Resume
Resume of the Californis artist, Judith Content.
Judith Content: Resume
Collections
(Selected) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA(two works)
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Quilts Inc. Contemporary Art Quilt Collection (two works)
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
International Shibori Collection, Nagoya, Japan
John M. Walsh III, Contemporary Art Quilt Collection
Women Beyond Borders, Contemporary Art Collection
Maureen and John Hendricks Art Quilt Collection
Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection (two works)
The State of New Mexico: Public Art Collection (two works)
Installations
(Selected) Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Sunnyvale, CA (2013)
Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Mountain View, CA (2011)
Tropicana Products, Bradenton, FL
Varian Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
Exhibitions
2021 Connections SAQA Global Traveling Exhibition. Premieres at IQF Houston, Fall 2021
2021 Miniature SHIBORI Accessory Exhibition, Arimatsu, Japan.
2016 15th International Triennial of Tapestry; Invitational, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (May 9-Oct 30th 2016)
2015 The Jury is In, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA (April 16-July 3, 2015)
Judith Content Retrospective, Intuitive Symmetry 1979-2015 Texas Quilt Museum, LaGrange, TX Curated by Sandra SiderMonograph
SOFA Chicago 2015, 2013, 2012 and 2011, Tansey Contemporary Gallery and the Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Fiber Currents / Current Fiber, Perrella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY.
Curated by Judith Plotner. Catalogue
Small Works / Big Ideas Invitational Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2014 The Sky’s the Limit Quilt Visions 2014 Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
quilt(R)evolution: Art Quilt Retrospective of Quilt National Jurors 1979-2014
Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OHCatalogue
Reinterpreting the Southwest Landscape: Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2013 Collecting Treasures: Celebrating 35 Years SJMQT, San Jose, CA
Recent Acquisitions from the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
2012 SILK The New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Thread of Life, Invitational Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahasse, FL Catalogue: Cover Image, front and back.
Beyond Function, de Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
2011 Solo Exhibition, Desert Rain – Works on Silk Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Celebration! Invitational. National Quilt Museum 20th Anniversary, Paducah, KY
2010 To Dye For: A World Saturated in Color de Young Museum, San Francisco, Ca
Quilt Visions 2010 Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, Cacatalogue
XHIBIT: 2010 Summer Exhibition Invitational catalogue
Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, NM
2009 Craft in America: Expanding Traditions National touring exhibition (2007-09)
Complemented by a companion book (Random House)
and a three-part PBS television series.
Art Quilt Visions Jurors Exhibition Visions Gallery, San Diego, CA
John M. Walsh III Contemporary Quilt Collection
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
2007 Quilt National ’07, ‘05, ‘03 and ‘01
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH
SAQA: The Creative Force2007 Catalogue
International Quilt Festival, Houston,
2006 SAQA: The Creative Force 2006 Catalogue
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2005 Artwear: Fashion and Anti-Fashion
Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition sponsored by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Quilt National ‘05 Catalogue
Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
Subsequent touring venues
Fashion’sMemory
London: Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design
Harrogate: Knit and Stitch Show and Conference
Layers of Meaning: The Art Quilt 2005 Catalogue
Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, Portland, OR, Catalogue
The Ever-Changing Landscape
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
World Quilt Carnival Nagoya
Nagoya, Japan
2004 Thirteen Moons Gallery, Solo Exhibition
Santa Fe, NM
2003 Quilt National ‘03
Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, Catalogue
Art Quilts Now, Invitational
The Paine Art Center, Osh Kosh, WI
Quilts ? Invitational
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, Catalogue
Innovation and Tradition: Arashi-shibori, Solo Exhibition
Tansu Design, San Francisco, CA
2002 Six Continents of Quilts - The American Craft Museum Collection
Paine Webber Art Gallery, New York, NY, Catalogue
Quilt Visions 2002
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, Catalogue
Shibori Now, International Invitational
Gallery Renga-kan, Yokohama, Japan
Thirteen Moons Gallery, Two Person Show
Santa Fe, NM, September 6-30
2001 Quilt National ‘01
Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, Catalogue
Shibori: Tradition and Innovation; East to West, International Invitational
Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
Curated by Yoshiko I. Wada
Kimono Kinship, Invitational
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Gallery Artists, Invitational
Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Art Quilts: America at the Millennium, Invitational
Strasbourg, France, Curated by Robert Shaw
Kid’s Lit1 - 0 - Wonder, Invitational
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
1999 Three Person Invitational, Solo Exhibition Space
Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
ELEMENTS, Three Person Invitational
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
1998 VISIONS: Quilt Expressions
Museum of San Diego History, San Diego, CA
1997 The Kimono Update, Invitational
The Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, N.Y.
1996 The Kimono Inspiration: Art and Art to Wear in America, Invitational
The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., Publication
Kimonos and Constructions, Solo Exhibition
Santa Clara County Arts Commission, San Jose, CA
1995 DIVERSITY!, Juried Exhibition in conjunction with the Studio Art Quilt
Association Conference at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gaitlinburg, Tenn. Catalogue and subsequent travel schedule included
The American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Art Quilts, SAQA Professional Members
Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, Kentucky.
1994 Art Quilt International, Invitational
Mountain View Civic Center Gallery, Mountain View, CA
Sponsored by Penny Nii Quilt Art
100 of the Best, Invitational
In conjunction with the City of Palo Alto Centennial, Palo Alto, CA
1993 The Year of American Craft, Invitational
Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1992 Ikoku No Kimono - Exotic Kimono, International Invitational. In conjunction with the International Shibori Conference, Nagoya, Japan.
Selected artists were given a plain white silk kimono on which to apply their individual shibori designs.
