C.M. Judge — Artist’s Biography

Studio: Fitchburg, MA
Born: Lowell, MA | 1961

Intermedia artist, C. M. Judge directs Moongate Studio in Fitchburg, MA where she creates drawings, paintings, installations, and video art. Focusing on the poetic confluences of body and spirit, Judge’s work has been exhibited worldwide. She holds a Master of Science in Visual Studies from M.I.T. Ms. Judge is the inaugural Present Tense Prize for excellence in new media from ArtsWorcester and a 2019 recipient of the Médaille D’Etain from the Socièté Académique Arts-Sciences Lettres in Paris for excellence in art and positive contribution to society. Collaboration has played a large role in Judge’s art-making practice including a twenty-year collaboration with Japanese film director, Atsushi Ogata, resulting in a large body of meditative video installations and a ten-year collaboration with Paula Rendino Zaentz exploring the historic and contemporary role of women through video performance and installation. Currently, Ms. Judge is teamed with French, video artist, Véronique Sapin with whom she founded and co-directs the FemLink-Art Collective that produces international video compositions featuring work by 149 women video artists from 66 countries. The Collective celebrated its tenth anniversary with a book documenting its history. Ms. Judge’s work has been screened and installed in venues such as Musée-Château, Annecy; Videoformes, Clermont Ferrand; Art Front, Tokyo; Casa Internationale Delle Donne, Rome; Dallas Museum of Art; Medrar for Contemporary Art, Cairo; La Box Cinèma, Senegal; Z Gallery, NYC; Galleria Huuto, Helsinki; Espacio Puerta, Bilbao; Mamia Bretesche Gallery, Paris; Photon Gallery, Ljubljana; Nod Art-Centre, Prague; Korean Cultural Center of Chicago; Center for Contemporary Art, Plovdiv; Museo de la Mujer, Cordoba; Center for Contemporary Art, Riga; Center for Creative Practices, Dublin. LOOP festival, Barcelona; Media Cube 338, Gwanju.

Artist’s Statement:

There is a moment when art begins to breathe and I completely forget that I’m the one who made it — this birthing releases the work to begin its work to seamlessly influence others. My art making, whether drawing, painting, video or installation involves “prayerful illumination” — a kind of looking/feeling/being present to the miraculous world.

In the ENTWINED series, I had a clear mission — to paint my joyful response to being lifted out of the Covid crisis and to finally reconnect with people and places in person. Bright colors arranged in flowing interlocking patterns celebrate these reunions and the blessings of being together.

About the Artist Intermedia artist, C. M. Judge, directs Moongate Studio in Fitchburg, MA where she creates drawings, paintings, and video installations. Focusing on the poetic confluences of body and spirit, Judge’s work has been exhibited worldwide. She holds a Master of Science in Visual Studies from M.I.T. Judge is a 2019 recipient of the Médaille D’Etain from the Socièté Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres in Paris for excellence in art and positive contribution to society and the inaugural recipient of the Present Tense Prize recognizing artwork that exemplifies new practices, artistic risk-taking, and excellence in execution from ArtsWorcester.

Sharing the creative process is one of Ms. Judge’s joys. As a teaching artist, she works throughout New England specializing in facilitating collaborative public art projects involving groups of children, teens, adults, and elders. Locally, she mentored girls through the Montachusett Opportunity Council to create the public art mural Speak Up! Speak Out! on Main Street in Fitchburg. In our nation’s capital, C. M. was the lead artist for the permanent public art project, HELLO & WELCOME, featuring artwork by 240 students from ten area schools for Dulles International Airport serving Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Ms. Judge’s residency work can be viewed on CreativeGround.

Ms. Judge’s advocacy work in the service of women artists includes co-founding FemLink-Art: the international video art collective with French video artist, Véronique Sapin. Featuring 149 women video artists from 64 countries, FemLink-Art’s history is documented in the book FemLink-Art: video collages of the International Collective. Judge has been actively involved with the Women’s Caucus for Art, regionally and nationally. She currently serves as National Liaison for the newly formed Massachusetts WCA chapter.

Current Appointments

Director, Moongate Studio, Fitchburg, MA

Co-curator with Véronique Sapin, FemLink-Art: international video compositions

Teaching Artist, Arts in Education, New England Creative Ground

 

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Visual Studies, 1988

Rivier College, Nashua, NH, Education studies, 1985

University of Lowell, Massachusetts, B.A., Drawing and Painting, 1983

Studio Art Centre Internationale, Florence, Italy, Art History and Painting studies, 1981

School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Painting studies, 1980

 

