JUDY GITTELSOHN
3324 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 tel: 650 855 9452 www.judyg.com email: me@judyg.com
RESUME
EDUCATION
1978 - 1979 San Francisco Art Institute
1975 - 1977 Univ. of Oregon Architecture School
EXHIBITIONS
2008 Ohlone Valley Foods, Mountain View, CA “A Pear and A Yam”
2007 Emerson Gallery Palo Alto, CA “Clothes and Not”
2007 Redwood City Gallery, Redwood City, CA “A Plant A Bath A Boat A Doe"
2007 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA “Hushed Things"
2006 Lion and Compass, Sunnyvale, CA “An Ode to Foam"
2006 Carl Cherry Art Center, Carmel, CA “Three Dogs"
2006 SM Airport Hangar Gallery, Santa Monica “Something or Nothing"
2005 Vino Locale, Palo Alto “Hallowed Bubbles"
2005 Woman’s Club, Palo Alto “A Few Nudes Renewed"
2005 Gallery One, San Francisco “Venus and Underpants"
2005 Animal Art Gallery, Menlo Park, CA "Animals"
2005 Bank of America, Sunnyvale, CA "Some Nature”,
2004 Design within Reach, Palo Alto, CA "Plants Planets Planes and Waves"
2004 Bank of America, Sunnyvale, CA "Foot Bowl Shirt"
2004 Torefazione, Palo Alto, CA "L’Aire, Terre, L’eau"
2003 Garden House, SF, CA "Plants Dance as Animals Pass"
2003 Galeria Tonantzin San Juan Bautista CA. "Out Came Fluttering"
2003 Anita Seipp Gallery, Palo Alto, CA. "Current Paintings"
2003 Metropolitan Transportation, Oakland, CA. "Signs and Vessels"
2002 Scotts Restaurant, San Jose, CA. "Cast A Nets"
2002 Belmont City Hall, Belmont, CA. "Orange Trucks and Underpants"
2001 Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL "Out of the Clear Blue Green"
2001 Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA "Pulse/Tone"
2001 Gallery Z, San Francisco , CA " Now New Near Dear"
2001 Stanford Faculty Club, Palo Alto, CA "An El Camino on El Camino"
2000 San Francisco International Airport Firewood Restaurant "Planes and Hills "
2000 Bergelli Gallery, Larkspur, CA "Heads"
2000 White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon "Nest Egg"
2000 Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY "Red Paintings"
2000 DP Fong Gallery, Cafe Matisse, San Jose, CA "Red Plants"
1999 Bleu CiTroen Menlo Park, CA "Plants"
1999 Sony Metreon, San Francisco, CA Firewood Restaurant "Plants and Cups"
1998 First Corp, San Francisco, CA "Work and Rest"
1998 Davies Medical Center San Francisco, CA "She Time"
1997 White Bird Gallery , Cannon Beach , Oregon "The Tea Set"
1997 AAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Tea"
1996 Architects and Heroes, San Francisco, CA "Pretty Pictures"
1996 Dig It, San Francisco, CA "Very Cute Baby Animals This Spring"
1980 Jetwave Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Celebrity Portraits"
MURALS
2006 "A Clear View" C.A.R. Palo Alto, CA with 207 children with developmental disabilities
2004 "With Heart" South County School San Jose, with Students
2003 "Force of Human Nature" Stonegate School San Jose, with Students
2002 "Major Minor", Mural Private Residence San Francisco, CA
2001 "Body The Back", Mural YMCA, Palo Alto, CA
2000 "Outside", Mural, Mindfinders, Mt View, CA
1999 "Bugs", Mural, Jefferson Developmental Center Playground , San Francisco
1998 "By the Lake", 3 D Mural, Creativity Explored II Facade, San Francisco
1998 SPCA Animal Wingding mural / photo project
1997 “Two Bad Cats", Mural Dr Lester Luz Office, San Francisco
JUDY GITTELSOHN
3324 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 tel: 650 855 9452 www.judyg.com email: me@judyg.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007 Cycle of Life And Art, Metro, May 2 –8, 2007
2007 A New Home for Art, Palo Alto Weekly, March 30, 2007
2007 C.A.R. Art Show at Allegro, Menlo Park Almanac, Jan. 17, 2007
