Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION : 1983 B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Glass.
AWARDS:
2008 USA Artists, Rockefeller Fellowship in Crafts
2005 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
2003 Hauberg Fellowship. The Pilchuck Glass School.
2000 Innovation in a Technique, UrbanGlass.
1999 Leeway Foundation Award, crafts.
1995 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award.
1992 Pew Fellowship in the Arts, crafts.
1990 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, fellowship in crafts.
1989 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award.
1988 National Endowment for the Arts, fellowship in crafts.
1986 National Endowment for the Arts, fellowship in crafts.
1985 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, fellowship in crafts.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010 “Beauty and the Beef” Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
“Judith Schaechter: A Relentless Pursuit of Perfection”, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile Alabama
2009: “Judith Schaechter: A Relentless Pursuit of Perfection” Taubman Museum, Roanoke VA.
2008 “New Parables in Glass” Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY.
2007 “Burning Inside”, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY.
2005 “Seeing is Believing”, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY.
“Judith Schaechter: Selected Works 1988-2003”, Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY.
“Judith Schaechter: Selected Works 1988-2003”, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
“Stained” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
2003 “Extra Virgin”, Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, NY.
“Judith Schaechter: Selected Works 1988-2003”, Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL.
2002 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2001 Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.
2000 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Smalands Museum, Vaxjo Sweden.
1999 Agni Fine Arts, The Hague, Netherlands.
1998 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Morris Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1997 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1996 Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
1995 “Heart Attacks”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA.
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygen, WI.
1994 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1993 Helander Gallery, New York, NY.
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
1992 “Virtue Triumphs”, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1991 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1990 Challenge Show, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.
1988 “Beckoning Graves”, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1986 Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1984 Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2011 “Studio Glass: Anna and Joe Mendel Collection” Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal, Montreal, Canada
2009 “Ashes to Ashes: Life and Death in Contemporary Art”, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
“Forever Young”, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown PA
“Seriously Stupidity” Shadow’s Space Gallery (Kung Fu Necktie), Phila., PA
“Fata Morgana; The New Female Fantasists” Dabora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Pretty Is As Pretty Does” SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM.
2007 “Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA
“Bombay Sapphire Prize”, (competition finalist’s exhibition,) Bombay Sapphire Foundation,
“Contemporary Glass: Chihuly and Beyond” New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT
“What’s in a Vision?” Mint Museum at SOFA Chicago
“Point of View IV” Mint Museum of Craft and Design
“Dorothy and George Saxe Collection” deYoung Museum
Celebrating Connections: Contemporary Glass By Mid Atlantic Artists, WheatonArts, Museum of American Glass, Millville,
NJ.
“The Art of Glass from Galle to Chihuly” Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2006 “Studio Glass: Then and Now” Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL.
“Life InSight: The Human Experience” Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville KY.
“Glass: Material Matters”, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
“Stained and Scattered: Glass Works by Judith Schaechter and Jack Wax”, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
“Philadelphia Invitational Portfolio: 5th Anniversary Exhibition”. Philadelphia Print Collaborative, 50 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY.
2005 “Visitors From the East”, Billy Shire Fine Arts, Culver City, CA.
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2005, Cheongju City, Korea.
Very Early Pictures”, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, and Arcadia University Gallery, Glenside, PA.
2003 “Fire and Form”, The Norton Museum, Palm Beach, Fl.
“The Other Side of the Looking Glass”, Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, CA.
“Triennial 9 Form and Contents: Corporeal Identity”, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (traveling to: Chicago Athenaeum and the Museum of Arts and Design).
“Pilchuck Glass School; Hauberg Fellows and Emerging Artists in Residence”, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.
2002 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
2001 “The Glass Canvas”, Heller Gallery, New York, NY.
“I See You 2”, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY.
“Glass America”, Heller Gallery, New York, NY.
“Crafting Identity”, Tryon Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC.
2000 “Bizarro World!”, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL.
“The Likeness of Being/Contemporary Self-Portraits by 60 Women”, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.
“Millennium Glass”, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY.
1999 “Twenty Philadelphia Artists: Celebrating the Fleisher Challenge at Twenty”, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
“Clearly Inspired”, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL.
“Philadelphia Stained Glass: A Continuing Tradition”, Paley Design Center, Philadelphia, PA.
1998 “Transfiguration”, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY.
“Biennial 1998”, Delaware Art museum, Wilmington, DE.
“Articles of Faith: Sacred Objects and Secular Narratives”, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.
“American Glass: Masters of the Art”, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) till 2000 (various venues).
“12 x 12: A Generation of Challenge Artists” Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.
“RISD Works” Elliot-Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA.
“Glass Week 1998”, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1997 “Glass Today”, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
1995 “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA.
