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
