| Judith Simonian lives and works in New York City. She was born in Los Angeles, California and received her M.A. and B.A. from California State University, Northridge. She was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2014. |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2015 | Edward Thorp Gallery, "Foreign Bodies", New York, NY (catalogue, dialogue with Jennifer Coates |
| and David Humphrey) | |
| 2014 | John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY |
| 2013 | Edward Thorp Gallery, New Painting, New York, NY |
| 2012 | J.C. Flowers & Co., Paintings, New York, NY |
| 2011 | Edward Thorp Gallery, "What Belongs Where", New York, NY (catalogue with essay by Stephen Maine) |
| 2006 | Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, "Chronic Civilization", Brooklyn, NY |
| 2003 | Eyewash@Girdle Factory, "Web of The Map", Williamsburg, NY |
| 2001 | Sloan Art Gallery, "Wet", Colchester, VT |
| 2000 | Sideshow, Collage/Painting Portraits, Williamsburg, NY |
| Kai Hilgerman Gallery, "Wall to Wall Eros", Berlin, Germany | |
| 1998-90 | Spensieri Contemporary Art, "Selected Paintings From The Last Decade", San Francisco, CA |
| NY Kunsthalle, "Between Wuthering Heights", Video Hybrid Installation, New York, NY | |
| Sloan Gallery, Paintings from Residency, Colchester, VT | |
| Ovsey Gallery, "Repainting Balthus", Los Angeles, CA | |
| Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1990 | Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Jayne Baum, New York, NY | |
| 1988 | Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1986 | Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1984 | Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Leila Taghinia-Milani, New York, NY | |
| 1982 | Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Selected Group Exhibitions (2000–present) | |
| 2016 | 1285 Ave of the Americas Art Gallery (formerly UBS gallery) "Drishti: A Concentrated Gaze", New York, NY |
| Noyes Museum, "Grand Vista", Atlantic City, New Jersey | |
| 2015 | Adriaan Van Der Plas, "Domestic Arrangements", Lower East Side, NY |
| Manny Cantor Center "All/Together/Different", curated by Linda Griggs, Lower East Side, NY | |
| 2014 | Valentine Gallery with Tom Burckhardt, Jennifer Coates and Michael Chandler, Bushwick, NYC |
| Life on Mars "Never Mind the Bullocks", Bushwick, NY | |
| John Davis Gallery, Carriage House, Hudson, NY | |
| Edward Thorp Gallery, Gallery Artist Summer Selections, Chelsea, NY | |
| 2013 | BCB Art, "Nocturnal", Hudson, NY |
| Janet Kurnatowsky Gallery, "Paparazzi 2", Williamsburg, NY | |
| Edward Thorp Gallery, "Gallery Artists: A Survey", New York, NY | |
| John Davis Gallery, Window Exhibit, Hudson, NY | |
| 2012 | BRIK gallery, "Cowgirls", Catskills, NY |
| Edward Thorp Gallery, "Long and the Short of It". New York, NY | |
| Janet Kurnatowsky Gallery, "Paparazzi", Williamsburg, NY | |
| The Center for Contemporary Art, "Humus Redux", curated by Jeffrey Williams, Bedminster, NJ | |
| 2011 | Lipscomb University, "Humus", with Gary Stephan and Wes Sherman, Nashville, TN |
| Cuchifritos, "Intuitive Realities", Working Space 11, AAI Residency Artists curated by Jeanne Brasile, New York, NY | |
| Abrazo Interno Gallery, "Find and Combine", curated by Linda Griggs, New York, NY | |
| Alix Sloan Gallery, "Single Fare2: Please Swipe Again", New York, NY | |
| Janet Kurnatowsky, "Paper 2011", Brooklyn, NY | |
| Sideshow Gallery, "It's all Good!!! (Apocalypse Now)", Williamsburg, NY | |
| 2010 | Edward Thorp Gallery, "Talk Show", New York, NY |
| Sideshow Gallery, "It's a Wonderful 10th", Williamsburg, NY | |
| 2009 | Truman University, "American Race", Kirksville, MO |
| Sideshow Gallery, "It's A Wonderful Life", Williamsburg, NY | |
| 2008 | Sideshow Gallery, "It's A Wonderful Life", Williamsburg, NY |
| Kerrigan & Campbell, "Art Projects", New York, NY | |
| ABC N0 Rio, "BROADTHINKING: Cosmological Map", curated by Peggy Ciphers & Chris Twomey, New York, NY | |
| 2007 | Antique, "Art Crimes", New York, NY |
| Crunch, "The Healthy Show", New York, NY | |
| Sideshow, "The War is Over, Again", Williamsburg, NY | |
| Weatherspoon Art Museum "Art On Paper, Biennial", Greensboro, NC (catalogue) | |
| Venice Printmaking Studio, Italy | |
| Phatory Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2005 | Islip Museum, "The Nature of Things", Long Island, NY |
| Anita S. Wooten Gallery, "Intimate Abstraction", Orlando, FL (catalogue) | |
| Islip Museum, "Drawing Conclusions", East Islip, NY | |
| Kerrigan Campbell Gallery, ""Home Economix", New York, NY | www.TheTateChelsea.com W I N T E R V I E W |