1993 “The Rhode Island Connection: 13 Contemporary Glass Masters”, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
1992 “American Crafts: The Nation’s Collection”, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
“Treasures From the Corning Museum”, Yokohama Museum, Yokohama, Japan.
“Design Visions”, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Center, Perth Australia.
1991 “Artists of Conscience”, Alternative Museum, New York, NY.
“Beyond Aesthetics”, Alternative Museum, New York, NY.
1990 “GlassWorks”, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
“Contemporary Philadelphia Artists”, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
1989 “Art Around the Edges”, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
1986 “Contemporary Philadelphia Painting”, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
The deYoung Museum San Francisco. (Promised gift of the Saxe Collection)
The Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Miami FL
The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal Quebec, Canada
The Museum of Arts and Design, NY, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Speed Museum, Louisville, KY. (Promised Gift of the Leight Collection)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Free Library of Philadelphia, PA. (Print)
New York Public Library (Print)
Frauenau Museum of Glass, Frauenau, Germany
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Books:
2010 “New Work”, Judith Schaechter, self published Blurb book
“Creative Glass” Charles McFadden Danijela Kracun, Schiffer Publ. P.
2008 “Contemporary Glass Sculptures and Panels; Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass”
Tina Oldknow, The Corning Museum of Glass, 21-23, 108-109, 126-127, 237-238.
“Gothic Art Now” Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Ilex Press Ltd. P. 164.
2007 “The Speed Art Museum; Highlights From the Collection” Merrell Publ. Ltd, p.212.
“Stained and Art Glass” Judith Neiswander & Caroline Swash, The Intelligent Layman Publ., p. 434-437.
2006 “Extra Virgin; The Stained Glass of Judith Schaechter”, Alex Baker, Free News Projects.
“500 Glass Objects”, Maureen Littleton, Lark Books, p. 26, 94, 170-171.
“25 Years of New Glass Review”, Corning Museum of Glass, p.7, 126, 146-7, 242, 245.
2003 “International Glass Art” Richard Yelle, Schiffer Books p. 139
“Women Working in Glass”, Lucartha Kohler, Schiffer Books, p.
“Women Artists: An Illustrated History”, Nancy Heller, Abbeville Press, P.
“Stained Glass: From It’s Origins To the Present”, Virginia Chieffo Raguin, Harry Abrams, Publ, P. 279-281
2002 “A Creative Legacy: A History of the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship Program”, Ivey, Princenthal, Abrams Publ. p. 21, 104.
“Crafting a Legacy: Contemporary American Crafts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art”, Ramljak, et. al., Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. 132.
2000 “Glass Art From Urban Glass”, Richard Wilfred Yelle, Schiffer, p. 230-231, 320
1998 “Glass”, William Ellis, Avon/Bard, p. 263-265
“Stained Glass: Jewels of Light”, Joe Porcelli, Freedom/Fairfax, p. 10, 336-337
1996 “Pilchuck: A Glass School”, Tina Oldknow, The Pilchuck Glass School, P. 248.
1992 “20th Century Stained Glass: A New Definition”, Robert Kehlmann, Kyoto Shoin, Japan, p. 164-165
1989 “Contemporary Glass”, Susanne K. Frantz, Harry Abrams, Publ., p. 142
Featured Articles:
2010 The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, Vol. XIX, No. 4, cover illustration
2008 American Craft, “Through the Looking Glass”, Feb/Mar 2009 p. 62-68.
Glass; The UrbanGlass Quarterly “Everything is Sacred”, cover illustration, Winter 2008-09, #113 P. 38-45.
Contemporary Glass Society Newsletter, “Beauty is Not a Dirty Word”, cover illustration, June 2008, P 1-3.
Philadelphia Home, “Seeing is Believing”, Winter 2009, P. 116.
Refused Art Culture, “Judith Schaechter” (interview) P 10-12 Issue 5, spring/summer 2008
2007 The Halo Rule, cover illustration Teresa Leo, Elixir Press
Neues Glass “Judith Schaechter”, interview with Uta Klotz, ed. Fall 2007, 3/07. P.26-33.q
2005 The Journal of Stained Glass: American Issue (The Journal of the British Society of Master Glass Painters), “Introducing Judith Schaechter”, Jennifer Hawkins Opie, Volume XXVIII, p. 122-127, 201.
2004 Glass Art “Transforming Pain into Beauty”, Shawn Waggoner, P.6-19, cover illustration, September/October Vol. 19/No. 6.
2003 The Literary Review, Vol. 47, No. 1, Fall, cover illustration.
Glass, “Sustaining Stained Glass, Judith Schaechter, P. 46-53, No. 92, Fall 2003.
The Literary Review, Vol. 46, No. 4, Summer , cover illustration.
2002 Inquirer Sunday Magazine, “In Person: Judith Schaechter: Through a Glass Brightly”, Alex Richmond, p. 6, February 10.
