Catherine Restrepo is a photographer from Bogotá, Colombia, now based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She documents the material culture of urban environments through a social science lens, capturing spaces as they exist to reveal the social, political, and economic forces embedded in everyday life. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation.

With a camera in her hand since she was a child, Restrepo has worked as an illustrator for major publications and international publishers, and in television postproduction. She currently works as an event and commission photographer for academic institutions and private clients.

Her work examines the intersection of built environment, human activity, and economic reality, from vernacular storefronts to industrial sites, from neighborhood churches to institutional spaces. Working primarily in photography and photomontage, Restrepo merges architectural training with ethnographic observation. She experiments with antique photographic processes while integrating contemporary technologies, creating work that operates between documentation and critique.

Restrepo views artistic practice as inseparable from its social and political context. Her work challenges received narratives about urban space, making visible what is ordinarily overlooked or naturalized in the built environment.

“Catherine is a visual anthropologist”
— Oscar González [Guache], Bogotá Street Artist

Workshops led —


“Image Conceptualization”
Alliance Française,
Santa Marta, Colombia,
(2013)

“Genuine Fakes”
Autonomous University of the Caribbean, Barranquilla, Colombia
(2013)

“Cadavre Exquis”
University Jorge Tadeo Lozano,
Cartagena, Colombia
(2013)

“Collage As An Aesthetic Generator” Maldeojo
Cartagena, Colombia
(2013)

“[Fraud] As A Work of Art”
Modern Art Museum of Medellín
Medellín, Colombia
(2011)

 

Lectures & Talks —


“La Máquina Humana”
Propaganda 15
(2024)

“Propaganda Retrospectiva”
Propaganda 12
(2020)

“No Matter Where You Go…
There You Are”
School of Design/Loyola University
New Orleans, LA
(2018)

“Subversion And Trivialization: Photomontage/Collage From Two Antagonistic Representations”
Autonomous University Of The Caribbean Barranquilla, Colombia
(2013)


Exhibitions —

Transhumano | Propaganda 15 Barranquilla, Colombia, 2024

Todo Es Mentira | Propaganda 11 Barranquilla, Colombia, 2018

Distopía | Propaganda 8
Barranquilla, Colombia, 2015

Lumens 2015 | Galería Neebex
Bogotá, Colombia, 2015

Feria de Arte Odeón | Teatro Odeón
Bogotá, Colombia, 2013

Cortar, Pegar, Representar la Historia | Paideia
Bogotá, Colombia, 2013

Propaganda Gráfica | Propaganda 6 Barranquilla, Colombia, 2013

Thy will be done | Alliance Française
Santa Marta, Colombia, 2013

Thy will be done | Maldeojo
Cartagena, Colombia, 2013

LadyZorro | Bastardo
Bogota, Colombia, 2011

DoñaGloria Expolive | ArtHotel
Medellin, Colombia, 2009

Taxonomía Visceral | Casa Ensamble
Bogota, Colombia, 2009

Le Dur et Le Mou | Local Project
LIC, NY, 2008

Poster parade | TrueLove art Gallery
Savona, Italia; 2008

 

In printed publications —

Universo Centro (COL)
Proyecto Diseño (COL)
Revista Cambio (COL)
Revista Carrusel (COL)
Revista Shock (COL)
Revista Dinero (COL)
Lecturas Dominicales (COL)
Periódico El Tiempo (COL)
Doña Gloria (COL)
El Malpensante (COL)
Fiesta del Té (COL)
Periódico El Universal (COL)
Periódico Hoy (COL)
Periódico El Informador (COL)
Periódico Arteria (COL)

In online publications —

The 22 Magazine (NY)
Neuroblasto (MX)
Tocayo (BR)
Fashion Radical (COL)
Revista Gavia (COL)
Yo soy la Maga (COL)
Colectivo Bicicleta (COL)
Absolut Network, America's & Spanish edition (MX-SPAIN)
Agenda Samaria (COL)
Dezeen (UK)

 
 
New Orleans, LA, USAcatherine@randomsearch.co
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