Kate Steciw (born 1978 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a Contemporary artist working in Brooklyn, New York who uses sculpture, photography, video, and image manipulation in her artwork. She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts where she obtained her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Political Science. She then attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her Masters of Fine Arts in Photography. For 10 years she worked a day-job as an image retoucher at Art + Commerce and made pieces in her spare time.[1][2]