KATIE MIDDLETON was born in Richmond, Virginia and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. She earned her BFA in painting from Pratt Institute in 2007 in Brooklyn, New York, where she was honored with the Early Career Achievement Award in 2016. She also studied painting, printmaking, and art history at L’Universita Internazionale Dell’arte (U.I.A.) in Venice, Italy. She is a member of the Los Angeles Art Association and the International Association of Art USA.

Beyond her painting, Katie works as a make-up and special effects artist in television and film. She is an active member of two unions, IATSE Local 706 and 798. In 2017, she received a nomination for a Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award for her work on the movie “Loving”.

Katie is also the author of the book "Color Theory for the Make-up Artist: Understanding Color and Light for Beauty and Special Effects.", which combines her education and practice in fine arts with make-up artistry. The book was first published by Routledge / Focal Press in 2018, with a second edition released in 2022.