The works that I have for this exhibition comprise the following; Works from the Garden of Eden theme - lithographs completed in The grafische Werkstatt in Salzburg , the etching "The Tree of Life in the Garden of Good and Evil".

A selection of flower paintings on gold-leaf

A selection of small mezzotint nudes

A selection of small paintings on copper - from the icon series (the fall of Adam, Prometheus, and one or two others)

Three small icons - oil on gold leaf

And the new series of works that I have started titled: Celestial bodies and Alchemical Diagrams

The Garden of Eden is not only a reference to mankind's creation but used as a construct for representing the idea of beauty in the natural world - observations of the human form and of flora.  I have taken the idea of traditional icons and adapted the use of gold foil as a substrate for my paintings to evoke the preciousness and lustre of a medieval icon. The Japanese tradition of painting on gold-leaf - such as the works from the Rimpa tradition and the flamboyant gold paintings from the Edo period, pictures of the "floating world", serve as inspiration.  My training as a printmaker working with metals and acids has evoked an interest in Alchemy and the idea of the artist as a modern day alchemist. The artist, not so much interested in turning base metals into gold, but rather the process of using ordinary materials and the inspiration of the world around us to create an artwork of beauty and value through the creative/alchemical process of the artist's vision. And in the new series of works, Celestial Bodies and Alchemical Diagrams, I have extended my interests from creation mythology to looking at the cosmos - the celestial canopy of constellations and universes that for all time has inspired a wondering in the consciousness of mankind.

About Judy Woodborne:
Born in Cape Town 1966. She obtained her B.A.F.A from Michaelis School of Fine Art in 1988 and an advanced Diploma in Printmaking awarded with Distinction in 1989. She was awarded her Masters of Fine Arts Degree with Distinction from the University of Cape Town in 1993 with a dissertation entitled Moria, a Eulogy of Folly.

Woodborne specialises in the technique of copperplate etching and has equipped her etching studio not only to produce her own works, but to teach the tradition of etching techniques. She has travelled and visited many printmaking workshops in the United Kingdom France, Germany and Austria and has travelled as far south as the Antarctic peninsula, surviving Drake's Passage in the process.

Woodborne has spent some time working in various printmaking workshops such as the Grafische Werkstatt im Traklhaus, as well as taking part in collabrative printmaking portfolios with artist/curator Jan Jordaan, working on the "Break the Silence" HIV Campaign, as well as the Art for Humanity, Woman Artists supporting Childrens' Rights Campaign. Other projects include the Playing Card Portfolio curated by Veerle Rooms, Belgium in collaboration with the Playing Card Museum, Kasterlee.

Judy Woodborne is an accomplished amateur flautist who studied under the late Lucien Grujon. She lives and works in Cape Town, and is the owner of two whippets.

Education:
1988
Obtained B.A.F.A with first class pass in printmaking.
(University of Cape Town)

1989
Completed postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Fine Art, which was awarded with distinction. (UCT)

1993
Awarded Master of Fine Arts Degree with distinction. (UCT)

Awards and Scholarships
1987
Class medal, UCT.

1988
Professional category of the Credits '88 Competition.
Merit award, Rolfes' Impressions Exhibition.
MacIver Scholarship ( UCT)

1989
Katrine Harries Print Cabinet Award.
MacIver Scholarship ( UCT)
Jules Kramer Music and Fine Arts Grant (UCT)

1990
Merit Award, Volkskas Atelier Competition.
Swan Young Artists Award.
Jules Kramer and McIver Scholarships,
H.S.R.C. Grant
UCT Research Grant.

1991
MacIver Scholarship ( UCT)
H.S.R.C. Grant

1992
MacIver Scholarship ( UCT)
Jules Kramer Music and Fine Arts Grant (UCT)

1996
Foundation for the Creative Arts Grant

2007
Invited as Festival Artist for the Klein Karoo Kunsfees, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape.

Select Exhibitions:
1989
Rolfes' Impressions, Pretoria Art Museum.

1990
Solo exhibition, Chelsea Gallery.
Standard Bank Drawing Exhibition.
The Critic's Choice, exhibition at the Association of Arts, Western Cape.
The International Graphic Exposition, Nice, France.

1991
Printmakers exhibition, SAAA, Western Cape.
The Triennial exhibition.
Two-person exhibition, The Market Gallery.

1992
Exhibition of Prints, Michaelis Gallery.
The Vita Award exhibition.
Exhibition of S.A. Art, S.A. Embassy, Singapore.

1993
Solo exhibition, SAAA, Western Cape.
Twenty Prints Portfolio exhibition, SAAA Western Cape.
Etching in South Africa, curated by Hans Fransen, Michaelis Collection.
Exhibition of S.A. Art, Canberra Open University, Australia.

