Training
Diploma of Teaching (Secondary Fine Art), 1977, Bachelor of Education (Secondary Fine Art), 1978 and Associate Diploma (Jewellery and Metalsmithing), 1985, South Australian College of Advanced Education, Adelaide, SA; Japan/South Australia Cultural Exchange Scholarship to study netsuke carving in Japan, 1990.

Selected solo exhibitions
Blackwood Street Gallery, Melbourne, Vic., 1984; Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, SA, 1984, 1992; Contemporary Jewellery Gallery, Sydney, NSW, 1987; Lifeboat: Carvings by Catherine Truman, Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide, SA, 1992; Media Com, Okayama, Japan, 1993; San Francisco International Airport Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1993; Craftwest Gallery, Perth, WA, 1995; Craftspace, Sydney, NSW, 1995; Catherine Truman: Carvings, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT, 1997; Invisible Places To Be, Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, 1998; Sensuous Interiors Under Scrutiny (with Sue Lorraine), Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Vic., 2001.

Selected group exhibitions
Schmuckszene `88, Munich, Germany; Australian Decorative Arts 1788-1985, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT; Australian Fashion: The contemporary art, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, 1989-1990; First Australian Contemporary Jewellery Biennial, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, SA and Australian tour, 1991-92; Family: Tradition and diversity, National Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1994; Turning Ten: Gray Street Workshop 10th anniversary exhibition, Women's Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. and Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand,1995; The Somatic Object, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW and The National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan, 1997; Nature as Object: Craft and design from Japan, Finland and Australia: The Third Australian International Crafts Triennial, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 1998; Seppelt Contemporary Craft Award, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW, 1998; Ra-expositie: New jewellery by Australian artists, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1998; Jewellery Moves, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998; Contemporary Australian Craft, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, 1999; Schmuck '99, Munich, Germany, 1999; SOFA (Charon Kransen), New York, USA, 1999; Craft From Scratch: 8. Trienniale - Form and Matters - Australia and Germany, Museum für Angewande Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, travelling exhibition, 2000; The Return of Beauty, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, SA, 2000; Circling the Square: Gray Street Workshop 15 years, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 2000, and national and international tour 2001; Orbit, Art Museum, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 2001.

Public collections
Artbank; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA; Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand; Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Sale, Vic.; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW; University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.; Victorian State Craft Collection, Melbourne, Vic.