Katie Hammond earned her BFA from University of Michigan School of Art & Design (2004) and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016). She has exhibited widely in Michigan, Chicago and New York. She received fellowships to Ox-Bow and Vermont Studio Center residencies. She has completed numerous murals and commissions. She is the founder and manager of Ann Arbor Artist Studios. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her young son, Desmond Frederick.