Judy Woodborne
Born in Cape Town 1966. She obtained her B.A.F.A from Michaelis School of Fine Art in 1988 and an advanced Diploma in Printmaking awarded with Distinction in 1989. She was awarded her Masters of Fine Arts Degree with Distinction from the University of Cape Town in 1993 with a dissertation entitled Moria, a Eulogy of Folly.
She was the resident artist and administrator of Hard Ground Printmakers' Workshop from 1993 until its closure in 2005. She currently runs her own studio at The Bijou building in Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town. She has travelled and visited many printmaking workshops in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Austria and has travelled as far south as Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Peninsula, crossing the infamous Drake's Passage in an icebreaker. Her work has been inspired by recent trips to Hong Kong and mainland China, where she was part of a group training in Yang Style Tai' Chi Chuan, with Master Ou Rong Ju in Foshan, Guandong Province. Recent trips have been to visit the island of Zanzibar and voyaging to Namibia by boat. A trip into the Himalayas and Indo-Tibet and a road trip through the deserts of the Sahara during a residency at Cafe Tissardmine in Morocco have been recent journeys and explorations.
Woodborne has spent some time working in various printmaking workshops such as the Grafische Werkstatt im Traklhaus, as well as taking part in collaborative printmaking portfolios with artist/curator Jan Jordaan, working on the Break the Silence HIV Campaign, as well as the Art for Humanity, Woman Artists supporting Childrens' Rights Campaign. Other projects include the Playing Card Portfolio curated by Veerle Rooms, Belgium in collaboration with the Playing Card Museum, Kasterlee, the Body Politic portfolio of colour etchings produced in collaboration with Prof. Teresa Cole, Tulane University, USA.
Woodborne was selected as the ABSA Klein Karroo Kunsfees Festival Artist in 2007. She produced an unusual body of paintings on gold-leaf entitled "The Garden of Eden". She recently curated and published a portfolio of 16 etchings, The Exquisite Corpse, based on the theme of Adam and Eve, in collaboration with 7 participating artists. The portfolio was sponsored by Sanlam, and selected for the Klein Karoo Kunsfees 2009.
Judy has been working in collaboration with Tarot Reader, Joanne Jardine over the last four years to produce her portfolio of Tarot Card Etchings, a series of 22 etchings of the Major Arcana.
EDUCATION
1988 Obtained B.A.F.A with first class pass in printmaking. (University of Cape Town)
1989 Completed postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Fine Art, which was awarded with distinction. (UCT)
1993 Awarded Master of Fine Arts Degree with distinction. (UCT)
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2007 - Invited as Festival Artist for the Klein Karoo Kunsfees,Oudtshoorn, Western Cape.
2012 - Awarded a funding grant from the NAC
2013 - Awarded a funding grant from the NAC
2015 - Invited Festival Artist, Salzburg Summer Festival, Austria
2019 - Awarded the S.C. Bes Romania SRL award in the International Biennial of Contemporary Engraving, Romania.
RESIDENCIES
2000 Residency at the Graffische Werkstatt im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
2002 Residency at the Graffische Werkstatt im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria.
2015 Residency at the Salzburg Summer Festival, Austria
2019 Residency at Cafe Tissardmine, Morocco
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The National Gallery.
South African Libraries Collection of Artworks.
Muzeum Narodowe W Warszzawie, Poland
Musee d’art Contemporain of Chamalieres, France
The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA.
The collection of the Secretary of Parliament (South Africa)
MOMA Gallery, USA ('Break the Silence' Print Portfolio)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Imaginarium - an exhibition of paper sculptures, works on paper and engravings at the AVA Gallery, Cape Town
2018
A solo exhibition: Alternative History - works on paper at Rust en Vrede Gallery, Durbanville, Western Cape. (May2018)
The Anatomy of the World, a solo exhibition at Lizamore and Associates, Johannesburg opening 4 July 2018.
2015
Samsara - exhibition of paintings, Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg.
Exhibition of Graphic Works - Alternative History, Hodlmoser-atelier, Festung Hohensalzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Exhibition of Etchings, The Cape Gallery, Cape Town
2014
Exhibition of Water Paintings, the Casa Labia Gallery
Persephone's Garden, The Cape Gallery
2013
Water Element, a series of paintings inspired by travels to Zanzibar and Namibia. The Cape Gallery.
Persephone's Tears/Water element, and exhibiotn of oil paintings, Artspace, Johannesburg.
2012
Water, Fire and Ice - a series of paintings representing the elements inspired by my travels. The Cape Gallery, May.
The Tarot Card Portfolio - a series of 22 etchings, the S.A. Print Gallery, 109 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock.
2011
The Elements, an exhibition of oil paintings, IS Art, Franschoek.
Collected Works, a selection of etchings. The Cape Gallery , Cape Town.
The Elements, a series of circular paintings, Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville.
2010
Solve et Coagula exhibition, a collaboration with ceramic artist, John Bauer, and the Tarot card Series at the Cape Gallery, Cape Town.
Paperworks & China boxes, Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville, Cape Town.