Works purchased as part of permanent collection.
1991 Fans - The Contemporary Fan as Art, International Invitational
Arts Center of the Namur Province, Liege, Belgium
1990 Shibori City Nagoya Exhibition, Invitational
Nagoya, Japan; work purchased for permanent collection.
Fiber Jewelry International, Invitational
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1986-1987 Tafoya Gallery, Two Person Show, Los Gatos, CA
1984-85 Crafts America : Ten American Artists, Invitational
Crafts Council Gallery, London, England.
Sponsored by the American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Art to Wear, Invitational
United States Information Agency Tour, Sponsored by Arts America
and the American Crafts Museum, New York, NY.
Art to Wear, Invitational, United States Information Agency Tour
Sponsored by Arts America and the American Crafts Museum.
Exhibition Tour: Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines
Celebration ‘84 - A Sense of Occasion, Invitational
Toronto, Canada. Ontario Craft Council and the American Craft Museum
Up Front, Invitational, Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA
1983 Art to Wear: New Handmade Clothing, Invitational
The American Craft Museum, New York, N.Y.
Demonstrated bomaki dyeing during “Meet the Artist Series”
Dyed Silk Scrolls, Solo Exhibition
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Hand-Dyed Silk Scrolls and Garments, Solo Exhibition
Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA
Poetry for the Body, Clothing for the Spirit, Invitational
Richmond Arts Center, Richmond, CALecture/Demo in Artist Lecture Series
Curated by Jo Ann Stabb
1982 Hand-Dyed Silk Scrolls, Two Person Show
The Olive Hyde Gallery, Mission San Jose, CA
Publications
Textiles: The Art of Mankind by Mary Schoeser, Thames and Hudson, 2012
Inside the Creative Studio by Cate Coulacos Prato, Interweave Press, 2011
STUDIOS by Cloth Paper Sissor, Special Issue 2010 pg 58-64
Pioneering Quilt Artists, 1960-1980, A New Direction in American Art
Sandra Sider, 2010
500 Art Quilts, Lark Books, 2010
AmericanStyle: Feature Article, Organized Chaos, 2009
Art Quilt Masters, Sterling Press, 2008
Craft in America, Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton, Clarkson Potter, 2007
Saturn Returns, Back to the Future of Fiber Art, 30th Anniversary Exhibition Catalogue, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, 2007
Quilt National ’07, Lark Books, 2007
Silk, Mary Schoeser, Yale University press, 2007
The Surface Designer’s Handbook, Holly Brackman, Interweave, 2006
Quilting Transformed, Jacqueline M. Atkins, Kodansha, 2007
Artwear: Fashion and Anti-Fashion, Melissa Leventon, 2005
Quilt National ‘05, Lark Books, 2005
Quilt National ‘03, Lark Books, 2003
Quilt Visions 2002, Quilt San Diego/Quilt Visions, 2002
Memory on Cloth - Shibori Now, Yoshiko I. Wada, Kodansha, 2002
Quilt National ‘01, Lark Books, 2001
Visions: Quilt San Diego, Quilt San Diego, Rutledge Hill Press, 1998
The Art Quilt, Robert Shaw, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1997
Imagery on Fabric, Jean Ray Laury, C & T Publishing, 1997
The Kimono Inspiration : Art and Art to Wear in America, Ed. Rebecca A. T. Stevens and Yoshiko I. Wada
The Textile Museum, Washington D. C., 1996
Textile Dyeing, Kate Broughton, Rockport Press, 1995
Tassels, Nancy Welch, Lark Books, 1992
“Surface Design Journal”, Shibori Issue, Summer, 1997
“Surface Design Journal”, Informed Source, Fall, 2002
“Ornament”, Autumn, 1994
“Fiberarts”, Gallery Article and Cover, 1986
Professional Involvement
(Selected) President, Board of Directors: Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) ’07-‘09
Board Member: Textile Arts Council, M.H. de Young Memorial ‘02-‘06
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation Board Member, Chair, Community Outreach
Juror: Art Quilt Visions: 2008
Juror: Quilt National: 2013
Panelist: SAQA’s Presidents Speak SAQA Annual Conference :2104
Panelist: Quilt Visions: The Sky’s the Limit Opening Weekend2014
Moderator: Balancing Act: The Art of Being an Artist, Quilt Vision 2010: Opening Events
Moderator: Panel Presentation, SAQA Then & Now, SAQA Art and Excellence Conference 2009
Moderator: Art and Excellence, Art Quilt Visions Opening Program 2008
Haiku and Collage, hands-on workshop
Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI ‘08
The Haiku Landscape
Textile Arts Council Lecture Series, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA ‘06
Design with Heart Conference, Santa Fe, NM, ‘06
Expanding Definitions - Use of Surface Design, Three day workshop
Design with Heart Conference, Santa Fe, NM, ‘04
Innovation and Tradition: Arashi-Shibori, Lecture
Tansu Design, San Francisco, CA‘03
Contemporary Shibori – It’s a Wrap, Lecture
Silk Painter’s Congress, College Park, MD, ‘02
Contemporary Shibori, Panel
Shibori Conference, In conjunction with MOCFA Shibori Exhibition
San Francisco, CA ‘02
Business Concerns of the Exhibiting Artist, Panel
SAQA Conference, In conjunction with the opening of Quilt National ‘01
It’s a Wrap - A look at historical and contemporary Shibori,
Lecture in conjunction with ELEMENTS, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles ‘99
Inspiration: Finding and Keeping, Lecture
Design with Heart Conference, Monterey, CA ‘99
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Textiles, 1979
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA