Cathy Blanchflower was born in Brighton, UK 1971 and emigrated to Western Australia in 1972. Cathy has exhibited in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney since 1993 and held a large mid-career survey exhibition at John Curtin Gallery, Perth in 2009. She lived and worked in NYC USA, 2000-2003, Melbourne 2004-2009, Blue Mountains, NSW 2009-2017 before returning to live in Perth, WA. She is represented in the collections of Art Gallery of Western Australia, National Gallery of Australia, University of Sydney, Artbank, Wesfarmers, Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, University of Western Australia as well as private national and international collections.