Kylie Heidenheimer was born in Gainesville, Florida to an Australian mother and German father. She grew up in St. Louis and moved to New York City where she currently lives and works. Her work has been the subject of solo shows at J.C. Flowers & Co, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery and Columbia University's Italian Academy, all in New York CIty. Regionally and nationally she has had solo exhibitions at Galerie Gris in Hudson, New York and Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Heidenheimer was a 2021 recipient of the New York Studio School Mercedes Matter Alumni Award and an Endowed Janet Sloane Resident at Yaddo in February 2020. She also attended Yaddo in 2016 and has been a fellow at Blue Mountain Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (5x) and The Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony. Heidenheimer has an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis. She also has a studio in Hudson.