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Judith Margolis
Born
Judith Cohen

(1944-09-24) September 24, 1944 (age 80)
New York City, New York, United States
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainter

Judith Margolis (born September 24, 1944) is an Israel-based American artist. In her art and writing she "explores tensions between consciousness, feminism, and religious ritual tradition."

Life

Since 1996, Margolis has been the Art Editor of Nashim: The Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues, published by Indiana University Press.[1]

She was selected as one of ten international Common Ground artists.[2]

Margolis is Creative Director of Bright Idea Books, which produces limited edition and artist's books.

Education

Family

Judith's husband, the author David Margolis, died on July 17, 2005.[4] She has three children and six grandchildren.

Exhibitions

One person exhibitions

  • Hebrew Union College, New York, NY . 2009
  • Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, CA . 2008
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA . 2003
  • Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY . 2002
  • Brandeis Bardin Institute . Simi Valley, CA . 2000
  • Talpiot Industrial Gallery . Jerusalem . 1994
  • ARTernatives Gallery . San Luis Obispo, California . 1989
  • University Of Southern California . Los Angeles . 1986
  • Buffalo Street Gallery . Ithaca, New York . 1988
  • Smedley's Gallery . Ithaca, New York . 1981
  • Eisenhower College Gallery . Seneca Falls, New York . 1978
  • Ithaca House Gallery . Ithaca, New York . 1978
  • Cole/Hayes Gallery . San Francisco . 1977

Two person exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

  • Florida Atlantic University . Boca Raton, FL . 2000
  • University of Arizona Museum of Art . Tucson, AZ . 2000
  • Kutztown University Gallery . 1999
  • Plains Art Museum . Fargo, ND . 1998
  • Morris Louis Gallery/Bezelel . Jerusalem . 1998
  • B'nai B'rith National Jewish Museum . Washington, DC . 1997
  • Central Exhibition Hall . Moscow . 1996
  • Kerim Institute . Jerusalem . 1996
  • Kanner Heritage Museum . Toranto, Canada . 1996
  • Skirball Cultural Center . Los Angeles . 1996
  • Navon Gallery . Neve Ilan, Israel . 1995
  • Plotkin Judaica Museum . Phoenix, AZ . 1995
  • The Knesset . Jerusalem . 1994
  • Arad Art Museum . Arad, Israel . 1994
  • Yeshiva University Museum . NYC . 1993
  • Perkins Gallery . Boston . 1993
  • Dubin-Wolf Exhibit Center . Los Angeles . 1992
  • Loyola University Laband Gallery . Los Angeles . 1991
  • UCLA Kirkham Gallery . Los Angeles . 1991
  • Dubin-Wolf Exhibit Center . Los Angeles . 1989
  • The Art Store . Los Angeles . 1987
  • University of Wisconsin Fine Art Gallery . Milwaukee . 1987
  • Arts Commission Galley . Los Angeles . 1987
  • Otis/Parsons Gallery . Los Angeles . 1984
  • Amfac Plaza Gallery . Honolulu . 1984
  • Herbert Johnson Museum . Ithaca, NY . 1983
  • Columbia-Greene Community College . NY . 1983
  • Arnot Art Museum . Elmira, NY . 1983
  • Rockefeller Arts Center . Fredonia, NY . 1983
  • Schenectedy Museum . New York . 1983
  • Long Beach Museum . California . 1983
  • Rutgers University Art Museum . New Brunswick, NJ . 1981
  • Traction Gallery . Los Angeles . 1981
  • Tompkins-Cortland Community College . NY . 1981
  • Arnot Museum . Elmira, NY . 1981
  • Zone Gallery . Springfield, MA . 1981
  • Womanworks Gallery . Buffalo, NY . 1981
  • Ithaca House Gallery . Ithaca, NY . 1981
  • Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art . 1979
  • Hinckley Foundation Museum . Ithaca, NY . 1979
  • AART Gallery . Oakland, CA . 1979
  • State University of New York Art Gallery . Binghamton . 1978
  • Cornell University Art Gallery . Ithaca, NY . 1978
  • Lone Mountain College Art Gallery . San Francisco, CA . 1977

