Catherine Butler has been a Cleveland Heights resident since 1981 when she received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Her work is included in the Danner Foundation's Die Neue Sammlung (one of the foremost collections of contemporary and 20th century jewelry in the world), which is permanently housed in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Germany. She exhibits in national and international venues, both juried and invitational. Butler is the recipient of two Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships.
Butler has taught children's classes at The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, and Interlochen's National Music Camp. She has also been an adjunct faculty member at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, taught at the Orange Art Center and has done artist residencies for the Ohio Arts Council's Artists in Education Program.