KATIE MIDDLETON was born in Richmond, Virginia, and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. She earned her BFA in painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where she was later honored with the Early Career Achievement Award in 2016. She also studied painting, printmaking, and art history at L’Universita Internazionale Dell’arte (U.I.A.) in Venice, Italy.

In 2023-2025, paintings from Katie’s “Tessera” series have been selected in several group exhibitions including the 23rd and 24th Japan Art Exchanges at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and galleries including Launch LA, Gallery 825, Art Share L.A., Shoebox Arts, Shockboxx Gallery, Dorado 806, TAG Gallery and The Hive Gallery. The Brea Gallery awarded her the “Commissioner Award” in 2024. She is also a member of the Los Angeles Art Association and the International Association of Art. Katie currently works out of her studio at Keystone Art Space in Los Angeles. 

Beyond her painting, Katie works as a union make-up and special effects artist in television and film. In 2017, she received a nomination for a Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award for her work on the film “Loving”. Katie is also the author of the book “Color Theory for the Make-up Artist: Understanding Color and Light for Beauty and Special Effects”, which was first published by Routledge in 2018 and a second edition was released in 2022.