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Judy Onofrio  view long resume

  

BORN                   New London, Connecticut

 

EDUCATION          Sullins College, Bristol, Virginia

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

 

2001       Minnesota Crafts Council Lifetime Achievement Award

2000       Rochester Art Center Lifetime Achievement Award

1999       Bush Artist Fellowship, 1998-1999

1995       McKnight Foundation Fellowship in the Visual Arts, 1994-1995

1994       Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Fellowship Grant, 1993-1994

1993       Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant

1983       YMCA Women of Achievement Award, Rochester, MN

1978       Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship Grant

 

 

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2005       Come One, Come All Traveling Exhibition 2005-2006

                The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO

                Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK

                Rochester Art Center. Rochester, MN

2004       New Sculpture, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2004       SOFA, Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, IL, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO 1995-2004

2000       The Greatest Show on Earth,  Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

1995       Temptation, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO

New Sculpture, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Judyland, Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, Saint Louis, MO

1993       Judyland , Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

Judyland, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

 

 

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2004       SOFA, Sculpture Object and Functional Art, Chicago, IL, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

                A View From America, Gold Treasury Museum, Melbourne, Australia, Helen Drutt

                Play Ball! Thomas Barry Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN

                ArtChicago, Chicago, IL, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

                ARTForm, West Palm Beach, FL, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2003       Greatest Show on Earth, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

2003       Women On The Edge, Duane Reed Gallery St Louis, MO

2002       Of and About Clay, Gallery Hertz, Louisville, KY

2002       Northern Clay Center, Two Person Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN

2001       Minnesota with a Twist, Fredrick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

1999       The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture, The Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN

1999       A Bountiful Beginning, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

Woman in the Weisman, Collection: Spirit of Seneca Falls , Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

Brooching it Diplomatically, a Tribute to Madeline Albright,  International  Traveling Exhibition

Attitude and Action North American Figurative Jewelry Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, England

The Jewelry Gallery at DESIGNyard, Dublin, Ireland

Beadz! New Work by Contemporary Artists, American Craft Museum, New York, NY

Bright Bold & Beaded, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

Beads and Baubles, Herbert  F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Pure Vision, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA

Pure Vision, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL

Pure Vision, Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH

Pure Vision, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK

Pure Vision, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1998       Narratives International Jewellery Art Exhibition,   Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki Finland

Joyce Scott & Friends, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Pure Vision, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR

Passionate Obsessions, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI

Pure Vision, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Pure Vision, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL

 

 

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

 

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Frederick R. Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, MO

McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN

The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO

Hallmark, Kansas City, MO

Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland

Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY

Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AK

Greenville County Museum, Greenville, NC

Joan Mannheimer Collection, Des Moines, IA

Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN

Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada

Museum of Contemporary Art, Voor Hedendaagsa Kunst Het Kruithuis, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

National Endowment, National Council on the Arts, Washington, DC

North Hennipen Junior College, Minneapolis, MN

Norwest Bank, Rochester, MN

Rochester Community College, Rochester, MN

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places, Hawaii

University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, WI

University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI

 

 

WEBSITE     

 

http://www.judyonofrio.com/

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

1997       Total Arts Day Camp, Program Director, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, 1960-1998

1995       Exhibition/Education Consultant, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, 1970-1995

1986       Art Appreciation, Instructor, Rochester Community College, Rochester, MN

1978       Exploration Media, Program Director, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

1970       Director, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, 1960-1970

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

2004       Panel Member, Minnesota Artists’ Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

                Panel Member, Exhibition Committee, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

2002       Search Committee Member University of Minnesota

1997       Minnesota Percent for Art in Public Places Site Selection Panel 1989-1999

1995       Clay National, Juror, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts

1987       Visual Arts Panel, Minnesota State Arts Board, Minneapolis, MN, Served 1972,1974,1986,1987 Visual Arts Panel, ARTPAPER, Served 1985-1987

Final Critique for Art Education Exhibition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1981       Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program Panel, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Served 1979-1981

1978       Chair, Visual Art Advisory Panel, Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Rochester, MN, Served 1976-1978

1977       Founding President, Minnesota Crafts Council, Served 1974-1977