Jody Pinto

Jody Pinto (born 1942) is an American environmental artist internationally known for her site-specific public works. In her work as an artist she has over 40 collaborations around the world including the US, Japan, and Israel. In her work as a feminist activist, she founded the organization known as WOAR, and was active in it for four years.

Early life and education Jody Pinto was born in New York City in 1942 to a family of artists, and carried on this legacy with both her education as well as activism. She earned her BFA from Philadelphia College of Art. commissioned by the Association for Public Art in Philadelphia and located in Wissahickon Valley Park. The artwork is a 59'-long metal enclosure that connects two cliffs together in the shape of a bent finger.

In 2000 Pintos collaboration on the B.I.G (Beach Improvement Group) Project, was various installations such as restrooms, seatwalls, paths, and the "Beacon Overlook". They also landscaped and restored the Palisades, as well. as designed workout area and chess courts. The work consists of 20 illuminated fiberglass canopies that provide light and also serve as shelter for users during inclement weather. The canopies range in height from , , and and are either green or berry in color.

WOAR Pinto founded the rape crisis center Women Organized Against Rape in 1972 along with Dr. Cynthia Cooke who was a physician at Philadelphia General Hospital where all rape victims in Philadelphia were examined after reporting to the police. After seeing how a close friend of Pinto was treated and dealt with after being raped, she felt that the system was failing women who were going through this trauma and decided to take action and thus WOAR was born.

Awards and fellowships Pinto won a National Endowment for the Arts Award in 1979. In 1992 Steve Martino and Jody Pinto were given an Honor Award for their work on the PAPAGO PARK/CITY BOUNDARY PROJECT in Phoenix, Arizona. Pinto was given the ASLA Merit Award, NY 1993 New York Foundation for the Arts Grant Southern Avenue Streetscape/Patrick Park Plaza, Valley Forward/Honeywell, "Crescordia" Environmental Excellence Award, Phoenix, AZ. In 1994 she received a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. In 2002 Pinto and those involved in the B.I.G project (Beach Improvement Group Projects)of Santa Monica were given the National ASLA Design Honor Award.

Selected exhibitions Pinto's work was included in Extended Sensibilities, "the first exhibition to address homosexuality as a subject in art", at The New Museum in New York in 1982.

Collections Pinto's work is held in many permanent collections including: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

Teaching Pinto began teaching at PAFA in 1978. While there she started the first visiting artist program to bring contemporary artists to speak at the school. She taught at PAFA for 40 years, retiring in 2018.