Catherine Restrepo

Visual Design Manager

Catherine Restrepo is the Visual Design Manager at Tulane School of Architecture. Schooled in architecture at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, Colombia, she is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Historic Preservation at TuSA. Catherine has an extensive background in printed media as an illustrator, editorial designer, and photographer for numerous national newspapers and magazines in Colombia, including Periodico El Tiempo, Lecturas Dominicales, Revista Cambio, Revista Semana, Revista Número, and CEET - Dorling Kindersley (Colombia-United Kingdom). She has also worked in television post-production for Teleset, one of Colombia's largest commercial television producers, co-owned by Sony Pictures Television International. Her experience has equipped her with specialized graphic design, photography, and video post-production skills, honed over 15+ years. Catherine leads an artistic project (crestrepo.com) focused on digital photography and mixed media, including collage/photomontage and antique photographic processes such as Cyanotypes, Gum Bichromate, Salt Print, and Albumen. Her work has been exhibited in solo and collective shows in Colombia, Savona, Italy, and New York, USA. Catherine has directed workshops at several universities in Colombia, including Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Cartagena, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Universidad De Los Andes in Bogotá, and Universidad Autonoma del Caribe in Barranquilla. She has also collaborated with cultural institutions such as Maldeojo in Cartagena and the Modern Art Museum of Medellín (El MAMM). Additionally, she has participated in multiple editions of Festival Propaganda, an international art and media festival sponsored by the Alliance Française in Barranquilla. She has given lectures at the Autonomous University of the Caribbean in Barranquilla and the School of Design at Loyola University in New Orleans, LA. Catherine is also a certified PADI rescue scuba diver.