1994
Solo exhibition, J.E. Stallion Gallery, Louisville, USA.
Invitation exhibition, Stellenbosch University Gallery.
X, Exhibition curated by Malcolm Payne, SAAA, Western Cape.
States of Contrast, contemporary printmaking in S.A., curated by Professor Charlie Cohan. Exhibited at Florida State University, and the University of Milwaukee, USA.
Deuxieme Triennale Mondiale d'Estampes, France.
Crosscurrents - an exhibition of South African Artists at the Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

1995
Crosscurrents - an exhibition of South African Artists at Very Special Arts Gallery, Washington, USA. And part of the exhibiton was displayed at the S.A Embassy in Washington.
Celebration, a group exhibition, The Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town
Contemporary Prints exhibition, University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, Western Cape.
Exhibition of Women Artists, Paarl Museum, Western Cape.
Exhibition of Women Printmakers, Belgium.
Hamburgisches Museum fur Volkerkunde, Germany – Neue Graphik aus Sud Afrika.

1996
Exhibition of artists from the Western Cape, Natal Association of Arts
The colour of change, an exhibition of South African Art (travelling), Mechelen, Belgium.
Contemporary S.A. Art 85 – 95, from the South African National Gallery Permanent Collection, at the SANG.

1997
The Spheris Gallery, Walpole, New Hampshire, Canada.
Deuxieme Triennale Mondiale d’Estampes, France.
Kogeimura Paper School Gallery, Inomachi, Kochi, Japan.
Musee de Beux-Arts de Sherbrooke, Shebrooke, Quebec.
Hard Ground Printmakers’ Recent Publications, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
Processes and Practises in Contemporary S.A. Printmaking, Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown.
South African Women Artists, Sasol Museum, Stellenbosch, Western Cape.
Contemporary Prints, University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, Western Cape.
Polish Print Triennial ’97, Gallery of Modern Art, Krakow, Poland.
Exhibition of Printmaking, Bellville Association of Arts, Western Cape.

1998
Levee Exhibition, Grinnel College Print and Drawing Study Room, Grinnel, Iowa, USA.
Quartet of Printmakers, Association of rVisual Arts, Cape Town.
Exhibition of Graphics by Hard Ground Printmakers, Pretoria Association of Arts, Gauteng.
Hard Ground Printmakers Recent Publications, Grahamstown Arts Festival, Eastern Cape.
Triennale 100 Miast, Museum Sztuki Wspolczesnej w Radomiu, Poland.
Triennale 100 Miast,Biuro Wystow Artustucznych.
Triennial Cracow-Nuremburg ’98, Consumentart, Germany.
Exhibition of SA Graphics, Belgium.

1999
Triennale 100 Miast, Museo d’Art Moderna, Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
Paper Prayers exhibition of HIV-AIDS Awareness Campaign, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
Contemporary Prints Exhibition, University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, Western Cape.
Ten Years of Printmaking, Hard Ground Printmakers at the Sanlam Art Gallery, Belville, Western Cape.
Exhibition of Miniature Graphics, Pretoria Association of Arts, Pretoria.
Atelier Winners 1986 – 1999, exhibition of award winners of the ABSA/Volkskas Atelier Award over the last 14 Years, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg.

2000
Relativities, 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Myth, Dream & Fantasy, Oxford Art Weeks, Oxfordshire, England.
Deuxieme Triennale Mondiale d’Estampes, France.
An exhibition of Graphic Works, Traklhaus Workshop, Salzburg, Austria.

2001
10th Asian Biennial, Silpaka Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2002
Exhibition of the Burden Series, The Cape Gallery, Cape Town.

2003
Brett Kebbel Art Awards, Cape Town Convention Centre.
The AA Fair, London, U.K.
Trilogy, exhibition hosted by Sanlam, Rust & Vreugd, Art B (Belville).
The Fine Art of Printmaking, Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town.
The 14th Art Salon, Rose Korber Art Consultant, Bay Hotel, Cape Town.
The Christmas exhibition, Thomson Gallery, Johannesburg.
Exhibition of recent works, Art on Paper, Johannesburg.

2004
The AA Fair, London (March), U.K.
The Nude, exhibition with Jonathan Comerford, Cape Gallery, CT, South Africa
Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs @ Bamboo, Johannesburg
Miniature Print Biennale, Poland

2005
An exhibition of painted etching plates, Upstairs @ Bamboo, Carol Lee, Melville, Johannesburg.
Landscape, a group exhibition of landscape works, ArtB, Belville Assocoation of Arts, Cape Town.
Landscape, a group exhibition of landscape works, Assocoation of Arts, Pretoria.
The Annual Art Salon, Rose Korber Art Consultant at the Bay Hotel, Camps Bay, Cape Town.

