Women in Art History: Elizabeth Catlett

Jenny Saville

contemporary English painter

1988 to 1992 / Glasgow School of Art
1992 / University of Cincinnati
1992 to 1993 / Slade School of Art

feminist literature
Cindy Sherman

the body, flesh, skin
body image and obesity
gender

1970 / born in Cambridge, England
1988 / begins studies at Glasgow School of Art
1990 / exhibits in Contemporary '90 at the Royal College of Art
1992 / graduates from the Glasgow School of Art
1992 / six month scholarship at the University of Cincinnati
1992 to 1993 / Slade School of Art
1993 / leading British Art Collector Charles Saatchi purchases her entire senior show and commissions her work for another two years
1994 / spends many hours observing plastic surgery operations in New York
1997 / "Sensation" exhibit at the Royal Academy of Art in London
1999 / first solo exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in New York

Reverse / 2002 to 2003 / oil on canvas / 84 x 96 inches

Plan / 1993 / oil on canvas / 9 X 7 feet

Torso 2 / 2004 / oil on canvas / 360 x 294 cm