SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019
Movers and Shakers, Athenaeum Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Indoor/Outdoor, San Diego Art Institute and Athenaeum Art Center, San Diego CA
Metamorphosis: Allied Craftsmen 2019, Mingei International Museum at City College Art Gallery,
San Diego, CA
That’s What She Said … Artists Speak Out, Martha Pace Swift Gallery, San Diego, CA
The Best of FIG (Feminist Image Group),The Studio Door, San Diego, CA
2018-19
Women: Art and Poetry, Lyceum Gallery, San Diego, CA
Under Construction, Encinitas Library, Encinitas, CA one person exhibition
2018
Artifacts, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Mind the Gap, Southwestern College Art Gallery,” Chula Vista, CA
Futurecraft, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos,CA
Feminism Now, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Dia de La Mujer, The Front at Casa Familiar, San Ysidro, CA
Feminism Now: FIG and Krogen Amerika, Grafiska Sallskapet, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
The Twenty Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Receptacles for Memories that Can’t Possibly be True, Bay Park Press, San Diego, CA – one person
exhibition
Nasty Women, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
2016
If I Call it a Book, The Rose Art Gallery, Frances Parker, School, San Diego, CA
Feminism Now, Gallery D, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA
Allied Craftsmen 2016, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
2015
[UN]BOUND: Artists' Books from the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Central Library Gallery, San
Diego, California
Cherchez La Femme/Look for the Woman, Women's Museum, Liberty Station, San Diego,
California
2014
Life Lines: Judith Christensen and Kathy Miller, Rose Art Gallery at Frances Parker, San Diego,
California
San Diego Book Arts: Members Exhibition, a traveling exhibition: Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad;
Carmel Valley Library, San Diego, California
2013
San Diego Book Arts: Members’ Exhibition, Cerritos Library, Cerritos, California
2012
10 x 10, MCA Museum, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
Infinite Possibilities, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2011
Juried Biennial, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
2010
Now We Can’t Forget: Judith Christensen and James Christensen, Mesa College Art Gallery, San
Diego, California
Edge to Edge, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
SDBA 3rd National Juried Exhibition, UC San Diego Geisel Library, La Jolla, California
Artists’ Books, Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, Massachusetts
2009-11
LinC (Look in the Community), a traveling exhibition: Central Library, Cardiff by-the-Sea,
Rancho Penasquitos, Benjamin, Clairemont, North Clairemont, Carmel Valley, Oceanside,
Point Loma, and College-Rolando Branch Libraries, San Diego, California
2009
Biennial Artists’ Books Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Flag Books, Coronado Historical Museum, Coronado, California
Recent Acquisitions, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Artists’ Books, Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, Massachusetts
2008-09
Second National Juried Exhibition, UC San Diego Geisel Library, La Jolla, California
Miniature Books, a traveling exhibition: Miniature Book Society Conclave, University of San
Diego, Kensington Branch Library, San Diego and the International Printing Museum,
Carson, California
2007-08
cARTalog, a traveling exhibition: San Diego Public Library, Dove Library, Carlsbad, Love Library,
San Diego State University, California
2007
Biennial Artists’ Book Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Juried Biennial, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
2006
Dialogue: Judith Christensen, Sally Hagy-Boyer, Kathy Miller & Lisa Olson, Mandeville Special
Collections Library, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
Faculty Show, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
2005
Artists’ Books on a Japanese Theme, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego,
California
Art Faculty Exhibition, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, California
Bookish, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
5th Biennial Artists’ Books Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
2004
El Dia de Los Muertos, Next Door Gallery, San Diego, California
Journals of Discovery, Collins Gallery, Forest Grove, Oregon and Southern Illinois University,
Edwardville, Illinois
San Diego to Santa Fe, Mission Valley Library, San Diego, California and Santa Fe Community
College, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003
El Dia de los Muertos, Next Door Gallery, San Diego, California
The River, Durango Arts Center, Colorado
Edible Book Tea, Mandeville Special Collections, U.C. San Diego, La Jolla, California
Simple Words – Simple Questions? A collaborative site-specific installation with Sally Hagy-
Boyer, Kathy Miller and Lisa Olson, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, California
2002
The 3rd National Book & Paper Arts Biennial, Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts,
Chicago, Illinois
El Dia de los Muertos, Next Door Gallery, San Diego, California
Biennial Artists' Books Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Flag Books, Oregon Book Arts Guild, Forest Grove, Oregon
Artists’ Books 2002, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California
