Katty Huertas "Skeleton Tree"

Katty Huertas (b. 1993, Bogotá, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Washington, D.C., creating surrealist figurative work inspired by folktales and personal narratives.

Huertas received a BA from Florida International University in 2016 and an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2020.

Her work has been exhibited in galleries across multiple cities, including New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Austin, and Bogotá, Colombia. Through her practice, she has also participated in public art installations. In 2023, Huertas completed a mural currently on view in Washington, D.C., as part of *NoMa in Color*. Her latest public art installation, incorporating projection and animation, is currently on view at the K Street underpass in Washington, D.C.

Huertas’ work has been featured in Elle Korea, Creative Review, Creative Boom, and by Adobe, Behance, and Booooooom. Her collaborators include the National Gallery of Art, HBO Max, Adobe, Disney+, The New Yorker, and The New York Times, among others. She has taught at the Latin American Youth Center, MICA and Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at George Washington University in Washington, DC. In 2026, Huertas was awarded the DC Arts and Humanities Fellowship.