Judy Csotsits @ artavita

Judy Csotsits

http://www.judycsotsits.com/

EDUCATION

University of CA, Los Angeles BA
Otis College of Art and Design MFA

EXHIBITIONS

2013

HALE ARTS
SANTA MONICA,CA
November 1- 13, 2013
haleARTS S P A C E invites you to the opening reception of a group show featuring the work of Judy Csotsits, Juri Koll and Joe De Hoyos. The opening reception will be held Friday, November 1st from 5-8 PM
http://www.halearts.com

NEW YORK
THE STORY OF THE CREATIVE
July 25- Sept. 10
International Group Show Curated by: SEE.ME
https://judycsotsits.see.me/

ART FAIR SANTA FE
July 12 through 14
SANTA FE CONVENTION CENTER
201 W. Marcy, Santa Fe, NM
http://www.patrajdas.com/artists/CsotsitsJ/csotsits.html

In 2013 ART Santa Fe will celebrate its thirteenth successful fair, once again offering an all-encompassing experience that includes a high-class mix of excellent contemporary galleries from all over the globe, cutting-edge art installations, and emerging artists and dealers. The high-stakes world of the international art fair will once again provide heady, glamorous fare for serious collectors and scene-seekers alike.
http://www.artsantafe.com/index.htm

IRVINE FINE ARTS CENTER
WALL PAINTING 2013
June 29 – September 7, 2013
The Irvine Fine Arts Center is pleased to present the Wall Painting 2013, the third in a series of exhibitions that premiered at the Irvine Fine Arts Center (IFAC) over a decade ago. During several weeks before the opening of the show, artists will create murals on the walls of the IFAC. Patrons are encouraged to watch these artists at their creative best. Artists will also be available to answer questions during this time.

The artists participating in the exhibition are Michael Arata, Joshua Aster, Claire Baker, Barbara Berk, Kristin Calabrese, Jamison Carter, Judy Csotsits, David DiMichele, Carlson Hatton, Andy Kolar, Flora Kao, Mara Lonner, Siobhan McClure, Adam Novak and Katie Ryan.
http://www.cityofirvine.org/cityhall/cs/finearts/exhibition_program/2013/wall_painting_exhibition.asp

Whitespace Contemporary
June 2013
Whitespace Contemporary is located at 2420 Wall Ave. in Ogden. The current show, hosted by PATRAJDAS Contemporary, features painting, photography and sculpture from across the US., with a special focus on visceral paintings by Rogelio Manzo, of Sacramento, CA and a photographic study of texture and color by Amelju, of Ogden, and drawings by Judy Csotsits.
http://postgeoff.com/?tag=judy-csotsits
http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/your-references-please-judy-csotsits-and-rogelio-manzo-at-white-space-in-ogden/

Graphique Noir
Orange County Contemporary Art Center
March 30 - April 27, 2013
Graphique Noir celebrates a hugely popular aesthetic found in a plethora of today's media. This somewhat "dark" art-form encompasses a surprising complexity of genres including that of the Graphic Novel, PC/Video Gaming, Manga, Steampunk, Post Apocalyptic, Gothic, Anime, and countless derivatives and combinations of all of the above.
http://www.occca.org/EXHIBITIONS.html#future

SCOPE NEW YORK
Patrajdas Contemporary
Widely regarded for its influential voice in the emerging art market, SCOPE New York 2013 will feature 55 international galleries alongside 20 Breeder Program galleries, selected by curatorial panel. Hailing from four continents and eighteen countries, SCOPE exhibitors represent the best and brightest contemporary work from emerging and mid-career artists.
http://scope-art.com/shows/new-york-2013/about/
http://www.patrajdas.com/email/0313_ScopeNY.html
http://hifructose.com/2013/03/08/scope-nyc-jaime-treadwell-kate-macdowell-and-more-for-patrajdas-contemporary/
http://www.patrajdas.com/email/patrajdas_0313.pdf

2012
"MASQUERADE" National Juried Exhibition
juried by Jack Fischer of Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, October 25th 7-10PM
CLOSING RECEPTION: Sunday, November 18th 12-2PM
October 25th - November 18th, 2012
The artists were asked to evoke the sinister, the festive, the macabre, the jubilant, the mischievous to create a virtual masquerade ball at Arc Gallery.
http://www.arc-sf.com/masquerade1.html

