Judith Christensen |artist
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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


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