Catherine Manchester

Catherine Manchester is a New Zealand painter. She works in oils, acrylics and watercolours. One of her artworks is held in the permanent collection of Aigantighe Art Gallery.

Biography

Manchester was born in Auckland and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature at Victoria University of Wellington. She studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury from 1979 and graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts from Otago Polytechnic in 1984.
In 1986, Manchester was a recipient of a Creative New Zealand Grant, and in 1987, she was awarded the Rita Angus Residency.
In 2023, she moved to Christchurch and became involved with Arts Canterbury’s Open Art Studio programme.