Solo Exhibitions

Worcester, MA, ArtsWorcester Aurora Gallery, Beyond the Gaze, 2017

Gardner, MA, GALA Gallery, Featured Artist, 2015

Fitchburg, MA, Revival Gallery, CHERUB, 2013

Laconia, NH, The Studio, INCARNATIONS, 2011

Laconia, NH, The Belknap Mill, INCARNATIONS, 2011

Gardner, MA, East Wing Gallery, Mount Wachusett Community College, Rhythms of Intention, 2003

Tokyo, Japan, Hillside Gallery, Art Front, LUMINA (with Atsushi Ogata), 2002

Acton, MA, Acton Memorial Library, MA, Pulled Light: Two Series, painting and sculpture, 2002

Gardner, MA, Surroundings Gallery, At Core: recent work by C. M. Judge, 2001

Annecy, France, Musée-Château, Atsushi Ogata & C.M. Judge, 2000

Plymouth, NH, Karl Drerup Gallery, Plymouth State University, Inner Harvest: recent work by C. M. Judge, video installation, sculpture, drawing, and video, 1999

Lowell, MA, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, FLUVIA (with Atsushi Ogata), 1996

Fitchburg, MA, Newman Center, Fitchburg State College, Prayer Silence Echoes, 1996

Tokyo, Japan, Hillside Gallery, Art Front, Beneath the Stream (with Atsushi Ogata), 1996

Amsterdam, Netherlands, MonteVideo, Netherlands Institute for Media, Fluvial Dreams (with Atsushi Ogata) video installation, 1995

 

Curatorial

Juror, 2021 No Studios Filmmaker Grants, Milwaukee, WI

Director, 2009 WCA International Video Shorts Festival, Los Angeles, CA

Co-Curator, FemLink-Art: video collages of the international collective, 2006 – present

Curator, Layers of Me, Rollstone Studios, 2011

Juror, Boys & Girls Club Annual Exhibit, Leominster, MA 2017, 2019

Juror, GALA Spring Show, Gardner, MA, 2019

Juror, Sterling Unitarian Universalist Art Show, Sterling, MA 2017

Juror, Leominster Art Association 50th Annual Exhibit, Leominster, MA 2015

Juror, Video Art component of the 2013 Curator and Ruminator Short Film & Video Art Competition

Juror, GALA Spring Show, Gardner, MA, 2013

Juror, GALA Fall Show, Gardner, MA, 2010

Juror, Central New England Photo Club, 2009

Group Exhibitions 2022

Ashburnham, MA New Dawn Art Center, Coming Together

Berkeley, CA, The Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Vidrine, RESISTENCE screening

Hietzing, Austria, Berufsvereinigung der Bildenden Künstler Österreichs, VITAL screening

Argentina, Corientes, Play, Semana de Videoarte, DANGER screening

Austria, Klagenfurt, Carinthia – at BV-Gallery, VITAL screening

Newport, NH, Turning Points, WCA-NH show supporting women’s healing from abuse • Jaffrey, NH, Jaffrey Civic Center, Especially Colors

Iceland, Hveragerdi, LA Art Museum, VITAL screening

Fitchburg , MA, Main Street Studios, FemLink: FEMALE screening

Shirley, MA, Bull Run Restaurant, CMWCA show

Finland, Pispala, Hirvitalo Center for Contemporary Arts, FemLink-Art screenings

Milford, NH, Creative Ventures Gallery, CMWCA show

England, Bridlington, Bridlington Contemporary Art Gallery, FemLink-Art screenings

Contoocook, NH, Two Villages Art Society, Awakening

Shirley, MA, Gallery Sitka, Oceans, Purified — 2022 Earth Day Show 2021

MAEA online exhibit, Art Educators of Massachusetts

Beverly, MA, Montserrat College of Art, Inspired Views

Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Open Studios 2020

Fitchburg, MA, Unitarian Church, And Still I Rise, WCA Central Massachusetts exhibition

Sweden, Stockholm – Duerr Galleri, 12 Nov – 12 Dec, FemLink-Art: SECRET

Slovenia, Ljubljana – Alkatraz Gallery 28 May – 19 June, FemLink-Art: AGGRESSION and WONDER 2019

Singapore, Gillman Barracks, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art – Studio 37, Curated by Kay Syng Tan, FemLink-Art: SECRET and PROTEST

Slovenia, Ljubljana, Photon Gallery, AGGRESSION curated by Vesna Bukovec

Costa Rica, San Pedro, Women’s Museum for the International Museum Day FemLink-Art: RESISTANCE

Italy, Milan, [.BOX Space], FemLink-Art: SECRET

New York, NY, Zavo, Bearing Witness

Czech Republic, Prague, Gallery Water Tower at Letna, FemLink-Art: MALE, FEMALE, SECRET

Boscawen, NH, Twiggs Gallery, Busting Out, WCA New Hampshire exhibition 2018

Fitchburg, MA, Gallery Sitka, Bearing Witness

Dartmouth, MA, Center for Performing and Visual Arts Gallery at UMass Dartmouth, Art All-State Mentor Exhibition, installation with Paula Rendino

