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Meet the Artist: Judy Pfaff

When

Sat, Nov 16, 2024 2:00PM – 3:00PM

Where

Glyndor Gallery

Price

Free

with admission to the grounds

Join us for an artist-led exhibition walk-through in Glyndor Gallery. Judy Pfaff will discuss the sculptures, drawings, and site-specific installation she has on display. In conversation with Director of Arts and Chief Curator Gabriel de Guzman, Pfaff will describe her working process and sources of inspiration for her nature-themed solo exhibition.

“Meet the Artist” is an ongoing series of conversations and programs between exhibiting artists and curatorial team members at Wave Hill. The program provides an opportunity for Wave Hill visitors, the artist’s community and others to learn more about an artist’s creative process and the themes that shape their work.

Registration encouraged but not required, online or by calling 718.540.3200 x398.

Glyndor Gallery is wheelchair-accessible. There is an accessible, ground-level entrance at the front of the building with an elevator that provides access to the gallery level. The Sunroom Project Space can be accessed with an ADA-compliant ramp. The restroom on the gallery level is all-gender and ADA-compliant.

Judy Pfaff

Judy Pfaff

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.
Photo: Peter Aaron /OTTO