Full name

Judith Montminy

Title

HONORS & EXHIBITIONS

Biography

Provocative architectural scenes continue to command my attention and compel me to photograph their soothing abstract and geometric qualities. Particularly in urban surroundings, I use my camera to peer beyond the obvious characteristics of these strong graphic settings and expose elusive hints at story snippets caught midstream.

Yet as the topsy-turvy trajectory of everyday life grew ever more unpredictable during Covid-19, a wider range of subjects shot closer to home replaced my once-frequent urban photo safaris. Through different vantage points, I tackle the increasingly blurred lines of demarcation between what is “real” and what is “imagined.”

I’ve dubbed these explorations “Reality in Flux” - a loosely woven photographic series that explores “change” and “ambiguity” in its various forms.

JURIED ARTIST MEMBER
National Association of Women Artists [NAWA] - NY & MA Chapters
Cambridge Art Association Cambridge MA
South Shore Art Center [SSAC] Cohasset MA
Russell Gallery Plymouth Guild, Plymouth MA

EXHIBITIONS & HONORS - A SAMPLING
2023
We've Been Around Forever Cotuit Center for the Arts
Curated by NAWAMA
9th International Open Call - Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli, Griffin Museum of Photography Director/Curator Emerita
Love - Lenscratch Online Gallery - CURATOR: Aline Smithson
On Common Ground - Gallery Artist Showcase South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Olivia Baldwin, Kniznick Gallery
2022
Memento National Juried Show - THIRD PRIZE South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Zola Solamente, Director Arden Gallery
Winter Solstice 2022 - Griffin Museum of Photography
CURATOR: Christa Dix, Exec. Director
20-21-22 Juried Art Exhibition - James Library & Creative Arts Center
JUROR: Sarah Hutt, former Director of Visual Arts Boston Mayor’s Office
Small Works - Juried Gallery Artists Exhibition, South Shore Art Center
The Four Seasons - Duxbury Camera Club Art Gallery, Duxbury Senior Center
CURATORS: Pam Webster-Walsh, David Murphy, Steve Schroeder
Trust the Process - Moakley Courthouse & NAWA Massachusetts
CURATOR: Christine Bergeron, Moakley Center
Annual Mary Schein Fall Salon - Cambridge Art Association
Inaugural Juried Exhibit - Duxbury Camera Club Art Gallery, Duxbury Senior Center
The Perfect Age - Hera Gallery, Wakefield RI
JUROR: Lydia Gordon, Peabody Essex Museum
Color Theory - Lafayette City Center Gallery, Boston
JUROR: Crista Dix, Executive Director & Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
8th Annual International Call for Entries - Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts
JUROR: Jessica Roscio, Director/Curator Danforth Museum
Pairs: 2/22/22, Part Two - Lenscratch Online Gallery - CURATOR: Aline Smithson
3rd Annual Spring Juried Show - James Library & Creative Arts Center, Norwell MA
JUROR: Jean Mineo, Cultural Alliance of Medfield
Beneath the Surface Gallery Artist Juried Showcase - South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
JUROR: Anna Weisenfeld, Miller's Thumb Gallery, VT
Picture This! - Ellison Center for the Arts & Duxbury Camera Club
2021
Once Upon a Time: Photographs That Inspire Tall Tales - Lafayette City Center, Boston
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director & Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
Art Forward - Galatea Fine Art, Boston & NAWA Massachusetts
16th Annual Black & White Spider Awards - HONORABLE MENTION
Winter Solstice Exhibit - Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester
Visions: Focus on Fine Art Photography - Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury MA
Annual Mary Schein Fall Salon - HONORABLE MENTION - Charles River Speedway Gallery, Cambridge Art Association