Tolerance and Human Rights: Artists Book Exhibition, Collins Gallery, Multnomah County Central
Library, Portland, Oregon
The Art of the Book, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Books with a Japanese Theme, Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego, California
2001
book ART book, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
San Diego Salon Show 2001, Arts College International, San Diego, California
Third Annual Juried Art Show, William. D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
Book Arts, Oceanside Library (solo exhibit), Oceanside, California
2000
Annual Juried Exhibition, William D Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
San Diego Book Arts Fourth Annual, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Biennial Artists’ Books Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
1999
San Diego Book Arts, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
The Book Arts Show, Next Door Gallery, San Diego, California
1998
Impressions, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, California
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form,” Lark Books, New York,
2008
Reynolds, Judith, “Show at DAC Chronicles a City’s River,” The Durango Herald, July 18, 2003
Hibel, Olivia, “State of the Book,” Rapportage: The Journal of the Lancaster Literary Guild,”
Volume II, Fall, 2002
Bratten, Dawna, “Library Opens Artists’ Books,” La Jolla Village News, Wednesday, October 23,
2002
Crowell, T. Michael, “Music and Arts Really Stack Up at the Athenaeum,” The San Diego Union-
Tribune, Sunday, May 12, 2002 (Photo)
Lowe, Marisa, "Art Concepts Paint a Revitalized C Street," San Diego Downtown News, Thursday,
October 3, 2002
Pincus, Robert L., “Whimsy and Wonder,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, Thursday, November
29, 2001
Fark, Bill, “Cannon’s 2nd Juried Show Offers Eclectic Variety,” North County Times, Friday,
November, 24, 2000
Morton, Julia, “Book Arts,” The Publication, May/June 2000
Kenyon, Karen, “Eating Their Words: Book Arts Members Have Fun Chewing on Thoughts,” The San
Diego Union Tribune, Wednesday, April 26, 2000
Bratten, Dawna, “Artists’ Books Open Minds with Visual Imagery & Content,” La Jolla Village
News, Wednesday, April 5, 2000
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Mandeville Special Collections, Geisel Library, U. C., San Diego, La Jolla, California
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection: Books as Aesthetic Objects, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Special Collections, San Diego State University Library, San Diego, California
University of Washington Libraries' Special Collections, Seattle, Washington
EDUCATION
University of California, San Diego, MA, Philosophy
University of California, Santa Barbara, BA
2019
Movers and Shakers, Athenaeum Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Indoor/Outdoor, San Diego Art Institute and Athenaeum Art Center, San Diego CA
Metamorphosis: Allied Craftsmen 2019, Mingei International Museum at City College Art Gallery,
San Diego, CA
That’s What She Said … Artists Speak Out, Martha Pace Swift Gallery, San Diego, CA
The Best of FIG (Feminist Image Group),The Studio Door, San Diego, CA
2018-19
Women: Art and Poetry, Lyceum Gallery, San Diego, CA
Under Construction, Encinitas Library, Encinitas, CA one person exhibition
2018
Artifacts, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Mind the Gap, Southwestern College Art Gallery,” Chula Vista, CA
Futurecraft, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos,CA
Feminism Now, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Dia de La Mujer, The Front at Casa Familiar, San Ysidro, CA
Feminism Now: FIG and Krogen Amerika, Grafiska Sallskapet, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
The Twenty Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Receptacles for Memories that Can’t Possibly be True, Bay Park Press, San Diego, CA – one person
exhibition
Nasty Women, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
2016
If I Call it a Book, The Rose Art Gallery, Frances Parker, School, San Diego, CA
Feminism Now, Gallery D, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA
Allied Craftsmen 2016, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
2015
[UN]BOUND: Artists' Books from the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Central Library Gallery, San
Diego, California
Cherchez La Femme/Look for the Woman, Women's Museum, Liberty Station, San Diego,
California
2014
Life Lines: Judith Christensen and Kathy Miller, Rose Art Gallery at Frances Parker, San Diego,
California
San Diego Book Arts: Members Exhibition, a traveling exhibition: Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad;
Carmel Valley Library, San Diego, California
2013
San Diego Book Arts: Members’ Exhibition, Cerritos Library, Cerritos, California
2012
10 x 10, MCA Museum, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
Infinite Possibilities, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2011
Juried Biennial, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
2010
Now We Can’t Forget: Judith Christensen and James Christensen, Mesa College Art Gallery, San
Diego, California
Edge to Edge, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
SDBA 3rd National Juried Exhibition, UC San Diego Geisel Library, La Jolla, California
Artists’ Books, Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, Massachusetts
2009-11
LinC (Look in the Community), a traveling exhibition: Central Library, Cardiff by-the-Sea,
