Kate Hooray Osmond is an American painter & installation artist based in Charleston, SC. She is best known for her large-scale paintings with bold colors & gold leaf. Her paintings are inspired by source images she takes from helicopters. One of Osmond's favorite aspects about viewing a city from above is the juxtaposition of the natural & the man-made. She was named the State Fellow for South Carolina by the SouthArts Commission 2018 & Lowcountry Artist of the Year 2017. Kate is an MFA candidate at Maryland Institute College of Art. She exhibits internationally & her work is found in private collections as well as public, notably those of the College of Charleston & HBO Productions.