Kate Ovaska holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has taught photography at Columbia University and The New School.
She has been awarded the CAA Professional Development Grant, the Fulbright Fellowship to Germany, and Maryland State Arts Council Award in Photography.
Her residencies include Light Work and Pioneer Works.
She is the founder and director of Brooklyn Darkroom, a traveling art residency for analog photographers. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.