Dough, National Juried Exhibition - Hera Gallery, Wakefield RI
JUROR: Catherine Piccoli, Curatorial Director, Museum of Food and Drink
Member Project(ions) - Griffin Museum, Winchester Cultural District & Cultural Council
2021 Age+Action - National Council On Aging Awards Photography Contest
Some Like It Hot II - NAWA Museum of Art
Splash! - FEATURED IMAGE: Catalog Cover & Postcard - Lafayette City Center, Boston JUROR: Paula Tognarellli
Photography Atelier 33 Exhibit Dancing Alone - Griffin Museum of Photography
CURATOR: Meg Birnbaum
Favorite Photo Exhibit 2020, Part Two - Lenscratch Online Gallery
CURATOR: Aline Smithson
2020
Postcards from the Pandemic - Beard & Weill Galleries, Norton MA
Tipping Point National Juried Show - South Shore Art Center - JUROR: Jerry Bergstein
Some Like It Hot Grand Opening Exhibit - NAWA Museum of Art
Floating Dreams - Canvas Fine Arts, Boston - JUROR: Suzanne Schultz, Gallery Director
Spring Juried Art Exhibition - HONORABLE MENTION - James Library & Ctr for the Arts
JUROR: Andrea Dabrila, Gallery Naga
Corona: It's All About the Light - Griffin Museum of Photography
CURATOR: Paula Tognarelli
Lust After - Fountain Street Gallery, Boston - JUROR: Marie Craig, Gallery Director
Colorblind - Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury MA - CURATOR: Myrna Walsh
2019
Winter Solstice Exhibit - Griffin Museum of Photography
Photography: Light & Lens - NAWA Gallery, NYC
5th Annual Group Show – Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY - JUROR: Paula Tognarelli
New England Collective X - Galatea Fine Art, Boston
JUROR: Katherine French, Gallery Director, Catamount Arts
2019 National Juried Exhibition: OPPOSITES - Attleboro Arts Museum
JUROR: Caitee Hoglund, Director, 13FOREST Gallery
International Photography Awards - HONORABLE MENTION
One Shot Street Photography
Primary Source - Lafayette City Center, Boston - JUROR: Paula Tognarelli
The Fine Art of Photography 2019 - Plymouth Center for the Arts
JURORS: David DeChemin, Karin Rosenthal, Paula Tognarelli
Order/Chaos National Juried Show - South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Kate Kostopoulos, Chase Young Gallery, Boston
Monochrome Awards International - HONORABLE MENTION Fine Art
Real Time Piano Craft Gallery, Boston - JUROR: Eric Grau, Exhibition Coordinator
2018
Abstraction Attraction - Lafayette City Center, Boston - JUROR: Paula Tognarelli
24th Annual Juried Exhibition - Griffin Museum of Photography
JUROR: Richard McCabe, Ogden Museum New Orleans
Quien? Que? Donde? - Lafayette City Center, Boston - JUROR: Paula Tognarelli
Black & White Photography National Juried Show - South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Arlette Kayafas, Gallery Kayafas Boston
Courting the Uncontrollable - AWARD OF MERIT Galatea Fine Art & NAWA
JUROR: Marsha Odabashian, Boston Women's Caucus of Art
Winter Juried Show - Art Complex Museum, Duxbury
JUROR: Cindy Vallino, Focus Gallery Chatham
The Fine Art of Photography 2018 - Plymouth Center for the Arts
JURORS: Mark Chester, Suzanne Revy, Bob Singer
Photography Atelier 28 Exhibit - Griffin Museum of Photography
CURATOR: Meg Birnbaum
2017
Behind the Lens: Women in Photography - Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts
CURATORS: Rosemary Marchetta & Shari Weschler Rubeck - Video Interview
Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) - HONORABLE MENTION
Deconstructed Construction
Monochrome National Juried Show - HONORABLE MENTION - South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Beth Urdang, Urdang Gallery Boston
3rd Open Call Juried Show - THIRD PLACE Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli
With Eyes Open National Assn of Women Artists MA Chapter - Thompson Gallery, Weston
