Judith Peck

Judith Peck is an American artist (born 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) currently residing in the Greater Washington, D.C. area who is predominantly known for her allegorical figurative oil paintings. Early life and education Peck was born in 1957 in Brooklyn, New York. She studied art at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and received a BFA in 1979. Artwork Judith Peck was described by Professional Artist magazine as an "allegorical figurative artist who has made her life’s work to paint about history and healing, using a variety of methods and experimental techniques to achieve a diverse range of visual and tactile results that validate a strong narrative." Her paintings have been exhibited nationwide and internationally including at the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana, the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana, the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland, the Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, Illinois, Fresno Art Museum, in Fresno, California, the Portsmouth  Museum, in Portsmouth, Virginia, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, and others. Her artwork has also been selected for multiple awards, including the 2019 Best in Show at the Washington County Museum of Art exhibition, the 2018 Phil Desind Award during the Midyear Exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art and the 2016 Best in Show award at the Pinnacle Exhibition at Florida A&M University Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery. She has also been awarded a Strauss Fellowship Grant from Fairfax County, Virginia.