Kat Cope is a late diagnosed autistic artist and P.h.D. researcher. Their research asks, "How can costume and performance embody metaphorical armour to process and transform complex trauma?" They practice create wearable sculpture, performance, film, installation, and facilitate community workshops. They examine the role trauma has had in her own life as a undiagnosed nuerodivergent person, and aim to help others like them and those not so like them to coexist and collaborate. Kat holds a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College (2005) and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (2009). They have exhibited their work in numerous group and solo exhibitions. In 2023, Cope disseminated their research through, Acts of Healing and Modality, a performance event curated by Dr. Áine Phillips at Gallery 126 in Galway, Ireland. They also led a community Wearable Sculpture Workshop at Ballybane Library in Galway. They are now in their fifth year of PhD research at Burren College of Art and