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Visual Grace artist, Kate Capato, is a Catholic Sacred Art Painter, Inspirational Speaker, and Faith-Filled Dance Choreographer who artistically brings to life truth, goodness, and beauty. 

The Woman Behind the Art

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 In her travels to India, Europe, Lebanon and throughout the States, she has tasted the powerful effects of beauty but also the cold conditions in its absence. As Dietrich Von Hildebrand shares in his book on Aesthetics, “Contact with an environment permeated by beauty not only offers real protection against impurity, baseness, […] and untruthfulness; it has also the positive effect of raising us up in a moral sense. It does not draw us into a self-centered pleasure where our only wish is to indulge ourselves. On the contrary, it opens hearts, inviting us to transcendence and leading us in conspectu Dei, before the face of God.”

Kate often finds herself across distant nations serving and learning much from the stories of diverse men and women.

Creating Sacred Works of Art Across the Globe

 Inspired, Kate joyfully partakes in the restoration of our culture and the restoration of who we are as Man and Woman by saying yes to the Lord's promptings as He moves her to paint, speak, dance, and travel.

Kate is awestruck by how intricately woven we are as children of the Creator and how all of creation is singing a love song revealing our identity and purpose.

Equally transformed by St. John Paul II's teachings of The Theology of The Body

Kate’s style itself is heavily inspired by the Italian Renaissance due to her gifted time studying and living in Italy. Taking to heart all that the Lord has taught her and continues to teach her, she aims to bring those lessons to life through her art. In addition to painting, Kate travels world-wide with her husband, Pawel, to offer Sacred Beauty Events that present a unique way of encountering the Lord through Beauty. Like many artists, her love for beauty covers a variety of areas and also inspires her to create faith-filled dance movement as an additional means of sharing the love of God. In each of these avenues of creating and sharing, Kate stands firmly on the teaching of our Catholic Faith, knowing that the Lord is a God of both wonder and order, both are key aspects of a life lived with and for Him. Ultimately, Kate seeks to live her life as a missionary of Divine Beauty, revealing God’s Beauty to as many people as possible and she has been so grateful for the adventure Christ has been leading her and her family on, knowing His grace is all she needs. 

Her paintings are completely immersed in prayer, as she seeks for them to have the very breath of the Lord in each paint stroke, hoping merely to be a vessel

Since 2015, Kate has created with and for the Church through private commissions, collaborations, church commissions, and more.

Trained at the Sacred Art School in Florence Italy 

Based in Philly and travels world wide for the mission of beauty!

Served in the States as a Culture Project Missionary, speaking nationally, for three years

Trained in Theology of the Body by the Theology of the Body Institute

Performed as a Company member with Ballet 180 and MM2 Modern Dance

Taught Theology of the Body at the Sacred Art School, IT

Fun Facts About Kate

For the longest time these seemed like two opposing worlds, unable to be as one. Journey after journey across the seas, her two loves began to merge more clearly as she learned the power of using beauty all over the world to speak truth and goodness. Hearts were more readily tasting the sweetness of the Divine when they experienced something truly beautiful. This was and is the greatest hope within her heart, for all to know they are deeply loved by our Heavenly Father.

Kate Capato grew up with a heart for mission work and a passion for the arts.

More of Her Story

Soon enough, the Lord brought along a handsome musician, Pawel, who loves Jesus and the arts just as much as she does. In 2019, he joined her in this journey as her husband and today, under the title of Visual Grace, Kate serves as a missionary of beauty sharing the greatest truth of Love through her sacred art works of painting, dance, and photography. Her husband, Pawel, joins in musically for events and fun collaborations bringing a fuller encounter of the Divine that touches all the senses. As they both grow in love, their arts grow too, enabling the mystery of the Divine to be spread throughout the world.

"Authentic beauty can move us into incredible stillness if we allow it. When I release control and let the Father be in charge, He always provides the daily bread of beauty I need."

Michaela holds a B.A. in University Studies + a Dance Concentration from Texas A&M University. As a classically trained ballerina, former NET missionary, young adult minister, professional company member and dance instructor, she shares the same heart and mission as Kate and Pawel for sharing God's love through beauty. She is thrilled to be helping behind the scenes at Visual Grace and at events from time to time! 

Michaela Barta
Admin & Marketing Assistant 

"Beauty can be found everywhere, even in the seemingly ugly and hard, if we open our hearts and allow the Lord to show us."

Elise earned her bachelors degree in retailing and consumer sciences from the University of Arizona. After working in the retail industry, as a store manager and corporate level buyer for over 15 years, she embraced her vocation of being a wife, full time mother and community advocate in her town. Now, Elise devotes part of her time working behind the scenes on the Visual Grace website and Shop!

ELISE JUMBELICK
Web Assistant

"Beauty is my little glimpse of Heaven for the day. It gets me excited for what's to come."

A Music Therapist and Catholic Guitarist seeking to use the skills he has carefully crafted to help lead people into a deeper relationship with God. Pawel received his M.A. degree in Music Therapy and worked at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for 9 years as a Board-Certified Music Therapist. He now joins his wife, Kate, in this mission of beauty by collaborating at Sacred Beauty Events/Projects and managing the studio shop. 

PAWEL MACHURA
Lead Events Musician
& Studio Manager

Meet the Team

Kate was blessed to be on EWTN’s show Women of Grace with Johnnette Williams to discuss her journey to becoming a sacred artist and to speak about the meanings behind some of her pieces. 

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Kate returns to EWTN’s show Women of Grace with Johnnette Williams to discuss Visio Divina and how to hear the Lord through art! 

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Kate was blessed to have her painting, the Lily, be featured on TOBI’s show the Way of Wonder with Bill Donaghy. Kate joins as a surprise to share a bit more about this work.

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Kate presents a Keynote at the GIVEN Gathering in 2022 to encourage women to follow their calling.

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Hear Kate and Pawel speak about their creative process, inspirations and truly embracing God’s call  for their lives as a missionary family.

Shalom World

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Guadalupe radio is here to serve the Church and endeavors to lead souls back to Jesus Christ through His holy Catholic Church, through the use of the powerful medium of radio. In this episode, Kate chats with Larry Massey on Guadalupe Radio about her time growing her skills in Italy and what some of her paintings are all about.

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In 2019 Kate helped create murals for St Joseph Parish in Topeka Kansas through Conrad Schmitt Studios. A handful of painters shared in creating many layers on 14 different murals within the church while other artists reworked the alter, gold leaf, and more throughout the church.

MURAL COLLABORATION

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