Collections

New York

  • New York Public Library Special Collections
  • Dr. Al Molvadan
  • Meredith Tax
  • Barbara Rochman
  • Liza Norman
  • Dr. Phyllis Silverman
  • Janet Braun-Reinitz

Seattle

  • University of Washington Rare Book Collection

Jerusalem

  • Seth Althotz
  • Dani and Deborah Kollin
  • Rabbi Daniel Landes and Sheryl Robbin
  • Timna Katz
  • LSusan Schneider
  • Eli and Miriam Avidan
  • Drs. Jeff and Jane Kimchi
  • Ephraim and Sigal Tabackman

Tel Aviv

  • Dan and Penny Witties
  • San Francisco
  • Dr. Jim and Diane Breivis
  • Drs. Cody and Lucy Fisher
  • Annette and Steve Hess
  • Sara Katz

San Diego, CA

  • Noa Summerfield
  • Bainbridge Island, WA
  • Jean Diamond Sargent

Los Angeles

  • Midway Hospital Medical Center
  • Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum
  • UCLA Fine Arts Library
  • Beverly Hills Fine Arts Library
  • Uri Harkham
  • Nancy Berman
  • Robert J. Avrech
  • James and Sonya Cummings
  • Mark Carliner
  • Michelle Rappaport
  • Blossom Norman
  • Dr. Robert and Peggy Sloves
  • Phillip and Judith Miller
  • Barbara Schuster
  • Diane Isaacs Fink
  • Abby Yasgar and Joey Lipner
  • Adam Leipzig and Lori Zimmerman
  • Drs. Suzanne and Moshe Spira
  • Dr. Deborah Berger
  • Drs. Donna Cooper-Matchett & Bill Matchett
  • Lynn and Morton Moskowitz

Moscow

  • Artist's House, Chilushskinskaya

Berkeley, CA

  • UC Berkeley Fine Arts Library

Boca Raton, FL

  • Arthur Jaffe Center for Rare Books

Baltimore

  • John and Linda Haas

Ithaca, NY

  • Tompkins County Hospital
  • Fredrika and Bill Kaven
  • Myra Malkin
  • Catherine O'Neill
  • Linda Myers
  • Sandra Gittleman
  • Robert and Corinne Stern
  • Ira and Anne Brous
  • Moorehead, Mn
  • Minnesota State University

Faculty appointments, residencies and awards

  • Coolidge Colloquium Research Fellowship; 2010
  • 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA; 2008, 2009
  • Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, CA; 2008
  • Brandeis-Bardein College Institute (LA), Faculty; 1999-00
  • International Plein-Air, Artist-in-Residence; Morehead, MN; 1998
  • Brandeis-Bardein College Institute (LA), Faculty; 1997
  • Chomut, Christina, TODAY'S LOCAL NEWS, "Space Visions", January 30, 2005
  • International Plein-Air, Artist-in-Residence, Moscow; 1996
  • Arad Arts Project (Israel), Artist-in-Residence; 1993–94
  • Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity, Project Grant; 1993–94
  • UCLA Extension, Instructor, Drawing/Painting/Book design; 1990–93
  • University of Southern California (LA), Instructor, Painting/Design; 1984–89
  • University of Judaism (LA), Instructor Painting/Drawing/Book Design; 1990–91
  • Brandeis-Bardein College Institute (LA), Faculty; 1988–90
  • Woman's Studio Workshop (NY), Artist-in-Residence/Project grant ; 1983[5] During this residency, Margolis created The underground dreams of cactus, an handmade artit's book in an edition of 20. The book documents a post-modern woman's experience. Sixteen etchings incorporating images and handwritten text explore the perils of living in a body-conscious, sex conscious world.[6]
  • Cornell Council on the Arts (NY), Project grant; Ithaca, 1983

References

  1. ^ http://www.jstor.org/journal/nashim. Retrieved March 1, 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Whole Life Times". Commonground2010.com. 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120323142509/http://womenofthebook.org/artists/judith-margolis/. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2011. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Obituaries | Obituaries". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  5. ^ "Judith Margolis". Commonground2010.com. 2005-01-30. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  6. ^ "The underground dreams of a cactus - Women's Studio Workshop : Women's Studio Workshop". Wsworkshop.org. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
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