Alison Judd’s practice is rooted in printmaking at the intersection of print, sculpture and language. She uses earthly phenomena to ruminate on transience, impermanence, and loss, as well as the slow accumulation and distillation of knowing.
Judd holds an Interdisciplinary diploma from the Ontario College of Art, Toronto a BFA in Printmaking from Concordia University, Montreal and completed her Masters of Fine Art in Print Media at York University. She has exhibited work in Canada, the U.S., Cuba, Germany and Switzerland. She has been the recipient of awards and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council. Judd has been awarded residencies at the Kloster Bentlage Cultural Centre, (Rheine, Germany), the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, (Dawson City, YK), the Banff Centre for the Arts (Banff, AB) and the Druckwerk Printmaking Studio (Basel, Switzerland).
She is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Fine Art, Printmaking & Publications Department at OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario.
2006
MFA, Department of Visual Arts, Print Media, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2004
BFA, with Distinction, Department of Studio Arts, Print Media, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
1994
AOCA, Interdisciplinary Studies, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
2019
Even the Continents have no place but Earth, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2018
Fact/F(r)acture, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, Quebec
2016
Shift Series in progress. Ashlar Gallery, Boarding House Arts, Guelph, Ontario
2015
Log Jam, ARTsPlace, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
2014
Core Samples, Rotunda Gallery, City of Kitchener, Ontario
Living with a Landslide, ODD Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon
2008
Trembling Bog, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
Trembling Bog, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2007
On Form and Function, Centre 3, (formerly, The Print Studio), Hamilton, Ontario
2006
Trembling Bog, Accolade West Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2021
Bituminous Partings, FAB Gallery at the University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
2020
FUTURE PROOF, A Golden Anniversary Auction of Contemporary Art. On-Line October 7 - October 19
94th International Competition, Semi-finalist, On-line exhibition, The Print Centre Philadelphia, PA USA
2019
Biennale Internationale d’estampes contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Trois Rivières, QC
Going to Ground, Portfolio, Kent State University Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH USA
Printed Planes, Visual Arts Centre, Marshall University, Huntington, WV USA
New Prints 2019/Winter, International Print Centre (IPCNY), New York, NY USA
2018
International Triennial of Contemporary Graphic Arts, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
NEXO, Kaskadenkondensator Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Going to Ground, SGCI Themed Portfolio, Las Vegas, Nevada USA
2016
Red, Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph, ON
2015
Expanding Landscape, with Robert Wiens, Toni Hafkenscheid, Monique Resnick. Latcham Gallery, ON
The Open Studio Sessions: Group Exhibition Celebrating 45 Years of Open Studio, Toronto ON
Prints in Peculiar Places, Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Knoxville, USA (Juried)
Hello: Incubator 2015, Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph, ON
2014
Biannual Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON (Juried)
Open Studio's 100 Prints, The Palais Royale, Toronto, ON (Juried)
Annual Art Show, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario (Juried)
2013
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition, Orillia Museum & Art Gallery, Orillia, ON (Juried)
Juried Art Show, Judith & Norman ALIX Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario (Juried) (Catalogue)
2010
Printapolooza, Gales Gallery, York University, ON (Curator Barbara Balfour)
2009
This View of Life, University of Guelph & Ed Video Gallery. Guelph, ON (Curator Scott McGovern)
ReMix, Site Specific Installation. You/Me Gallery, Hamilton, ON
ReMix, Parallel Gallery, Bienal de La Habana, Havana, CUBA
ReMix, Art Centre of Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, CUBA
2008
Woodies, The Assembly, Hamilton, ON
Biennale Voir Grand, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, QC (Juried)
2007
Silence dans la Foret, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, QC
Encounter, International Print Exhibition, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany
