Katty Huertas is a multidisciplinary artist born in Colombia and based in Washington DC. She holds an MFA from MICA.
Her work explores identity, folklore, and double standards, among other subjects. She likes combining analog and digital mediums.
Her work has been featured by Adobe, Creative Review, Creative Boom, Behance, Bored Panda, Tumblr, VSCO, 21Wallpaper, and Booooooom.
She previously worked at Nickelodeon as part of the Launch Team and at NBC News as an editorial designer for TODAY. Currently, she's a designer and art director at The Washington Post.
Take my editorial illustration class here.
CLIENTS
AARP · Adobe · Austin Monthly · BuzzFeed News · Disney+ · Harvard Business Review · HBO Max · Honda · LAND Studio · Lenny Letter · Medium · Nickelodeon · Playboy · Politico · Red Bull Music Academy · Science Magazine · Science News · Sierra Magazine · Star Tribune · Texas Monthly · The New York Times · The New Yorker · The Pool · The Wall Street Journal · The Washington Post · WIRED · Women's March · YouTube · Zeit Wissen
INTERVIEWS & FEATURES
RECOGNITION
2019 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Top Talent: Print/Graphic
2019 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Top Talent: Illustration
AIGA Flux 2019: Publication
Latin American Ilustración 8: Selected Winner
Communication Arts 2019: Illustration Shortlist
3x3 Student Show: Honorable Mention
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Miami Children's Museum · Mural Unveiling, 2021
Bowie State University · Visiting Artist Lecture, 2019
Strathmore Mansion · Artist Panel, 2018
Thank you!
