Ian Pedigo

Ian Pedigo (born in 1973 in Anchorage, Alaska), is a sculptor, image and installation-based artist living and working in New York, NY (Queens). His work involves merging the natural with the synthetic and the experience with material and image as an act of discovery and recovery. The works themselves could be perceived as premeditated artifacts of an archaeological nature, to be found within the context of the near-present, while appearing as discreet aesthetic objects in their own right. He studied for his Master of Arts at the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on installation and sculpture, as well as a defining experience participating in the 2001 Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Art program, studying under the instructors Ilya Kabakov & Emilia Kabakov and the theorist/critic Boris Groys.

Exhibition, "Dragged Fondly into the Woods", Rokeby Gallery, London 2011

His first solo show in New York took place at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in 2006, earning critical attention [1] 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 (Sweden), Southern Alberta (Lethbridge, Canada), and Chattanooga (TN).

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.

His work has garnered critical praise in many art publications such as New York Times,[2] the New Yorker,[3] and Artforum.[4] He is represented by Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in New York, Rokeby gallery in London, and shows with 65Grand in Chicago.