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Judith e Martin

Judy Martin is a full time professional textile artist in Ontario, Canada.  She uses dye, thread and cloth as primary materials and produces artworks by stitching these materials by hand.  The process is time-consuming, but the healing meditation inherent in the method gives her the vitality to fulfil her large scale projects.  In 2010 Judith began harvesting and processing natural plant dyes from local fields to create her work.  Her practice is informed by the aesthetics of simplicity, time, labour, repetition, and the sense of touch.  
 





Judy Martin thanks the Ontario Arts Council for encouragement and financial support.



Education
2012  First Class Honours, BA Embroidered Textiles, Middlesex University, London England
1994  Honours BFA, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay Canada, Chancellor’s Medal

Coming up
2024
Judy Martin solo exhibition Softer and Dreamier:  FESTIVAL OF QUILTS in Birmingham, United Kingdom August 1-4
Renewal a group exhibition of Canadian SAQA members opens at the Homer Watson House, Kitchener Ontario Canada, July 7 2024.  
In the Middle of the World the 2 person exhibition with Penny Berens travels to ArtsPlace, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, September 1 - October 30 2024.  

Selected Recent Solo and 2 person Exhibitions

2023
Northern Ontario, a solo installation (from In the Middle of the World), part of World of Threads Festival, Queen Elizabeth Park Cultural Centre, Oakville Ontario,  Oct 10 - Dec 17
Stardust, a solo exhibition at the Gore Bay Museum, Gore Bay Ontario
In The Middle of the World    2 person exhibition with Penny Berens organized by freelance curator Miranda Bouchard: the Muse, Kenora Ontario 
Inside Out    Solo exhibition at Homer Watson House, Kitchener, Ontario 

2021
In The Middle of the World    two person exhibition with Penny Berens, freelance curator Miranda Bouchard , Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte Ontario 

2019
Beauty, Emotion, Sprit, Soul    One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario  Cristina Masotti curator 

2018 
Cloth of Time    two person exhibition with Penny Berens, Mary E Black gallery, Halifax Nova Scotia
The Cloud In Me    World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario
                              curators Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman

2017
The Cloud In Me    David Kaye Gallery, Toronto Ontario Canada

2015
Mended World       Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario  

2014   
Mended World        Art Gallery of Sudbury 
                                                                       video of Judy's artist talk at the opening reception
Lucky Protection    Northern Artist Gallery in Sudbury, Ontario
Family Paintings    Northeastern Manitoulin public Library, Little Current, Ontario
 
 2013
Mended World       exhibition with catalogue
                              Thunder Bay Art Gallery  Thunder Bay, Ontario 
2010
Be Safe, My Love   Greenwood Quilt Gallery, Guelph, Ontario Canada       
Like the Moon         Cornerstone Fine Craft, Kingston
  
2008
Red Thread             Gore Bay Heritage Museum, Gore Bay

2007
Protection Blankets     Preston Gallery Cambridge     
Millennium Journal      Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte 

2006
Millennium Journal      Rail’s End Gallery, Haliburton 

2004
Millennium Journal      Alberta House Gallery, Sault Ste Marie Mi, USA
Meditations in Cloth    Greenwood Quilt Gallery, Guelph
My Hand Sings Red     Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay

2002
Millennium Journal        La Gallerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury

2001
My Hand Sings Red      Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener 

1995
The House with the Golden Windows White Water Gallery, North Bay
The House with the Golden Windows, Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener  

1991
 I Will Remember You Until I Die, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
Quilts = Art = Quilts juried by Irene Roderick and Chawne Kimber, October 28 - Jan 7 2024  ***Underfoot the Earth Divine won the Schweinfurth Award***
Minimalism, a SAQA global group exhibition curated by Dorothy Caldwell opened at the European Patchwork festival in Alsace, France in September.  The exhibition tours for three years.
Among the Garbage and the Flowers  Group exhibition of eleven textile artists who use reclaimed domestic textiles or used clothing.  Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in  Almonte Ontario  organized by Susan Avishai  
QUILT NATIONAL Dairy Barn, Athens Ohio USA (Under Drifting Stars).  ***UNDER DRIFTING STARS won the Handwork award.***

2022
Evolve   six person exhibition at the Propeller gallery, Toronto Ontario, September 14 - October 2 organized by artist/curator Loree Ovens 
Fine Art Textiles Award Shortlist exhibition:  August 18 - 21 at the Festival of Quilts Birmingham England and also at the Knitting and Stitching Shows in London (October)  and in Yorkshire (November).  ***Underfoot the Earth Divine  was highly commended ***
The World We Know  April 8 - June 13 2022  New Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery   (Canadian Pioneer)

2021
QUILT NATIONAL Dairy Barn, Athens Ohio, USA   (Prayer To The Sky) and then toured to Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic Connecticut in spring of 2022