Boston, MA, Galatea Fine Art, Echoes, WCA Boston exhibition 2017

Dartmouth, MA, Center for Performing and Visual Arts Gallery at UMass Dartmouth, Art All-State Mentor Exhibition

Brighton, MA, Boston Public Library, HEAT

Longueuil, QC, Musée de la Femme, NOUS, FRAGILITY

Peterborough, NH, The Healing Arts Gallery at Monadnock Community Hospital, Well Being

Nashua, NH, HEALINGinCOLOR Gallery 2016

Fitchburg, MA, Sitka Gallery, Paint-In Artists show

Iran, Isfahan, Aknoon Art Gallery

Spain, Toledo, Circulo de Arte

Colombia, Cali – VIS A VIS Muestra Internacional de Videoarte

Canada, Montreal – Festival du Nouveau Cinema

Iran, Tehran, Azad Art Gallery, Resistance, FemLink video

Townsend, MA, Meeting Hall Gallery, CMWCA show In The Beginning

Senegal, Dakar, La Box Cinèma, Spècial Biennale Dekar, FemLink

New London, NH, WCA/NH Board Members at Whipple Hill

Worcester, MA, ArtsWorcester, ONE

Dartmouth, MA, CVPA UMass Campus Gallery at Art All-State Mentors Exhibition

Lexington, MA, The Munroe Center for the Arts, CMWCA show Jump Start

Puerto Rico, Caguas, Área: Lugar de Proyectos gallery, FEMALE (FemLink) 2015

Plymouth, NH, Karl Drerup Gallery, Moment — An exploration of contemporary video-based art practices, Acqua Vitale video installation and FemLink

Worcester, MA, ArtsWorcester Aurora Gallery, Black & White

Hungary, Budapest, MAMU Gallery, FRAGILITY (FemLink)

Worcester, MA, Davis Art Gallery, InVision: 2D & 3D Landscape

France, Lauzerte, Espace Point de Vue, MALE and AGGRESSION (FemLink)

Spain, Bilbao, Espacio Puerta, FEMALE (FemLink)

France, Issy Les Moulineaux, FEMALE (FemLink)

Concord, NH, Red River Theater, Board Exhibition

Finland, Helsinki, Galleria Huuto – space Pikkujätkä, FemLink

Plymouth, NH, Pease Public Library, Force of Nature,WCA/NH national juried exhibition

Fitchburg, MA, Inner Resonance, Rollstone Studios, CMWCA exhibition

Spain, Bilbao, Espacio Puerta, FEMALE (FemLink)

Croatia, Zagreb, Dokukino, MALE, and FEMALE, (FemLink)

France, Paris, Mamia Bretesche Gallery, FemLink

France, Lille, Palais des Beaux Arts (14 avril) FEMALE, (FemLink)

Dartmouth, MA, CVPA UMass Campus Gallery, Art All-State Mentors Exhibition

Fitchburg Art Museum, Inner Resonance, CMWCA exhibition

Plymouth, NH, Pease Public Library, WCA/NH 20 Years: A Celebration

Gardner, MA, GALA Gallery, FemLink 2014

Gwangju, South Korea, Baekryun Gallery, Through the Eyes of the Mother, CHERUB, video installation

Gwangju, South Korea, Metro Gallery, Sea of Sorrow, video installation

Portsmouth, NH, Lincoln Levi Gallery, WCA/NH 6×6 Signature Show

Kyiv, Ukraine, International Short Film Festival

Dakar, Senegal, Dak’Art, Biennale of Contemporary Art

Denver, Colarado, ART HERE

Rose Hill. Mauritaus, Institut Français, FemLink: feminin plurielle

Slovenia, Ljubljana, Photon Gallery

Czech Republic, Prague, Nod Art-Centre

Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, Through the Eyes of the Mother, video installation 2013

Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Center for Contemporary Art, FemLink

Toulouse, France, Traverse Video, FemLink

Fitchburg, MA, Salon des Refuse, Rollstone Studios

Cordoba, Argentina, Museo de la Mujer, “Emotions”, FemLink

Espoo, Finland, “Bike Tour of New Media”, FemLink

Bucharest, Romania, “Gsalleries Night”, FemLink

Riga, Latvia, Center for Contemporary Art, FemLink

Fitchburg, MA, June Exhibition, Revival Gallery

Dublin, Ireland, Center for Creative Practices, FemLink

Warsaw, Poland,Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle KINO Lab, FemLink

Lawrence, MA, Essex Art Center, FemLink

Camaguey, Cuba, 5th Festival Internacional de Videoarte de Camaguey, FemLink

Worcester, MA, Worcester Art Museum, Art All-State Mentors show 2012

Seoul, South Korea, Kepco Gallery, Women + Body, video installation with Paula Rendino Zaentz

