Kate Mueller is an installation artist who merges welding and woodworking techniques to construct large-scale designs that evoke the sensation of stepping into another astral plane. Her immersive sculptures actively invite viewer movement and interaction, making participation integral to the artwork's meaning and impact. Working with the environment, her pieces are intended to draw your awareness to the moment, the awe of nature, and the interconnectedness and interdependence of all things.

Employing a range of unconventional techniques and materials, including found objects, glass, mirrors, and reclaimed wood—with a commitment to sustainability—her self-taught method involves a meticulous physical process of cutting, joining, and welding negative and positive forms. This results in monumental, often functional, sculptures that possess an ethereal and thought-provoking quality.

Raised in the coastal and agricultural city of Oxnard, Mueller has since called a few other cities home. She spent a stint in a monastery in Romania, backpacked the nearly 500-mile ancient pilgrimage of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela (as a solo female traveler), and explored ancient temples on four continents, drawing inspiration from around the globe. Mueller moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to pursue her artistic practice. She acquired her welding skills in her early twenties while working at a family-owned furniture shop. When the company went out of business in 2019, the owner gave Mueller the shop welder. It’s still the one she uses today.

Mueller’s artistic journey expresses the interconnectedness of all things. Her work explores themes of shared humanity, consciousness, and what it is to have a body in a specific space and time. Mueller has created site-specific, interactive installations in Santa Monica, Downtown LA, and Ventura County. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.