Kate Woods was born in Auckland in 1981. She is an Tāmaki Makaurau based artist who holds a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University (2002). Kate has exhibited widely in artist run spaces, dealer, and public galleries including Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland; XYZ Gallery, Tokyo; and City Gallery Wellington. In 2012 she was the recipient of an Asia New Zealand Foundation residency at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing.