Ingrid Schaffner (born 1961) is a curator, writer, and educator specializing in contemporary art since the mid-1980s.
Schaffner work often coalesces around themes of archiving and collecting, photography, feminism, and alternate modernisms—especially Surrealism.
Other exhibitions include Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, More ...[5] on collecting, Richard Tuttle, In Parts, 1998-2001, and The Photogenic: Photography Through its Metaphor.
During that time, she curated an exhibition program that included surveys devoted to Barry Le Va, Jason Rhoades and Louise Fishman.
In 2023, Schaffner joined Hauser & Wirth as curatorial senior director, based in Los Angeles.