Artist-in-Residence in the Department of Art

Judy Pfaff

Public Lecture: Thursday, October 22: 5-6PM
Room 2309 in the Art Sociology Building
Judy Pfaff will speak on her inspirations and approach to her art work.

Opening Reception: Friday, October 23: 5:30-8PM
The Art Gallery in the Art Sociology Building
The Art Gallery presents Unlimited Impressions, an exhibition with Judy Pfaff, Karen Kunc, and Brian Shure.
The exhibition will run from October 23 to December 19, 2009.

Nature of Residency: The Department of Art, The Art Gallery and the College of Arts and Humanities present installation artist Judy Pfaff, in tandem with Limited Edition, a printmaking symposium.

Biographical information: Judy Pfaff was born in London, England in 1946. She received a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis (1971) and an MFA from Yale University (1973). Pfaff was a pioneer of installation art in the 1970's. She creates exuberant, sprawling sculptures and installations that weave landscape, architecture and color into an organic whole.

Pfaff has received many awards, including the John. D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award (2004); a Bessie (1984) and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and The National Endowment of the Arts (1986). Pfaff also represented the United States in the 1998 Sao Paolo Biennial. She lives and works in Kingston and Tivoli, New York.