Colonna Contemporary is proud to present Offcuts, a solo exhibition by collage artist Cat Russell, opening August 15th at the Gallery. The show brings together a new body of work built from the margins, the trimmings, the edges, the discarded pages that once lived other lives.

In an age dominated by speed, efficiency, and content churn, Offcuts offers a quiet act of defiance. Each work, constructed from scraps of old comics, Gustave Doré engravings, tagboard, and forgotten pages, is cut and assembled by hand, layer by layer. The result: narrative-driven scenes and dreamlike abstractions that honor process as much as outcome.

The show’s title, Offcuts, captures both the physical and philosophical nature of Russell’s practice. These works, born of what the world might overlook or discard, become layered meditations on memory, place, and the beauty found in remnants. Some suggest specific histories or landscapes; others float in a liminal, abstract space. Collectively, they invite viewers to slow down, to sit with the fragments, and to reflect on what can be pieced together from what remains.