Kate Crash is a conceptual artist and experimentalist which manifests in the albums she writes, performs, and produces, her video, digital, and performance art, and her work in tech.
She also creates theatrical, multimedia-experiences with her combination of indie pop and conceptual art, bringing together poetry, movement, political theater, and dance. Her work largely centers around themes of freedom, sexuality, commodities, and identity in an increasingly transhumanist world.
Crash started showing her work in galleries at the age of 16. She was then discovered by record producer Nick Launay (Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Nick Cave, Arcade Fire) and the two begun an almost decade long collaboration. She also has continuing collaborations with Catherine Hardwick (Twilight, 13, Lords of Dogtown), award-winning writer/director Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, digital and video artist Michael J. Masucci, and poet Chiwan Choi. Her music can be heard in film and TV shows from allover the world. She has released EPs for both George Martin & Joan Jett’s labels but now prefers to self-release.
Crash's art and films have been shown at the Armory Center for the Arts, Barnsdall Art Gallery, 18th Street Art Center, the Getty's Pacific Standard Time, and Highways Performance Space. She has been featured in pieces by the renowned performance artist Barbara T Smith; as well as Emmy-winning multimedia-artist Kate Johnson; Michael J. Masucci; and SIGGRAPH. In August of 2017 Echo Park Film Center held a retrospective of her video art. She is co-artistic director of EZTV MUSEUM, the pioneering video and digital arts organization.