Pederson is known for her use of ordinary household, construction, and building materials to explore sculptural concepts of weight, tension, balance, and permanence.
in printing, painting, and drawing, along with a minor in architecture, from Carnegie Mellon University, and studied at L'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.
[5] Her sculptures have included cinderblocks, plywood, cellophane, fabric, tulle, wire, sand, glitter, and paint.
"[8] Her work has been described by curators as possessing a graceful use of balance, deliberation, and incongruity, while marrying elements in unexpected or impracticable ways.
[5] Critics have described her work as "sparse [and] smart,"[3] having a "savvy humbleness," and "slight in a cerebral way,"[9] while citing her "aesthetic sensibility and formal courage"[3] and ability to produce a "radical evolution of simple things.