Paperworks exhibition, Artspace Gallery, Johannesburg.
2009
Alchemical Diagrams and Shadow Boxes, the Cape Gallery, Cape Town.
Shadow Boxes, Perspex engraving and paper constructions at Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville.
2008
Recent Works An exhibition of recent paintings and graphic works at the Cape Gallery, Cape Town.
2007
The Garden of Eden An exhibition of Paintings, Absa Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunsfees, Oudtshoorn
2006
In the Shadow of the Mountain, An exhibition of landscape paintings, the Cape Gallery, Church Street, Cape Town.
2005
The Life of Everyman Suite, A series of recent etchings, The Cape Gallery, Cape Town
2004
Recent Etchings, The Life of Everyman – a suite of etchings and the Songline Series. Art on Paper, Johannesburg
2003
Parade of the Ridiculous, Art on Paper, Johannesburg.
Songlines – and exhibition of multiple plate and colour etchings, The Cape Gallery, Cape Town.
2002
Adam and Eve, An exhibition of graphic works and watercolours, Oxford Art Weeks, Oxfordshire, U.K.
Exhibition of Graphics, Galerie in Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
The Grand, exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede, Durbanville
Phantasmagoria, an exhibition of artworks created during lockdown, Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg.
Art on Paper, Kalk Bay Modern
2019
Birds - curated exhibition, Rust-en-Vrede Gallery
Master of Print, curated printmaking exhibition, Art.B Bellville
Awagami Miniature print exhibition, Japan
Turbine Art Fair, represented by Lizamore Gallery and Millenium Gallery
Self, a portrait exhibition curated by Pierre le Riche, Glen Carlou Gallery
Art on Paper - Riebeeck Kasteel Gallery, Solo Studios
The Painted Print, The Artist's Proof Gallery, Cape Town
Art on Paper, Kalk Bay Modern
The 25 Anniversary Exhibition, Klein Karoo Kunsfees, Oudtshoorn
2018
The Woordfees Festival
Art on Paper, Kalk Bay Modern
Tiny Treasures, Art.B Bellville
Botanica, curated by Adele van Heerden, Art.B, Bellville
C.A.T, group exhibition curated by Eva Kollmer, Munich Germany
2017
Opskiet by die Museum,The Woordfees, Stellenbosch curated by Alex Hamilton
Number One, Incisioni al Femminile exhibition of graphic works, Atelier Controsegno, 201 Via Napoli, Pozzuoli (Naples)
Cape Town Art Fair - SA Print Gallery. Cape Town International Convention Centre - 17 - 19 February 2017
Art Africa Fair, Jubilee Hall. V & A Waterfront 23 Feb - 5 March 2017
Selected for the 3rd International Printmaking Triennial of Ulus, Begrade, Serbia.
Visual Tribute Exhibition for Judith Mason curated by Jan Barend Wolmarans, Christo Coetzee Museum, Tulbagh, then MOK Gallery, Stellenbosch
The "Iosif Iser" International Contemporary Engraving Biennial Ploesti, Romania.
Annual Christmas Exhibition, I.S. Art, Franschoek
2016
The 8th International Printmaking Biennial Douro, Portugal www.bienaldouro.com
Break the Spell - curated by Louis Janse van Vuuren, Woordfees, Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch
XVI International Biennale of small graphics, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland. Opening 3 September at the Museum Miasta Ostrowa Wielkopolskiego, Poland www.biennale@know.pl
Mini print Biennale, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan.
Bitme IX, mini print biennale, Canada.
Cape Town Art Fair, represented by the SA Print Gallery
Annual Christmas Exhibition, I.S. Art, Franschoek
2015
Art on Paper - Kalk Bay Modern
Frida - exhibition curated by Alex Hamilton, Alex Hamilton Studio, C.T.
Material(i)sation. Art in the Yard, 38 Huguenot St, Franschoek.
Di Carta/Papermade exhibition of works on paper at Comune di Schio,Servizio cultura Palazzo Fogazzaro,Via Pasini, 42 - 36015 Schio. Italy.
The "Iosif Iser" International Contemporary Engraving Biennial, Ploesti, Romania.
Exhibition of printmaking, Mexico Exchange, Querètaro, Mexico.
PUBLICATIONS
'Break the Silence', International Aids Portfolio, curated by Jan Jordaan, Durban Technikon. 2002
'Art for Humanity', portfolio of graphic works by woman artists (for childrens' rights), curated by Jan Jordaan, Durban Technikon. 2006
'Playing Card Portfolio', curated by Veerle Rooms in collaboration with the Frans Masareel Centre. 2000.
"Exquisite Corpse", a portfolio of 16 etchings by 8 artists, Judy Woodborne, Julia Teale, Eunice Geustyn, Diane Victor, Theo Kleynhans, Paul Birchall, Chris Diedericks and Richard Kilpert. Curated and published by Judy Woodborne. Sponsored by Sanlam.
The Tarot Card Portfolio, a series of 22 etchings of the Major Arcana. 2012 .
Print Works, a catalogue of selected etchings by Judy Woodborne. (November 2012)
