Kate Capshaw (b. 1953, Fort Worth, Texas) A self-taught painter raised in Ferguson, Missouri, Capshaw began her art studies in drawing, painting, and portraiture in 2009.

In 2016, she saw a way to use portraiture to bring public awareness to youth homelessness. The work received critical attention in 2019 when Capshaw was selected as a finalist in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious juried triennial: the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. Following selection, the portraits debuted in The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today exhibition, which opened at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. (October 2019), and concluded its national tour at the Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis (January 2022).

Since 2023, the series titled Unaccompanied has toured as a solo exhibition, with showings at the Bo Bartlett Center at Columbus State University and Henry Street Settlement in New York City. Two portraits of Henry Street community members were displayed at The Park Avenue Armory and the New York Academy of Art. Most recently, eight alla prima studies exhibited at Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C. as part of a group show called, Mother Earth.