Catherine Burgess is an Edmonton artist who has been working and exhibiting her sculpture for over forty years. She graduated from the University of Alberta Department of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1975. She has maintained a sculpture studio in Edmonton ever since, mounted over 25 solo exhibitions, and shown in over 60 group exhibitions in Canada, the US and England. She has completed 4 large-scale public sculpture commissions, two of which are in downtown Edmonton: The Big Rock, 1995 and Return, 2001. She has also collaborated with the artist group Tricycle on several large scale public sculpture installations in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
Catherine Burgess' work is represented in the following public collections: National Gallery of Canada, Canada Council Art Bank, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Art Gallery of Alberta, Glenbow Museum, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Nickle Arts Museum, MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kenerdine Art Gallery, Coburg Art Gallery, Kitchener - Waterloo Art Gallery, Remai Modern, Art Gallery of Hamilton, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, Carleton University, Athabasca Univeristy, Red Deer College, City of Edmonoton, City of St.Albert, City of Edson and the Department of External Affairs.