Born on a snowy Monday in Manhattan, Kate grew up in a family of native New Yorkers, constantly inspired by the colorful energy of the city, and encouraged by her artist parents. Creating characters from everybody and everything has been her way of moving through the world since childhood.
She majored in Animation at the School of Visual Arts, graduating in 2004. After working in television production for several years, she realized that her love of illustration and fine art was what gave a voice to the characters and worlds she envisioned. Kate began studying illustration with a focus on children’s books, and started taking freelance projects and commissions after her first child was born.
She now works from her mountainside home in the Catskills, gaining a new dimension of creative inspiration from living in the country. Every day is a wild, new adventure that she enjoys with her husband, Joe, kids Zoey and Jasper, and zany pet menagerie, while maintaining projects with her beloved clients in New York City.
Kate currently takes on illustration assignments for books, restaurants and stores, also creating merchandise, painting windows, and even promotional face cut-out boards. Check out her instagram to see works in progress and other goodies: instagram.com/theillustratedkate
