Katie Peña is a Latina artist specializing in oil portraits, murals, and fine art paintings. She draws from her storytelling background and fine arts expertise to bring the subjects of her paintings to life in the style of the Renaissance masters. Katie began oil painting at age 14 and later attended the Rhode Island School of Design earning a Fine Arts degree in Film/Animation/Video. Professionally, she continued to grow her passion for visual storytelling, working for over a decade as a Scenic Painter in Hollywood, CA, on countless TV shows, commercials, and movies such as ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, Nickelodeon shows, and music videos for artists like Nicki Minaj and Bruno Mars.

In 2023, she transitioned away from the film industry to embark on a new chapter in her career, relocating to North Carolina. She is grateful to be putting down roots in a community that not only welcomes, cherishes, and celebrates local art, but also fosters and embraces the value that visual art can bring to a city to bolster tourism and local business patronage, while beautifying the community. Her goals in this community are to not only establish a modestly profitable career, but to give back to the city that she has come to deeply love with her own creative talents. With 19 years of experience as a painter, in tandem with 13 years of experience as a visual storyteller in Hollywood, she has a unique perspective to design and execute public and private art projects in the Triangle area.