Judith Shea (American, born 1948)

Judith Shea was born in Philadelphia in 1948, earned her B.F.A. from Parsons The New School, New York in 1975. In 1994 she was granted a fellowship to the American Academy in Rometo study the work of Gian Lorenzo Berniniand Michelangelo, among others. Some of her awards include a Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Sculptor-in-Residence award, a Rockefeller Fellowship and two National Endowment for the Arts awards. Her work can be found in numerous museums and collections, including: the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington; the Walker Art Center,Minneapolis; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.