Judith Anderson
Contact Information
Education
- 1970-72 Michigan State University, Evening College, studied etching with James Fagan
- 1957-59 Graduate work in English Literature, University of Minnesota
- 1956-57 Art Students League, New York, studied with George Grosz, Robert Beverly Hale and Edwin Dickinson
- 1956 BA - Mount Holyoke College
Artist's Statement
The germ of the idea for a particular print develops over many months or sometimes years. Images from reading, dreams, relationships, pictures, plants and animals will gather and cluster until a beginning form for the print emerges. The main image grows and changes, often in surprising ways, during the long process of working on the plate, which may be several months. Only some time after a print is finished do I come to understand intuitively more about its origins and implications.
After ten years of painting and then working with woodcuts, I was drawn to the medium of etching because I liked the possibilities for direct drawing, intricate detail, textures and patterns, contrasts and subtleties of tone. In etching there is great flexibility in reworking an area, in refinements and enriching images. I use various aquatints and softgrounds, draw through hard ground and etch the zinc plates with nitric acid. The prints are hand-pulled on a manually turned press. Making edition prints has allowed me to exhibit my work widely in juried shows.
In the sixties I first saw the intricate drawings and prints of Leonard Baskin and have for years been fascinated by them. I've been deeply moved also by the work of Käthe Kollwitz, the haunting textured sculptures of Georges Jeanclos, the hidden figures in Pavel Tchelitchev's Hide and Seek, the mysterious people in Odd Nerdrum's paintings, the strange surprises and details in the work of Alfredo Castaneda, and the organic forms in the sculptures of Louise Bourgeois. My early work often dealt with religious concerns, while my work since the late seventies has been influenced by feminist thought.
I've always loved working with the figure: the complexity and grace in anatomy, the variety of movement, shape and expression in eyes, faces, hands. The life-drawing group is a weekly necessity. Recurring themes in my prints include the placing of numerous figures within a larger form, half-seen figures, feminist interpretations of religious traditions, myths and legends, and expressing the sacred nature of ordinary experience. Metaphor and symbolism intrigue me: the prints explore ambiguity, mystery, the complication of inner space.
Photographs of etchings are by Jim Colando.
Selected Exhibitions
Special Recognition
Salute to Feminists in the Arts: Honoring Feminist Artists Who Changed the World of Art 1966-1980, Veteran Feminists of America, The National Arts Club, New York, NY and Rockland Center for the Arts (an honoree and exhibitor, invitational)
Solo Exhibitions
2007
"When the Smoke Clears....", Mackerel Sky, East Lansing, MI
2003
New Prints and Drawings, Mackerel Sky, East Lansing, MI
2001
Bone Woman, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999
New Works on Paper, Mackerel Sky, East Lansing, MI
1992
In Her Image Gallery, Portland, OR
1991
Recent Works on Paper, Mackerel Sky, East Lansing, MI
1988
Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Juried and Invitational Exhibitions
2007
Paperworks On and Of Paper, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
2006
110th Annual Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
The 9/11 Memorial Portfolio, A Traveling Exhibition of 445 Works on Paper by Members of The American Print Alliance, The VanDeb Editions Gallery, New York, NY
2006 National Drawing Exhibition, Impact Artists' Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Theater of the Mind, American Print Alliance Travelling Exhibition, January 2004-February 2007: University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL; North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, WA
26th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2005
2005 Print Invitational, The New York Society of Etchers, Los Angeles Printmaking Society and Newfoundland Printmakers, Weingart Galleries, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
Showcase Exhibition, Winners of the Annual Member’s Art Forum 2004, Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
The 9/11 Memorial Portfolio, The American Print Alliance: College of Eastern Utah; Dadian Gallery, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.
Theater of the Mind, American Print Alliance: University of Delaware, Department Art Gallery, Newark, DE; North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA
The 9/11 Memorial Portfolio, The American Print Alliance: College of Eastern Utah; Dadian Gallery, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.
Print Types, The Print Consortium at Ashford University, Clinton, IA
23rd Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Gallery 107, Tri County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY (3rd prize)
18th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
It’s a Small World, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
National Women’s Exhibition, Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY (honorable mention)
Testifyin’ 2005: A National Competition, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
7th Annual Realism International Juried Online Art Exhibition, www.upstreampeoplegallery.com, Omaha, NE
2004
Eye: Mirror of the Soul, The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
Theater of the Mind, American Print Alliance Travelling Exhibition, January 2004 - December 2006
Print National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Biennial Juried Exhibition, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL
Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections, An Exhibition of Feminist Art, National Women's Studies Association Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Transferred: The Contemporary Art of Printmaking, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
All About Women, East End Arts Council Gallery, Riverhead, NY (Best of Show)
2nd Biennial Print Exhibition, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
2003
Salute to Feminists in the Arts, Veteran Feminists of America, The National Arts Club, New York, NY - Invitational
24th National Print Exhibition 2003, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Under Pressure, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
107th Annual Exhibtion, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
47th Annual National Juried Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Gateway National Juried Art Show, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM - Second Place Award and Honorable Mention
Made in China - Made in New York, The New York Society of Etchers with The Muban Foundation, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
TRACE 2003, an exhibition of French, Canadian and New York printmakers, Paris, France (invitational)
2002
Society of American Graphic Artists 69th National Print Exhibition, The Art Students League Grand Gallery, New York, NY
Expressions of Womanhood, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO, William Bixby First Prize
Millennium Collection of the National Association of Women Artists, The United Nations Visitors' Lobby, New York, NY
2001
Invoking the Source, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester Center For Crafts, Worcester, MA (Invitational)
2001 Odyssey: Destination Unknown, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY - 1st Place Award
13th National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD, purchase award
2000
New York Society of Etchers, Inc., Inaugural Juried Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
23rd National Print Biennial, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
111th Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, Atelier 14, New York, NY, Esther K. Gayner Memorial Award
1999
Out of Place, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Lankershim Arts Center Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
Creatures, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1998
Pressed and Pulled, 7th National Printmaking Exhibition, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA, purchase award
Selected Publications
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Women Artists Datebook 2005 Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse, NY
Catherine M. Roach, Mother/Nature: Popular Culture and Environmental Ethics, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2003
Jennifer Atlee-Loudon, Red Thread: A Spiritual Journal of Accompaniment, Trauma and Healing, Washington, D.C.: EPICA, The Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean, 2001
Catherine Madsen, "In the Dark Speech of Praise and Birth: The Prints of Judith Anderson," Cross Currents, Summer, 1999
Cover art for invitation to Women of the Century, New York Century Club, sponsored by The Center for the Study of Women and Society, City University of New York Graduate Center, 1998
Kathie Carlson, Life's Daughter / Death's Bride: Inner Tranformations Through the Goddess Demeter / Persephone, Boston: Shambhala, 1997
Bill Moyers / Spirit and Nature, PBS June 5, 1991 (and on Mystic Fire Video)
Steven C. Rockefeller and John C. Elder, eds., Spirit and Nature: Why the Environment is a Religious Issue, Beacon Press, 1992
Elinor W. Gadon, The Once and Future Goddess: A Symbol of Our Time, Harper & Row, 1989
Selected Collections
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
The New York Public Library, Print Collection, New York, NY
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
Center for the Study of Women and Society, The Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York, NY
Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT
John A. Stewart, Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, CT
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Dr. Steven C. Rockefeller, Middlebury, VT
Gallery Representation
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