Textile Artist | Knitwear Designer
I am a textile artist and knitwear designer of wearable landscapes. I live and work in Salt Lake City, Utah. I am inspired by the incredible, rugged and sublime landscape around Utah, Great Salt Lake, and the Great Basin. I design a line of knitted items inspired by the history, landscape, and art of the area. Through this process I am finding meaning in landscape, a type of knitting *terroir*, that brings my home, my place, into the forefront of my life. And because of that, I have come to hone my thinking about environmentalism, conservation, and preservation of land. In 2015 I was Artist-in-Residence for Black Rock Desert National Conservation Area in Nevada and the 2016 Artist-in-Residence for Great Basin National Park. In 2019 I was Artist-in-Residence for Capitol Reef National Park. And in 2023 I was Artist-in-Residence for Glacier National Park.
I am also Curator of Education at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts where I design and implement family programs, visitor experience and community outreach. My profession informs my work and vice versa; inspiring people to be involved in their environment, to notice the landscape, and to create art.
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Contact: vcatherall@gmail.com
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Artwork shows and exhibitions:
May 2025 Broadleaf Cattails, Sego Lilies, Ute Ladies’ Tresses exhibited in the Healing Waters: Restoring our Relationship with Utah Lake exhibition at Utah Valley University Museum of Art, Orem, UT.
April 2025 Fireweed exhibited in the Spring Salon exhibition at Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT.
December 2024 Species of Concern: San Rafael Cactus exhibited in the Utah Division of Arts and Museums 125th Anniversary exhibition at Utah Valley University Museum of Art, Orem, UT.
October 2024 Glacier Time exhibited in the Utah Statewide Annual “24 exhibition at Ogden Contemporary Arts, Ogden, UT.
Summer 2024 Calliope Hummingbird, Clark’s Nutcracker, and Red-winged Blackbird exhibited in the Intersections: Utah Fiber Art exhibition at Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT.
Fall 2023 Shrouds for Great Salt Lake exhibited in the Alfred Lambourne Prize exhibition from Friends of Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake City, UT.
June 2023 Glacier National Park 2023 Artist in Residence.
June 2023 Various artworks exhibited in the Circles of Influence exhibition at the Salt Lake City Main Library Gallery. An exhibition of six women artists.
Spring 2023 SLC Cyanometer Juror’s Award in the Spring Salon exhibition at the Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT.
July 2022 Air Quality Scarf exhibited in the Air exhibition at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT.
January 2022 Displayed several works at the 2021 Utah Design and Craft Artist Competition at Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT.
November 2021 Great Salt Lake Requiem exhibited in the Alfred Lambourne Prize Exhibition by Friends of Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT.
May - December 2021 Paper Hive exhibited in The New Beehive, Utah Department of Arts and Museums exhibition at The George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Gallery, SLC, UT and the Granary, Ephraim, UT.
May 2020 Paper Cloud Cowl Diptych exhibited in ‘21 Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT.
January 2021 One of 14 artists invited to be in the exhibition In Sight Out of Mind, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT.
December 2020 Three artworks: Fruita, Strike Valley, Sandstone Cliff in the 2020 Utah Design Craft Artist Competition at the Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT. Sandstone Cliff won Honorable Mention.
November 2020 Visible Mending: Temple Spoon juried into the virtual Statewide Annual Utah ’20 exhibit, Salt Lake City, UT.
October 2020 Visible Mending: Mirror juried into the Springville Museum Spring Salon (Fall Edition), Springville, UT.
April 2020 Bed of Hopper Crystals juried into the Alfred Lambourne Prize Exhibition by Friends of Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT.
April 2020 Wearable Maps: SLC awarded the Florence E. Ware Honor Award in the Utah Women’s Artist Exhibition 2020.
March, 2020 Visible Mending: Teacup featured in Salt Lake Tribune “How 21 Utah artists created images inspired by coronavirus”
September 2019 Capitol Reef National Park 2019 Artist in Residence.
September 2019 Pickleweed artwork exhibited in the Alfred Lambourne Prize Exhibition by Friends of Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT.
