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Education:

M.F.A., cum laude, Graduate School of Figurative Art, New York Academy of Art, 1998
New York Studio School, Summer Program, 1997
Rhode Island School of Design, Summer Masters Program, 1991
B.F.A. Albertus Magnus College, 1979

Teaching:

Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT. 2007-08
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Drawing and Painting Instructor 2000-08
Creative Arts Workshop, Department Chair, 2000-03.ﾊ
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT. Drawing Instructor, 2001 and 2002
Holderness Academy, Plymouth, NH, Artward Bound Instructor, March, 2001

Solo Exhibitions:

Light, Shadow and Reflection, ArtSpace, Womenﾕs Family Life Center, Guilford, CT, 2007
Glass Top Series, George Billis Gallery, 511 West 25th St. NY, NY, January-February, 2006
Eileen Eder, Drawing and Painting, Edwards Art Gallery, Holderness Academy Plymouth, NH.
April, 2001
Personal Reality, Eileen Eder, Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven, CT,
December, 2000

Group Exhibitions:

Black,White and Between, Fenn Gallery, June-August, 2007
Haskins Laboratories, Table Tops, 300 George Street, New Haven CT,ﾊ Mayﾐ August, 2007
Black, White, and Between, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, January, 2006
The New Haven Seen: Existence, Stagnation & Morphosis, Small Space Gallery, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, October, 2005
Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, 511 West 25th St., NY, NY, July, 2004
5 Painters, George Billis Gallery at Manhattan Athletic Club, New York, NY, January, 2004
Outlook New Haven, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, CT, June, 2003
The Urban Landscape, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, May, 2002
6 New Haven Landscape Painters, Jewish Community Center of New Haven, CT, March, 2002
Beyond Appropriation, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 1998
Eileen Eder, Jean Oristano, Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Stony Creek, CT, June, 1995
Drawing, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT, April, 1994

Selected Juried Shows:

New Haven Paint and Clay Annual Juried Show, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Arts Connecticut 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 , 2006 Guilford Art League Juried Exhibition
All Consuming, Green Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, June, 2005
Close to Home, national exhibition, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, 2005
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 2003
Connecticut Women Artists, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Narration, Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art, Creative Arts Workshop, 2001
The Portrait, New Haven Brush and Palette Club, 2001, 2002
Vital Signs, National Exhibition, Creative Arts Workshop, 2000
Beyond Appropriation, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 1998
Seeing Red, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, 1998
The Connecticut Open, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, 1995
Photography, Prints and Drawings, Art Works Gallery, Hartford, CT, 1995
Women in The Visual Arts, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1994
Prints and Drawings, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT, 1993
Images of Summer, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT, 1992

Awards:

Arts Connecticut 2006, Guilford Art League 59th Juried Exhibition, First Place
New Haven Paint and Clay, Purchase Award, Spring 2003
Arts Connecticut 2003, Guilford Art League 56th Juried Exhibition, Merit Award
Connecticut Women Artist, 73rd Annual Juried Show, Golden Artist Colors Award
Arts Connecticut 2001, Guilford Art League 54th Juried Exhibition, Merit Award
Connecticut Women Artist, 71st Annual Juried Show, Artistﾕs Custom Framing Award

Publications:

Fisher, Dean and Amy Robinson, Drawing, Teach Yourself Visually, Wiley Press, 2008
Trends and Traditions, cover illustration, 2008
Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press, January, 2008
Drawing, Teach Yourself Visually, Wiley Publishing, New Jersey, 2008 pgs.69, 92,140
Leah Lopez Schmaltz, Guilford Courier, Lights, Camera, Action, p.45-6, Aug. 23, 2007
Guilford Courier, Eder wins Jurorﾕs Prize, p.C-7, September 7, 2006
Nancy L. Rogers, Pursuing Dreams, Artis magazine, p.44, April-May, 2005
Birke, Judy, Home is where the art is, New Haven Register, p.E1, April17, 2005
Barry, Amy, Painting the Town, Shoreline Times, June 5, 2003
Birke, Judy, On canvas, glimpse of studio, New Haven Register, p.E1, April 14, 2002
Hoffman, Hank, Whatﾕs the Story Here, New Haven Advocate, May 31, 2001
Zimmer, William, Creative Works with a Political Flair, New York Times, June 24, 2001
Birke, Judy, In a crowded faculty show, four stand out. New Haven Register, p.D1, Jan. 24, 2000
Birke, Judy.ﾓ On canvasﾓ, Newﾊ Haven Register, Dec. 24, 2000
Whatﾕs Happening, New Haven Register, p.E3, December 10, 2000
Vital Signs: Drawing as Inquiry, The New Haven Advocate, May 1, 2000

Public and Corporate Collections:

Lipman Bros, Nashville, TN
Municipal Art Collection, City of New Haven
Permanent Collection, New Haven Paint and Clay
Petra Corporation, New Haven, CT
Pfizer Inc.
Plastic Works, New Rochelle, NY
US State Department, Washington D.C.