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Judy Chicago
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American artist, author, and teacher (born 1939)
Key facts
- Born
- Judith Sylvia Cohen , ( 1939-07-20 ) July 20, 1939 (age 86) , Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of California, Los Angeles (BFA)
- Known for
- Installation Painting Sculpture
- Notable work
- The Dinner Party International Honor Quilt Birth Project PowerPlay The Holocaust Project Resolutions: A Stitch in Time The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction
- Movement
- Contemporary Feminist art
- Awards
- Tamarind Fellowship (1972), Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" (2018), Visionary Woman award from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago (2019)
- Patrons
- Anaïs Nin (mentor) Holly Harp Elizabeth A. Sackler Stanley Grinstein Elyse Grinstein
- Website
- judychicago .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sylvia
- Family name
- Cohen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Employer
- Duke University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Time 100
- Notable work
- The Dinner Party
- Field of work
- feminism
- Genre
- art of sculpture
- Movement
- contemporary art
- Official website
- judychicago.com
- Image
- RIT yearbook 1978 page 72 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Chicago
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- date of birth
- 1939-07-20
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
- Commons category
- Judy Chicago
- Commons Creator page
- Judy Chicago
- floruit
- 1999-01-01
- archives at
- Nevada Museum of Art
- P8168
- Belle Vue
- married name
- Judy Gerowitz
- birth name
- Judith Sylvia Cohen
- pseudonym
- Judy Chicago
- name in native language
- Judy Chicago
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Encyclopedic overview
Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history and culture. During the 1970s, Chicago founded the first feminist art program in the United States at California State University, Fresno, which acted as a catalyst for feminist art and art education during the 1970s.
Chicago's work incorporates a variety of artistic skills, such as needlework, counterbalanced with skills such as welding and pyrotechnics. Her most well-known work is The Dinner Party, which is permanently installed in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. The Dinner Party celebrates the accomplishments of women throughout history and is widely regarded as the first epic feminist artwork. Other notable art projects by Chicago include International Honor Quilt, Birth Project, Powerplay, and The Holocaust Project. She is represented by Jessica Silverman gallery.
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