Judith C. Reidy graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Fine Arts, with a BFA in painting and drawing.
She studied with such artists as Lorin Willey, Fred Bell, Katie Mussloff, Greg LaRock, Lawrence Rathsack, Adolph Rosenblatt, Tom Uttech, Joan Franzen, Laura Priebe, Helena Ehlke, Joe Stanke, Paulette Jensen, Daryll Jenson, Ed Knippers, Stephan Samerjan, and Lori Beringer.