Tom Judd was born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey in 1952, but grew up from the age of two with two sisters and a brother in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father Thomas Grant Judd, a Salt Lake native, was a grandchild of the famous Mormon president Heber J. Grant, although Judd's family were not active church members. Judd's mother, Virginia Rapp Leonard was originally from Indiana.
Judd attended the University of Utah from 1970 to 1972 when he departed on a six-month leave of absence to travel in Europe. He returned in 1973 to attend the Philadelphia College of Art where he studied with Rafael Ferrer, Bob Kulicke, and Larry Day, graduating with a BFA in painting in 1975.
Judd first exhibited his art work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1979, where at 25 he was included in a survey show entitled "Contemporary Drawing: Philadelphia" curated by Ann Percy and Frank Goodyear. The museum purchased a work from that exhibit for their permanent collection.
Judd went on to exhibit his work in distinguished commercial galleries beginning with his first solo exhibit at Eric Makler Gallery in Philadelphia in 1980. Judd was soon recognized in New York City, including Monique Knowlton and Coe Kerr Gallery. In 1984 he was given a solo exhibit at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and had work purchased for their permanent collection. In 1990, Judd had a ten-year retrospect at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. The show also traveled to the Salt Lake Art Center the following year. In 2009, Judd joined forces with curator and gallery owner Allen Sheppard to produce "Evidence of a Collected Past". This exhibition was staged at the Globe Dye Works - an alternative art space in Philadelphia - and consisted of a 20 year retrospective of Judd's works.
Judd has also participated in many public art projects including a billboard next to an interstate 76 in Philadelphia in 1994 and a seventy foot chalk drawing in Salt Lake City in 1997. That same year, he was curator and organizer of an exhibition in New York City with twelve invited artists entitled "The Chalk board Chronicles", which is being made into a documentary film. In 2000 he was commissioned to do an exterior mural for the city of Philadelphia's Fringe Festival through the mural arts program. He also completed a mural for Friday Saturday Sunday restaurant in Philadelphia.
In recent years, he has branched out into installation projects including "The Hermit Project" at Stremmel Gallery in Reno, NV in 2005. That same year, he traveled to Tijuana, where he collaborated with Mexican poet Omar Pimienta to produce "Tijuana Weekend" at Scott White Contemporary in San Diego. The show consisted of a Mexican shack made of found materials imitating the housing found south of the border as well as a series of portraits of Mexican women.
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EDUCATION
1973-75 Philadelphia College of Art, B.F.A.
1970-72 University of Utah, Painting
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
2012
ARCHAIC FUTURE, Clark gallery, Lincoln Mass
2011
THE ARCHAIC FUTURE Aedas gallery, CA
THE LOST HIGHWAY, Dixie College Sears Gallery, st. George UT
THE WORLD IS FLAT, Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV
2010
RISIDUAL EVIDENCE, Etra Fine Arts, Miami
ON THE OTHER HAND, New Work-Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT
2009
EVIDENCE OF A COLLECTED PAST, Globe Dye Works, Philadelphia PA
2008
ONE MORE THING, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville TN
THE CHALKBOARD JUNGLE, Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV
TOM JUDD, Costello/Childs Contemporary Fine Art, Phoenix AZ
THE COLLECTION, La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia PA
2007
THE NEW WORLD, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia PA
PAINTINGS, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta GA
ROADSIDE ATTRACTION, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City UT
WILD LIFE, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum ID
2006
FICTION, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, Utah
NEW CONTINENT, Weber Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
DEGREES OF PERCEPTION, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
THE BIG PICTURE, Edward Day gallery, Toronto
2005
THE HERMIT PROJECT + New Work Installation, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
TIJUANA WEEKEND, Installation, Scott White Contemporary, San Diego, CA
FIELD GUIDE, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2004
PAINTINGS, Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2003
ESSENTIAL ORNAMENTS, Franklin Bowles Gallery, New York, NY
TOM JUDD, Weber Fine Art, Scarsdale NY
TOM JUDD, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville TN
2002
TOM JUDD, PAINTINGS Sandler/Hudson Gallery, Atlanta GA
TOM JUDD, Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV
2001
TOM JUDD, Franklin Bowles Galleries, New York NY
TOM JUDD, Weber Fine Art, Scarsdale NY
NEW PAINTINGS, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2000
DOORS, Associated American Artists, New York NY
SMALL PAINTINGS, Sandler / Hudson, Atlanta GA
TOM JUDD, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON Canada
NEW WORK, Butters Gallery, Portland OR
1999
NEW WORLD, Associated American Artists, New York NY
1998
EPISODES, Sandler/ Hudson, Atlanta GA
1997
BLACKBOARD CHRONICLES, Drive Through Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
1995
TOM JUDD, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994
THE BILLBOARD PROJECT, Coordinated by Snyderman Gallery,Philadelphia, PA
1993
NEW WORK, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990
TOM JUDD –1980 TO 1990. Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS
2009
FLOWER POWER, Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
MEDITATIONS ON COLLAGE, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia
BOTANICALS - artists Interpretation. Peter Marcelle Contemporary, Sag Harbor, NY
2008
Brenda Taylor, New York, NY
2006
REVISITING ARCADIA, THE LANDSCAPE IN CONTEMPORARY ART, Cornell Museum of Fine Art, Winter Park, FL
2003
Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
DICHOTOMY Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
A&C Fine Art, Inc., East Greenwich, RI
David Floria, Aspen, CO
Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
ADM Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2000
WHEN REASON DREAMS:DRAWINGS INSPIRED BY VISIONARY,THE FANTASTIC AND THE UNREAL The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
ANIMALS IN PAINTING, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
1999
Soma Gallery, LaJolla, CA
1998
Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1997
THE CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE, Associated American Artists, New York, NY
1994
FESTIVAL OF MASKS, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992
LANDSCAPE AS STAGE, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (Curated by Raphael Rubenstein)
CULTURAL PROJECTS
2009 “Tom Judd Art & Wine Auction” St. Malalchy’s School, Philadelphia,PA
2003 Waterfront Marriott Hotel Commission, Seattle WA
1999 History of the World Mural, City of Philadelphia PA
1997 The Chalkboard Chronicles, TZ Art, New York NY
1994 Lost Vacation Billboard, Philadelphia PA
COLLECTIONS
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
LaSalle University, Philadelphia
Reto Reitman, Hong Kong, China
David Douglas Duncan, Cannes, France
ARA Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown, and Sandler, Philadelphia, PA
Kraft Food Company
Redding Pretzel Machine Corporation, PA
The Klein Group
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
Spalding Gray estate, Sag Harbor NY
John Byrne, Alta Utah
PECO, Philadelphia
PRIZES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2006 Tandem Press, Fellowship Residency
2004 Millay Colony, fellowship for August
2001 MacDowell Colony, fellowship for July
2000 Pollock/Krasner Grant