Judith Lodge

Judith Lodge (born July 25, 1941) is an American Canadian painter and photographer who often explores how the two mediums play off of and inform one another. Her abstract portraits of memories, situations, events, and people are inspired by the unconscious, dreams, journals, and nature. She has worked in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Banff, Minnesota, and New York, where she has lived for more than thirty years.

Background Lodge was one of four daughters born to Jean Lodge in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her father, James, was a chemist at 3M who enjoyed throwing pots in his free time and built a tiny studio in the basement of their home. Her inspiration from nature is greatly credited to time spent on an island off the coast of Vancouver, which was partly owned by a friend. She also tends to employ a strong sense of grid organization, as seen in the enormous works from "Walls of Eden."

Exhibitions 1971 - Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York 1977 - Walls of Eden, Pender Street Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1977 - From This Point of View (Group Show), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1978 - Targets, Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia 1978 - Fire, Smoke, Water, Ice, Art Core, Vancouver, British Columbia 1979 - Rites of Passage, Art Core, Vancouver, British Columbia 1984 - Recent Drawings and Paintings, Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta 1986 - Life Jackets, University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

Grants/awards Canada Council Grant Canada Council Art Bank Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver National Gallery of Canada Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery