CURRENT NEWS

DECEMBER 2008- I was selected as a Finalist for the Bridge Art Fair Miami Basel Juried Competition and will be featured in the show catalog. The competition was organized by myartspace.com and had a great panel of jurors, including Elisabeth Sussman, Senior Curator, The Whitney Museum, Janet Bishop, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA, JoAnne Northrup, Senior Curator, San Jose Museum of Art and Michael Workman, Founder, Bridge Art Fair. For more info

NOVEMBER 2008- My letter Collage "Letter to Sadness" was accepted to the Cambridge Art Associtions Blue Show. This year the show was juried by Jen Mergel, Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in boston. The show will go up this month! For more info check out

OCTOBER 2008- My letter Collage "Letter to Winter" was accepted to the Cambridge Art Associtions Members Prize Show. This year the show was juried by Nick Capasso, Curator at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. The show will run until November 5th. For more info check out

SEPTEMBER 2008- My letter Collage "Letter to Summer" was not only accepted to the Blanche Ames National Show, but it also won 3rd prize! The show was juried by Richard Whitten. The opening was on Saturday, September 20th from 7-10 at the Blanche Ames Mansion in Sharon, MA. The show will be up for the rest of this month. For more info check out

SEPTEMBER 2008- STOLEN! STOLEN! STOLEN! This past weekend I participated in the Boston Arts Festival. The festival was great, I got to show and sell my work among 60 other artists. Unfortunately, one of my miniature paintings "Eve" was stolen! Please, if you have any information or ever come across this piece, realize that it was stolen and contact me as soon as possible.

SEPTEMBER 2008- September 27th, I will participating in MontFest, an event organized by Montserrat College of Art for the alumni. If you are in Beverly that day, make sure to stop by the Beverly Commons and check out "Art in the Park". I will be there among other alumni selling artwork!

JULY 2008 - Letters to You. I will be having ANOTHER solo exhibition this July! The exhibition will consist of my new series of Letter Collages which can be seen under my collage link. The exhibition is going to take place at Mimi Gallery in Ipswich. It will go up June 29th and the opening reception will take place Friday July 18th from 5:30-7:30pm. Click on the image thumbnails for more information! If you are not on my mailing list, feel free to email me your address so that I may send you a postcard invite for the show!

JULY-AUGUST 2008 - Several of my Letter Collages were accepted to the b.j. spoke GalleryŽs international juried exhibition; Paperworks 2008 in New York. The exhibition was juried by Samantha Rippner, Associate Curator, Dept. of Drawings and Prints of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. They will be exhibited in August, stay tuned for more details.

MAY 2008 - I have updated my website extensively!! Check it out. Paintings, collage and photos have been organized by series. I have also included two new series. The Animal Project can be seen under the Photography link. It is a series which combines animals and figures interacting with eachother. Also new, Collage Letters which can be seen under the Collage link. This is a series of letters to people and things which transforms literal words into shapes and color allowing specific structures and palettes to take over. Check them out!

ONGOING 2008 - GREETING CARDS AVAILABLE!!! I finally got around to getting Greeting Cards made of my work. Any image on my website is available as a greeting card! So take a look at what you like; paintings, collage, mixed media, photo etc. They are all titled and signed by me and are packaged in a clear envelope. Each Greeting Card is printed on stock card and comes with its own envelope as well as an info sheet about the artist printed on vellum paper!

$3 each!* ---------- $5 for two* ---------- Ten cards for $25 with FREE Shipping!
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ONGOING 2008 - CHECK IT OUT! - New series of miniature paintings; truly miniature! Average size around 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches. They are being sold for $40.00 each framed. The frame has a simple black edge and measures 6 x 4 inches. They are ideal for those spaces that are small, but need a burst of color! Check out the Miniatures link on the menu. For purchase, or more information on a piece, email me at catalinav@catalinaviejo.com

PAST NEWS....

APRIL / MAY 2008 - My painting "Alpha Kevin" was accepted to the Creative Arts Workshop Juried Show PAINTING AS PRESCENCE, juried by William Bailey, Kingman Brewster Professor of Art Emeritus, Yale University. The exhibition will run May 9 - June 27. The opening will take place Friday, May 9 5:30-7:30pm. "This exhibition reveals some of the richness and diversity of painters working today." The exhibition will be displayed in the Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, CT For additional information and directions see

JUNE 2008 - I will be exhibiting 10 of my paintings in Lowell, Saturday and Sunday June 14th and 15th as part of the ARTHOUSE exhibition. The exhibition will be open from 12pm - 6pm both days and will take place in the Hamilton Canal District,155 Middlesex St, Lowell MA. ARTHOUSE is an exciting exhibition in which, The Boston Home Team at Prudential Unlimited Realty and developers Community Glue collaborate to bring you the seventh installment of Arthouse, located for the first time outside of Metro Boston, in seven unique live /work lofts. This show will feature a combination of Boston and Lowell artists, exhibiting a variety of mediums including painting, photography, and sculpture. For more information on the exhibit, visit

Thank you so much to everyone who was able to go and see my exhibition Up Close and Personal. A lot of people came to the reception and I received a lot of feedback from everyone who went. Thank you again! The Boston Globe, The Salem News and The Beverly Citizen all wrote articles about the show. Check the links below to read them and enjoy the photos!