JUROR: Todd Bartel, Gallery Director
Playing With Perspective 6th Annual Natl Juried Show East End Arts, Riverhead NY
JUROR: Sara DeLuca, ILLE ARTS Amagansett NY
Moving Parts 6th Annual Juried Show - P.O. Gallery, North Truro MA
JUROR: Stephen Briscoe, Gallery Director
Treasure - Westport Art Group - JUROR: Karen Davis, Davis/Orton Gallery, Hudson NY
Invaluable Guide to Buying Photography - COVER IMAGE
Entryways - South Shore Art Center - JUROR: Susan Nalband, 555 Gallery Boston
South Shore Photographers - Guest Curator - South Shore Conservatory, Hingham
Patriot Ledger Interview
2016
Red Biennial National Juried Show - Schultz Gallery, Cambridge Art Association
JUROR: Joseph D. Ketner II
15th National Prize Show - University Place Gallery, Cambridge
JUROR: Paul C. Ha, Director, MIT's LIST Visual Art Center
All Aboard! 5th Annual Juried Show - P.O. Gallery, North Truro
JUROR: Stephen Briscoe, Director
Winter Juried Show - Art Complex Museum
JURORS: Donna Green, Ed Nute, Abigail Ogilvy
Spring Photography Contest - THIRD PLACE People
JUROR: Sean Goss, Goss Photo, Hanover
Black & White Photography - Henning Gallery, Duxbury
CURATOR: Anne Henning, Gallery Owner
2015
Monochrome Awards International - HONORABLE MENTION Abstract
2nd International Juried Open - Miller Fine Art Photography Providence RI
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli
Blue National Juried Show - University Place Gallery, Cambridge
JUROR: Katherine French, Danforth Museum of Art
On The Edge: National Juried Show - South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Denise Marconish, Curator, MassMoCA
think small - Panopticon Gallery, Boston - JUROR: Jason Landry, Gallery Owner
1st International Juried Open - Miller Fine Art Photography - JUROR: Rob Van Petten
Eye on Black & White Photography - Henning Gallery - CURATOR: Anne Henning, Owner
Journeys - South Shore Art Center - JUROR: Zola Solamente, Arden Gallery Boston
2014
Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) - BRONZE AWARD Architecture
International Photography Awards - HONORABLE MENTION Cityscapes
Best of Photography 2014 - published by Forum Magazine
The Fine Art of Photography - Plymouth Center for the Arts
JURORS: Erin Carey, William Franson, Amy Thiess
Winter Juried Show - Art Complex Museum
JUROR: Cindy Vallino, Focus Gallery Chatham
Made in America - South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Laura Montgomery, Fifield Art Gallery Boston
LOVE National Juried Exhibit - South Shore Art Center - JUROR: Eric Aho
SYNERGIES: New Gallery Artists Expo - South Shore Art Center
CURATOR: Kaitlin Thurlow
Art Complex Museum Gallery Talk - Featured Artist
2013
COOL National Juried Exhibit - AWARD OF MERIT - South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Joseph Carroll, Carroll & Sons Gallery Boston
Plymouth Guild Annual Juried Show - HONORABLE MENTION
JURORS: Roy Dawes, Rose Art Museum; Maureen Mills, NH Institute of Art
All By Myself - PHOTO REVIEW Special Web Exhibit
JUROR: Paul Roth, Ryerson Image Centre Toronto
58th Annual Festival Juried Show - Cohasset Common
JURORS: Barbara Grad, Mass. College of Art; Jane Young, Chase Young Gallery
Photography Now! National Juried Show POSTER IMAGE - South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Karin Rosenthal, Curator & Fine Art Photographer
The Fine Art of Photography - Plymouth Center for the Arts
JURORS: Francine Weiss & Peter Vanderwarker

EDUCATION
• Griffin Museum, Photography Atelier, Winchester MA
• Harvard University, Cambridge MA
• Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
• South Shore Art Center, Cohasset MA
• Street Photography Workshops led by Pulitzer Prize winner Essdras Suarez


© 2023 Judith Montminy