Judy Pfaff

Judy Pfaff
Born1946
EducationCass Technical High School
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis, Yale University
StyleInstallation art
AwardsMacArthur Fellow

Judy Pfaff (born 1946) is an American artist known mainly for installation art and sculptures, though she also produces paintings and prints. Pfaff has received numerous awards for her work, including a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2004 and grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1983) and the National Endowment for the Arts. Major exhibitions of her work have been held at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Denver Art Museum and Saint Louis Art Museum. In 2013 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Video interviews and profiles of the artist can be found on the PBS series Art21: Art in the 21st Century and at institutions including Miles McEnery Gallery, MoMa, and Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.