Judith Kruger
Judith Kruger · Source: New York Artists Circle · Rights retained by the original rights holders
- Medium
- Graphite, Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Wood
- Based in
- New Haven, CT
- Practice
- Collage, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Works on Paper
Judith Kruger is a Connecticut based multidisciplinary, visual artist whose paintings, drawings and prints address Human-Environment connectivity and their their shared strengths and vulnerabilities. She is recognized in… Full biography
Biography
Judith Kruger is a Connecticut based multidisciplinary, visual artist whose paintings, drawings and prints address Human-Environment connectivity and their their shared strengths and vulnerabilities. She is recognized internationally for her advocacy and employ of historic, natural painting matter and ecological processes. 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.
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, Seeds Arts and Education and Target Corporation. Kruger has served as Artist-Scholar in Residence at Wofford College’s Environmental Science Department, Spartanburg, SC and Anneliese School, Laguna Beach, CA.
Kruger’s work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, universities, corporations and cultural centers throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. She created environmental public commissions for Phipps Conservatory’s Center for Sustainable Landscape’s Beta Project (Pittsburgh, PA) and University of St Joseph’s Earth Day Commemoration (West Hartford, CT). Her work is represented in several private and public collections including Jefferson Hospital, Hammond Museum, Mattatuck Museum, Wofford College, and Savannah College of Art and Design.
Artist statement
My paintings, prints, drawings and installations are the by-product of a deep, unwavering engagement with nature and its particle-laden material matter. Through the procurement and uncommon employ of natural pigments, grounds, binders and supports, I ultimately challenge the notions of human perception, impermanence, abundance and void. The inner essence of what I collect and experience, in and out of the studio, is ultimately distilled into tangible objects that are meant to be perceived, felt, and questioned: rather than understood. The work evolves over long periods of time through experimental alchemy and uncommon, repetitive rituals. While what I make often embodies an initial response to concrete ideas, contextual encounters and material research, it is ultimately meant to be experienced as a visible, metaphoric surrogate for language.
Sustaining a non-toxic studio practice, pushing the boundaries of methods and materials that have existed in ancient cultures for thousands of years, derived from the environment itself, is my cathartic place to manifest hope for a renewed future that values the importance of mindfulness, well-being, and planet care.
My studio is both my lab and sanctuary.
