Catherine Lepp was born in Sheffield, United Kingdom. She has lived in New York City since graduating from Manchester Polytechnic with a BFA in painting in 1989. Lepp resumed her studies in 2001 at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture. While raising her children, and working as a photo producer and set painter, she attended residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 2004 and the Vermont Studio Center in 2005.
Lepp teaches in the Fine Arts Department at Fashion Institute of Technology, the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, and Mount Gretna School of Art. Her previous solo show, The Swimmer Series, 2007–2021, was presented in September 2021 at the Mark Borghi Gallery in Sag Harbor, New York. She resides in a live/work studio in Brooklyn.
CATHERINE LEPP
A Second Body #6" 2024-25, acrylic on canvas, 73 x 130 in.
Diver 2, 60 x 72 in, oil on stretched canvas
2 Squares, Window, Mirror, Jug, Light, 2024-25, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 40 in
Wave 1, 2021, Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 inches
A Second Body #7" 2024-25, acrylic on plexi-frame, 48 x 71 in.
Diver 1 , 60 x 72 in, oil on stretched canvas
Surfer, 2021, Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 inches
Mirror, Window, Watering Can, Orchids and Figs, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 in
Mirror, Window, Anthurium and Figs, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 in.
Beach, 2021, Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 inches