BIO

Katherine Hunt is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans moving image, installations, and mixed media. Her practice studies the integrated specifics of personal experience with the broader forces of social psychology, delving into how cultural backgrounds shape our most intimate, private perceptions and fundamental modes of seeing.

Katherine's diverse academic and professional background enriches her multifaceted practice. She holds a BA in Cultural & Social Psychology and Indigenous American Studies, with a minor in Gender & Women's Studies from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul. During her undergraduate studies, she was mentored by Winona LaDuke, a distinguished Anishinaabe educator, activist, and former Vice-Presidential candidate.

Katherine earned her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, where she participated in a thesis program at La Cinémathèque Française in Paris, focusing on Curatorial and Archival Research in Avant-Garde Film.

Her work has been recognized with several grants, including those from the Andy Warhol Foundation for The Visual Arts/Fulcrum Fund, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (2020), the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts (2023) as well as the Santa Fe Community Foundation Artist Grant (2023). Katherine is currently gallery-represented in New York City. Her artwork has been showcased nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions.

Beyond her studio practice, Katherine has contributed to the art departments of Los Angeles production studios, working on visual elements for feature films, music videos, and television. Her roles included prop designer, prop fabricator, and set builder/designer.

Katherine's dedication to socially engaged, site-specific art projects is reflected in her community work. For over 15 years, she has led the creation of land art installations and urban gardens in New York and Los Angeles for schools, businesses, and estates. In 2018, she collaborated with Moving Arts Española and the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo communities in New Mexico to create a public art weaving installation and heirloom seed garden.

In 2019, Katherine served as a Community Arts Facilitator in the Studio Arts Division at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Following her year-long appointment, she now devotes her time exclusively to her artistic practice.