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Address: Chicago, Illinois

Website: www.2D-ART.com

E-mail: judeart@sbcglobal.net

Education
1996 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Master in Art and Art (Therapy)
1994 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA)

Professional Experience
1996 - Present Practicing Art Therapist and Exhibiting Artist

I create images that take on symbolic characteristics. These images have an emphasis on color. When color is juxtaposed it can create a powerful contrast. The colors represent both positive and negative space, which can be parallel to human emotions. What we see is not always what is. Heightening the intensity and sometimes merging the colors can cause an uneasiness that motivates expressions.

Is a picture worth a thousand words? Cirlot, the author of The Dictionary of Symbols, states, “The unique function of a symbol is that it is the language of image and emotions.” Kandinsky states, “Color is the power which directly influences the soul.” Josef Abers, Ellsworth Kelly, Jules Olitski, Kenneth Noland, Frank Stella, Newman and Morris Louis investigated abstraction and the effect of color. They discovered multiple interpretations of the same hue depending on the colors surrounding it. Pollock. Van Gogh, Rothko and Mondrian all were also compelled by color, as am I. As an art therapist as well as an artist I have always been amazed at what powers of communication symbols and color have, depending on how they are combined and presented.

One of my intentions for creating art is to unite the symbolic images with the colors expressing a unique coding that ejects information.

Solo Exhibitions

2003
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002
The Source (Women in Business) Chicago, IL
Midwest Bank and Trust, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions

2010
Attendre le Printemps, Black Walnut/Robert Wayner Gallery, 220 Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL; (March-April)
What’s The Big Idea? Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL

2009
Created a mural for two collectors in Chicago. IL

2008
Created two wall murals for two collectors in Chicago, IL

2007
Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL

2006
Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
Bare Walls, Chicago, IL
George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
Highland Park Open, Highland Park, IL

2005
18th Annual Women's Works, Northwest Area Arts Council, Crystal Lake, IL
48th International, San Diego Art Institute San Diego, CA

2004
Chicago Art Open, National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Articulating the Intangible, McLean Project for the Arts, Alexandria, Virginia (*curator: Kurt Godwin)
76th Annual Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA

2003
MatrixArts, Sacramento, CA
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
Art of Conflict Resolution, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL

2002
Inclusion Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
Savacou Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gallery 212, Ann Arbor, MI

2001
Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
Greeley Square Gallery, New York, NY
ANA 30 Show, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, *Juror: Peter Schjedahl (art critic of the New Yorker Magazine)
Limner Gallery, New York, NY
Judith Racht Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ. *Juror: Dr. Donald P. Kuspit (art critic for Art In America)

2000
Chicago Windy City Artists, Inc., Chicago, IL
The Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

1999
Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL - Jury Panel: Diane Simpson, Alan Leder (curator throughout Illinois) and Obaji Nyamb
Chicago Art Open 1999, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL
National Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998
The Carnegie Art Center, New York, NY
Brickton Gallery, Park Ridge, IL

1997
ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL - Juror: Ann Sass (Whitney Museum of Art, NYC)

1994
Gallery 312, Chicago, IL - Two-Person Show - * juror, Irene Siegel

Dr. Donald P. Kuspit Art Critic – Art in America)
Chicago Windy City Artists, Inc. Chicago, Illinois
Woman Made Gallery
Chicago Art Coalition
Chicago Bare Walls
Award of Excellence for Manhattan Arts International
Award winner for Herstory, Manhattan Arts International
The city of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Finalist in the Art Calendar National Centerfold Contest
The Chicago Windy City Artists Award of Excellence
9th Annual Cover Art Competion Manhattan Arts International
Schjedahl – Art Critic, New Yorker Magazine)

Saatchi Gallery (London, England)
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
www.discoveredartists.com

2001 The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs 2001 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni
Bare Walls - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Woman Made Gallery
The Chicago Art Coalition