Catherine Russ works across collage, drawing, painting, and installation. Her multidisciplinary practice explores the intersection of memory, material, and language.

Informed by her background in writing, she draws on found imagery, text fragments, and materials such as magazines, charcoal, and paint to construct layered compositions. Her work explores narrative, repetition, and the tension between presence and absence.

She lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch with her husband Dean, their three sons and a springer spaniel.

Recent Work

Her work was recently included in Other People’s Parties a group exhibition at the Quiet Dog Gallery in Whakatū Nelson.

In early 2025, she undertook a sustained daily collage practice, producing a sustained body of work that deepened her inquiry into surface, rhythm, and fragmentation.

Her process is intuitive and material-led, a negotiation between precision and chance, erasure and accumulation.

Education

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Diploma in Creative Writing, and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters.

Her grounding in image and language informs a practice shaped by storytelling, memory, and the tactile qualities of the everyday.

Her work is held in private collections.