Catherine Farren-Price was born in Adelaide,South Australia in 1956.
She studied Fine Arts at Adelaide College Of The Arts from 1973-1976 She then taught art in South Australia until 1983.
In 1984-1986, she studied Theatrical Make-up and Special Effects in Sydney and worked as a freelance makeup artist in the film and television industry for 12 years while continuing throughout the years with painting.
Catherine is based in Sydney and has been working for 8 years as a full-time Artist.
She has won several local awards for her figurative and still-life paintings.

Catherine has exhibited extensively throughout Australia over the past 20 years including:-
1997-1998 David Dryden Gallery (South Australia) 1999-Cutcliff Gallery(Sydney) 1999-2008Gallleria Mondiale (Sydney) 2000-Art International Gallery(Sydney)
2003-2004 Raglan Gallery (Sydney)
2003 -Gilotti Gallery (Perth)
2003-Maree Mizon Gallery(Sydney)
2002 -Pitt Street Gallery (Sydney)
2002-Aarwun Gallery (Canberra)
2003-Argyle Gallery (Sydney)
2003-Brighton Horizons Gallery (Melbourne) 2003-2008-Suburban 312 Gallery (Melbourne) 2003-Art Gallery Collections (Queensland) 2003,2004-Sydney Affordable Art Show 2003,2004,2005-Melbourne Affordable Art Show (2004,2005) 2003-2005-Sauc Gallery(Sydney)
2005-Art Sydney 05
2005-Touch Gallery(The Rocks,Sydney)
2005-Gallery M(Melbourne)
2006-Art Melbourne 06 & Art Sydney 06
2006-2008 Soho Gallery(Sydney)
2007-Art Melbourne,Art Sydney
2008-Art Melbourne & Art Brisbane

Catherine's work has been purchased for both public and private collections Including :- -Price Waterhouse Corporation.
-Shindlers Lifts Corporation.
-Ricky Ponting (Aust.Cricket Captain) Collection.
-Peter Moon (Entertainer) collection.
-Andrew Daddo (T.V .presenter)collection.
-Middlesex Politecnic Collection (London)

Catherine's work is not limited to one style, but rather her love of the process of painting is reflected in her unique and diverse ability which includes abstract, Figurative, landscape and still-life paintings.