Catherine Just is a visual artist, author, intuitive healer & mindset coach living in Los Angeles, CA. Her photography and mixed media artwork explore the metaphysical and emotional realms linked inside the human experience.
She received her BFA in Conceptual Photography, Film and Video from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, apprenticed with Miguel Ruiz (author of The Four Agreements and Shaman Master Guide) and has certifications in subconscious reprogramming techniques which all weave into her artwork and her continued exploration into the human psyche and spirituality. She has 36 years of continuous sobriety from a meth addiction. Catherine’s personal experience of recovery is the foundation of her inquiry into the human condition.

Her work has been awarded, exhibited and published widely, including The cover of National Geographic Magazine, inside O Magazine, exhibiting at Les Rencontres d'Arles, France, Photos de Femme: Chateau Lomenie and Chateau de LaLande in France, Newspace Center of Photography, Portland, OR, Minnesota Center of Photography, Mpls, MN, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA, WhiteWalls Art Projects Gallery, New South Wales, Australia among many others.
Catherine’s work is represented by WhiteWalls Art Projects Gallery, New South Wales, Australia.

Butterfly with Mended Wing is a study of the human condition and the work we all do in our own lives to belong more fully to ourselves. The red stitch on the wing is symbolic of our decision to heal and grow and to not give up on ourselves even in the face of deeply painful experiences. We stitch ourselves up and keep going. Integrating the gifts of each chapter in our lives as we learn how to fly. The golden moon or sun, depending on your interpretation of it, is our truth, our intuition, our inner knowing, our connection with a higher purpose, our individual inner compass and the light that connects all of us. Each butterfly is a one of a kind with gold paint and red stitch added by the artist.

Chasing the Fog :: Learning how to Breathe is an exploration of personal identity specific to love, loss, and what lives in between them. This project investigates the unspoken dialogue, the “subtext” that’s always happening while moving through the multifaceted experience of relationship. Starting with the experience of giving birth to my son Max who has Down syndrome and how my relationship with the world and what I thought I knew shifted in an instant. The in-between moments after divorce and trying to find my identity as a newly single parent finding my way after 40. Opening myself back up to love from a new vantage point and noticing how the patterns repeat and navigating this new metaphoric ship I’ve built that’s heading toward a deeper belonging to myself no matter what’s going on around me.