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Often cited as a pioneer of installation art and contributor to the Pattern and Decoration Movement, Judy Pfaff has created work that spans disciplines from painting to printmaking and sculpture to installation. Born in London in 1946, Pfaff earned a BFA from Washington University Saint Louis (1971) and an MFA from Yale University (1973) where she studied with Al Held. She has exhibited her work in the Whitney Biennials of 1975, 1981, and 1987, and represented the United States in the 1998 São Paulo Bienal. Her pieces reside in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, and Detroit Institute of Arts, among others. Pfaff is currently represented by the Miles McEnery and Accola Griefen galleries in New York and has been previously represented by Holly Solomon, Carl Solway and Susanne Hilberry. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center (2014), the MacArthur Fellowship (2004), and the Guggenheim Fellowship (1983). Pfaff lives and works in Tivoli, New York.

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Soeun Bae is a multidisciplinary artist working with sculpture, technology and performance. Born in South Korea, she was raised in Alabama and currently resides in Brooklyn. Bae’s work has been exhibited in the AHL Foundation Gallery in New York; the Gelman Gallery, Red Eye Gallery, Woods-Gerry Gallery and Memorial Hall Gallery in Providence, RI; and at L.A.D., Geunwonji and Projectspacewip in Seoul, South Korea. She earned a BFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, is a 2023 recipient of the T&W Contemporary Visual Art Award from the AHL Foundation, and was a 2024 artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO. Learn more about the artist at soeunbae.com.

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Jordany Genao is a Dominican interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Queens, NY (Lenapehoking). In their practice, they emphasize visual and theoretical connections between Arawak-Taino cosmology and ceramics, Caribbean plants and queerness. The space that nature occupies in Genao’s work is an affirmation of the ways in which it has traditionally been engaged to co-create homes, medicine and alternative realities. Their creative practice celebrates the life commitment of being closer to nature and using its wisdom to spotlight the multifaceted relationships between land, history and culture. Genao’s work has been presented in group exhibitions at Flux Factory, Queens, NY and Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY. They earned a BA from the School of Visual Arts and an MFA from Hunter College. Learn more about the artist at jordanygenao.com.

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Dario Mohr is a first-generation Grenadian, U.S. Citizen with West African and Italian heritage, born in 1988. Based in New York City, Mohr is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and non-profit leader. His work involves the creation of “sacred spaces” referencing his heritage and expressing commentary on the cultural zeitgeist through immersive sanctuary experiences. His practice is interdisciplinary, converging painting, sculpture, installation, digital art and film. In addition to his individual art practice, he is also the Founder and Director of AnkhLave Arts Alliance, Inc., a non-profit arts organization for the recognition and representation of BIPOC artists in contemporary art. He earned a BFA in painting from Buffalo State College, an MFA in studio art from The City College of New York and an Advanced Certificate in art education from Queens College.

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