About Catherine Chesters
Artist. Designer. Educator.
Catherine Chesters is a multidisciplinary artist based in Sullivan County, Upstate New York. With a long-standing career in entertainment, branding, and television design, her studio practice has evolved as a deliberate counterpoint—an intuitive, experimental space where instinct leads and structure dissolves.
Rooted in mixed media abstraction, her work explores the tension between the natural world and the human psyche. Drawing on lived experience, memory, and observation, she transforms discomfort and contradiction into ethereal, playful imagery. Influenced by her background in graphic design, color theory, and printmaking, her process uncovers layered relationships between light, negative space, and form—balancing surreal language with optimism and curiosity.
Born in County Durham, England, Chesters holds a BA (Hons) in Media Production Design from the London College of Communication, along with advanced qualifications in graphic design and printmaking. Her work has been exhibited throughout New York and internationally, with collectors from London to Mallorca, and is represented by Cynthia Byrnes Art & Interiors and Elizabeth Sadoff Art Advisory.
She is the founder of Chesters Studio in Barryville, NY—a working studio and gallery dedicated to artistic practice, education, and community exchange. Alongside her own work, Catherine teaches workshops and classes through Bethel Woods, local institutions, and her studio, fostering accessible, experimental art experiences for adults and emerging artists.
Recognition
Catherine’s work is represented by Cynthia Byrnes Art and Interiors and Elizabeth Sadoff Art Advisory. Artwork has been exhibited in New York City, at the Womankind Resilience Art Exhibition, the Wassaic Project, and the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA), as well as internationally, with collectors from London to Mallorca.
Exhibition
2025 10/10-1025 Invisible ThreadChesters 16 Old Brook Road Barryville NY Collaboration/Jalena Hay
05/24 - 06/21 We are not Alone Chesters 16 Old Brook Road Barryville NY Collaboration/ David Barnett
12/21 - 01/21 the White Show Chesters 16 Old Brook Road Barryville NY Group Show
2024 05/ 16 - 03/3, Beauty In Break Down’ Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY12764 Solo Show
07/13-28 Hall & Chesters:Past Present Future Chesters 16 Old Brook Road Barryville NY Collaboration
2023 01/21-02/12 Hall Space Barryville, NY “Tranceformation” (Collaborative show /Geoffrey Hutchinson)
2019 02/ 6-03/3, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY Solo Show : "Fools Gold"
2018 09/27 -10/03/2018 RESILIENCE Group Show, One Space Art Space Warren Street. New York City
04/26-5/26 2018 City Roots Realty Park Slope Brooklyn Solo Show
05/09/2018 ‘Change of State ‘ Summer Exhibition. Wassaic Project Maxon Mills, NY Group Show