Judith Schwarz Explained

Judith Schwarz
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia
Education:BA (UBC), MFA (York)

Judith Schwarz (born 1944) is a Canadian visual artist.[1] Her work has been featured in exhibitions since 1979.

Early life and education

Judith Schwarz was born 1944 in Vancouver, British Columbia and is based in Toronto, Ontario. She earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia (1966), attended the Vancouver School of Art (1973–1976), and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from York University (1978).

Career

Schwarz is an Associate Professor at York University in Toronto, where she teaches sculpture and drawing at both graduate and undergraduate levels. In 1978 she began her career at York University and in 1995 she received a full-time appointment to the Faculty of Fine Arts. Schwarz is known for her outdoor abstract sculptures,[2] integrating art with the environment.[3]

Schwarz's earliest sculptural exhibit, entitled Parallel Language (1987), was a three-part work juxtaposing a circular die-cut steel sheet wall mounted, angling out from it onto the floor—a steel beam, and a leaf shaped steel stencil next to a beautiful slab of oak.[4] In a review written by Linda Genereux in Artforum, Genereux states "The strength of Judith Schwarz's work depends upon her dexterous handling of material and a growing vocabulary of forms..."

Her work can be found in many public collections across Canada and in the US, including the Canada Council Art Bank, the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Royal Bank of Canada, the University of Oregon and the York University. The National Gallery purchased two of her drawings in 1983: Low Light Drawing, Series A, #10 (1981) and Head Stand (1982); and then in 1987 purchased a set of four videotapes: I am an artist, My name is…, a collaboration between Schwarz and Elizabeth MacKenzie.[5] [6]

Schwarz has created public commissions in both Vancouver and Toronto, Canada. Among her commissions in Toronto are the Nautilus Gateway (1992), a stainless steel and bronze sculpture in Waterpark Place, Bay Street and Queen's Quay and Spiral Fountain (1990), a bronze fountain for the Hotel Deck at Skydome. Schwarz's sculpture Pacific Spiral (2003) was among 350 outdoor artworks celebrated in Vancouver during the 2014 Culture Days Celebration, as part of a national Culture Days campaign designed to promote artistic activities across Canada.[7] In Francois-Marc Gagnon's description of Schwarz's sculptures in The Canadian Encyclopedia, Gagnon states

"..."the elegant, flame-cut steel cosmological configurations of Judith Schwarz invent rather than transform cultural signs and devices whose mysteries are embedded as much in the juxtaposition of the materials, glass, steel, and wood as in their form".[8]

In 1990 at the 75th Anniversary of the Emily Awards, Schwarz was presented with an Emily Award. She was among the 75 distinguished alumni of Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design that were recognized for their outstanding career achievements.[9]

The University of Waterloo Art Gallery circulated a 10-year retrospective of Schwarz's work, titled Dissembling Structures, curated by James D. Campbell. This exhibition was presented at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo (1998), the Concordia University's Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Toronto (1998),[10] and the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design's Charles S. Scott Art Gallery, Vancouver (1999).[11]

Schwarz was awarded the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award in Visual Arts by the Canada Council in 1998[12]

