STATEMENT

For years I have worked with the same subject matter which is highly symbolic to me. I love the shapes of people,
and their hands and faces in particular, chalices, stones, draped cloth, bones, hubcaps (halos), gold and light.
I have slowly moved from painting pictures of these objects to making molds of some of them and attaching
copies directly to the surface I am working on, making it relief sculpture, but still with areas of painted imagery.
Recently I have also begun to incorporate light directly into my work using small LED lights and also to use
backpainted acrylic sheet to achieve contrast of surface.

Although I use a great variety of materials, my goal is always to create a unified and powerful image.

Judy Werlin, 2008

 

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JUDY WERLIN

Exhibitions
	Treetops Chamber Music Society, solo show, 2009 Blue Door Gallery and Blue Door Artists Association, Yonkers, multiple group exhibits, 2009 The United Artists Exhibition, International Secretariat Building, United Nations, group show, 2009 Roots Transplant, The Brazilian Endowment for the Arts Gallery, New York, group exhibit, 2009 Ceres Gallery, group show (Jan.), 2009 Ceres Gallery, Member Group Show (June), 2009 Martucci Gallery, Irvington, solo show, 2009 New Century Artists, Chelsea, 2006 Curator, Local Artists at The Town Hall Theater, Irvington, NY, 2005 Studio 301, Recent Paintings, Irvington, 2005 Studio 301, Recent Paintings,   2004 Studio 301, Recent Paintings and Installation for the Hudson River,   2003 Studio 301, group exhibition, 2002 Studio 301, group exhibition, Irvington, 2001 The River Gallery, group exhibition, Irvington, 2000 The Rivertowns Open Studios Tour Exhibition, Village Hall, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 1998 The Silvermine School of Art Faculty Exhibition, New Canaan, CT, 1996 Grassroots '95 Juried Exhibition, Gallery-at-Hastings 1995 Faber-Birren Color Award Juried Show (Lisa Messinger, Metropolitan   Museum), Stamford, CT, 1994 “Off-the-Wall Juried Show,” Stamford Art Assoc., Stamford, CT, 1993 Springfield Art League National Juried Show, MA, 1993 Stamford Art Association Open Juried Show, 1992 Earlier solo exhibitions,   The Herbert Benevy Gallery, Manhattan,   Long Island University Student Center, Queens, and Gallery 91, Brooklyn
Art Teaching
	The Irvington Studio School, Founder, Director and teacher, 1996 - 2005 The Silvermine School of Art, teacher of adult portrait, landscape, and still life classes and high school portfolio classes, 1993 - 1996 Artist-in-Residence, Dobbs Ferry Public Schools, 1994 - 1995 Holyoke, MA, Boston, and New York public schools, junior high art teacher, 1970s
Honors and Awards
	Artist Showcase award winner, Renee Phillips, Manhattan Arts International, 2003 Award of Excellence, Renee Phillips, Manhattan Arts International, 1996 Painting award, Stamford Art Association, 1992 Painting award, The Silvermine School of Art, 1992 One-year scholarship to study pastel with Master Pastellist Jakki Kouffman, The Pastel Society of America, 1991
Publications
	The Artrepreneur Newsletter: Success Now!, “Subscriber’s Profile: Judy Werlin”, May-June, 2003 Success Now! Manhattan Arts International, “Tips on Photographing Your Work”, by Judy Werlin, Jan-Feb, 2001 The Rivertowns Enterprise, “Local Painter, Art Teacher Bringing Her Skills Home” by Laura S. Reichler, Jun 21, l996 The Springfield Union-News Sunday Republican, “Artist’s Landscapes Displayed, Both Living and on Canvas”, by D.L. Stephenson, Mar, 1992 The Norwalk News, “Prize Winner in Silvermine’s Exhibition” by Nancy Helle, Jul, 1991
Education
	The Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT Parson’s School of Art The New School Mount Holyoke College, BA, honors in painting Wellesley College

 

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