BIO

Katherine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous American Studies from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis/St. Paul. During her studies, she was mentored by Anishinaabe Educator/Activist and Vice-Presidential candidate Winona LaDuke. Katherine double minored in Women's and Gender Studies and Cultural/Social Psychology.

After completing her undergraduate degree, Katherine earned her Master of Fine Arts in Experimental Film/Video from the California Institute of Arts. While on exchange at La Cinémathèque Française in Paris, France, Katherine studied Curatorial and Archival Film Studies.

Upon graduation, Katherine worked in the art department for Los Angeles production studios, creating visual elements for feature films, music videos, and television. Katherine filled various creative roles, including prop designer, prop fabricator, and set builder/designer.

In 2020, Katherine received grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for The Visual Arts/Fulcrum Fund and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. In 2023, The Robert Rauschenberg and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) selected her for a Rauschenberg Emergency Grant. Additionally, in 2023, Katherine received the Santa Fe Community Foundation Artist Grant. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries and solo and group exhibitions across the United States and internationally.

Katherine has extended her creativity outside the studio and within the community. For over 15 years, she spearheaded the creation of multiple site-specific land art installations and urban gardens in New York and Los Angeles for schools, businesses, and estates. In 2018, Katherine collaborated with Moving Arts Española in New Mexico to create a public art weaving installation and heirloom seed garden on Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo lands. Following her appointment as Community Arts (Studio Arts Division) Instructor at the Detroit Institute of Arts, she now lives in northern New Mexico and, represented by G2 Gallery Santa Fe, has devoted her time solely to her studio practice.