STATEMENT

My current work is an exploration of the idea that life is inherent in matter.  Our genetic structure is under threat from both genetic research and from environmental change.  This entices me to see life as not being dependent on the kind of biological structures we are used to.  I want to think of life itself being securely linked to matter, in fact being two facets of the same thing.

The composition of my work reflects my feeling that grid type thinking, sometimes called the Cartesian project, and massively discussed in 20th century art, is breaking apart under the ideas of relativity and quantum energy.  The lines and edges are bursting their seams.  I see it everywhere.  From the outside it may look like entropy and decay, but it feels like a deepening of our collective vision.

I wonder if our vision or our propensity for self-destruction will prove to hold the greater truth.

Judy Werlin, New York, 2011

 

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JUDY WERLIN

Exhibitions
2011	Ceres Gallery, “Spontaneous Generation”, solo show
	“Woman’s Nature”, Ceres group show
2010	“Towing the Line”, Ceres group show
2009	Treetops Chamber Music Society, solo show
	Blue Door Gallery and Blue Door Artists Association, Yonkers, multiple group exhibits
	The United Artists Exhibition”, International Secretariat Building, United Nations,group show
	Roots Transplant, The Brazilian Endowment for the Arts Gallery, New York, group show
	Ceres Gallery, group show (Jan.)
	Ceres Gallery, Member Group Show (June)
	Martucci Gallery, Irvington, solo show
2006	New Century Artists, Chelsea
2005	Curator, Local Artists at The Town Hall Theater, Irvington, NY
	Studio 301, Recent Paintings, Irvington, solo show
2004	Studio 301, Recent Paintings, solo show
2003	tudio 301, Recent Paintings and Installation for the Hudson River, solo show
2002	Studio 301, group exhibition
2001	Studio 301, group exhibition, Irvington
2000	The River Gallery, group exhibition, Irvington
1998	The Rivertowns Open Studios Tour Exhibition, Village Hall, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
1996	The Silvermine School of Art Faculty Exhibition, New Canaan, CT
1995	Grassroots '95 Juried Exhibition, Gallery-at-Hastings
1994	Faber-Birren Color Award Juried Show (Lisa Messinger, Metropolitan   Museum) Stamford, CT
1993	“Off-the-Wall Juried Show,” Stamford Art Assoc., Stamford, CT
1992	Stamford Art Association Open Juried Show
	Earlier solo exhibitions,   The Herbert Benevy Gallery, Manhattan,   Long Island University Student Center, Queens, and Gallery 91, Brooklyn
Art Teaching
1996 – 2005	The Irvington Studio School, Founder, Director and teacher
1993 – 1996	The Silvermine School of Art, teacher of adult portrait, landscape, and still life and high school portfolio classes
1994 – 1995	Artist-in-Residence, Dobbs Ferry Public Schools
1970s	Holyoke, MA, Boston, and New York public schools, junior high art teacher
Honors and Awards
2003	Artist Showcase award winner, Renee Phillips, Manhattan Arts International
1996	Award of Excellence, Renee Phillips, Manhattan Arts International
1992	Painting award, Stamford Art Association
	Painting award, The Silvermine School of Art.
1991	One-year scholarship to study pastel with Master Pastellist Jakki Kouffman, The Pastel Society of America
Publications
2009, Jan	The Rivertowns Enterprise, “In patchwork of elements, Werlin provokes Emotion”, by Silvia O”Hagan
2003, May	The Artrepreneur Newsletter: Success Now!, “Profile, Judy Werlin”
2001, Jan	Success Now! Manhattan Arts International, “Tips on Photographing Your Work”,by Judy Werlin
1996, Jun 21	The Rivertowns Enterprise, “Local Painter, Art Teacher Bringing Her Skills Home”, by Laura S. Reichler
1992, Mar	The Springfield Union-News Sunday Republican, “Artist's Landscapes Displayed, Both Living and on Canvas”, by D.L. Stephenson
1991, July	The Norwalk News, “Prize Winner in Silvermine’s Exhibition”, by Nancy Helle
Education
1990 – 1993	The Silvermine School of Art, (Jakki Kouffman and Charles Ray) New Canaan, CT
1980	Parson’s School of Art
1973 – 1975	The New School (Sidney Simon and Uri Shulevitz)
1965 – 1969	Mount Holyoke College, BA, honors in painting
1964 – 1965	Wellesley College

 

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