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Biography
Cathy Lomprey Von Rohr was born in Toledo Ohio, and
spent her childhood in Wayne, Michigan. She received
a Bachelor of Industrial Design in 1964 from Pratt Institute
in Brooklyn, New York. She then went on to work for
General Motors in Detroit, designing Cadillac automobiles.
After a few years in her native Michigan, she returned
to New York to work for the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
teach at Parsons School of Design, and freelance as
a graphic and exhibit designer. After five years in
New York, she moved to Mexico City to work as product
and graphic designer for Rafael Davidson.
In 1967 she met Nevon Seay Von Rohr, a retired businessman
from California, and settled with him on the isolated
beach south of Puerto Vallarta named Playa Majahuitas.
It is there that she began painting and sculpting. Preferring
not to be limited by one recognizable style, her creativity
is unlimited and ever open to new stimuli. At peace
with nature her paintings glow with tropical themes.
Her first show in 1970 at Galleria Uno in Puerto Vallarta
marked the official start of her career as a painter
and sculptor. Her work is now in private collections
throughout Mexico, the United States and Europe.
Experience
1964 - Pratt Institute,
Bachelor of Industrial Design, Brooklyn, New York
1965 - Cadillac designer, General Motors Company, Detroit,
Michigan
1967- Product and graphic designer, Mele Manufacturing,
New York,
New York
1968 - Freelance exhibit designer and model maker, New
York, New York
1969 - Graphic Designer, Rafael Davidson Assoc., Mexico
City, Mexico
1970 - Landscape Designer, Majahuita Club Resort, Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico
1989
- Architect & Designer: Playa Majahuitas Theater
for Indigenous
Community of Chacala, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1999
- Honorary President, Cultural Center, Puerto Vallarta
Gallery
Exhibits
1970 - Gallery Uno, solo, mixed media, Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico
1971 - Cherry Lane Gallery, collective, Dallas, Texas
1979 - Gallery Uno, solo, mixed media, Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico
1986 - Playa de Oro Hotel, mural, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1987 - Successos Designs, solo, murals, Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico
1992 - Municipal Building, solo, portraits, Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico
1993 - Municipal Building, solo, 20-year retrospective,
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1997 - Rosas Blancas Gallery, solo, oil paintings, Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico
1999 - Ofiicial opening of Artist's Studio Gallery,
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
200l - Trio Restaurant, solo, oils and alabaster sculpture,
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2002 - Rosas Blancas Gallery,
solo, watercolors, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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