Judith e Martin
Judy Martin lives and works on Manitoulin Island, Lake
Huron, central Canada.
She holds a first
class honours degree in Embroidered Textiles.
(2012, Middlesex University, London United Kingdom )
Judy creates large scale, hand stitched artwork from found
and re-purposed cloth.
Judy Martin won the Craft Ontario Volunteer Committee Award for Excellence 2018
Judy's 2019 interview with School of Stitched Textiles Lancashire, UK
Judy's new Web Site
She holds a first class honours degree in Embroidered Textiles.
(2012, Middlesex University, London United Kingdom )
Judy creates large scale, hand stitched artwork from found and re-purposed cloth.
Judy Martin won the Craft Ontario Volunteer Committee Award for Excellence 2018
Judy's 2019 interview with School of Stitched Textiles Lancashire, UK
Judy's new Web Site
Judy's 2019 interview with School of Stitched Textiles Lancashire, UK
Judy's new Web Site
Education
2012 First
Class Honours, BA Embroidered Textiles, Middlesex U, London England
1994 Honours
BFA, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay Canada, Chancellor’s Medal
Coming up
2019 Ontario Craft 19 - Ontario Craft Gallery downtown Toronto Judy has been invited to display her stitched textile "How Much I Tried Not To Worry" jurors: David Kaye,
All Stitched Up - a group show of stitched books, Washington State USA library, Judy's cloth book "the power of red" will show
Hard Twist Entwined opens September 6 until January 2020 Gladstone Hotel, Judy's journal paper stithced into domestic linen piece, Red Catalogne will show
3-D Expression, a SAQA global touring exhibition beginning in Grand Rapids Michigan at the Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum in September 2019 This show will tour for 3 years - Judy will be displaying the 220 foot long stitched journal, Not To Know But To Go On
Judy's Quilt National 2017 quilt, Soft Summer Gone has been invited to be collected by the International Quilt Museum: Lincoln Nebraska, still to be finalized.
2020 Red Thread a sequal June through October
All Stitched Up - a group show of stitched books, Washington State USA library, Judy's cloth book "the power of red" will show
Hard Twist Entwined opens September 6 until January 2020 Gladstone Hotel, Judy's journal paper stithced into domestic linen piece, Red Catalogne will show
3-D Expression, a SAQA global touring exhibition beginning in Grand Rapids Michigan at the Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum in September 2019 This show will tour for 3 years - Judy will be displaying the 220 foot long stitched journal, Not To Know But To Go On
Judy's Quilt National 2017 quilt, Soft Summer Gone has been invited to be collected by the International Quilt Museum: Lincoln Nebraska, still to be finalized.
2020 Red Thread a sequal June through October
a solo exhibition in response to the collection of artifacts in the old jail part of the Gore Bay Museum, and a continuation of the Red Thread exhibition that Judy had at this venue in 2008. May through October. Invited by the curator of the Gore Bay Musem, Nicole Weppler
Mosaica SAQA Conference - Toronto March 2020, Miranda Bouchard will present about her experience curating the two person exhibition with senior Canadian stitch artists, Judy Martin Manitoulin Island and Penny Berens Nova Scotia
Mosaica SAQA Conference - Toronto March 2020, Miranda Bouchard will present about her experience curating the two person exhibition with senior Canadian stitch artists, Judy Martin Manitoulin Island and Penny Berens Nova Scotia
2021 as yet Untitled group exhibition organized by Susan Avishai. Textile artists who work with reclaimed domestic textiles or used clothing.
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte Ontario
Looking Up and Looking Down (working title)
Another exhibition with Judy's colleague, Penny Berens of Nova Scotia - plant dyed and hand stitched work. We hope to tour this exhibition of brand new work!
First confirmed venue is the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte Ontario in August 2021
Selected Recent Solo Exhibitions
2019
Beauty, Emotion, Sprit, Soul One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario
Cristina Masotti curator/owner April 5-30
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte Ontario
Looking Up and Looking Down (working title)
Another exhibition with Judy's colleague, Penny Berens of Nova Scotia - plant dyed and hand stitched work. We hope to tour this exhibition of brand new work!
First confirmed venue is the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte Ontario in August 2021
Selected Recent Solo Exhibitions
2019
Beauty, Emotion, Sprit, Soul One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario
Cristina Masotti curator/owner April 5-30
2018
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
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
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
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
2019
national juried show: Quilt Canada conference, Ottawa
Housewarming Craft Ontario gallery, Toronto Ontario
jurors Suzanne Morrisette, Susan Fohr, Sajdeep Soomal
Innovation 19 Quest Gallery, Midland Ontario award
jurors Denis Longchamps, Sarah Quinton, Stuart Reid
2018
Cloth of Time: Penny Berens and Judy Martin
Mary E Black gallery
Halifax Nova Scotia
In the Spirit of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven
Perivale Gallery
Manitoulin Island, Ontario
Fibreworks 2018: Queen's Square Gallery, Cambridge Ontario
jurors Melissa Bennett and Meghan Price
Masterworks: tours Japan and the USA until March 2019 curator Marthat Sielman
2017
Masterworks: Art Quilts International
curator Martha Sielman
International Quilt Festival: Houston Texas, touring through 2020
audio of Judy Martin
Hard Twist 12: Yarn Gladstone Hotel Toronto Ontario,
curators Chris Mitchell and Helena Frei Until January 9 2018.
