Pat Oleszko (b. 1947, Detroit) received a BFA from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Since the early 1970s, she has staged projects and performances at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art; The Kitchen, ; Whitney Museum of American Art; Performance Space 122 (now Performance Space New York), Museum of Contemporary Craft (now Museum of Art and Design); Lincoln Center, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide, Italy; Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York; Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva, Florida; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; and King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, New York; among others. She was the recipient of the Rome Prize in 1998, and the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1990. Oleszko lives and works in New York City.