Judith Hoyt

These collages are assembled in a very intuitive way from scraps of discarded paper and old book pages. The figures and their environments carry the history of the collage materials into their new life as my work. The wax adds another layer to look through or work on. I try to speak to what unfolds beneath the surface, it is the relationships that I discover through the trial and error of moving pieces of paper around until they form the narratives I am looking for.

-Judith Hoyt

Judith Hoyt has been making work with found metal, paper collage, as well as collage with encaustic wax for twenty years. She was born in 1958, in the Catskill Mountains of New York where her growing interest in making art drew her to the Art Awareness program in Lexington, New York at age fifteen, and then to the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she earned a BFA in Printmaking in 1980.

It was in this community that Judith settled, raised her two sons and began her love affair with found metal. Without access to a press, Judith began her work with paper collage and returned to the college to pursue an earlier interest in metal-smithing. Found metals dominated her work from that point. Later, Judith discovered encaustics and added that to her palette. The figures in Judith’s collaged sculpture, encaustics, and jewelry, are interpreted through the materials she uses.

Among the honors and awards that Judith has received are the 2003 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in crafts, and in 2005, the “Best in Show” award at Craft Boston. Her work has appeared in numerous books and catalogues featuring found art such as Altered Art by Terry Taylor ,500 Brooches by Marthe Le Van and Found Object Art by Dorothy Spencer. Judith’s solo shows have been at such venues as The Works Galley (Philadelphia, PA), the Signature Shop Gallery (Atlanta, GA) and the Catskill Mountain Foundation Gallery (Hunter, NY). Judith has participated in many group shows in which the focus is on recycled content such as Recycle, Reuse, Recreate, which traveled to several countries in Africa and Recreation/Re-Creation at the Noyes Museum in New Jersey. My collages are about old material used to create new work depicted in scraps of paper, fabric, and found metal. I rescue metal from alongside the road, pages from old books, and discarded fabrics from another time. This material is discolored, corroded and misshapen by the random process of history- a history that gets passed on to the figures. Each piece evolves through trial and error, the shapes and colors of the materials guiding the development.

Balancing Circle, 2011

Bear Man, 2011

Chicken in a Bottle, 2006

Cloudman, 2011

Crow and Rat, 2011

Edge of the Woods, 2011

Entering, 2011

Figure with Ears, 2011

Forest Walker, 2011

Four Pointer, 2011

House and Snowman, 2011

In a Bottle, 2011

Lids, 2011

Looking Left, 2011

Parts of Circles, 2010

Pathways, 2011

Red Flowers, 2009

Two Deer, 2011
Sold

Resume

Education

1980 BFA State University of New York at New Paltz, Printmaking

Honors and Awards

2007 Artist in Residence, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland

2005 Finalist for Raphael Founder’s Prize, Society for Contemporary Craft Pittsburgh, PA
Craft Boston, Best of Show, Boston, MA

2003 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant in Crafts

2002 Jentel Foundation Artist Residency, Banner, WY

1993 MacDowell Colony Artist Residency, Peterborough, NH

1990 Artist in Residence, Art Park, Lewiston, NY

1984 Book Grant, New York State Council of the Arts, Women Studio Workshop

Collections

Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY

The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK

Printed Matter, New York, NY

O.K. Harris Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY

Carolyn Corre Gallery, Paris, France

Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY

Marilyn Wilson Gallery, Chicago, IL

Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI

Gallery of Art & Design at NC State, Raleigh, NC

Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland

Solo Exhibitions

2010 Garrison Arts Center, Garrison, NY

2008 The Be Gallery, High Falls, NY

2008 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007 No Space Gallery, Rosendale, NY

2006 The Signature Shop Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Be Gallery, High Falls, NY

2005 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2004 The Signature Shop Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2003 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2002 The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, NY

2001 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Catskill Mt. Foundation Gallery, Hunter, NY

2000 Art Awareness Gallery, Lexington, NY

1997 Muroff Kotler Gallery, Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge, NY
SOFA Chicago, Au Kurant, Chicago, IL

1995 Unison Gallery, New Paltz, NY

1994 MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA

Publications

Le Van, Marthe, 500 Necklaces, Lark Books

Facere Jewelry Art, Signs of Life, Contemporary Jewelry Art and Literature, 2006

Le Van, Marthe, Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects, Lark Books, 2005

