darebin Latrobe Acquisitive Prize Exhibition, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
2003A4 Art, 10th Annual Fundraiser Exhibition, West Space, Melbourne
2002Celebrating 21 Years of Printmaking, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
2002Kiss My Art, Collaborative Installation, Window works, Franco Cozzo, Melbourne
2002Red Gallery Annual Group Show, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2001The Hutchins Art Prize Exhibition, the Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania
1999The CPM Print Acquisition Awards Exhibition, Tweed River Regional Gallery, N.S.W
1998Cigar Boxes – Made in Cuba, curated by George Matoulos, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Leviathan Building, Melbourne
1998Travelling Exhibition to Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria and Gippsland Art Gallery Victoria
1998The Cask – An Aussie Icon, curated by George Matoulos, NGV
1998Travelling Exhibition to Cairns Regional Gallery, Qld and Townsville Regional Gallery
1992Between Cultures, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
1992Up RRRoar, Fringe Studios Gallery, Melbourne
1991Printmaker and Photographer, Ripe Gallery, Melbourne
1989Linden Gallery Group Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1988Latrobe Undergraduate Exhibition, Latrobe University Gallery, Melbourne
1988Graduate Show, P.I.T Space, Melbourne
2012Greenfields, Images for Web Site – www.greenfields.com.au
2009Irwin Consult Commission, Phil Gardiner, Melbourne
2008Phil Taylor Commission
2003Print Council of Australia Commissioned Prints, Melbourne 2003 PCA Distant Noises Collaboration, Melbourne
1999Fratelli Paradisi Mural Installation, Potts Point, Sydney
201518 x 8 From Point A to Point B and back again, Honoring 18 years of hosting International Artists in
2015Brooklyn, PointB, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC
2016Ivanhoe Private Commission
2016Irwin Consult Memorial Commission for Peter Dalgleish
2008Dame Joan Sutherland Grant, America/Australia Association
2008Monash University Travel Grant
International Kunst Heute 2016, Martina Kolle, IKH Publishing Brunnestr.18. 86938 Schondorf b.Munchen
Non Objective to Present, Catalogue essay written by Sophia Errey, March 2012
Imagined Cities, Catalogue essay written by Dr. Christopher Heathcote, Oct. 2011
Imprint, Winter 2011, Vol. 46, Imagined Cities, by Richard Harding.
The Age, Review written by Dan Rule, Oct. 2011
Contemporary Art Studio,Yang Wei, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, April 2008
Beijing Elaboration, persistence, mutation, decay: an investigation of urban architecture, Exhibition catalogue essay written by Peter Newbury, Melbourne Grammar, Victoria, Oct. 2005
The Age, “With the city in their Sights”, review written by Robert Nelson, October 29, 2003
Imprint, Spring 2003, Vol. 38, Commissioned Prints
Darebin Latrobe Acquisitive Art Prize Catalogue, curated by Jacqueline Healey, July 2003
Roam Exhibition Catalogue: ROAM, essay written by Steven Kafkariosos, State Library of Victoria, Sept. 1999
Cat Poljski lives and works in Melbourne. She graduated A DIPLOMA OF FINE ARTS at Philip Institute and has completed a MASTER OF FINE ARTS at Monash University. She has exhibited widely in numerous solo and group exhibitions. In 2008 Cat completed a RED GATE Studio residency in Beijing, China. She lived and worked in New York City, Italy and Munich.
In October 2011 till December 2011 Cat worked at POINT B in Brooklyn NY in an artist’s residency program and had a solo studio exhibition. She has worked directly with architect group, Irwin Consult, on a group of commissioned prints made specifically for the architects and their buildings. These prints are currently held in the offices at East Melbourne. Cat has also worked in collaboration with Peter Lancaster at Lancaster Press on a series of lithographs.
Publications include ‘Contemporary Art Studio’ produced and edited by Beijing Art Media Centre for Hunan Fine Art Press and ‘Imprint’, Winter 2011 Edition. Her work is held in private collections.