2020
Visions 2020, Visions Art Museum San Diego California, online only because of the pandemic

2019    
Ontario Craft 19    Ontario Craft Gallery downtown Toronto  *** How Much I Tried Not To Worry won best of North award***
All Stitched Up    Collins University Library, Tacoma Washington 
Hard Twist 14:Entwined - Gladstone Hotel, Queen Street West Toronto
3D Expression   Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum and touring for 3 years, a SAQA                                      touring global exhibition curated by Bruce Hoffman
Housewarming     Craft Ontario gallery, Toronto Ontario
Innovation 19  Quest Gallery, Midland Ontario *** My Light Green Heart awarded 2nd place ***
                
2018
In the Spirit of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven,  Perivale Gallery, Manitoulin Island, Ontario 
Fibreworks 2018: Queen's Square Gallery, Cambridge On, jurors Melissa Bennett and Meghan Price
Masterworks: tours Japan and the USA until March 2019   curator Martha Sielman

2017
Masterworks: Art Quilts International, International Quilt Festival: Houston Texas, curated by Martha Sielman and touring globally until 2021                      
Hard Twist 12: Yarn  Gladstone Hotel Toronto Ontario, 
                        curators Chris Mitchell and Helena Frei  
Prayer Flags for Canada, Gore Bay Museum, Manitoulin Island Ontario Canada
                         A community invitational project, curated by Nicole Weppler
Perspectives From Here  Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay Ontario Canada
                         North Western Ontario artists curated by Nadia Kurd 
QUILT NATIONAL, Dairy Barn Athens Ohio.  jurors Nancy Crow, Petra Fallaux,Art Martin.                             two awards: Lynn Bergman award for Surface Design and the Surface                                   Design Association's award                           Quilt National video of Judy Martin 
(In)finite: Canadian Textile Exhibition, Christ church Cathedral, Vancouver BC Canada,                                   organized by Thomas Roach.
Craft Ontario 17 1106 Queen W Toronto, jurors Gordon Thompson, chung-Im Kim
International Quilt Festival Chicago, Traditional mid-West USA and Canada exhibition

2016
World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario
                   Curators:  Dawne Rudman, Gareth Bate
Elemental Festival, Kagawong,  Manitoulin Island Canada
                   Curator:  Sophie Edwards
Hard Twist 11: Spin Gladstone Hotel,Toronto Ontario
                   Curators Chris Mitchell, Helena Frei
In the Spirit of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Perivale Gallery, Spring Bay,                                  Manitoulin Island Ontario Canada   curator: Shannon McMullan
My Corner of the World: Canada  Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford Ontario Canada,                              Curator Micaela Fitzsimmons a SAQA exhibit

2015
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn New York  
                   Jurors: Mary Ann Jordon, Linda Colsh and Cynthia Corbin
Hard Twist 10: Memory, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
                   Curated by Chris Mitchell and Helena Frei
Wild Pure Aesthetic Wonder, Woody Point Discover Centre, Gros Morne National Park,                           Newfoundland, and Devon House, Craft Council of Newfoundland and                                    Labrador, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada.
                   curated by Gloria Hickey and Philippa Jones  pdf catalogue 
Pop Folk T3xtiLEs, la Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario , Canada
                   and Campbell House museum, Queen St West, Toronto, Ontario (Le Labo                            Gallery).  curated by Sophie LeBlanc     
Citizen of Craft, promotional video for Craft Ontario  view here

2014
Quilts=Art=quilts (award)   Schweinfurth Art Centre Auburn New York
Visions: The sky's the Limit (award)   San Diego California
World of Threads Festival   Oakville Ontario          Two solo exhibitions
500 Traditional Quilts, International quilt Festival  Houston Texas

2013 
Ontario Craft 13  Ontario Craft Council,Toronto Ontario

2012 
World of Threads Festival    Oakville, Ontario     three group exhibitions
Quilts=Art=Quilts           Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center    Auburn, New York
Tradition in Transition  curated by Sandra Reford  Carrefour du Patchwork, Alsace, France

2011
Ontario Craft 11    Ontario Craft Council, Toronto
Quilt National 2011      The Dairy Barn (touring)  Athens, Ohio, USA
Craft Currents        Ontario Craft Council (touring)  Northern Ontario

2010
Fibreworks 2010       Cambridge Galleries    Cambridge  

2009
A Common Thread        World of Threads Festival,  Oakville, Ontario

2007         
Tactile Architecture  International Quilt Festival (touring)             Houston USA
Celebrate Craft      Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador   St Johns NL

2005 
Triple X ,Visual Arts Ontario (tour)  Toronto
Canadian Art Quilts in Japan (curated by Valerie Hearder) Yokohama, Japan
Material Metamorphosis (curated by Emma Quin)  Ontario Craft Council, Toronto

2003

Masterpieces: Spirit and Strength   International Quilt Festival (tour Europe) Houston
Family Matters (3 person)    WKP Kennedy art gallery, North Bay

2002
Art Quilts: Encrustations, International Quilt Festival, Houston  USA

2000
Arts 2000 (RCA exhibition) Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario  

1996
Oh! Canada        Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto     

1995
Picking up the Pieces  , York Quay Gallery, Toronto        

1994
Quilted Stories, A Space Gallery, Toronto  

1992

Canadian Contemporary Quilts    Rodman Hall  (tour), St Catherine’s 

1990
Quilt Evolution (curated by Kai Chan) Museum for Textiles , Toronto   
I Am Where I Live , Pictograph Gallery (tour) Atikokan

