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Kruger, Barbara
1945 – She was born this year Newark, New Jersey.
1964 – She left there to attend Syracuse University.
1966 – She attended Parsons School of Design this year.
1973 – Her first exhibition was the Biennial Exhibition at Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
2005 – She was honored at the 51st Venice Biennale with the "Golden Lion" for Lifetime Achievement. is currently a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles.
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