Feb. 2- March 24 “GOTHIC” Juried Art Show at OCCCA
Juror: Amy V. Grimm
Independent Curator and Assistant Professor of Art History & Museum Studies: Irvine Valley College
Gothic is a mix of Medievalism, Romanticism, science fiction, Victoriana, punk, the uncanny, the grotesque, and the erotic, inseparable from despair, fear and rapture. Gothic reveals the shadow within, the skull beneath the skin.
http://www.occca.org/EXHIBITIONS.html#gothic

2011
July 23- August 25 Chain Letter at Shoshona Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Chain Letter" is a group show wherein 10 artists have been invited to participate. Those 10 then invite 10 artists whom they admire. Those 10 invite 10 more and so on. This cycle continues for 30 days. The result is an exponentially massive, artist-curated group show based entirely on admiration.
Organized by Christian Cummings & Doug Harvey

March 12 - April 7
MSJC Faculty Show, San Jacinto, CA
Faculty members were invited to display their art at the community college art gallery.
http://www.inlandsocal.com/iguide/arts_galleries/content/news/stories/PE_News_Local_E_gallery02.221bdc3.html

2010
Sylvia White Gallery- National Juried Exhibition juried by Sylvia White. Contemporary artists were invited to submit their work for this prestigious group show. 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition
Aug 4 - Sep 4, 2010
SYLVIA WHITE GALLERY 1783 East Main Street Ventura, California 93001 USA
http://picasaweb.google.com/SylviaWhiteGallery/2010JURIEDSHOWAugust4September42010#

myartspace Miami 2010 Competition with SCOPE MIAMI
a juried slide exhibition organized by myartspace.com and included in one of the most recognized Art Fairs in the world.
MIAMI, FL

2009
Emerson Gallery Exhibition, juried show of international artists organized by myartspace
http://www.myartspace.com/nyaxegallery/winners/winnersDec2009.html

Aqua Art Fair Miami, Myartspace.com Palo Alto, CA and Miami Beach, FL November 27, 2009 -- MYARTSPACE.com, the premier online social network for the contemporary art world is pleased to announce the winning artists for the Miami 2009 Art Competition. The winners will be exhibited at the Aqua Art Miami Fair during the week of Art Basel Miami from December 3-6, 2009. The five-person jury panel consisted of Alma Ruiz, Associate Curator at MOCA - The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Michele Urton, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Andrea Cashman, Director of the Deitch Projects, Kathy Grayson, Director of the Deitch Projects and Catherine McCormack-Skiba, CEO.

2006
TARFEST, TarFest Art Exhibition @ Korean Cultural Center Friday
Juried by Molly Barnes, Kathy Gallegos, Sinead Finnerty, Peter Frank, Wesley Jessup, Shane
Guffogg, and James Panozzo. Produced in collaboration with the Los Angeles Art Association.

2004
Vivarosi Gallery, Artists’ residency exhibition second phase Budapest, Hungary

Portfolio:

Drawings

This current body of drawings are a combination of pen, ink, acrylic and colored pencil on mylar. The mylar creates a deep, milky, smooth, white space in which each form levitates and creates the illusion of existing in 3-dimensions. The drawings are created intuitively using only a simple symmetrical structure from which the lines and forms grow.

My work uses the visual language of European architectural aesthetics in their ornate and decorative tendencies coupled with a tradition of dark tales and myths born out of Eastern European life. Some influences include Hans Bellmer, H R Giger, tattoo art, and art nouveau.

The drawings evoke at once an Alien and ancient form combined with a hybrid of plant, animal, and human forms. The movement and repetition in the drawings evoke fractal like structures that are abundant in nature. Evolution is alluded to in the work as each form is an organic hybrid of various forms of life, depicted in a state of transformation and metamorphosis. The insect-like bodies appear to be evolving braids resulting in an overall human shape, thereby dissolving the distinction between plant, animal, and human categories and fusing abstract and figurative elements into one. The ultimate result reflects the evolutionary process of beginning with the simplest, one celled organism evolving into the various complex expressions of life.

Queen “Queen”