Judith Bernstein

May 29

Written By A&A with TMP

Biography

Born in Newark, New Jersey, 1942
Lives and works in New York

2019
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award The New York Artist’s Memorial Garden, White Columns & Art Production Fund
2018
National Academy Artist-in-Residence
Downtown for Democracy, Screen Print Collaboration White Columns, Screen Print Collaboration
Third Drawer Down, Product Collaboration
2017
CUE Foundation Honoree Swiss Institute, Screen Print Collaboration
2016
John Simon Guggenheim: Memorial Foundation, Fine Arts Fellowship
National Academy for the Arts, National Academician Award
A.I.R, Feminist Award
Kunsthall Stavanger, 2 Print Collaboration
2011
Pennsylvania State University, School of Visual Arts, Distinguished Arts & Architecture Alumni Award
2008
Joan Mitchell Foundation, Individual Grant
2007
Anonymous Was a Woman, Anonymous Grant
2000
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Individual Grant
1988
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship (Printmaking/ Drawing/ Artists’ Books)
1985
National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Grant Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Individual Grant
1977
Two commissioned In-Situ wall pieces for Collector William N. Copley, New York, NY
1974
National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Grant
2027
Kunsthaus Zürich, Judith Bernstein, Zürich, SWTZ
2025
Kasmin, PUBLIC FEARS, New York, NY
Karma International, Judith Bernstein, Zürich, SWTZ
Kasmin, Basel Feature, Basel, SWTZ
2024
Emalin, TRUTH AND CHAOS, London, ENG
2023
The Box, WE DON’T OWE U A TOMORROW, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Karma International, GASLIGTING UNIVERSE, Zürich, SWTZ
2021
Kasmin Gallery, GASLIGTING FOREVER, New York, NY
2020
The Box, HOT HANDS, Los Angeles, CA
Karma International, Storefront Show, Zürich, SWTZ
2019
Karma International, Blue Balls, Zürich, SWTZ
Foksal Gallery Foundation, Diamonda Mouth, Warsaw, POL
2018
Paul Kasmin, Money Shot, New York, NY
The Drawing Center, Cabinet of Horrors, New York, NY
2017
The Box LA, Cock in the Box, Los Angeles, CA
The Drawing Center, Cabinet of Horrors, New York, NY
2016
Kunsthall Stavanger, Judith Bernstein: Rising, Stavanger, NORW
Mary Boone Gallery, Judith Bernstein: Dicks of Death, New York, NY
2015
Mary Boone Gallery, Judith Bernstein: Voyeur, New York, NY
Karma International, Basel Feature, Basel, SWTZ
2014
Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Birth of the Universe: Black Light, New York, NY
2 Studio Voltaire London, Judith Bernstein: Rising, London, ENG
Karma International Zurich, Judith Bernstein: Signature Piece, Zürich, SWTZ
2013
The Box LA, Judith Bernstein BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE Series, Los Angeles, CA
2012
The New Museum, JUDITH BERNSTEIN: HARD, New York, NY
2011
The Box LA, Judith Bernstein – Fuck Vietnam, 1966-2011, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Alex Zachary Gallery, Judith Bernstein: Signature, New York, NY
2009
The Box, Judith Bernstein, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Mitchell Algus Gallery, Judith Bernstein, New York, NY
1984
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1978
Brooks Jackson Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
1977
Stony Brook Gallery, CUNY, Stony Brook, NY
1976
University of Colorado Museum, Drawing: 1966-1976, Boulder, CO
1973
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2025
The Jewish Museum, Joan Semmel: In the Flesh, New York, NY
The Box, Phallus :: Fascinum :: Fascism, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Sex, Hard Art: Unruly Selections from the Beth DeWoody Collection, Miami, FL
The Whitney Museum of American Art, Sixties Surreal, New York, NY
Croy Nielsen, The Shed, Vienna, AUST
Mitchell Algus Gallery, An America, New York, NY / The Box, Los Angeles, CA
Eric Firestone Gallery, Erotic City, New York, NY
2024
Karma International, JUDITH BERNSTEIN, GINA FISCHLI, MAŁGORZATA MIRGA-TAS, Zürich, SWTZ
2023
National Academy of Design, Drawing as Practice, New York, NY
Migros Museum, Acts of Friendship – Acts 1 & 2, from Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst Collection, Zürich, SWTZ
2022
Bundeskunsthalle, Ridiculously Yours: Art, Awkwardness and Enthusiasm, Bonn, GER Karma International, Shoplifters from Venus, Zürich, SWTZ
David Zwirner, A Maze Zanine, Amaze Zaning, A-Mezzaning, Meza-9, New York, NY
Kunsthaus Zurich, Take Care: Kunst und Medizin, curated by Catherine Hug, Zürich, SWTZ
Candice Madey Gallery, HARDWARE, New York, NY
2021
Kunsthaus Zurich, Permanent Collection, Zürich, SWTZ
Gabriele Senn Galerie, Frighteningly Tropical, curated by Jörg Heiser & Sarah Khan, Vienna, AUST
2020
Museum of Contemporary Art, Seven Stations: Selections from MOCA’s Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Nino Mier Gallery, To Paint Is To Love Again, Los Angeles, CA
