Kate Davidson

Kate David­son is a wood­worker, craftsper­son, and educa­tor whose work ranges from func­tional furni­ture to sculp­tural play. She initially discov­ered wood­work­ing after finding a job as a carpen­ter on the coast of Maine, even­tu­ally enrolling in the Vermont Wood­work­ing School’s immer­sion program in 2017 and grad­u­at­ing from UW Madison with an MFA in Wood­work­ing and Furni­ture in 2024. Her pieces have been exhib­ited nation­ally, includ­ing at the Esher­ick Museum and Museum for Art and Wood in Philadel­phia, through Craft Desert in San Diego, and at Contem­po­rary Craft in Pitts­burgh. She has partic­i­pated in resi­den­cies at Penland School of Craft, the Center for Furni­ture Crafts­man­ship, and Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft. Using wood, textiles, paper, and drawing, her work is a study in archi­tec­ture and the ways light and water change our built envi­ron­ment, from fleet­ing and unex­pected effects to long-term material shifts.

Most recently, Kate has been working as the Wood­work­ing Studio Coor­di­na­tor at Peters Valley School of Craft, in New Jersey. Besides creat­ing her own multi-media pieces, her work cele­brates the impor­tance of collab­o­ra­tion and commu­nity in craft and woodworking spaces.