Ingrid Ludt was born and raised in the Fingerlakes region of New York. She received her B.F.A. in Design from Rochester Institute of Technology and her M.F.A. in Painting from University at Albany, State University of New York. Following graduate school she was an Associate Curator at Omi International Arts Center and taught Intermediate and Advanced Drawing at University at Albany. Ludt has been the recipient of several awards from New York Foundation for the Arts. She has been an Associate Fellow at Atlantic Center for the Arts, a Resident Artist at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony and a participant in the Summer Arts Institute at Women’s Studio Workshop. In 2008 Ludt was a Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer at Middlebury College. Her work has been shown at Omi International Arts Center, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany Center Gallery, LBIF for the Arts and Sciences, Contemporary Artists Center, Storefront Artist Project, Nurtureart, Inc. and A.M. Richard Fine Art. Ludt currently serves on the board of Central City Artist Project in New Orleans. She lives and works in Albany, NY.