Caitlin Rigby

Caitlin Rigby’s practice invites a visual immersion into abstract landscapes expressed through a distinctive and limited palette of deep blue hues. Her paintings' symbolism of archways, night-scapes and open horizons are washed over, layered and diluted to offer suggestions of gestural forms. Within the transparent materiality of paint, the viewer is balanced on the edge of departing reality and slipping into abstraction. Inspired by intuitive painting methods and the dialogue between subject and medium, Rigby invites contemplation into our own wordless and silent inner terrain.

Caitlin Rigby is currently based in Melbourne, Australia. She is the2022 recipient of the Chapman & Bailey Award for Excellence in Contemporary Painting.

Caitlin was awarded a place on the Vice-Chancellor's List for Academic Excellence in2023 with RMIT University. In 2018, Caitlin was invited to study abroad with Parsons Fine Art at The New School in NewYork City as part of her RMIT Fine Art Bachelor Degree. She has been awarded two Scholarly Awards for Excellence in 2012 at the Academy ofDesign School, (now LCI Melbourne). Her work is held in private collections throughout Australia and New Zealand.