Judith Joseph

1215 Wendy Drive, Northbrook, Illinois  60062

847-204-4043

judithstudio@yahoo.com

www.judithjosephstudio.com

Education

• B.S. Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Awards

• Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards, 2004 and 1998
• Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award, 2001

Public and Institutional Collections/Commissions

• Chicago Public Library, City of Chicago "Percent For Art" Program Acquisition
• Respect And Tolerance Foundation, Lostice, Czech Republic
• Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Family Service of Oak Park/River Forest, Illinois
• Jewish Women's Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
• Downtown Highland Park Alliance Public Art Display Project: street banner
• North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, Illinois
• Congregation Anshe Emet, Chicago, Illinois
• Congregation Hakafa, Glencoe, Illinois
• North American Academy of Liturgy

Private Collections

• Over 450 privately commissioned illuminated manuscripts (ketubot) and paintings

Solo Exhibitions

• 2011 (March) The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
• 2010 ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
• 2010 Chicago Public Library
• 2003 Anatomically Correct Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
• 1992 Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Gallery, Evanston, Illinois
• 1983 Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Recent Group Exhibitions, Selected

• 2010 Heller Nature Center, Highland Park, Illinois: Coming To Fruition: Painting with Judith Joseph
• 2010 Perfical Sense Studio, Evanston, Illinois: All Things That Bloom
• 2010 Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois: Exploration 2010
• 2010 Red Tape Theatre, Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Fringe Artists Networking Night
• 2010 The Art Center, Highland Park, Faculty Show
• 2009 Dayton Peace Museum, Dayton, Ohio: The Art Of Peace, international juried exhibit
• 2009 ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois: Collaboration, ARC annual members' exhibition
• 2009 The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois; Unbound, juried exhibit
• 2009 The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois; As The Spirit Moves You, invitational exhibit
• 2009 ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois: Bearing Witness, juried exhibit
• 2009 The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois; curator and exhibitor: The Healing Power Of Art
• 2009 New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, Wisconsin; curator and exhibitor: The Healing Power Of Art
• 2009 Red Tape Theatre, Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Fringe Artists' Networking Night
• 2009 Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, Illinois: Seventh Annual International Juried Exhibition
• 2008 Black Walnut Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
• 2008 ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
• 2008 Gallery 659, Glencoe, Illinois
• 2008 Newberry Library, Chicago, Exploration 2008
• 2008 Chicago International Calligraphy Conference, Naperville, Illinois: Letters Mingle Souls
• 2008 Mendelson Gallery, Temple Sholom, Tolerance Of Belief, Jewish and Muslim artists, Chicago
• 2008 The Art Center, Faculty and Emerging Artists Exhibit, Highland Park, Illinois
• 2008 Chicago Cultural Center
• 2007 Gallery 659, four-person show, Glencoe, Illinois
• 2007 Black Walnut Gallery, Chicago
• 2007 American Jewish Artists Club Exhibit, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, Illinois
• 2007 Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, Illinois: Fifth Annual International Juried Exhibition
• 2007 Chicago Art Open, Chicago, Illinois
• 2007 The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois: Faculty Show
• 2007 Norris Cultural Center, St. Charles, Illinois
• 2007 Gallery 659, Glencoe, Illinois: Founders' Show
• 2007 Society of Tempera Painters, U.K. and U.S. (web)
• 2006 Bet Am Shalom Synagogue Judaica Show, White Plains, New York
• 2006 North Shore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois
• 2006 John Almquist Gallery, Winnetka, Illinois
• 2006 The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
• 2005 Usov Synagogue, Usov, Czech Republic
• 2005 North Shore Art League. Winnetka, Illinois: Faculty Show
• 2004 Jung Institute, Evanston, Illinois

Environmental Projects/Exhibitions

• 2010 Chicago Center For Green Technology, painted rain barrels, Chicago, Illinois
• 2009 Green Town Chicago Conference, painted rain barrels, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
• 2009 Rain Barrel Project, Chicago Botanic Garden at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
• 2009 Recycle The Raindrops, rain barrel for City of Chicago water conservation awareness project
• 2009 Landfill Art Project (international)

Bibliography

• Hours Of Devotion, Dinah Berland, Schocken Books, 2007.
• Wisconsin Artists: A Celebration of Jewish Presence, Carter and Reusch, Marquette University Press, 1994.
• Harvest of Freedom, Louise Dunn Yochim, American References, 1989.

Filmography

• North Shore Art League Documentary Film, 2005, directed by Mark Siska

Ilustrations: Print, Digital and Web Publications

• East On Central visual/literary magazine, 2010, ed. Judith Kaufman Tepfer, painting and photograph.
• Proceedings of the 2009 Conney Conference On Jewish Arts, ed. Prof. Douglas Rosenberg, U. of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, 2009.
• Zeek at Forward, featured artist, November, 2009.
• Zeek at Jewcy, Rethinking Jewish Spirituality, (web) by Jay Michaelson, illustrations, May 20, 2009
• Hours Of Devotion, illustrations, book website designed by Zumwinkle.com, 2008
• Letter Arts Review, Annual Juried Issue (print), 2007
• The Passover Celebration, (book), Rabbi Leon Klenecki, ed., Liturgical Training Publications of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, 2001
• Letter Arts Review, Wedding Issue (print), Summer 2005
• Cleveland Jewish News, cover illustration (print), Spring, 2005
• Marketing News, cover illustration (print), June 1, 2004
• JUF News, illustration (print) for interview of Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Elie Wiesel, 1996
• Heresies #13, Feminism and Ecology, art, Winter Issue, 1981

Media

• WBEZ Eight Forty Eight Program, 8-3-10
• Chicago Reader, 7-22-10
• North Shore Magazine, 5/09
• Ageless North Shore, 5/09
• Pioneer Press 7/08
• Chicago Jewish News, 5/2/08
• Pioneer Press, 9/07
• Northbrook Star, 1/07
• Milwaukee Journal, 4/94, 5/94, 8/94
• New Art Examiner, 11/83

Curator

• 2010 Coming To Fruition: Painting with Judith Joseph, Heller Nature Center, Highland Park, Illinois
• 2009  The Healing Power of Art, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois and New Visions Gallery, Marshfield Clinic, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Juror

• 2010 Cuneo Gardens, Deerfield, Northbrook,Yorktown and Glenview Art League art fairs
• 2010 Explorations, 24th Annual Juried Exhibition of the CCC, Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
• 2010 Northbrook Originals, Northbrook Public Library exhibition, Northbrook, Illinois
• 2009 Fall Into The Arts at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
• 2009 Festival of Fine Arts, Deerfield, Illinois
• 2009 Art Fest, Cuneo Gardens, Mundelein, Illinois
• 2008  Annual Exhibition, Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, Illinois
• 2008  Art In The Park, Northbrook, Illinois
• 2008  Fine Art Festival, Highwood, Illinois
• 2008  Glenview Art League Summer Art Fair, Glenview, Illinois

Pedagogical Activities, selected

• 2009 Presenter, Conney Conference On Jewish Arts, University of Wisconsin
• 2002-10 Painting Faculty, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois
• 2003-10 Painting Faculty, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
• 1996-98 Artist Demonstrations, The Art Institute Of Chicago
• 2002-10 Adult Study Coordinator, Congregation Hakafa, Glencoe, IL

Technical Support For A Creative Life, a blog

Affiliations and Memberships

• The Society of Tempera Painters
• Chicago Calligraphy Collective
• American Jewish Artists' Club
• Global Alliance of Artists
• Chicago Artists' Coalition