Gwanju, South Korea, Media Cube 338, Women + Body, video installation with Paula Rendino Zaentz

Newark, NJ, Gallery Aferro, FemLink

Veracruz, Mexico, Art-Centre of Veracruz, FemLink

Mexico City, Mexico, Casa Talvera, FemLink

Rome, Italy, Casa Internationale Delle Donne, FemLink

Athens, Greece, Booze Cooperative, FemLink

Bhimtal, India, Satal Estate, “Carnival of E. Creativity”, FemLink

Ljubijana, Slovenia, Photon Gallery, FemLink

Worcester Art Museum, MA, Art All-State Mentors show 2011

The Netherlands, Eindhoven,Temporary Art Center, FemLink

Concord, NH, Pop-Up Galllery with public art display, Magnet Open Art Project

Fithcburg Paint-In, Johnsonia Gallery

Annecy, France, IMMAGEPASSAGES, FemLink

Fitchburg, MA, Rollstone Studios, FemLink

Worcester Art Museum, MA, Art All State Mentors show

Kaunas, Lithuania, The Gallery Meno Parkas, FemLink

NYC, New York, WCA Confab, FemLink

Maribor, Slovenia, Cinema Kino Udarnik, FemLink 2010

NYC, WCA National Conference, FemLink

Fitchburg, MA, FATV, MOTION, Mater Panis with Paula Rendino Zaentz

Zürich, Switerland, Peripher, FemLink

Beirut, Lebanon, Art-Center Shams, FemLink

Tallinn, Estonia, Museum of Occupations, FemLink

Quito, Ecuador, Project Room de Arte Actual/FLASCO, FemLink

Community Realty, Worcester, MA, Central Mass Women’s Caucus for Art

Rollstone Studios, Fitchburg, MA, Hot, Hot, Hot! WCA show

Worcester, MA, The Gallery at Worcester State College

Townsend, MA, Meeting Hall Gallery, Summertime

Berkeley, CA, David Brower Center, Elements: Eco-Art

Lynn, MA, LynnArts, The Big Picture

Barcelona,Spain, LOOP festival, FemLink

Merida, Mexico, The Frontground Gallery, FemLink

Nicosi, Cyprus, University of Nicosi, FemLink

Limassol, Cyprus. TEPAK, FemLink

Nicosi, Cyprus, ARTos Foundation, FemLink

Manila, Philippines, Film Institute, FemLink

Worcester Art Museum, MA, Art All State Mentors show

Catalogs and Television

FemLink-Art: video collages of the international collective, 2016

Arts & Ideas with Sue Swinand #89, C.M. Judge, 2016

Through the Eyes of the Mother, Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 2014

Women + Body, Kepco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2012

Revisioning, Maitland Art Center, Florida, 2005

VIDEOFORMES XX, Clermont-Ferrand,France, 2005

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003, Japan

VIDEOFORMES 15ème, Clermont-Ferrand,France, 2000

Forces of Nature, “Cadent Altar,” The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT, 2000

Summer Annual Show, “Fluvia”, DeCordova Museum, MA, 1999

Beneath the Stream, Art Front Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1996

World Wide Video Festival, “Transvaal” by Ingrid van Santen, Den Haag, Netherlands, 1993

Videonale Bonn 5, “Hikari,” Bonn, Germany, 1993

Awards, Grants & Public Art Projects

Socièté Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres, Paris France, Médaille D’Etain (Tin Medal) for excellence in art and positive contribution to society, 2019

ArtsWorcester Inaugural Present Tense Prize for excellence in new media, 2016

Northfield, NH, “Circle of Dreams” permanent sculpture, Spaulding Youth Center, 2014

Beacon of Hope, Leominster, MA, Community Clay, community project, 2014

Fitchburg Cultural Council mural project grant with the Montachusett Opportunity Council 2012

Beacon of Hope, Leominster, MA, Imagining Leominster, photography-based community project, 2010

Legend Center, Gardner, MA, chapel stained glass window design and fabrication, 2010

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Hello and Welcome, public art project for Dulles International Airport, 2010

Leominster Cultural Council grant, Imagining Leominster, public video art project, 2010

Fitchburg Cultural Council grant, Heads, Hearts & Hands art project with at-risk teenage girls at the Montachusett Opportunity Council, 2010 Publications FemLink-Art: video collages of the international collective (with Véronique Sapin), Tournefeuille, France 2016 “Co-created Art Rituals from the Personal to the Transnational” in BLAZE: Discourse on Art, Women, and Feminism, edited by Karen Frostig and Kathy H. Halamka, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007 “Time Before the Spoken Word” in the Seventh Annual Publication of the Advanced Course in the Visual Arts 1997-1998, Ateliers Arnhem, Institute for the Arts, The Netherlands