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Judy Hooworth, Morisset, NSW

E-mail: judyhoo1@bigpond.com 
Instagram: @judyhooworth1

Judy’s been creating art quilts for more than 30 years. A tutor, author, lecturer and judge she has shared her expertise with students in Australia and overseas. She has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas; her quilts have been featured in many books and magazines around the world, and she has written three books on quilt design. Judy is represented in public and private collections including the Powerhouse Museum Sydney and the Museum of Arts and Design New York. She received the Quilters Guild NSW Scholarship 1994, and a professional Development Grant from the Australia Council 1995. In 2012 Judy was presented with the Rajah Award for “her outstanding contribution to Australian quilting.”

Judy lives in the Lake Macquarie area between Sydney and Newcastle. Her main body of work is influenced and inspired by her surroundings, particularly Dora creek which flows near her home. She is interested in linear patterns, colour and mood caused by changes in the weather day to day. She is a keen bushwalker and photographer and is passionate about the preservation of her local environment.
Judy’s quilts encompass discharge, drawing, mono printing, painting and wax resist techniques and are extensively quilted.

Stuff of Dreams III

Retail Price: POA
Statement: Drawing and re drawing a tangled thicket on the edge of Lake Eraring… each sketch is imbued with the meditative rhythm of repetitive process… and infused with dream-like colours to brighten a sombre mood.
Dimensions: 151 x 150 cm (H x W)
Exhibitions: 
Quilt National 2023

Stuff of Dreams IV: at Lake’s edge

Retail Price: $3000
Statement: A tangled thicket on water’s edge at Lake Eraring… its cover of leaves shed by autumn winds reveals the beauty of its linear formation. Repetition of the image with subtle variations and surreal colours creates an unfolding dream-like landscape.
Dimensions: 150 x 150cm (H x W)
Exhibitions:
AQIPP2023

Dust storm over the Lake

Statement: A few years ago the east coast awoke to find itself blanketed in thick orange swirls of dust caused by strong westerly winds. An eerie and surreal vista subsumed the familiar landscape, a portent of unstable weather conditions.
Retail Price: POA
Dimensions: 130x115cm (H x W)
Exhibitions: Primal Forces: Wind. SAQA Global exhibition National Quilt Museum, KY,USA 2023

Mangroves: low tide Lake Eraring

Retail Price: A$2000
Dimensions: 107x114cm (H x W)
Statement: Mangroves anchor the shoreline all around lake Macquarie and its offshoots. They play a significant role for carbon storage and as natural buffers against storm surges, and provide habitat for juvenile fish. They are being seriously threatened by rising sea levels and temperatures.
Exhibition: One Step Further 2022
Awards:
First Prize

Echoes of Summer

Retail Price: NFS/Private Collection
Dimensions: 116x124cm (H x W)
Statement: The landscape is dry… bushfire season nears.. will this summer echo summers past?
Exhibition: Q=A=Q 2023

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Calling all textile artists resident in Australia and Ozquilt Network members worldwide. Enter you work into Art Quilt Australia 2025 including Expressions: The Wool Quilt Prize, an acquisitive award of @nationalwoolmuseum 

$9000 in prizes. Entry form closes at 5pm (Perth time) on 15 April. See the OZQN website for conditions of entry.
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Enter your textile artwork in Art Quilt Australia Enter your textile artwork in Art Quilt Australia 2025 (including Expressions the Wool Quilt Prize sponsored by @nationalwoolmuseum ). $9000 in prizes - open to artists resident in Australia and New Zealand and OZQN members worldwide.

Entries close 15 April 2025. Entry form on the Ozquilt Network website. Link in profile.

Art Quilt Australia 2025 will be on exhibition at the @yrrmuseum Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Lilydale, Victoria from Wednesday 9 July 2025 until Sunday 12 October 2025.

Here is a selection of prize winners from the last 10 years:

2023 Award of Excellence: Linda Steele @lindabsteele Moroccan Magic
2023 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize: Alison Withers DIY Deluge Design No.5

2021 Award of Excellence And then there were three by Cathy Jack Coupland @cathyjackcoupland 
2021 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize Ghost Blanket IV by Fiona Gavens @figavens 

2019 Award of Excellence Whitewash Neroli Henderson @neroli_henderson 
2019 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize: By Wagga Design Barbara Mellor

2017 Award of Excellence Chinese Whispers Judy Hooworth @judyhooworth1 
2017 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize Klimt Print #2 Suzanne Reid

2015 Award of Excellence Alvena Hall, Arboreus: Ediacara Suite 2015
2015 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize Lisa Davis, The Art of Record Keeping

#ozquiltnetwork #ozqnart #artquiltaustralia #artquiltaustralia2025 #expressionswoolquiltprize #nationalwoolmuseum #nationalwoolmuseumgeelong
Congratulations to OZQN member @judyhooworth1 Judy Congratulations to OZQN member @judyhooworth1 Judy Hooworth on last night’s marvellous  opening  to her successful exhibition ‘Down the Creek 2’ … breathtakingly beautiful textile art inspired by the intriguing  natural shapes and patterns  of Dora Creek. 
These stunning art works are now on display in the gallery or view online. The exhibition continues until 30 March.

https://timelesstextiles.com.au/events/down-the-creek-2-judy-hooworth/

#timelesstextiles #artquilt #downthecreek2 #exhibition #textileart #contemporarytextileart #judyhooworth
#ozqnart #ozquiltnetwork
CALL FOR ENTRIES: ART QUILT AUSTRALIA 2025 Closing CALL FOR ENTRIES: ART QUILT AUSTRALIA 2025
Closing 15 April 2025

Calling all textile artists resident in Australia snd Ozquilt Network members worldwide. Start planning your entry for Art Quilt Australia 2025 including Expressions: The Wool Quilt Prize, an acquisitive award of @nationalwoolmuseum 

$9000 in prizes. No set theme - showcase YOUR best work! Entry form opens 15 February and closes at 5pm (Perth time) on 15 April. See the OZQN website for conditions of entry.
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