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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 Martin maintains a popular blog, Judy’s Journal.

Judy's Website

Judy's Journal

Judy's Newest Work

Judy's Instagram Feed

read Judy's World of Threads Interview 

Listen to Judy speak about Mended World and the Manitoulin Circle Project

Watch Judy speak about her work in Quilt National 2017 

view Judy's Craft Ontario portfolio

and her Textile And Fiber Artist profile

Read Martha Sielman's article about Judy

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  Beauty, Emotion, Sprit, Soul - solo exhibition at One Sky Gallery, Sudbury, month of              April

2020 Red Thread a sequal  - solo exhibition in response to the collection of artifacts in the             old jail part of the Gore Bay Museum, and a continuation of Red Thread exhibition at             this venue in 2008. May through October. Invited by curator, Nicole Weppler. 

2021 With the Garbage and the Flowers - group exhibition organized by Susan Avishai of                textile artists who work with reclaimed domestic textiles or used clothing.
          Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte Ontario 
2021  Looking Up, Down, Around and Over  (working title) - two person exhibition with Penny Berens of Nova Scotia - plant dyed and hand stitched work   First confirmed venue Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte Ontario August 2021

Selected Recent Solo Exhibitions

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

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

2019     
Housewarming - January 19 - March 2
                         jurors Suzanne Morrisette, Susan Fohr, Sajdeep Soomal
                         an exhibition of objects that define the spaces where we live
                         Craft Ontario gallery, 1106 queen St. W, Toronto Ontario
 Innovation      - January 11 - March 30
                         jurors Denis Longchamps, Sarah Quinton, Stuart Reid
                         Quest Gallery 333 King Street, Midland Ontario
                         award                
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 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.
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, 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

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
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

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
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    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
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 Currrent
Manitoulin circle project  2009 - 2013

Gallery Representation

Perivale Gallery  Spring Bay Manitoulin Island  Ontario Canada
One Sky gallery Sudbury Ontario Canada
Art Gallery of Sudbury local colour art rental