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Judith Godwin (born 1930 Suffolk, Virginia) is an American abstract painter, associated with the Expressionist movement.

Contents [hide] 1	Early Life and Education 2	Early Career 3      Collections 4	Exhibitions 5	Further reading 6	References 7	External links Early Life and Education[edit] Judith Godwin was born in Suffolk, VA to a father who was interested in architecture and landscape gardening. His interests created an environment that inspired and encouraged Judith to pursue painting. She attended Mary Baldwin College for two years before transferring to Richmond Professional Institute, now Virginia Commonwealth University, where she completed her degree in 1952. While there, she studied with Theresa Pollak.

Early Career[edit] She moved to New York City in 1953, where she attended the Art Students League, where she studied with Will Barnet and Vaclav Vytlacil. Soon after moving to New York, she became friends with Martha Graham through an earlier connection made while still a student at Mary Baldwin College. She also studied with Hans Hofmann, who influenced her work heavily. His theory that all subject matter can be reduced to a series of planes led to her moving away from the influence of cubism and towards abstract expressionism. James Brooks invited her to participate in the Stable Gallery Invitational show. In the late 1950s, through Kenzo Okada, she met and was invited by Betty Parsons to join her new gallery, Section 11. She shared a studio with Franz Kline. [1] In 1964, after traveling around the world for four months, she acquired a studio in Connecticut and became more involved with design and architecture. In 1970, she apprenticed with a Polish plasterer and carpenter, as well as with an Italian mason.

Godwin is considered a third-generation abstract expressionist. Her work is influenced by environmental causes, gardening, modern dance, and Zen. She lives in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, but as a native Virginian, remains a member of the Jamestowne Society. Her papers are held at the Archives of American Art.[2]

Collections[edit] Museum of Modern Art[3] Metropolitan Museum of Art Virginia Museum of Fine Arts San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Chicago Art Institute Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden[4] Utah Museum of Fine Arts Exhibitions[edit] 1950 Mountcastle's, Suffolk, VA 1951 Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Irene Leache Memorial, Norfolk, VA 1952 Abingdon Square Painters, New York City 1951-1953 Group shows at the Valentine Museum and Linden Gallery, Richmond, VA 1953 Group show, Provincetown Art Association 1954 "An Environment of Expression", Theatre-Go-Round, Virginia Beach, VA 1954 Group show, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA 1958 Stable Gallery Invitational Show, New York City 1958 Group Show, Betty Parsons, Section Eleven, New York City 1959 Group Show, Betty Parsons, Section Eleven, New York City 1959 Solo Show, Betty Parsons, Section Eleven, New York City 1959 Group Show, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 1960 Solo Show, Betty Parsons, Section Eleven, New York City 1960 Group Show, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1977 Solo Show, Ingber Gallery, New York City 1977-1979 Group Shows, Ingber Gallery, New York City 1977-1979 Danforth Museum, Danforth, MA 1977-1979 University of Michigan, Marquette, MI 1977-1979 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 1977-1979 Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 1978 Solo Show, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA 1979 Solo Show, Ingber Gallery, New York City 1980 Provincetown Art Association and Museum, "Hans Hofmann as Teacher: Drawings by His Students" 1981 Solo Show, Ingber Gallery, New York City 1981 Solo Show, Womensbank, Richmond, VA 2003 Holtzman Art Gallery, Towson University[5] 2009 Tobin Theatre Arts Gallery[6] 2010 Spanierman Gallery[7][8] 2011 Spanierman Gallery[9] 2012 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Anderson Gallery of Virginia Commonwealth University Further reading[edit] Scala, Mark (ed.), Judith Godwin: Style and Grace. University of Washington Press, 1998. ISBN 0-295-97686-1 Lowery Stokes Sims and David Ebony, Judith Godwin: Early Abstractions. San Antonio, TX: McNay Art Museum, 2008. ISBN 0-916677-52-4