2006
The Cape Town Festival, Artscape, Cape Town.
The Romantic Landscape, The Cape Gallery as part of the Cape Town Festival.
The Fifth International Mini-Print Biennale, Lessedra, Bulgaria

2007
Angel, an exhibition at Grande Provence Gallery, Franschoek.
FEST, curated by Theo Kleynhans, Rust-en-vrede Gallery, Durbanville
St. Sebastian, curated by Pretoria Association of Arts Gallery, Pretoria
EVIDENCE, curated by Carol Lee, upstairs @Bamboo, Mellville, Johannesburg

Solo Exhibitions:

1990
Exhibition of Etchings, the Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town.

1991
Exhibition of Etchings, The Market Gallery, Johannesburg.

1993
Moria, a Eulogy of Folly, a series of etchings submitted for the M.A.F.A Degree, the Associaiton for Visual Art, Cape Town.

1994
Exhibition of etchings, the J.E. Stallion Gallery, Louisville, USA.

1995
Bread and Circus, an exhibition of etchings and watercolour drawings, the Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.
An exhibition of monochromatic and miniature etchings, Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town.

1997
An exhibition of miniature etchings, the Huppertz Gallery, Cape Town.

1999
Exhibition of Recent Works, Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town.

2002
Adam and Eve, an exhibition of graphic works and watercolours, Oxford Art Weeks, Oxfordshire, U.K.
Exhibition of Graphics, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg Austria.

2003
Parade of the Ridiculous, Art on Paper, Johannesburg.
Songlines – and exhibition of multiple plate and colour etchings, Cape Gallery, Cape Town.

2004
The Life of Everyman – a suite of etchings, Art on Paper (November), Johannesburg

2005
The Life of Everyman Suite, and other series of current etchings, The Cape Gallery, Cape Town

2006
In the shadow of the Mountain - an exhibition of landscape paintings and etchings prortraying views of Table Mountain and its surrounds, The Cape Gallery, Church Street, Cape Town.

2007
The Garden of Eden, an exhibition of Paintings, Absa Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunsfees, Oudtshoorn 2007.

2008
A exhibition of recent paintings and graphic works at the Cape Gallery, Cape Town.

Public Collections:
The Katrine Harries Print Cabinet, University of Cape Town.
Johannes Stegman Art Collection, Bloemfontein (Orange Free State)
Telkom Art Collection
Human Science Research Centre Collection, Pretoria
Investec Bank
Sasol Art Collection.
Volskas Bank
Sanlam Corporate Art Collection
The National Gallery.
UNISA Art Collection.
South African Libraries Collection of Artworks.
The Natal Technikon Art Collection.
The George VI Art Gallery.
The Durban Art Gallery.
The University of Stellenbosch Art Collection.
Engen Art Collection.
Muzeum Narodowe W Warszzawie, Poland
Musee d ' art Contemporain of Chamalieres, France
Grinnel College Permanent Art Collection, Grinnel Iowa, USA
The Oliewenhuis Art Collection, Bloemfontein.
The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA.
The collection of the Secretary of Parliament (South Africa)
The World Bank (Collection of Dr. Mamphele Ramphele)
MOMA Gallery, USA ('Break the Silence' Print Portfolio)

Publications:
The Music Box, a series of eight etchings, by Judy Woodborne. 1989.
The Katrine Harries Print Cabinet Catalogue. 1992.
Moria, a Eulogy of Folly. A graphic interpretation of aspects of the nature of Carnival. 1993.
Day and Night, a collaborative series of etchings by Judy Woodborne and Jonathan Comerford. 1994.
The Body Politic, a series of colour etchings by Woman Printmakers. Curated by Judy Woodborne (South Africa) and Prof Teresa Cole (USA). 1996/7.
The Levee, a portfolio of prints by 29 International Artists. Curated by Peter Calvert, Quebec, Canada. 1997.
International Aids Portfolio, curated by Jan Jordaan, Durban Technikon. 2002
Playing Card Portfolio, curated by Veerle Rooms in collaboration with the Frans Masareel Centre. 2000.
Art For Humanity, a portfolio of Graphic Works and Poems by Woman Artists, curated by Jan Jordaan. Durban Technikon. 2006

Residencies:
1996 Spent three months at the Cite des Artes, Paris, France.
2000 Residency at the Graffische Werkstatt im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria.
2002 Residency at the Graffische Werkstatt im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria.