Cloud Study 19
Mixed Media on Photo Encaustic
36h x 60w in
Catherine Erb, is a self-taught fine-art photographer from Memphis. She began
her fascination with photography in the late 80’s when she started using her
camera as a way to visually journal. In 2003 she discovered the digital darkroom
and began creating her own pigment prints as well as exploring alternative ways
to print her work by adding encaustic wax and pigments to her images.
“I spend the most time searching for glimpses of a things divine essence and
being still and present enough to capture those moments. There is a little break
in time that occurs after something comes into my viewfinder but before I have
had a chance to react or form a judgment: there is clarity in that interval of time
and I try to shoot and capture that moment. When I am successful, the result is
not just an image, but a feeling and reminder that the magic always happens in
the present.”
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 “Thin Air,” Shain Gallery, Charlotte
2017 “Angst,” David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
2017 “Thin Air,” David Lusk Gallery, Nashville
2016 “Tennessee to Texas” Stephen Clark Gallery
2016 “Thin Air”, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
2014 “Year at the Gardens”, Crosstown Gallery, Memphis
2013 “Survey of works”, Gallery 363, Memphis
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 “RiverArtsFest Invitational Exhibit,” Memphis
“Vestige,” David Lusk Gallery, Nashville
“Daily Art,” David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
2017 “Small Works,” George Gallery, Charleston
2017 “Price is Right,” David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
2016 “Price is Right,” David Lusk Gallery, Memphis and Nashville
2016 “Catherine Erb, Courtney Garrett, Jack Spencer”, David Lusk Gallery, Nashville
2016 “Broad Spaces”, George Gallery, Charleston
2015 “Memphis Bowery”, Open House Gallery, New York
2014 “Ineffable Elements”, Crosstown Arts, Memphis
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2018 The New Southern | Artist Spotlight: Catherine Erb
2018 Nashville Scene, Joe Nolan, “Crawl Space: 2018”
2017 ArtStormer, Betsy Wills, “Mackerel Sky, Photography by Catherine Erb”
2017 Nashville Arts Magazine, Bob Doerschuk, “Catherine Erb, Artist Profile”
2017 Republican American, Tracey O’Shaughnessy, “Head in the Clouds”
2016 RSVP Magazine, Rachel Warren, “Catherine Erb: Looking to the Clouds”
2015 StyleBlueprint, Stacey Wiedower, “Catherine Erb: FACES of Memphis”