Salon Eclarate Collective, Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, NH USA
2006
Text, Type Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (Curator Barbara Balfour)
Salon Eclarate Collective, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, QC
Album, VAV Gallery, Montreal, QC
Trembling Bog & the Image Terrarium, Niagara Artists' Centre, St. Catharines, ON
2020
Hexagon Special Projects Fellowship, Open Studio, Toronto ** cancelled – resumed in 2022
2019
Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2018
Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2018
Canada Council for the Arts - Arts Abroad Residency Grant
2017
Ontario Arts Council - Visual Artists Creation Projects, Mid-Career
2015
Canada Council for the Arts - Travel Grant
2015
Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2014
Ontario Arts Council - Visual Artists, Emerging Artist Grant
2008
Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2022/23
Print Exchange - Printmaking & Publications Department, OCAD University
2021
Bituminous Partings, Print Portfolio, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
2018
Going to Ground, Portfolio Exchange, Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI)
(Portfolio organizer with Anna Gaby-Trotz)
2015
Southern Graphics Council International, “Members Portfolio Exchange”, Knoxville, TN
2012/15
Print Exchange - Printmaking Department, OCAD University
2014
International Print Exchange & Exhibition - Amica Artist Run Centre & Kamloops Printmakers, BC
2013
International Print Exchange & Exhibition - ARTspace, Chatham & Windsor Printmakers Forum, ON
2018
Edition/Basel, Druckwerk Printmaking Studio, Basel, Switzerland
2017
Banff Centre for the Arts, Spring Intensive Residency (BAiR)
2015/16
Boarding House Arts Incubator Residency, Guelph, ON
2014
Working Title Press, OCAD University Faculty Residency Program, Printmaking Dept., Toronto, ON
2014
The Natural & The Manufactured Residency, Klondike Institute of Art, Dawson City, YK
2009
Remix, International exchange of Canadian and Cuban artists. Art Centre of Cienfuegos, CUBA
2007
Bentlage, Printmaking Residency & Exhibition, Kloster Bentlage Cultural Centre, Rheine, Germany
2018
Print Media Department, Concordia University, Montreal, QC / Artist Talk
2014
ODD Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon / Exhibition Lecture
2014
Salon Jacques 10, Brantford, ON / Artist Talk
2008
McMaster University School of Visual Arts, Hamilton, ON / Artist Talk
2022
Future Proof, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2019
International Conference of the Southern Graphics Council (SGCI), Dallas TX
2018
International Conference of the Southern Graphics Council (SGCI), Las Vegas, NV
2015
International Conference of the Southern Graphics Council (SGCI), University of Knoxville, TN
2015
Introduction to Poetry, University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, Toronto, Ontario
2014
Sculptural Papermaking, PAPERHOUSE Studio, Toronto, ON
2013
WAYZGOOSE Conference, Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, Two Rivers, WI USA
2013
Experimental Animation Studio, Continuing Studies, OCADU, Toronto, Ontario
2013
Introduction to Video Editing, Continuing Studies, OCADU, Toronto, Ontario
2012
Introduction to Mokuhanga Printing, Elizabeth Forrest Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2012
Vandercook Workshops with Paul Moxon: 1. Vandercook Maintenance 2. Proof Press Finesse, OCADU
2010
PRINTOPOLIS, International Printmaking Symposium, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2004
International Conference of the Southern Graphics Council, (SGCI), Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ USA
2006/09
Studio Technical Director - Centre 3, (formerly The Print Studio), Hamilton, Ontario
2003
Guest Curator - Digital Library Task Force. National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Writing and research on Canadian Private Presses printing.
2001
Printer's Assistant - Innovative Print Centre, Stinger Editions, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.
Master Printer Christopher Armijo, Assisted with the printing of Artist book "Traces in Red" by Barbara Steinman.
'96/2000
Curator/Manager - Mackenzie Heritage Printing & Newspaper Museum, Queenston, Ontario
1994/95
Summer Printer - Mackenzie Heritage Printing & Newspaper Museum, Queenston, Ontario
The Mackenzie Heritage Printing Museum is an operating letterpress facility with hand-set type, hot-type casting, photopolymer platemaker, hand presses, platen presses, and proof presses. My responsibilities included the operation and demonstration of all equipment and printing output.
Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
SGCI, Southern Graphics Council International