Selected exhibitions

Selected bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artist/Maker name "Schwarz, Judith" . www.app.pch.gc.ca . Government of Canada . 22 April 2019 . Canada-1 . Ottawa, Canada . en.
  2. Book: Heller . Jules . Heller . Nancy G. . North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary . 2013 . Routledge . New York, USA . 978-0-8240-6049-7 . 498 . 25 April 2019 . Heller-1.
  3. Web site: Judith Schwarz. 29 April 2019. www.ampd.yorku.ca. York University. Toronto, Canada. en. York-1.
  4. Genereux . Linda . Toronto: Judith Schwarz, York University . Artforum . 1990 . September . 167 . 25 April 2019 . New York, USA . Artforum-1 . Artforum International . en.
  5. Web site: Judith Schwarz - Works by Artist. www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, Canada. 25 April 2019. Gallery-1.
  6. Web site: 60s Ruins in Process - Vancouver Art in the Sixties . www.vancouverartinthesixties.com . 25 April 2019 . 60s-1 . Vancouver, Canada.
  7. News: Celebrating the Arts, in Public: Vancouver boasts more than 350 outdoor artworks . 23 April 2019 . The Vancouver Sun . 27 September 2014 . Sun-1 . Vancouver, Canada . 19 . en.
  8. Encyclopedia: François-Marc Gagnon. Sculpture. The Canadian Encyclopedia. September 8, 2019.
  9. News: The Emily Awards: 75th Anniversary Archival Exhibition . 23 April 2019 . Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design . 10 June 2000 . Emily-1 . Vancouver, Canada . 68 . en.
  10. News: Scrutiny only deepens the mystery, by Henry Lehmann. Lehmann. Henry. 4 April 1998. The Gazette. 23 April 2019. The Gazette. Montreal, Canada. 118.
  11. Book: Campbell . James D. . Wyatt . Joseph . University of Waterloo Art Gallery . Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery . Charles H. Scott Gallery . Dissembling structures: a survey of Judith Schwarz sculpture, 1989-1998 . 1998 . University of Waterloo Art Gallery . Waterloo, Canada . 0969382316 . 1–48 . Catalogue . 25 April 2019 . Campbell-1 . pbk..
  12. News: Schwarz wins Lynch-Staunton Award. Else. Beverley. 24 February 1999. York University Gazette Online. 29 April 2019. York University. 21. Toronto, Canada. 29. en. Else-1.
  13. Hassan . Jamelie . The pressure of a body . C Magazine . 1985 . Spring . 5 . 76–77 . 28 April 2019 . Hassan-1 . Toronto, Canada . en . pdf .
  14. Dewdney. Christopher. December 1989. Enigmatic / Emblematic: The Internal Logic of Judith Schwarz's Sculpture. Canadian Art. 6. 4. Dewdney-2.
  15. News: Hill . Sharon . Exhibit is a 'moving' experience . 23 Apr 2019 . The Windsor Star . 30 Nov 1989 . Hill-1 . Windsor, Canada . 40 . en.
  16. News: Reno . Mike . Names in the News . 23 April 2019 . The Vancouver Sun . 30 September 1989 . Reno-1 . Vancouver, Canada.
  17. Book: Judith Schwartz . 1990 . OCAD University Library . 0919837271 . 1–38 . 18 May 2020 . OCAD-U.
  18. News: Gustafson . Paula . More than just a travel adventure: Artists make fresh links between people, nature on Oldman Expedition . 23 April 2019 . Calgary Herald . 7 Jul 1990 . Gustafson-1 . Calgary, Canada . 13 . en . Online.
  19. News: Tousley . Nancy . Art takes us behind the looking glass . 23 April 2019 . Calgary Herald . 27 January 1994 . Tousley-1 . Calgary, Canada . 18 . en . Online.
  20. Campbell . James D. . Eloquent Liar . CMagazine . 1997 . Feb-Apr . 52 . 17–20 . 28 April 2019 . Cambell-2 . Toronto, Canada . en . pdf .
  21. Armstrong . John . Rapprochement: John Armstrong on an exhibition of works by Carmelo Arnoldin & Judith Schwarz . CMagazine . 2000 . Summer . 66 . 12–17 . 28 April 2019 . Armstrong-2 . Toronto, Canada . pdf .
  22. News: Dault . Gary Michael . The knotty question of perception . 25 April 2019 . The Globe and Mail . Arts . The Globe and Mail, Inc. . 25 September 2004 . Globe-1 . Toronto, Canada.
  23. Book: Gallery/Stratford . Reciprocation: Judith Schwarz . 1989 . Stratford Gallery . Stratford, Canada . 79098038 . Stratford-1.
  24. News: Tousley . Nancy . Art . 23 Apr 2019 . Calgary Herald . Tousley-2 . Calgary, Canada . 18.
  25. Book: Youngs . Christopher . Judith Schwarz: transcriptions - a travelogue . 2000 . Freeman Gallery . Reading, USA . 978018009 . Youngs-1.

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