Kristy Peet was born in Dallas, Texas and completed her undergraduate work at Austin College in Sherman, Texas and her Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia.

She is a large format analog photographer focusing primarily on staged images conceptually related to the internal personal state.  Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across the US including a solo exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary.  Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Savannah College of Art and Design.

Kristy also served seven years as Vice President of BOX13 Artspace, an artist-run exhibition and studio space devoted to the creation and advancement of experimental contemporary art in Houston.  Kristy lives and works in Houston, Texas.  She is currently Professor of Art at College of the Mainland.