XConnect, cover illustration.
Glass Art, “Judith Schaechter: Inclusion in Whitney Museum’s Biennial Sparks Mid Career Retrospective”, Shawn Waggoner, P.36-37 May/June.
2000 Juxtapoz, “Looking Through a Heart of Glass”, Gerard Brown, p. 46-51, March-April.
RISD VIEWS, “Flash Glass Martyrs” Lori Baker, p. 12-13, winter.
Philadelphia Daily News “She’s A Glass Act”, Ann Fabbri, P. 87, Friday Sept. 1.
1999 Kunstwerk, “Judith Schaechter De Maalstroom van Jet Nu”, Frans Jeursen, cover illustration, p. 14-16, Summer.
Contemporary Art Glass Windows; 1999 Calendar, Illustration for May, Wardell Publications, Inc.
Glass Craftsman, “Unconditionally Judith”, Peter McGrain, cover illustration, p. 6-11 December/January.
Belio #1,“Judith Schaechter: Dando A Luz En Un Mundo de Cristal”, Isabel Lopez, p. 36-40, back cover illustration.
1997 Philadelphia Weekly, “Through A Glass Darkly”, Joey Sweeney, June 4, p. 27.
Carbon 14, “Judith Schaechter”, Leslie Goldman and Larry Kay, #11, cover illustration, p. 14-18.
1996 XConnect, “Art by Judith Schaechter”, University of Pennsylvania, David Deifer, Ed. 3 page insert after p. 91.
1995 Seven Arts, “Judith Schaechter Explores the Darker Side of Humanity”, Judith West, p. 20-23, January.
Art Matters, “Judith Schaechter: She Casts Pain in Visions of Beauty”, Deni Kasrel, p. 14, December-January.
Spin, “Tales From The Dark Side”, Darcey Steinke p. 33, March.
American Craft, “Judith Schaechter: Modern Martyrs”, Mary Douglas, p.46-49, August-September.
Philadelphia, “Through The Glass Darkly”, Jim Quinn, p. 29, February.
Philadelphia Weekly, “Judy in the Sky With Diamonds”, Gerard Brown, p. 15, February 1.
The Pennsylvania Gazette, “Stained Glass” Anthony Lyle, Ed., p. 27-29, March.
1994 Glass Art, “The Seduction of Pain: Judith Schaechter’s Stained Glass World”, Shawn Waggoner, cover Illustration p. 4-9, March-April.
Gallery Guide International, cover illustration.
Glass, “Schaechter; Wretched Beauty”, Jeanne Nugent, p. 34-43, Spring.
Carbon 14, “Judith Schaechter”, Larry Kay, #3, p. 18-19.
Philadelphia Welcomat, “Perverts in Comfortable Settings”, Deni Kasrel, p. 36, March 30.
Philadelphia Business Journal, “Her Pains in Stained Glass”, Deni Kasrel, p. 19, April 8-14.
1993 The New Yorker, cover illustration for Sylvia Plath article, August 23-30.
Willow Springs #32, Nance Van Winckel, Ed. p. 33-40, cover illustration, Summer.
The Drunken Boat #5, “Four Pages From the Sketchbooks”, Linh Dinh, Ed. p. 15-19, June.
Arts & Crafts (Publ. Korea), ”Judith Schaechter, Stained Glass”, p. 49-50.
1991 Gallery Guide Philadelphia, cover illustration.
1992 Art?Alternatives, “Sanctuary!” Judith Schaechter, p. 76-81, October.
1990 Glass, “Conversation: Judith Schaechter and Susanne K. Frantz”, p. 12- 13, Spring-Summer.
Professional Stained Glass, cover illustration, September.
Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, “Is Her Art A Crime?”, Maralyn Lois Polak, p. 9-10, January 28.
1988 Stained Glass Quarterly, “Messages From the Edge”, Helene Weis, p. 202-209, Fall.
1987 ArtMatters, “Portrait of the Artist as Medievalist”, A.R. Roberto, p. 12, June.
New Work Glass, “Gothic Guts” Judith Schaechter, p. 32, Winter.
Teaching:
2009 The Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC.
2008-Present New York Academy of Art, Visiting Instructor
2008 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA
Toyama University, Toyama Japan (Upcoming)
2007 Northlands Creative Glass, Lybster, Caithness, Scotland.
1994-present Adjunct Professor, University of the Arts, Crafts Department.
1990, 1991 Rhode Island School of Design, Wintersession Stained glass elective
2009, 1992, 93, 96 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (2 1/2 week summer workshop class)
1994 Bild-Werk Frauenau, Frauenau, Germany, (2 1/2 week summer workshop class)
1994, 2000, ‘03 UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
1995-1999 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Critic, Graduate Painting and Sculpture dept.
