Judy Darragh

Judith Ann Darragh ONZM (born 1957) is a New Zealand artist who uses found objects to create sculptural assemblages.

In 2004, The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa held a major retrospective of her work titled Judy Darragh: So... You Made It?

[11] The artwork which she exhibited in this show (Doctor, 2013) was taken from a Hustler centrefold, then enlarged and printed onto a PVC skin which was a reference to the advertising industry.

[11] Previous work has also included assemblages with dildos (Mussell Mirror[12] and Flicker of Life, 1987), as well as direct painting onto pornographic images using white-out.

[15] Darragh developed her signature kitsch aesthetic while living in Auckland in the 1980s, where she was working as secondary school teacher.