Kate Mulholland is an artist based in Houston, Texas, whose work bridges art and geology to explore narratives of time, place, and Earth’s evolving landscapes. They studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and earned their BFA from the University of Houston, where they pursued Geosciences, an interdisciplinary foundation that continues to shape their practice.

Mulholland blends uncanny beauty with geological processes and the layered histories of the natural world. Their work moves between painting, printmaking, sculpture, writing, zines, and digital media, often bringing together subjects that seem unrelated at first. Printmaking was their first love and continues to influence the layered processes, experimentation, and physical accumulation at the heart of their work.

Research is central to Mulholland’s process, but it rarely follows a straight line. A geological record might lead to a historical photograph, a story might lead to a material, or a landscape might open a path into an entirely different field. They collect these fragments and allow unexpected connections to emerge, using the studio as a space for experimentation, excavation, and discovery.

Although rooted in geology, Mulholland’s research reaches into climate science, literature, feminism, botany, linguistics, Indigenous mythologies, entomology, art history, and other fields of study. They think of these interests as inspirational tide pools; places where ideas, histories, and materials collect before carrying the artist somewhere unexpected.

Outside the studio, Mulholland volunteers with the Houston Gem and Mineral Society, supporting educational outreach and archival work. They love traveling with their partner, cooking with friends, and taking their two dogs on hikes to find rocks and see what the landscape reveals. Each year, they return to Northeast Ohio, where their fascination with geology, place, and home first began.