Judy Art

Judy Bird was born in San Jose, California. Bird graduated with her BA in liberal arts with a concentration in studio arts, in 1998. Her desire to enhance her skill set, and further develop concept inspired her to apply to graduate student at the Academy of art University in San Francisco, she was accepted as a non-figurative painting major in 2005
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Bird is an acquired brain injury survivor who struggles to manage her various amnesias. A critical illness in 2009 nearly took her life, and she has had to “re” learn much of what she learned. So it is not surprising to find some 13,000 words that start with “re” handwritten” in her work. She has to record each step she makes in the studio on wall boards in order to print an edition of prints. The struggles, are suggested when the work is formally recorded, each step of the way in editions, in contrast to the freedom of the impulsive, intuitive and spontaneous approach she enjoys in her hybrid one of a kind forms.

In the recent past, she contrast the delicate cellular and neural images along with her organic autobiographic marks and words. This is then contrasted against a more universal, graphic and iconic visual language.
She creates forms, of which some are two dimensional an...

MFA, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Printmaking 2013

2017 Unauthorized SFMOMA Museum, SOLO
Exhibit, San Francisco
1998 Solo Exhibit B.A., A Cross Cultural Portrait, The Union Institute & University, Sacramento, CA.
1998 The Stephen Gang Gallery, Sai Galery International Shows Solo, Chelsea New York
Group Exhibits
2012 Print X Print, Bleicher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Curator: Sung-Hee Son

2010 Art Hop 2010 Redding, CA, Palmer’s Furniture
Sierra Memorial Hospital, Grass, Valley, CA
2009-08 Rue 32 Gallery Denver, CO
Art Academy University, San Francisco, CA
2006 Big Bang II, CASE
2005 Graduate Studios Art Show & Sale
ART21 Gallery, Gallery Representation, Palo Alto, CA,
Great American Framing Studios Preview, Silicon Valley Open, Palo Alto, CA
Silicon Valley Open Studios Los Altos Hills, CA
2004 "An Evening of Artistic Expression” Mexican Heritage Plaza San Jose, CA
2002 Pet Art 4 Paws/LA Sponsored by the Wallis Foundation
2001 Pet Art 3 Paws/LA
60th Anniversary of Guide Dogs for the Blind
Auctions for America Sept 11th Fund & American Red Cross
1998 Contemporary Visions II, World Fine Art Gallery, New York
Art Addiction International Gallery, Femina Project-"We Are Different" Stockholm,...