Judith Montminy
HONORS & EXHIBITIONS
Provocative architectural scenes continue to command my attention and compel me to photograph their soothing abstract and geometric qualities.
My goal was to look beyond the obvious characteristics of these strong graphic settings to embrace their elusive hints at story snippets caught midstream. Wanting to expose their emotional core, I focused on diffused light, shadows, and color along with the reflections they help to shape.
But in March 2020, everything changed. The pandemic cut me off from the creative urban energy that had powered my art during regular visits with family and friends in Dublin and cities along the East Coast.
Then the virus infected my 94-year-old mother; in early April she died. As I ached from the rawness of those profound losses, photography offered little solace.
Yet in the spring, abstract patterns partially hidden outdoors around my home unexpectedly caught my attention. Experiments with a close-up filter heightened their attraction and helped nudge my photography in a new direction – one that examines the interaction between water and a variety of elements, including air, glass, acrylic ink, food coloring, and oil.
The unpredictability of these un-choreographed dances and the intrigue they foster has shed light on a liberating photographic path forward, even within the confines of a still uncertain future.
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• National Association of Women Artists [NAWA] - NY & MA Chapters
• Cambridge Art Association Cambridge MA
• South Shore Art Center Cohasset MA
• Plymouth Guild Russell Gallery Plymouth MA
CURATOR: Meg Birnbaum
• Favorite Photo Exhibit 2020, Part Two - Lenscratch Online Gallery - CURATOR: Aline Smithson
• Tipping Point National Juried Show - South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
JUROR: Jerry Bergstein • Some Like It Hot Grand Opening Exhibit - NAWA Museum of Art, A Virtual Experience Museum
• Floating Dreams - Canvas Fine Arts, Boston
JUROR: Suzanne Schultz, Gallery Director
• Spring Juried Art Exhibition - HONORABLE MENTION - James Library & Center for the Arts, Norwell
JUROR: Andrea Dabrila, Gallery Naga
• Corona: It's All About the Light - Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester
CURATOR: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director
• Lust After - Fountain Street Gallery, Boston
JUROR: Marie Craig, Gallery Director
• Colorblind - Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury
CURATOR: Myrna Walsh, Duxbury Camera Club Black & White Focus Group
• Photography (Light & Lens) - NAWA Gallery, NYC - Natl Assn Women Artists
• 5th Annual Group Show – Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli, Exec. Director & Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
• 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
• One Shot Street Photography – HONORABLE MENTION International Photography Awards
• Primary Source - Lafayette Center Gallery, Boston
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director & Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
• 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, Cohasset
JUROR: Kate Kostopoulos, Director, Chase Young Gallery, Boston
• Monochrome Awards International - HONORABLE MENTION Fine Art
• Real Time National Assn of Women Artists MA Chapter - Piano Craft Gallery, Boston
JUROR: Eric Grau, Exhibition Coordinator http://www.pianocraftgallery.com/real-time-jan-4-27-2019/
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director & Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
• 24th Annual Juried Exhibition - Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester
JUROR: Richard McCabe, Ogden Museum New Orleans
• Quien? Que? Donde? - Lafayette Center, Boston
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director & Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
• Black & White Photography National Juried Show - South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
JUROR: Arlette Kayafas, Gallery Kayafas Boston
• Courting the Uncontrollable - AWARD OF MERIT Nat'l Assn Women Artists - Galatea Fine Art, Boston
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
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, Cohasset
JUROR: Beth Urdang, Urdang Gallery Boston
• 3rd Open Call Juried Show - THIRD PLACE Providence Center for Photographic Arts
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli, Exec. Director, Griffin Museum
• 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
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, Cohasset
JUROR: Susan Nalband, 555 Gallery Boston
• South Shore Photographers - Guest Curator South Shore Conservatory, Hingham
Patriot Ledger interview
JUROR: Joseph D. Ketner II, Emerson College
• 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, Gallery Director
• Winter Juried Show - Art Complex Museum, Duxbury
JURORS: Leigh Craven, Donna Green, Ed Nute & Abigail Ogilvy
• Spring Photography Contest - THIRD PLACE People
JUROR: Sean Goss, Gallery Owner, Goss Photo, Hanover
• Black & White Photography - Henning Gallery, Duxbury
CURATOR: Anne Henning, Gallery Owner
• 2nd International Juried Open - Miller Fine Art Photography Providence
JUROR: Paula Tognarelli, Exec. Director & Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
• Blue National Juried Show - University Place Gallery, Cambridge
JUROR: Katherine French, Director Emerita, Danforth Museum of Art
• On The Edge: National Juried Show - South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
JUROR: Denise Marconish, Curator, MassMoCA North Adams
• think small - Panopticon Gallery, Boston
JUROR: Jason Landry, Gallery Owner
• 1st International Juried Open - Miller Fine Art Photography Providence
JUROR: Rob Van Petten, Fashion Photographer
• Eye on Black & White Photography - Henning Gallery, Duxbury
CURATOR: Anne Henning, Gallery Owner
• Journeys - South Shore Art Center
JUROR: Zola Solamente, Arden Gallery Boston
JURORS: Annenberg Space for Photography, New York Times, Paris Match, Popular Photography
• International Photography Awards - HONORABLE MENTION Cityscapes
JURORS: Conde Nast Traveler, Phaidon Press, Saatchi & Saatchi, Victoria & Albert Museum
• 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, Duxbury
JUROR: Cindy Vallino, Focus Gallery Chatham
• Made in America - South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
JUROR: Laura Montgomery, Fifield Art Gallery Boston
• LOVE National Juried Exhibit - South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
JUROR: Eric Aho, Artist
• SYNERGIES: New Gallery Artists Expo - South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
CURATOR: Kaitlin Thurlow
• Art Complex Museum Gallery Talk - FEATURED ARTIST
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, Director, 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 - South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
JUROR: Karin Rosenthal, Curator & Fine Art Photographer
• The Fine Art of Photography - Plymouth Center for the Arts
JURORS: Francine Weiss & Peter Vanderwarker
• Harvard University, Cambridge MA
• Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
• South Shore Art Center, Cohasset MA
• Street Photography Workshops led by Pulitzer Prize winner Essdras Suarez
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