JUDY NIMTZ
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Born 1973, Taipei, Taiwan
EDUCATION
2008 MFA - Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Figure Painting Workshop, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2000-04 Post Baccalaureate, California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
2000 BFA - Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1996-97 University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Upcoming)
2018 Littoral, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 New Paintings, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2013 Terra di Sienna—Paintings of Southern Tuscany, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2011 Transfixed, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Cityscape Show X: Concrete and Sky, George Billis Gallery LA, Culver City, CA
2020 Women by Women: Depictions and Interpretations by Greater Los Angeles Women. Curated by Sharon Allitcotti with Curatorial Advisor Fatemeh Burnes, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2019/2020 Winter Salon, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Perennial: Pop-Up Exhibition, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Gesture, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 The Figure: In Paint and Line, Steele Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2018 The Cityscape Show VIII, George Billis Gallery LA, Culver City, CA
2018 Artwork from 29 Venice Artist from the @BeforeTheyGo project, The Hängar, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Liberty, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Identity - Method: Degrees of Separation, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 Subjective Truths, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2015 Observing Observing (a white cup), Prographica Gallery, Seattle, WA (curated by Eric Elliott, Michael Howard, Norman Lundin)
2014 Group Exhibition, Malaga Cove Library Gallery, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (curated by Sara Balough Designs)
2014 Venice Made, FABstudio, Santa Monica, CA
2013 Wunderkammer: Miniatures & Curiosities, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 How We See: The Process of Observation to Realization – Kenny Harris & Judy Nimtz, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
2012 Self-Possessed: Examining Identity in the 21st Century, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 Visual Tales from Éire and England, LCAD Gallery, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2008 Contemporary Realist Painting & Drawing: 16 Graduates/19 Mentors, Koplin Del Rio, Culver City, CA
2007 The Storm Before the Calm: A Night of Music and Art, Mamiya Theatre, Honolulu, HI
2003 Contemporary Art and Design: Faculty Exhibition 2003, Laguna College of Art and Design, Seven Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2001 Faculty Collects Exhibition, Ettinger Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1996 Ka Moana Nui: The Vast Ocean, Gallery ʻIolani, Kāneʻohe, HI
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2019 LCAD Alumni Exhibition 2019, LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Figurative Movement, Poets and Artists Online Exhibition, May 20 2015 Issue 63 (curated by F. Scott Hess)
2011 50th Anniversary Juried Alumni Exhibition, Seven Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Laguna College of Art & Design Alumni Invitation Exhibition: 45th Anniversary Celebration, Seven Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
RESIDENCIES
2015 Borgo Finocchieto, Artist-In-Residence, Siena, Italy
2013 Borgo Finocchieto, Artist-In-Residence, Siena, Italy
2012 Monteverdi, Artist-In-Residence, Tuscany, Italy
2012 Borgo Finocchieto, Artist-In-Residence, Siena, Italy
2011 Borgo Finocchieto, Artist-In-Residence, Siena, Italy
TEACHING
2018 Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 Portfolio Development Workshop at Windward Community College, sponsored by Laguna College of Art & Design, Kāneʻohe, HI
2004 Art Teacher assistant 1-5th graders, Le Jardin Academy: College Preparatory School,
Kailua, HI
2002 Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2017 Artist Talk, Ryman Arts, October 29
2010 Artist Talk with Kenny Harris, Jon Swihart Artist Slideshows, January 16
Return to Artist Statement
Born 1973, Taipei, Taiwan
EDUCATION
2008 MFA - Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Figure Painting Workshop, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2000-04 Post Baccalaureate, California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
2000 BFA - Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1996-97 University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Upcoming)
2018 Littoral, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 New Paintings, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2013 Terra di Sienna—Paintings of Southern Tuscany, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2011 Transfixed, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Cityscape Show X: Concrete and Sky, George Billis Gallery LA, Culver City, CA
2020 Women by Women: Depictions and Interpretations by Greater Los Angeles Women. Curated by Sharon Allitcotti with Curatorial Advisor Fatemeh Burnes, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2019/2020 Winter Salon, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Perennial: Pop-Up Exhibition, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Gesture, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 The Figure: In Paint and Line, Steele Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2018 The Cityscape Show VIII, George Billis Gallery LA, Culver City, CA
2018 Artwork from 29 Venice Artist from the @BeforeTheyGo project, The Hängar, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Liberty, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Identity - Method: Degrees of Separation, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 Subjective Truths, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2015 Observing Observing (a white cup), Prographica Gallery, Seattle, WA (curated by Eric Elliott, Michael Howard, Norman Lundin)
2014 Group Exhibition, Malaga Cove Library Gallery, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (curated by Sara Balough Designs)
2014 Venice Made, FABstudio, Santa Monica, CA
2013 Wunderkammer: Miniatures & Curiosities, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 How We See: The Process of Observation to Realization – Kenny Harris & Judy Nimtz, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
2012 Self-Possessed: Examining Identity in the 21st Century, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 Visual Tales from Éire and England, LCAD Gallery, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2008 Contemporary Realist Painting & Drawing: 16 Graduates/19 Mentors, Koplin Del Rio, Culver City, CA
2007 The Storm Before the Calm: A Night of Music and Art, Mamiya Theatre, Honolulu, HI
2003 Contemporary Art and Design: Faculty Exhibition 2003, Laguna College of Art and Design, Seven Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2001 Faculty Collects Exhibition, Ettinger Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1996 Ka Moana Nui: The Vast Ocean, Gallery ʻIolani, Kāneʻohe, HI
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2019 LCAD Alumni Exhibition 2019, LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Figurative Movement, Poets and Artists Online Exhibition, May 20 2015 Issue 63 (curated by F. Scott Hess)
2011 50th Anniversary Juried Alumni Exhibition, Seven Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Laguna College of Art & Design Alumni Invitation Exhibition: 45th Anniversary Celebration, Seven Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
RESIDENCIES
2015 Borgo Finocchieto, Artist-In-Residence, Siena, Italy
2013 Borgo Finocchieto, Artist-In-Residence, Siena, Italy
2012 Monteverdi, Artist-In-Residence, Tuscany, Italy
2012 Borgo Finocchieto, Artist-In-Residence, Siena, Italy
2011 Borgo Finocchieto, Artist-In-Residence, Siena, Italy
TEACHING
2018 Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 Portfolio Development Workshop at Windward Community College, sponsored by Laguna College of Art & Design, Kāneʻohe, HI
2004 Art Teacher assistant 1-5th graders, Le Jardin Academy: College Preparatory School,
Kailua, HI
2002 Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2017 Artist Talk, Ryman Arts, October 29
2010 Artist Talk with Kenny Harris, Jon Swihart Artist Slideshows, January 16