Herman, Lloyd, Trashformations East, Fuller Craft Museum, 2005

Le Van, Marthe, 500 Brooches, Lark Books, 2005

Taylor, Terry, Altered Art, Lark Books, 2004

Spencer, Dorothy, Found Object Art, Schiffer Publishing, 2002

Hansson, Bobby, The Fine Art of the Tin Can, Lark Books, 1996

Tirey, Brenda, Working in Other Dimension, Objects & Drawing II, Arkansas Art Center, 1994

Spencer, Dorothy, Recycle, Reuse, Recreate, United States Information Agency, 1994

Carter, Curtis, Dolls in Contemporary Art, A Metaphor of Personal Identity, Marquette University, Madison, WI, 1993

Selected Exhibitions

2011 Bird By Bird, Taboo Studio, San Diego, CA

2010 An Element of Surprise: Artist Working with Tin - Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL; Helen Copeland, Gallery at Montana State University, Boseman, MT; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; College of the Albemarle, Manteo, NC
Two Person Show with Tom Hill - The Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Celebrating 70 - Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2009 Juju Magic - Facere Jewelry Art, Seattle, WA
Found Object Art - Snyderman Works Gallery Philadelphia, PA
Second Nature - Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Delicate Beauty - Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
State of the Art - Taboo Studio, San Diego, CA
From Minimal to Bling - Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

2008 10x10, window installation - Ellenville, NY
Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit - Traveling Exhibition in USA
Brooches - DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

2007 Images from North Mayo - Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle , Ireland
Old and New - Taboo Studio, San Diego, CA
Kingston Sculpture Biennial - Kingston, NY
Palates and Palettes - Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson, WY
March Show - Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2006 The Other - Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
Anxious Objects - Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
Signs of Life - Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005 100 Brooches - Velvet DaVinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Encaustic Works 2005 - Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

2004 Not for The Faint of Heart - Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003 Smithsonian Craft Show - The Building Museum, Washington, DC
Montage - Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY
The Figure as Object - Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
Go Figure - Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Charmed Lives: Jewelry as Memento, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002 Recreation/ReCreation - Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
A Modern Bestiary - Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
Being Human: The Figure Expressed - The Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2001 The Object of Art - Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

2000 Figures Alone and Together - Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Attitudes and Actions, North American Figurative Jewelry - Birmingham, England
Installations and Sculpture in Recycled Materials - Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
Who Knows Where or When: Artists Interpret Time and Space - Wustum Museum, WI
Not Politics as Usual - Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Relic Makers - Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SOFA New York and SOFA Chicago - Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999 Beacons for the 21st Century - Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO
SOFA New York and SOFA Chicago - Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Primarily Metal - Goldsberry Gallery, Huston, TX
The End is Near; Artist Look at the Twentieth Century - Wustum Museum, Racine, WI

1998 Finders Keepers - OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
SOFA Chicago - Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1997 Metal Paper Metal Paper - OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Hung Out to Dry - Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, NY
Found Objects Show, Images - Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY
Recycled - Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1996 Wall Hung Sculptures - Unison Gallery, New Paltz, NY
Twentieth Century Heroes - Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley CA

1994 Recycle, Reuse, Recreate, USIA Traveling Exhibition - Africa, USA
Working in Other Dimensions: Objects and Drawings II - Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock
Women’s Studio Workshop XX Years - State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
The Object Redux, Re-Used, Re-Newed, Re-Invented - Wustum Gallery, Racine, WI

1993 Working in Other Dimensions: Drawings and Objects - Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock
Dolls in Art: A Metaphor of Personal Identity - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI

1992 Faces Group Invitation Exhibition - Clark Gallery, New York, NY

1991 “Solon De May” - O.K. Harris, New York, NY

1990 Raw Vision - Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

1990 Piccola Pittura - Owen-Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Bird Imagery - Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Summer Show - Nancy Margolis, Portland, ME
Iconic Image - Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

1989 Group Show - Summerstown Gallery, Somers, NY
Group Show - Women’s Building, Los Angeles, CA
Small Works Exhibition - New York University, New York, NY

1988 Books, Art, Book arts - Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Small Works Exhibition - New York University, New York, NY

1987 Group Show - Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY

1986 Of Books and Beast - Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Inskirts Exhibition - Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

1984 Solo Exhibition - Hunter Public Library, Hunter, NY

1983 Collected Vision - National Traveling Exhibition