Erica Popp lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri. Her artwork is mostly photographic and print media: gum bichromate, cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, and photopolymer gravure. Her work is inspired by nature and her environment. Her work has been shown nationally in solo and group exhibition, and has been reproduced by Urban Outfitters and Art Crate. Popp has juried and curated exhibitions regionally and in New York City. She has taught both full and part time at the college level, including as an instructor in the Writing Center at Principia College and most recently as Assistant Professor and Photography Program Coordinator at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. Popp is the owner and co-curator of Erica Popp Studios + Gallery in St. Louis' Tower Grove South neighborhood.

Popp holds a Master of Fine Arts from Fontbonne University, a Bachelor of Arts from Principia College, and an Associate of Fine Arts from St. Louis Community College.