Judy Giera holds an MFA in Art-Painting (Lehman College-City University of New York), an MFA in Theatre (The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University) and spent a year in the graduate Performance + Performance Studies program at Pratt Institute. Her work has been seen in both solo and group exhibitions at venues including the Hudson River Museum, Waterloo Arts, SPANTZO, Ceres Gallery, Amos Eno Gallery, Gallery Aferro, White Columns (Online), and BronxArtSpace, Trestle Gallery among others. Her evening length performance with soundscape, ‘Blanche On A Winter’s Eve’ premiered at the United Solo Theatre Festival, garnering an award from festival organizers, and was curated into the First International Human Rights Arts Festival in 2017. Giera’s work has been featured in Vellum Magazine, Art511, and Art Spiel. Judy was a 2022 AIM Fellow with the Bronx Museum of the Arts and her work will be included in the Bronx Biennial in 2024. Giera was also awarded the Davyd Whaley Memorial Award for Abstraction from the Art Students League of New York. Recently, Judy is on the staff of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, the only dedicated LGBTQ+ art museum in the world, as their Collections Manager. She resides in Brooklyn with her partner, two cats, and many houseplants.
