Katherine Hunter is a Namibian artist, graphic designer, and writer. She received her undergraduate degree in illustration from the Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography, and her master’s degree in art education from Stellenbosch University. Her short stories have appeared in Dark Winter Literary Magazine and The Kalahari Review. Her short story “Eat Or Be Eaten” was published in Now Now: The 2023 Doek Anthology.
Katherine’s publishing journey in Doek! Literary Magazine commenced with “Becoming Home”, her series of commissioned illustrations. In September, 2023 “A Meeting Of Art And Science” and “How Frankenstein Created A Character” were published in the magazine’s eleventh issue. Issue 10: The Stillness, published in September, 2023 was her first cover for Doek! Literary Magazine.
In 2023 Katherine was shortlisted for the Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Award for Visual Art for “How Frankenstein Created A Character” while in 2025 was shortlisted for the Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Award for Fiction for “What The Sycamores Saw.”
Author image: Rémy Ngamije
