Solo Exhibitions
2023 Mother Earth’s Cloak, Earth Day commission, University of St Joseph, West Hartford, CT, curator: Ann Sievers
2019 Drawing Ground, Marie Louise Trichet Gallery, Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT
2018 Mingled Terrain, Richardson Family Museum, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
2015 An Alchemic View, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Touching Rain, Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
2014 Outside In, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ Phoenix, AZ
2013 Judith Kruger, Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT
2011 Wanderlust, Fahm Gallery, Savannah, GA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Different Strokes, James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
THE EXCHANGE funded by CT Dept. of Economic & Community Development, New Haven, CT, curators:
Howard el-Yasin, Suzan Shutan-SomethingProjects
S.O.S-Self-Organizing Situations, Something Projects Project Room, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Edge, Paris, France, Curator: Natasha Konyukova
Pereverot Illustrated, Moscow, St Petersburg, Yerevan, Prague, Easton, PA, Curator: Natasha Konyukova
Spinning Plates, ODETTA Digital, Artsy, Curator: Ellen Hackl Fagan
2021 Instinct, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Annual Summer Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Echolations, Spliced Connector, Curator: Dudley Zopp
Page Turner, ODETTA Digital, Curator: Ellen Hackl Fagan
All is Fair, Spliced Connector, Curator: Karen Fitzgerald
Viral Collaboration, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, Curator: Helen Dannely
USPS Art Project with Cathy Sarkowsky (Seattle), InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA, Curator: Christina Massey
2020 Essential Work, ODETTA Digital, Curator: Ellen Hackl Fagan
Good Bones, Spliced Connector, Curator: Karen Fitzgerald
Pandemic Proof, ODETTA Digital, Artsy, Curator: Ellen Hackl Fagan
Annual Group Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Under The Skin, Spliced Connector, Curator: Karen Fitzgerald
Sea Change, ODETTA Digital, Artsy, Curator: Ellen Hackl Fagan
USPS Art Project with Cathy Sarkowsky (Seattle), Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, Curator: Christina Massey
Art in the Time of Pandemic, Joanne Mattera Art Blog
Blue, The Painting Center, New York, NY, Curators: Kathy Cantwell, Lisa Pressman (catalog)
Pigment, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ with Makoto Fujimura, Hiroko Otake, Louise Blyton, Raphaelle Goethals, Curator: Judith Kruger (catalog)
2019 Fellowship Recipients Exhibition, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester, CT, Curator: Susan Classen-Sullivan
Patterns of Influence, Artists Who Teach, The Painting Center, New York, NY, Curators: Andrea Kantrowitz, Sue Collier, Barbara Laube (catalogue)
Complicit: The Erasure of The Body, Yale School of Divinity, New Haven, CT
Ondate/Waves, Officina 15, Bologna, Italy, Curator: Paul D'Agostino, Ph.D.
Ondate/Waves, Centotto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Curator: Paul D'Agostino, Ph.D.
2018 Soil and Dirt, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, Curator: Jason Franz
Exquisite Palette, Tacit Art Galleries, Collingwood, VIC, Australia
Scientific Methods: Art + Science, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC,
I Dwell in Possibility, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, Curator: Kathryn Gremley
Spring Exhibit, Diana Felber Gallery, West Stockbridge, MA
Black Box, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrucken, Germany Curator: Arvid Boecker, Heidelberg
2017 Black Box, Faux Mouvement Centre d’Art Contemporain, Metz, France, Curator: Arvid Boecker, Heidelberg
Art on Paper, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
First Look / New to the Collection, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, Curator: Cynthia Roznoy, PhD
People, Places, Things, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Connections, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2015 AIMPE (Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition), Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan
Palm Springs Art Fair, Bentley Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Juried Members Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, Curator: Sharon Butler
2014 Washi: Printmaking with Paper of Fukui, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA, Curator: Matthew Lesley
The Healing Power of Art, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
Beta, Phipps Conservatory Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Pittsburgh, PA (catalogue)
Winter Group Show, Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT
Mentees (of Makoto Fujimura), Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA, Curator: Talia Logan
2013 Abstract Painting- 4-person exhibition, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Arte Internazionale, Pallazo Dell'Annunziata, Matera, Italy, Curator: Pino Nicoletti (catalogue)
2011 An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, Curator: Regine Basha (catalogue)
Space Bound, Mr. Beast Gallery, Savannah, GA
2010 Judith Kruger with Michael David, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Bridge Chinese Painting, Alexander Gallery, Savannah, GA (award)
Ten Over The Moon, Moon River Gallery, Savannah, GA
Savannah Biennale, Highpoint, NC
2009 Small Works, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
Ancient Modernity: New Culture, Judith Kruger and Akemi Cohn, TAC, Highland Park, IL
Art Chicago, Perimeter Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Group Spring Show, The Edge, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 Beyond Boundaries 2 with Miki Oikawa and Fumie Ando, Frontier Gallery Hane, Tokyo, Japan
Tradition and Transformation, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Insights Into a Culture, Renaissance Court Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, The Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gallery Artists on view, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Beyond Boundaries, with Miki Oikawa and Fumie Ando, Frontier Gallery Hane, Tokyo, Japan
