Catherine Rierson graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor's in Journalism and Mass Communication, as well as Comparative Literature. While she was never formally educated in the field of Fine Arts,Comparative Literature, and its interdisciplinary approach to literature, has granted her the ability of broad critical analysis, as well as instilled in her an impassioned appreciation for the arts. She currently lives in Paris, France, working as an editorial assistant at the contemporary photography magazine, Lens Culture.