Kat Kiernan

Kat Kiernan is an artist and writer in Brooklyn, NY. Often using herself as her subject, her photographs explore mythologies of womanhood and feelings of uncertainty. She has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the United States and been featured in publications including China Life, Lenscratch, and The Woven Tale Press. In 2012, she was named one of Artpil’s “30 under 30” women photographers to watch.

Kat is the Manager of Public Programs at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. From 2013 to 2021, she published and served as Editor-in-Chief of the photography magazine, Don’t Take Pictures. In 2015, she received the Griffin Museum’s Rising Star Award for her contributions to the photographic community. Kat’s writings on photography have been published in journals and blogs including Photograph, Art New England, Feature Shoot, and Big, Red, and Shiny, as well as in books, including Crossing (2024), Agnieszka Sosnowska: Myth of a Woman (The National Museum of Iceland, 2019), and The Artist as Culture Producer: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life (Intellect, 2017). She holds a BFA in photography from Lesley University College of Art and Design and an MA in Art Market Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology.