Judith is a Cincinnati based artist who works both in 2 & 3 dimensions creating sculptures, installations and works on canvas. Her work clearly shows the dance between multiple mediums and the joys of color, complexity and intuitive layering of paint, collage, assemblage and most recently, experiments with photo transfers.
The overarching themes that flow through every body of work include metaphysical elements, celebration of the divine feminine spirit and finding joy in a world of uncertainty. Beyond the traditional components of art making such as paint and canvas, Judith's practice of salvage and assemblage reflects both the complexity of our lives and the ever changing detritus we all discard and, provides an opportunity to reuse and reclaim and include the human energy imbued in the found and thrifted materials.
MY JOURNEY
* From the prairies of Saskatchewan to the shores of southwest Lake Michigan, my life journey has me now living in Cincinnati, Ohio. * While I studied art in undergrad, I accepted the the pressures and "common wisdom" that no one really makes a living making art and ended up pursuing a career first in Mental Health and then in Higher Education. * Still, art has always had my heart . As I journeyed through 2 marriages, trauma, self doubt, perfectionism, breast cancer and the need to please, I lugged my art supplies and easel from home to home turned again and again to art. Through art I learned to play and to release self judgment. In time, I found my voice and my truest self, as well as a never-ending opportunity for learning, evolution and growth.
MY ART HISTORY
2024 The Chalice A Group Show of 7 Artists. Cincinnati, OH 2024 Juried Group Show Radiance. ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2023 Juried Group Show. Art Comes Alive, ADC Gallery, Cincinnati OH 2023 Installation: Altar to the Divine Feminine, Grand Rapids Art Prize , MI 2023 Juried Group Show. Ohio Artist Registry Exhibition, Columbus , OH 2022 Solo Show Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati OH 2022 Juried Group Show Pour-d, Rockford, MI 2021 Best of Show Award Golden Ticket Juried Show Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati , OH 2019 Final Friday shows Pendleton Art Center Cincinnati, OH 2018 Solo Show Lydia's on Ludlow Cincinnati, OH 2017 Solo Show Lydia's on Ludlow Cincinnati OH 2016 Solo Show Coffee Amici Findlay, OH 2016 Solo Show The Wine Merchant Findlay, OH 2015 Juried Group Show Fifth/Third Bank and Warner, Norcross & Judd - Grand Rapids Art Prize Grand Rapids, MI 2012 Juried Group Show The Ohio Arts Council & Columbus Metropolitan Library Columbus, OH 2007 Juried Group Show Veridian Gallery New York, NY A Long Time Ago: BA in Art and Psychology, Grand Valley State University, MI MA in Counseling Psychology, Western MI University
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