May 2019 Species of Concern: Ute Ladies’ Tresses exhibited in ‘19 Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT.
November 2018 Two-woman exhibit A Sense of Place, Alice Gallery, Salt Lake City.
October 2018 Salt Gatherer artwork exhibited in the ‘18 Utah Craft and Photography exhibit, Salt Lake City, UT.
September 2018 Driftwood artwork exhibited in Alfred Lambourne Prize Exhibition by Friends of Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT.
June 2018 Wearable Landscape solo exhibition at Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City.
June 2018 Juror’s Award for Species of Concern: Sego Lily exhibited in ‘18 Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT.
May 2018 Presentation to the Great Salt Lake Issues Forum on Lake, Salt, Knit artwork.
May 2018 Oak Infinity Scarf artwork exhibited in 2018 Utah Women Artists Exhibition at Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley, UT.
January 2018 Utah Division of Arts and Museums purchased for Species of Concern: San Rafael Cactus for the Utah State collection.
October 2017 Honorable Mention for Species of Concern: San Rafael Cactus artwork exhibited in the ‘17 Utah Sculpture and Painting exhibit.
September 2017 Tundra Swan artwork exhibited in Alfred Lambourne Prize Exhibition by Friends of Great Salt Lake.
April 2017 Great Basin Sky artwork exhibited in ’17 Spring Salon at Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT.
November 2016 Leave No Trace Mittens artwork exhibited in ’16 Utah Painting and Mixed Media exhibit, Salt Lake City, UT.
September 2016 Alfred Lambourne Prize winner in visual arts from Friends of the Great Salt Lake for Mirabilite Pouches.
September 2016 Great Basin National Park 2016 Artist in Residence.
Spring 2016 Invited artist for Natural Threads, an outdoor art exhibition for Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich, MA. Installation work titled Identitatem Arborum.
March 2016 Rozel Point Cowl and Pando Scarf knitted artwork exhibited in 2016 Utah Women Artists Exhibition at Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley, UT.
January 2016 Utah Division of Arts and Museums purchased Great Basin Cyanometer for the Utah State collection.
November 2015 Art Talks Vising Artists Lecture Series at Snow College, Ephraim, UT.
November 2015 Juror’s Award at the Utah Statewide Annual Competition for Great Basin Cyanometer Cowl.
October 2015 Desert Wraps e-book published of 15 designs created as Artist-in-Residence for Black Rock Desert National Conservation Area.
October 2015 Artist-in-Residence exhibition for Virginia Catherall and Lewis Williams at Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery in Reno, NV.
October 2015 Artist-in-Residence exhibition for Virginia Catherall and Lewis Williams at Friends of Black Rock High Rock in Gerlach, NV.
September 2015 Salted Shores Cowl knitted artwork exhibited in Friends of Great Salt Lake Alfred Lambourne Prize exhibition.
May 2015 Black Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 2015 Artist in Residence.
May 2015 Roundmouth Snail Pin featured on Crochet Addict Blog.
April 2015 West Desert Hood featured on The Craftsy Blog from craftsy.com.
January 2015 Salt Bracelet and Halite Choker exhibited in A Measure of Salt: Contemporary Artists Engaging Great Salt Lake exhibition at the Granary Art Center.
November 2014 Cross Section: Great Salt Lake knitted sculpture exhibited in ’14 Utah Painting and Sculpture exhibit.
September 2014 Antelope Island Scarf knitted artwork exhibited in Friends of Great Salt Lake Alfred Lambourne Prize exhibition.
March 2014 Thrive exhibition at Art Access Gallery, part of the Thrive Artist Collective that created the artwork and installations.
October 2013 Silver Queen knitted artwork exhibited in ’13 Utah Mixed Media and Works on Paper exhibit.
October 2012 Juror’s Award for knitted artwork Salt Flats Scarf and Salt Bracelet in ‘12 Utah: Craft and Photography exhibit
August 2012 Knitted pattern highlight for Wildfire Cowl on the Malabrigo Yarn website
March 2012 Featured knitting designer in the Classic Elite Yarns web letter on Indie Designers