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
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
My Corner of the World: Canada Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford Ontario Canada, Curator Micaela Fitzsimmons, co-ordinator Bethany Garner
a SAQA exhibit, travelling show until August 2019
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
national juried show: Quilt Canada conference, Ottawa
Housewarming Craft Ontario gallery, Toronto Ontario
jurors Suzanne Morrisette, Susan Fohr, Sajdeep Soomal
Innovation 19 Quest Gallery, Midland Ontario award
jurors Denis Longchamps, Sarah Quinton, Stuart Reid
2018
Cloth of Time: Penny Berens and Judy Martin
Mary E Black gallery
Halifax Nova Scotia
In the Spirit of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven
Perivale Gallery
Manitoulin Island, Ontario
Fibreworks 2018: Queen's Square Gallery, Cambridge Ontario
jurors Melissa Bennett and Meghan Price
Masterworks: tours Japan and the USA until March 2019 curator Marthat Sielman
2017
Masterworks: Art Quilts International
curator Martha Sielman
International Quilt Festival: Houston Texas, touring through 2020
audio of Judy Martin
Hard Twist 12: Yarn Gladstone Hotel Toronto Ontario,
curators Chris Mitchell and Helena Frei Until January 9 2018.
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
video of Judy Martin
(In)finite: Canadian Textile Exhibition, Christ church Cathedral, Vancouver BC Canada, organized by Thomas Roach.video of Judy Martin
Craft Ontario 17 1106 Queen W Toronto, jurors Gordon Thompson, chung-Im Kim
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
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
a SAQA exhibit, travelling show until August 2019
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
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 YorkTradition 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
National Juried Quilt Show (awards) Canadian Quilt Association, Saskatoon
2007
Ontario
Craft 07 Ontario Craft Council Toronto
Tactile Architecture International Quilt Festival (touring) Houston USA
Celebrate Craft Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador St Johns NL
2005
Canada, a Cultural Mosaic Canadian Book Artists Guild (tour) Toronto
Triple X ,Visual Arts Ontario (tour) Toronto
Geo-Physique, Propeller Gallery, 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
Tactile Architecture International Quilt Festival (touring) Houston USA
Celebrate Craft Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador St Johns NL
2005
Canada, a Cultural Mosaic Canadian Book Artists Guild (tour) Toronto
Triple X ,Visual Arts Ontario (tour) Toronto
Geo-Physique, Propeller Gallery, 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
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
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
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
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 inch 12 page booklet
2016 Art Quilts International: Abstracts and Geometrics by Martha Sielman, published in 2016 by Schiffer.
2015 Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art Claire Wellesley -Smith, published by Batsord.
2014 500 Traditional Quilts curated by Karey Patterson Bresenhan, published by Lark Books
2013 Mended World, a catalog for the exhibition essay by Elizabeth Kalbfleisch, published by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Selected recent Teaching
2018 /2019 CSARN mentorship with Sophie Anne Edwards, Manitoulin Island
Meditation Panels workshop, Elliot Lake Summer Arts
2017 CSARN mentor one on one mentorship with Mariana Lafrance, Manitoulin Island. The two met once a month during 2017.
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
2019 90 second audio for 3-D expression - Not To Know But To Go On
2017 Making is Healing - 90 second audio for Masterworks:International art quilts
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
Manitoulin circle project 2009 - 2013
Gallery Representation
Guildworks - New Gallery opening the firs week of July 2019, Bloomfield, Ontario
Prince Edward County - opening the first week of July 2019
Perivale Gallery Spring Bay Manitoulin Island Ontario Canada
One Sky gallery Sudbury Ontario Canada
Art Gallery of Sudbury local colour art rental
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
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
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 inch 12 page booklet
2016 Art Quilts International: Abstracts and Geometrics by Martha Sielman, published in 2016 by Schiffer.
2015 Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art Claire Wellesley -Smith, published by Batsord.
2014 500 Traditional Quilts curated by Karey Patterson Bresenhan, published by Lark Books
2013 Mended World, a catalog for the exhibition essay by Elizabeth Kalbfleisch, published by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Selected recent Teaching
2018 /2019 CSARN mentorship with Sophie Anne Edwards, Manitoulin Island
Meditation Panels workshop, Elliot Lake Summer Arts
2017 CSARN mentor one on one mentorship with Mariana Lafrance, Manitoulin Island. The two met once a month during 2017.
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
2019 90 second audio for 3-D expression - Not To Know But To Go On
2017 Making is Healing - 90 second audio for Masterworks:International art quilts
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
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 Currrent2013 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
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
Manitoulin circle project 2009 - 2013
Gallery Representation
Guildworks - New Gallery opening the firs week of July 2019, Bloomfield, Ontario
Prince Edward County - opening the first week of July 2019
Perivale Gallery Spring Bay Manitoulin Island Ontario Canada
One Sky gallery Sudbury Ontario Canada
Art Gallery of Sudbury local colour art rental
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