Ian Pedigo

Who is Ian Pedigo?

Ian Pedigo, is a sculptor, image- and installation-based artist living and working in New York, NY. His work plays in the realm of combining materials of the human-built with those of the natural environment; conflating narratives or depictions of the personal with the historic or ancient; and crossing over transitory distinctions between idea, image, setting or object. He studied art at the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on installation and sculpture, as well as in 2001 at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Art, under the instructors Ilya Kabakov & Emilia Kabakov and the theorist/critic Boris Groys.

His first solo show in New York took place at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in 2006, earning critical attention for his unorthodox formal recombinations of found materials. He has subsequently exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions at galleries in New York City, Chicago, London, Paris, Milan, Gothenburg, Southern Alberta, and Chattanooga.

In 2011 the Southern Alberta Art Gallery published a monograph on Pedigo's work featured writing by critic and curator Chris Sharp and an interview with the writer and critic Lillian Davies. The book also featured an essay written by curator Ryan Doherty.