0x0=0, gallery G, Hiroshima, Japan, Curator: Katsumi Kitada with Makoto Fujimura, Hiroshi Senju, Robert Kushner, Pamela Moore (catalogue)
Represented Artists, Ogilvie Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Artists invite Artists, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, Curator: Beth Shadur
2004 Nihonga, Kiya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibition, National Arts Foundation, Skokie, IL
2003 Considering Peace, Sato Museum, Tokyo, Japan, Curator: Makoto Fujimura supporting UNESCO (catalog)
Awards, Grants
2020 Artist’s Fellowship, Inc., NY, NY, Aid Grant
2019 Connecticut Office of the Arts, Fellowship Grant
2016 Mass MoCA, Assets for Artists Matching Grant Fellowship, Midas Corporation
2011 Target Professional Development Grant
Hajime Kondo Nihonga Materials Recipient, Harry Lynn, Gig Harbor, WA
Painting Memorial Endowed Grant Award, Savannah College of Art and Design
CAA Conference Travel Grant, Office of Graduate Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design
Art Basel-Miami Grant, School of Fine Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design
2010 Josh Yu Chinese Painting Award, Savannah College of Art and Design
2009 Combined Academic /Portfolio Honors Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design
2008 NAP Teaching Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
John C Coonley School, Matching Grant, Chicago, IL
1976 Most Outstanding Student Award- Illustration, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
Selected Collections
The Amsterdam, Port Washington, NY
Athens Marriott Hotel, Athens, Greece
Awagami Museum Hall of AWA, Tokushima, Japan
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
HCI Equity, Washington DC
IAM, Tokyo Japan
Jefferson Hospital, Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Neiman Marcus, Dallas, Texas
Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA, Harrisburg, PA
Phipps Conservatory Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Pittsburgh, PA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA and Hong Kong
Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
Numerous private collections: Canada, Australia, China, Cyprus, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Thailand, USA
Curatorial Projects
2020 Curator, Pigment, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Juror/Curator, Seeing the Unseeable, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Teaching, Lectures, Presentations, Residencies
2002-present Annual Mass MoCA Master Abstraction Workshop-in-Residence , North Adams, MA
Snow Farm, New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, MA
Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT
Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, WA
92nd Street Y, NY, NY
Cullowhee Mountain Arts, Lake Logan, NC, Snow Hill, MD
Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Victoria, BC
Wofford College, Artist in Residence, Spartanburg, SC
Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, SC
Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Victoria, BC
Anneliese School-Willowbrook Campus, Scholar-in-Residence, Laguna Beach, CA
Mattatuck Museum, lecture, Waterbury, CT
AESS Conference, University of California, San Diego
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
Japan Society of Fairfield County, Connecticut
Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, Savannah, GA
TA-Jason Hoelscher, Savannah College of Art and Design
SECAC Conference, Savannah, GA
TA-Sandra Reed, Savannah College of Art and Design
ART panel, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Adjunct Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Midwest Sumi-e Society, Judith Kruger Studio, Chicago, IL
John Coonley School, Chicago, IL
IAM Encounter conference, NY, NY
Frontier Gallery Hane, Tokyo, Japan
Chicago Arts Council, Conger/Kruger Studio Visits, Chicago, IL
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art symposium panel, 0x0=0, gallery G, Hiroshima, Japan
5th Year Interactive Design, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
TA-Makoto Fujimura, Glenn Workshop, St John’s College, Santa Fe, NM
Selected Bibliography/Publications
2022 Brian Zhang, Yale Daily Review, The Exchange
2020 Phillip J Mellen, Ahtcast interview
Deborah Barlow, Slow Muse Blog, Under Our Skin
Southwest Style, 2020-21, Volume 27, Edition 1, Bentley Gallery Feature
2019 Ann Landi, Vasari 21 newsletter/blog
2016 Stone Canoe, Issue #10
Point and Line blog, featured artist
2015 Carolyn Edlund, Artsy Shark, The Healing Power of Art
2014 Deborah Ross, Visual Art Source, Judith Kruger at Bentley Gallery
2013 The Country and Abroad, April/May issue
Sherry Saunders, The Art Founder’s Project, Judith Kruger Interview
Tonia Shoumatoff, The Millbrook Independent Arts Page
ARTnews, April 2013 issue, Judith Kruger Paintings at Morrison Gallery (ad)
Rino Cardone, Arte Internazionale, Pallazo Dell'Annunziata, Matera, Italy
2011 Allison Hersh, Savannah Morning News, Art and Soul: Material Girl
2010 Studio Visit magazine, Volume 14 juried artist
2009 Judy Bean, Savannah Art Examiner, Gutstein Gallery
Shaila Wunderlich, Chicago Tribune, Judith Kruger's Nihonga Paintings: Inspiration for Klay
2008 Elle Décor, November Issue
Time Out Chicago, October-November issue
Casandra Tondro, Organic Matters blog artist feature
Professional Affiliation
Japan America Society of Fairfield County
Nihonga 100 Blog- US Editor with Eve Loh Kazuhara (Singapore), Valerie Eguchi (Paris) and Yoshinori Akazawa (Tokyo)
NY Artist’s Circle
WEAD, Women Environmental Artists Directory
Education
2012 MFA Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
1977 BFA Illustration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1976-1977 Illustration, St Martin’s College of Art, London, England
2001-2008 Extensive global natural pigment research including Canada, India, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, USA
Mentorship and private study with Makoto Fujimura (Nihonga), Hiroshi Yamamoto (Nihonga), Koan
Hashimoto (Nihonga pigment- mineral production)