Judith Kruger is a multidisciplinary artist whose painting, prints and mixed media works explore Human-Environment connectivity and their shared strengths and vulnerabilities. She is recognized internationally for her advocacy and employ of historic, natural pigments and ecological processes.
Kruger’s alchemic work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, universities, corporations and cultural centers throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. She has created public commissions for Phipps Conservatory’s Center for Sustainable Landscape’s Beta Project (Pittsburgh, PA) and University of St Joseph’s Embracing our Environment Program (West Hartford, CT). Her work is represented in several private and public collections including Jefferson Hospital (Philadelphia, PA), Hammond Museum (North Salem, NY), Mattatuck Museum (Waterbury, CT), Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC) and Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA).
She is a recipient of fellowships from Mass MoCA’s Assets for Artists and Connecticut Office of the Arts and grants from Chicago Dept of Cultural Affairs, The Artists Foundation (NYC), Seeds Arts and Education (CA) and Target Corporation (MN). Kruger has served as Artist-Scholar in Residence at Wofford College-Environmental Science Department (SC) and Anneliese School (CA).
Her natural painting workshops and studio residencies have garnered an international following. Judith leads an annual Master Abstraction Workshop-in-Residence as part of Mass MoCA’s Assets for Artists Residency program, which is on its 11th session. She has presented at academic conferences including SECAC (SCAD) and the Association for Environmental Science (UC San Diego).
Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kruger currently lives and works in New Haven, CT. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Savannah College of Art and Design.