2007 Discover the Art of Love, Palo Alto Weekly, Jan. 10, 2007
2007 “A Transformation Through the Arts”, Arts Council Silicon Valley
2006 "A Clear View" Palo Alto Weekly, Jan 2006
2006 "A Clear View" Palo Alto Weekly, Jan 2006
2003 "Strokes of Inspiration in San Jose" San Juse Mercury, Mar. 2003
2002 "Reaching Out" San Mateo Times, Nov 2002
2002 "Artist on Display at City Hall Forced to Drop Underpants" SJ Mercury Aug. 2002
2002 "This group elevates bus riding to fine art" San Jose Mercury Feb. 2002
2002 "Developing artists" Palo Alto Weekly, Mar. 2002
2002 "Developing artists" Mt View Voice, Feb. 2002
2002 "A Perspective"San Jose Magazine, Feb. 2002
2001 "Paintings give glimpse into the minds of the disabled" SF, Chronicle Dec. 2001
2001 "Bringing the Outside In" Palo Alto Weekly, Jan. 2001
RECOGNITIONS
2003 Commendation - Supervisor Liz Kniss for work with C.A.R. artists
2002 Accepted in Creative Center Training for Artist in Residence
2002 Grant Recipient Arts Council Silicon Valley in partnership with C.A.R.
2002 Grant Recipient in partnership with KAINOS
2002 Nominee for Arts and Business Award - Arts Council Silicon Valley
2001 Grant Recipient Arts Council Silicon Valley - C.A.R. "HOW TO RIDE THE BUS"
2001 Painting on Cover of METRO Magazine San Jose, CA
2001 Metropolitan Home Magazine publishes painting
1999 Painting in TIME magazine article
1996 Metropolitan Home Magazine publishes painting
BIO
Born in Oregon
Now in Palo Alto
Judy Gittelsohn paints.
She paints saints;
Heads and bodies with plain paint.
Judy Gittelsohn has been painting in the Bay Area for over 30 years. She exhibits widely and her work is collected around the world in both private and corporate collections. Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, Illinois, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists’ Gallery and Art Dimensions, Los Angeles represent her artwork. She has received several grants to teach art to developmentally disabled individuals, people recovering from illness or injury and at risk youth - mount shows, produce murals and create publications of their artwork. Spring of 2007 Judy opened Art For Well Beings – www.artforwellbeings.org - an art center in Palo Alto to serve all people interested in the transformative power of art.
COLLECTORS (selected)
John and Jeanne Suarez. Barbie White. Dr. Johnathon and Sharon Meuller. Carol and Mark Lerdal. Dr. Scott and Marsha Mock. Joan and Ed Samson . Dr. Renata and Philip Berg. Mark and K.C. Marcinik. Marilyn Hersch and Richard Illig. Jenny Doll. Hans Mulder and Marijke Gansvort. Kathryn Richardson. Carol and Wally McClellen. Christine Field and Tim Mitchison PHd. Jocelyn and Peter Alexander. Chris and Leslie Dow , PHd. Wes Bond. Dr. Lester Luz. Sally Shea. Nordstroms Department Store. Audrey Daniel. Jackie Holmes. MCA Inc. eElections. Sy and Carol Danish. David and Butch Belo. Peter Grunwald and Louise de Rooij. Firstcorp inc. Andra Georges and Tim Shepard. Michael and Maxine Steele. Claria Corp. Danielle Gallant. Doris Lobb. Jimmy Thompson and Barbie Lobb. Emilee and Ernst Aebi. Mindfinders. Christine Paulsen. Chris and Jaleh Acito. Ian and Sharon Dibb. Karen and Collins Matthew. Sheri and Donald Henley. Dan Pulcrano. Nermal and Bhanu Iyengar. Sherie Shoch. Mr. and Mrs. Lampus. Emilee and Ernst Aebi. Casper and Lisbeth Heindricks. Robert Nassar. Patty and Steve Mayer. Azeethen and Brooks Pettus. Julia Elman. Lisa and John Felleman. Alethia Austin. Renee L Burgard. Sylvia Fasco Zilli. Jamie and Elizabeth Marshall. Marijke Rijsberman . Kit and Bill Cullen. Steve Smith. John Seely Brown. Gaye Elvan Beceren. Michael Genesereth. Norman Adams. Donny and Laura Meile. Maureen and John Bard. Carin Fairley. Jeff Weber.