| 2004 | PS 122 at Capitol, "RAVE REVIEW", New York, NY |
| BOOG CITY, imges published, David A. Kirschenbaum editor/publisher | |
| 2003 | Galerie LeLong, "Postcards From The Edge", New York, NY |
| 2002 | Sperone Westwater, "Postcards From The Edge", New York, NY |
| Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison, NY | |
| Barbara Levy Gallery, Fire Island, NY | |
| Cooper Union, Grand Hall Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2001 | The Church of S. Maria Ausiliartrice, Venice Biennale, Italy, "Re:Duchamp": "NY/Arts Magazine Collection", Traveling Exhibition |
| Sideshow Gallery, "21st Suffragettes", Williamsburg, NY | |
| Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison, NY | |
| 2000 | Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA |
| Margaret Bodell Gallery, "Facts and Figures", New York, NY | |
| Commissioned Installations | |
| 1996 | Long Island University, "Six Sculptors" (Sculpture Center, NY), "Talkin Trash", Brooklyn, NY |
| 1992 | Carl Kay historical landmark building, "Antique Carpet", Hollywood, CA |
| 1988 | Creative Time "Art on the Beach", "Villa San Itta", Hunter's Point L.I.C., NY |
| 1986 | Barbara Sinatra Children's Center, "Secret Speak", Palm Springs, CA |
| 1985 | MacArthur Park, MacArthur Park Public Art Program, "Talking Pyramids", Los Angeles, CA |
| 1984 | PS1 Contemporary Art Center/Museum of Modern Art, "Modern Excavation", Long Island City, NY (wall alteration) |
| 1983 | Construction site for the Century Freeway, "Transitional Use" (sponsored by FAR/Foundation for Art Resources, Inc.), "Freeway Vessel", Lynwood, CA |
| 1982 | Exile Gallery, "Women in Exile", Los Angeles, CA |
| 1981 | Washington Project for The Arts (WPA), "Streetworks", Washington, D.C. Madison Art Center, "The New Art of Downtown Los Angeles", "Carpet-Tar Pit", Madison WI, (catalog) |
| 1980 | Santa Barbara Museum of Art, "Downtown L.A. in Santa Barbara", CA (site alteration) (catalog) |
| Fellowships & Awards | |
| 2015 | Dora Maar House, Menerbes, France, (residency fellowship) |
| 2014 | Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship |
| 2012 | Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY (residency fellowship) |
| 2011 | Artists Alliance Lower East Side Rotating Studio Program, New York, NY (6 month residency) |
| 2009 | MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH (residency fellowship) |
| Leon Levy Foundation Grant | |
| 2008 | Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY (residency fellowship) |
| 2006 | Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation |
| 2004 | Virginia Center for The Creative Arts (residency fellowship) |
| 2004 | Fundacion Valparciso, Mojacar, Spain (artists' and writers' residency fellowship) |
| 2000 | Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation |
| 1999 | Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mt. Lake, NY (artists' and writers' residency fellowship) |
| 1998 | Cummington Art Residency, Cummington, MA |
| 1996 | St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT (3 month residency fellowships) |
| 1990 | Altos De Chavon, Artist-in-Residence program, Dominican Republic (3 month residency) |
| 1987 | National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship Grant |
| 1983 | California Confederation of the Arts |
| Selected Public Collections | |
| University of Southern California, Fisher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| UCLA/Hammer Museum, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Broad Art Foundation, Paris, France | |
| The Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA | |
| University of Southern California, Fisher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, CA | |
| St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT | |
| Carnation Company, Glendale, CA | |
| Chemical Bank, New York, NY | |
| Robert Egelston, Capitol Group , Los Angeles, CA | |
| Barbara Sinatra Children's Center, "Secret Speak", Palm Springs, CA (site installation) | |
| Los Angeles City Art Collection, MacArthur Park Public Art Program, "'Talking Pyramids" (sculpture) | |
| Pfizer Inc., New York, NY | |
| Elise and Stanley Grinstein - Gemini GEL Los Angeles, CA | |
| Prudential Insurance Co. of America , Newark, NJ | |
| Security Pacific Bank , Los Angeles, CA | |
| Security Pacific Bank , New York, NY | |
| YMCA, Honolulu, HI | |
| Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA | |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA), Madison, WI | |
| Bibliography | |
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