Cathy was born in 1969 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She got a BA in Graphic Design at Newcastle Polytechnic and an MA, also in Graphic Design, at The Royal College of Art. After living briefly in Barcelona she returned to the UK and taught Graphics and Illustration at Glasgow School of Art,Brighton, Newcastle, Portsmouth, and St Martin's School of Art in London.

 

She's currently a senior lecturer at Kingston University. She has regular shows of her large typographic stencil paintings. She lives in Kilburn, London but spends whatever time she can travelling - she loves the sun!