1989

Redefined: The Quilt As Art, Whyte Museum (toured), Banff


Judging and Jurying

2020    Land Art, online exhibition of SAQA membersJudy was one of three jurors, the others were Susan Lenz and 
2015   Edge of the Forest  exhibition of 53 Canadian Members of the international Surface Design Association.  Judy Martin judged the award of excellence. (jurors: Joe Lewis, Line Dufour, Rachel Miller)  exhibit toured Canada

2014  Stitches Across Time  national exhibition, pieces inspired by six pieces in the Dufferin Museum and Archives collection.  Judy Martin, Judith Tinkl, Dorie Millerson were jurors.

2013  Threadworks  national exhibition, theme of WATER.  Wellington County Museum, Ontario.  Judy Martin, William Hodge, Sylvia Naylor were jurors.  Hear Judy speak at Threadworks 2013  exhibit toured Canada

Selected recent Publications
2023   In the Middle of the World-  soft cover and digital catalogue, available October 2023  
            Bayfield - Nares Inlet - Association annual members book, feature article by Ginny LeVan
2020   Quilting Arts December 2020-Jan 2021 issue 108, feature article by Cate Prato
2020    Patchwork Gilde September 2020 issue 140, feature article by Uta Lenk (Germany)
2018   Art Quilts Unfolding - Judy Martin is included in this important book pub by SAQA 
2018   Not To Know But To Go On, A Poem About Time by Judy Martin  6" x 6" booklet
2016   Art Quilts International: Abstracts and Geometrics by Martha Sielman, Schiffer. 
2015   Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art  Claire Wellesley-Smith, Batsord. 
2014  500 Traditional Quilts curated by Karey Patterson Bresenhan, Lark Books
2013   Mended World, a catalog for the exhibition  essay by Elizabeth Kalbfleisch, published by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
2011   World of Threads Interview   by Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bates


Selected recent Teaching
2019    CSARN mentorship with Sophie Anne Edwards, Manitoulin Island
2018    Meditation Panels workshop, Elliot Lake Summer Arts 
2017    CSARN mentorship with Mariana Lafrance, Manitoulin Island. 
2016    Celebrating Our Circles - four separate one day workshops for the Canadian                          Embroiders Guild, London's 45th anniversary celebration    
            Cross My Heart - stitch collage one day workshop, Manitoulin Island Ontario
2015    Meditation Panels Workshop:   Part of Fibre Arts  Newfoundland
2011    Slow Art:  A weekend workshop. Fibreworks Kingston, Ontario
2008    The Power and Beauty of Hand Stitched Textiles:  a five-day workshop
            Canadian Embroiderer's Guild Summer Workshop


Selected recent Speaking

2023  Turning Forever to the Heart - a recorded zoom presentation for Rue Pigalle about Judy's quilt/life. 

2023  Two artist presentations at the Muse in Kenora, May 12, a digital slide presentation about Judy's life and art practice, and on May 13, a walk through of In the Middle of the World alongside Penny Berens. 
 
2021    In The Middle of the World  artist opening talk for the exhibition, September 29 2021 over zoom.  Penny Berens and Judy Martin speak about how living close to nature informs their work for the exhibition, the question and answers were also recorded.

            Weave podcast with Judy Martin   May 2020      
  
             My Awakened Heart / My Pandemic Summer  originally for York Heritage Quilt Guild, 
            
            Mosaica SAQA Conference  March 2020  Handwork, Homework, Heartwork: Adventures in                 Long Distance Collaboration  Miranda Bouchard (curator) Judy Martin, Penny Berens.
  
2017     The Aesthetic of Simplicity, 2 minute you tube video, Quilt National 2017 
2016     Marking my place, a thousand walks, luminous halo path  walk and talk
             Elemental 2 Festival,  Kagawong Ontario  installation and performance 
             Go Slow, Stop Thinking  45th anniversary of Canadian Embroiders' Guild 
             It is an Honour to Make a quilt  Sudbury quilt and stitchery Guild
2014     Motherly Advice - keynote speech, Espanola Fibre Festival, Espanola Ontario
2013     Touch is the mother of the senses - Opening lecture, Mended World Exhibition,                     Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay Ontario
2012      Not Finished Yet - trunk show, Pomegranate Quilt Guild, Toronto Ontario


Permanent Public Collections

International Quilt Museum, Nebraska USA
Ontario Government 
Canada Council Art Bank
Ontario Juried Show collection
Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Sudbury
Idea Exchange: Cambridge Art Galleries Contemporary Fibre Art Collection


Judith Martin was Artist in Residence in her local community of Little Current
Manitoulin circle project  2009 - 2013

Gallery Representation
Guildworks, Bloomfield,  Prince Edward Country, Ontario
Perivale Gallery  Spring Bay Manitoulin Island  Ontario Canada
David Kaye Projects, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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