JUDY GITTELSOHN
3324 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 tel: 650 855 9452 www.judyg.com email: me@judyg.com
GRANTS and COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2008 March Arts Connect Grant - A Swirling Aspiring Tree – Bill Wilson School
2007 September “This is Palo Alto” Children’s Coloring book commissioned by the Palo Alto Library Foundation
2007 May Art For Well Beings - Art Center Opens in Palo Alto, CA - Judy Gittelsohn Director
2007 May - July C.A.R. Community Association for Rehabilitation Plant it Paint it Arts Council Grant
2005 Dec - Dec 2006 Peninsula Community Foundation Grant A Book About Women By Girls - East Palo Alto Girls Club
2004 Oct– Oct 2005 Community Foundation Silicon Valley Grant Pacific Art League - A CLEAR VIEW
Children with Developmental disabilities mural for the Betty Wright Swim Center
2005 Sept - Dec C.A.R. Community Association for Rehabilitation SOME MOTHERS Arts Council Grant
2005 April – June C.A.R. Community Association for Rehabilitation IN and OUT of the WATER Arts Council Grant
2005 Jan – June 2005 Arts Connect Grant – El Toro BLINK SPRING mural
2005 March Arts Connect Grant – Blue Ridge – 67incarcerated boys TREE
2004 April – June Arts Connect Grant – Caravan House Mural project - “What’s in my purse”
2004 April – June C.A.R. Community Association for Rehabilitation “The Hows and Whys of Work”
2004 Jan - May KAINOS - Grant recipient producing an exhibitions of their artwork
2003 Oct - Jan 04 SANTA CLARA OFFICE OF EDUCATION – Arts Connect Grant SOUTH COUNTY SCHOOL
WITH HEART Mural Alternative School for Youth from San Jose Schools
2003 Sept Palo Alto Children’s Library VINE Fundraising Sculpture
2003 - May Arts Connect Grant STONEGATE SCHOOL Force of Human Nature
2003 - present STANFORD MUSEUM CANTOR ARTS CENTER - Studio Art teacher
2003 - June AARP - Redwood City Recreation Department making art with Adults with developmental disabilities
2003 Jan – Sept STANFORD HOSPITAL ART FOR HEALTH cancer patients making art in the hospital – bedside
2002 – May 2003 C.A.R. Community Association for Rehabilitation Grant recipient with developmentally disabled youth
2003 CLARY SCHOOL - Third Grade Class Surrealism project creating furniture with their artwork
2002 April - Sept KAINOS Grant recipient with developmentally disabled adults - a calendar and exhibitions of their artwork
2001 - Present GOLDEN PAINTS WORKING ARTIST Presentations and Teaching Workshops on Golden Artist Acrylic Paints
2001 Mar - Sept C.A.R. Community Association for Rehabilitation Grant recipient painting with developmentally disabled adults
a book and exhibitions of their artwork HOW TO RIDE THE BUS
2001 LEADERSHIP MID-PENINSULA One day art making session with leaders on the mid- peninsula
1997 CREATIVITY EXPLORED - Christmas in April Project - mural By the Lake artists with developmental disabilities