Born in Peekskill, NY, Tegeder received her BFA from SUNY Purchase, and an MFA from The Art Institute of Chicago. She is a recipient of several residencies and grants, including Yaddo, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Smack Mellon Studio Program, Elizabeth Foundation, Governors Island, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space program, Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Fellowship, and Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists. She has been a visiting artist in over forty institutions and participated in numerous institution exhibitions including Mixed Greens, PS1/MOMA, The New Museum, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Her work is part of the Contemporary Drawing Collection at the Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and Weatherspoon Museum of Art.

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