Kathryn Walter has maintained a studio practice since 1989, beginning in Vancouver after graduating from Emily Carr College of Art and Design. Her critique of the city’s rampant development was influenced by text-based art of the time. She completed an MFA at Concordia University in Montréal and returned to her hometown Toronto in the mid-90s where she continues to be inspired by the built environment. In 2000 she founded FELT, a company inspired by her family’s history in the felt industry, and has since worked with manufactured felts, focusing on interior installations, collaborating with architects and interior designers across North America. In 2019, she received the Allied Arts Medal awarded by the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) for creative collaboration.