Judith Quinn Garnett
Lives & works in Portland, Oregon
I am not a one media artist. Being primarily self-taught and driven, I love to explore all manner of visual arts as ART is my strongest voice, a mirror to myself and I hope the wider world.
Today I create work that is a mix of media and finished by a strong line made with an industrial sewing machine. Primary to this work is paint as all my work begins with connection to the surface in color, emotion and movement. Along the way, my abstract work plays with the balance and tension between expressive abstraction and the grounding of geometric pattern. Yet I do not restrict my work to abstract as I’ve accepted that I am a dual artist who loves people and never tires of the depth of expression and emotional quality in figurative work.
Most of all, my work begins with connections to people and the sentiments of my environment as my emotion leads to the work I care to make.
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I am thrilled beyond measure - Quilting Arts Magazine printed an "Artist Profile" on me written by the very fabulous, Susan Brubaker Knapp. SPRING 2022 pg. 10-14 available on newstands now!!
Selected Exhibitions
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SAQA Journal, 2024 No. 4, title page and pg.34 – SAQA Journal Gallery Premiere: A Curated Print Exhibition of Art Quilts, Jurors; Nancy Bavor, Alice Beasley, and Linda Colsh
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“Artist to Watch” - SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly No.34, pages 20-23, “Judith creates stitched paintings with paint, rust, and thread. Her work is a textured portfolio alive with movement and color that allows the viewer to enter her world and willingly linger” . . .
“No Strings Attached”: Mel’s Gallery & Frame, Invitational, Melanie Townsend,
10o7 SW Morrison Street, Portland, OR 97205, June 4 — August 30 2024 over ten
large/med pieces.
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Biophilia: Threads of Natural Wonder, SAQA Oregon Regional Exhibition, Juried by
Sue Benner, Traveling Oregon region, January 2024 - March 2025
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Art Fluent: AQUEOUS Online, Juror, Creative Director Amy Matteson Neill
selected work “2050” January 2024 https://art-fluent.com/gallery/aqueous/
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Art Fluent: Face to Face Online, Juror, Creative Director Amy Matteson Neill
selected work “I am . . . yours” April 2024 https://art-fluent.com/gallery/face-to-face/
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The Artist as Quiltmaker XX : FAVA’s 20th Biennial Contemporary Quilt Exhibition,
Somewhere, Ohio Juror Petra Fallaux, May 11 – July 7, 2024 selected work “Standpoint”
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10th Annual Juried Exhibit, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Introspection / Retrospection,
Jurors; Sienna Brown, and Jared Ledesma, Exhibition Dates: March 25 – May 6, 2022
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Light the World, (Juried Group SAQA Global Exhibition) Juror, Jan Myers-Newbury
Sep 21, 2021 thru Dec 31, 2024 • Various venues:European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France: September 16-19, 2021•14th International Quilt Show Brno, Czech Republic: April 22-24, 2022
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Visions Art Museum, Interpretations 2021, October 2021 - January 2022 - Award for Color Artistry
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Yellowstone Art Museum, North x Northwest Exhibition: Women’s Work, Summer & Fall 2020 - Peoples Choice Award
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FACE of Fiber in the Rockies; Art Center of Estes Park, Juried Invitational June 12 - July 18 2020
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Habitat: SAQA Oregon Region: touring 2020-2021
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Quilts=Art=Quilts 2019, juried by Claire Benn and Petra Fallaux, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York, Oct 26, 2019 - Jan 5, 2020
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Interpretations 2019: Rhapsody, Jette Clover, Gloria Loughman, Mary Pal, jurors,
Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, October 19 - January 5, 2020
Edge: A Sum Of It’s Parts - Curator, Sharon Bass, Juror, Maria Shell. The Sunderland Gallery is part of the Cathedral Arts Project in Omaha, Nebraska., September 8 – October 7, 2019
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Quilt National 2017, Quilt of Fantastical Things,
European Patchwork Meeting in Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France, September 12 – 15, 2019
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International World Poet & Author Challenge Quilt 2019, Invitational, various venues in Japan, France, and the United States
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Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth, Seven SAQA Pacific Regions, touring 2019-2021
On The Edge - SAQA Oregon Region Oregon Historical Society May 3 - August 15, 2019
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Quilt Visions 2018: Connections, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA - Oxidation -
Award for Excellence
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Quilt National 2017, Diary Barn Art Center, Athens, Ohio - Quilt of Fantastical Things,
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