Rancho Penasquitos, Benjamin, Clairemont, North Clairemont, Carmel Valley, Oceanside,
Point Loma, and College-Rolando Branch Libraries, San Diego, California
2009
Biennial Artists’ Books Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Flag Books, Coronado Historical Museum, Coronado, California
Recent Acquisitions, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Artists’ Books, Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, Massachusetts
2008-09
Second National Juried Exhibition, UC San Diego Geisel Library, La Jolla, California
Miniature Books, a traveling exhibition: Miniature Book Society Conclave, University of San
Diego, Kensington Branch Library, San Diego and the International Printing Museum,
Carson, California
2007-08
cARTalog, a traveling exhibition: San Diego Public Library, Dove Library, Carlsbad, Love Library,
San Diego State University, California
2007
Biennial Artists’ Book Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Juried Biennial, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
2006
Dialogue: Judith Christensen, Sally Hagy-Boyer, Kathy Miller & Lisa Olson, Mandeville Special
Collections Library, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
Faculty Show, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
2005
Artists’ Books on a Japanese Theme, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego,
California
Art Faculty Exhibition, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, California
Bookish, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
5th Biennial Artists’ Books Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
2004
El Dia de Los Muertos, Next Door Gallery, San Diego, California
Journals of Discovery, Collins Gallery, Forest Grove, Oregon and Southern Illinois University,
Edwardville, Illinois
San Diego to Santa Fe, Mission Valley Library, San Diego, California and Santa Fe Community
College, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003
El Dia de los Muertos, Next Door Gallery, San Diego, California
The River, Durango Arts Center, Colorado
Edible Book Tea, Mandeville Special Collections, U.C. San Diego, La Jolla, California
Simple Words – Simple Questions? A collaborative site-specific installation with Sally Hagy-
Boyer, Kathy Miller and Lisa Olson, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, California
2002
The 3rd National Book & Paper Arts Biennial, Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts,
Chicago, Illinois
El Dia de los Muertos, Next Door Gallery, San Diego, California
Biennial Artists' Books Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Flag Books, Oregon Book Arts Guild, Forest Grove, Oregon
Artists’ Books 2002, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California
Tolerance and Human Rights: Artists Book Exhibition, Collins Gallery, Multnomah County Central
Library, Portland, Oregon
The Art of the Book, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Books with a Japanese Theme, Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego, California
2001
book ART book, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
San Diego Salon Show 2001, Arts College International, San Diego, California
Third Annual Juried Art Show, William. D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
Book Arts, Oceanside Library (solo exhibit), Oceanside, California
2000
Annual Juried Exhibition, William D Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California
San Diego Book Arts Fourth Annual, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Biennial Artists’ Books Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
1999
San Diego Book Arts, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
The Book Arts Show, Next Door Gallery, San Diego, California
1998
Impressions, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, California
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form,” Lark Books, New York,
2008
Reynolds, Judith, “Show at DAC Chronicles a City’s River,” The Durango Herald, July 18, 2003
Hibel, Olivia, “State of the Book,” Rapportage: The Journal of the Lancaster Literary Guild,”
Volume II, Fall, 2002
Bratten, Dawna, “Library Opens Artists’ Books,” La Jolla Village News, Wednesday, October 23,
2002
Crowell, T. Michael, “Music and Arts Really Stack Up at the Athenaeum,” The San Diego Union-
Tribune, Sunday, May 12, 2002 (Photo)
Lowe, Marisa, "Art Concepts Paint a Revitalized C Street," San Diego Downtown News, Thursday,
October 3, 2002
Pincus, Robert L., “Whimsy and Wonder,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, Thursday, November
29, 2001
Fark, Bill, “Cannon’s 2nd Juried Show Offers Eclectic Variety,” North County Times, Friday,
November, 24, 2000
Morton, Julia, “Book Arts,” The Publication, May/June 2000
Kenyon, Karen, “Eating Their Words: Book Arts Members Have Fun Chewing on Thoughts,” The San
Diego Union Tribune, Wednesday, April 26, 2000
Bratten, Dawna, “Artists’ Books Open Minds with Visual Imagery & Content,” La Jolla Village
News, Wednesday, April 5, 2000
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Mandeville Special Collections, Geisel Library, U. C., San Diego, La Jolla, California
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection: Books as Aesthetic Objects, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Special Collections, San Diego State University Library, San Diego, California
University of Washington Libraries' Special Collections, Seattle, Washington
EDUCATION
University of California, San Diego, MA, Philosophy
University of California, Santa Barbara, BA
