Catherine Donaldson is an illustrator and educator working in Abu Dhabi. She won the Benson and Hedges Illustrators Gold awards following her graduation with first class honours, and has worked since in various fields of illustration. This includes advertising, editorial, exhibition design and specialist painting. She is a passionate teacher of Graphic Design and Illustration at college and university level and has recently completed a Masters degree, with Distinction. Her research is centred on reportage and documentary illustration.  
She can drive a tank, a tractor and a JCB, but mostly misses her fiat 500.

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Selected for the GulfPhotoPlus Mentorship programme 2020-2021, in collaboration with Warehouse 421 and supported by the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation
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Shortlisted for the Cheltenham Illustration award.

April 2019; completed a mural for the municipality of Abu Dhabi to celebrate the Year of Tolerance 2019

Exhibited at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair from
April 24th - 30th 2019. Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre

Winner of the Abu Dhabi International book fair professional Illustrator prize for an illustrated interpretation of Arabic poetry.

May 2019; Exhibited at the Royal M hotel, Abu Dhabi

Featured in the National ,' Capturing the charisma of old Abu Dhabi'

 July 2019: Featured in Friday Magazine, Gulf news
"Paens of painting'.

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Clients include:
​The Independent
The Independent on Sunday
The Sunday Telegraph
The Mail on Sunday
You Magazine
The Times Education Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement
Time Out Magazine
City Limits Magazine
Time Out Guides
Blueprint Magazine
Country Homes and Interiors
Parent and Child Magazine
CEO Magazine
Office secretary
The Science Museum
The Museum of Moving Image
The Chelsea Flower Show
The Sultan of Brunei
The National Trust
The Halifax Building Society
L’Oreal
Walls
The Red Carnation Hotel Chain
The Natural History Museum
H.I.T. Publications
The Ski Club of Great Britain
DKT Design group
Channel 4
Tiger Aspect productions
Abu Dhabi Media
The Northumbria Tourist Board