MARCH 2008 - Up Close and Personal: Catalina Viejo Lopez de Roda. This is my first solo show! I will be showing several of my portrait paintings as well as an installation of my miniature paintings. It is going to be a great show and I hope you will all get a chance to see it! The exhibition dates are March 24 - April 9. The Opening will be held Thursday, March 27th from 6:30-8pm. The exhibition will be at the Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly. For additional information and directions see

APRIL 2008 One of my small landscapes was accepted to the Interiors / Exteriors juried exhibition. The show was juried by James Hull, artist and curator. The show runs from April 4th until April 29th. The exhibition is in the Kathryn Schultz Gallery in Cambridge, MA. For additional information and directions see

MARCH 2008 - Three of my miniature paintings were accepted to The Micro Museum in NY "The Teeny Tiny Show". The exhibition dates are March 29 - May 17. The Opening will be held March 29th from 8-11pm. The exhibition will be at the Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY and will feature small works by 15 artists from 6 different states. For additional information and directions see

MARCH 2008 - Gallery XIV in Boston has organized "The Canvasation Project". This is a project in which different colleges and venues participated to create large collaborative paintings. I participated in the collaborative painting with Montserrat Faculty and Alumni. One of my new letter collages is also on display. The exhibition dates are March 7 - March 22. The Opening will be held March 27th from 6-9pm. The exhibition can be seen in Gallery XIV Boston, MA For additional information and directions see

JANUARY 2008 - Happy New Year everyone! My collage "Untitled-Squares" was accepted into the Cambridge Art AssociationŽs Juried Show "Shape". The show was Juried by the sculptor Joseph Wheelwright. The show will be up January 29-February 26. Opening Reception is February 9, noon-2pm For additional information see

SEPTEMBER 2007 - My painting "Charlie" was accepted into the 2007 Fall Brush Juried Show in New York, Juried by Peter Trippi, president of Projects in 19th century Inc and current editor of the magazine Fine Art Connoisseur. The show will be up for the month of October. Check out their website for more info!

SEPTEMBER 2007 - My work was selected to appear in the premier edition of Studio Visit Magazine! Juried by Michael Lash, the magazine is to be released sometime in January 2008. I will keep you updated!

SEPTEMBER 2007 - My work was accepted into the Blanche Ames National Juried Exhibition, Juried by Nan Hass Feldman, internationally known artist and educator. The show will be up until September 29th at the Ames Mansion, Borderland Park. The opening reception is September 15th, at 7pm. Hope you can make it!

MAY 15, 2007 One of my portrait collages was accepted to the Mills Pond House Gallery Annual Juried Competition! The exhibition was juried by Amy Smith-Stewart, curator at the Mary Boone Gallery. The exhibition will take place June 9 - July 14, 2007. The opening reception will be held on June 16, 2-4pm. The Gallery is located in St James, NY.

THE ISSUES IS OUT! GO TO THEIR WEBSITE TO SUSCRIBE! Four of my paintings will be published in the publication, Off Our Back, Womens Journal upcoming issue - April 2007! The paintings JULIE, KISSING AMBER, LA ALFOMBRA ROJA and LIANA will be illustrating the publication s article; Women of Color. A small artist bio will also be included! I will let you know when the issue comes out. You can check out their website:

Here is an article from the MiddlesexBeat; The BAAK Gallery, A Breath of Fresh Air which talks about the exhibition I curated at the BAAK Gallery. Click on the picture to read it. You can also download it and print it on the Download link on the menu!

I have been working on paintings and collages, but have also begun a new photo project. Here is a little preview, enjoy!

Also, you can finally see my new series of Portrait Collages! Check them out on the Mixed Media link on the menu!

Two of my most recent paintings, "La Alfombra Roja" and "Pápa" have been accepted to the Kingston Gallery New Art 06 national juried show The exhibition was juried by Susan D. Greenberg, PH.D.- Horace W. Goldsmith Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, Yale University Art Gallery. The exhibition will take place JULY 5 - AUGUST 5 2006. The opening will be held on Friday, July 7, 5-7:30pm. For more directions and more information contact

Expect to see a new mixed media series by the end of August! The series consists of a combination of my representational portraits and my abstract collages. Here are three examples.

I will have a piece in the Cambridge Art Association "New Members Exhibition" this Summer. The exhibition will be held July 12 - July 27 2006 and the opening will take place Thursday July 13, 5:30-7pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery, 25 Lowell Street, Cambridge For additional information see