Eva Presenhuber Gallery, Abortion is Normal, New York, NY
The Jewish Museum, We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz, New York, NY
Deitch Projects LA, All of Them Witches, Los Angeles, CA
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Time for Outrage! Art in Times of Social Anger, Düsseldorf, GER
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-75, Minneapolis, MN
2019
Bonner Kunstverein, Maskulinitäten, Bonn, GER
Migros Museum, United by AIDS: An Exhibition About Loss, Remembrance, Activism and Art in Response to HIV/AIDS, Zürich, SWTZ
Peter Freeman Gallery, Downtown Painting, New York, NY
Smithsonian American Museum, Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-75, Washington, D.C.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-75, Minneapolis, MN
Venus Over Manhattan, Park Avenue Armory, ADAA: The Art Show, Boxes, New York, NY
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2019 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, New York, NY
3 Converso, Words by Allan Kaprow, Milan, ITLY
Overduin, Rattle Road, Los Angeles, CA
Van Horn, Fuck Your Fear, Düsseldorf, GER
Museum of Fine Arts Bern (Kunstmuseum), The Feminist Avant- Garde of the 1970s, Bern, GER
Muzeum Susch, A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women, Zernez, SWTZ
2018
Haus Der Kunst, The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s, Munich, GER
Stavanger Art, The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s, Stavanger, NORW
Jeffrey Deitch, Downtown for Democracy, Protest Factory, New York, NY
2017
Touchstone Rochdale, Going Public: Works from the Napoleone Collection, Rochdale, ENG Petzel Gallery, We Need to Talk, New York, NY
ZKM (Zentrum Für Kunst and Medien), The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s, Karlsruhe, GER
Mumok, WOMAN, Vienna, AUST
Maruani Mercier, Man Alive, curated by Wendy White, (Catalogue), Brussels, BELG
Gavin Brown Enterprise, Tomorrow Will Still Be Ours, curated by Brian Tate, New York, NY
Michel Majerus Estate, What’s my Name, Berlin, GER
G2 Leipzig, New Acquisitions- Hildebrand Collection, Leipzig, GER
Karma International, Hot Mess, Los Angeles, CA
Venus over LA, CUNT, Los Angeles, CA
Pilar Corrias Gallery, Adult Swim, curated by Gerasimos Floratos, London, ENG
The Dot Project, In Paper We Trust, London, ENG
The Hall Art Foundation, FUR BARBARA, Schloss Derneburg, GER
Simon Lee Gallery, Trip of the Tongue, curated by Piper Marshall, Hong Kong
Peter Blum Gallery, After the Fall, New York, NY
2016
Photographers’ Gallery, The Feminist Avant- Garde of the 1970s, London, ENG Migros Museum, 20- Exhibition in Three Acts, Zürich, SWTZ
Whitney Museum of American Art, Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection, New York, NY
Kunsthaus Zürich, From the Collection, Zürich, SWTZ
Maccarone Gallery, Coming to Power, New York, NY
The Box LA, Impromptu, Los Angeles, CA
Karma International, Zürich, SWTZ
Karma International, Los Angeles, CA
Mumok Museum, Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Painting 2.0, Vienna, AUST
Michel Majerus Estate, What’s my Name, Berlin, GER
Kaufmann Repetto Gallery, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, New York, NY
Seed Factory, Pen is Art, Brussels, BELG
That That Gallery, 3 AM Eternal, Dallas, TX
2015
Galerie Art Concept, La Femme de trente ans, curated by Caroline Soyez-Petithomme, Paris, FRAN
Karma International LA, PLUGGS, Los Angeles, CA
Museum Brandhorst, Painting 2.0, Munich, GER
Migros Museum, Toys Redux, Zurich, SWTZ
Benaki Museum, Ametria, Athens, GRC
Art/Concept France, La Femme de trente ans, Paris, FRAN
Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Flames on the Side of My Face, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, America is Hard to See, New York, NY
2014
Gimpel Fils, The White Hotel, Curated by Lucy Stein and Simon Bayliss, London, ENG
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Praxis, (Catalogue), Detroit, MI
Real Art Ways, Cat-in-Residence, Hartford, CT
2013
Institute of Contemporary Arts, Keep Your Timber Limber, London, ENG
Palmer Museum, Penn State University, Uncanny Congruencies, University Park, PA
établissement d’en face, A Top-Hat, a Monocol, and a Butterfly, curated by Anthony Huberman, Brussels, BELG
Zach Feuer Gallery, Jew York, New York, NY
2012
Hauser & Wirth Gallery, The Historical Box, London, ENG
Whitney Museum of American Art, Sinister Pop, New York, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Female Gaze: Woman Artists Making their World, curated by Robert Cozzolino, (Catalogue), Pennsylvania, PA
The Box LA, Painting, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Gio Marconi Gallery, Milan, ITLY
Frieze London, The Box LA, London, ENG
Rowan University Art Gallery, Groundbreaking: Women of the Sylvia Sleigh Collection, Glassboro, NJ
The New Museum & Art Production Fund, Roller Shutter Gate Project, New York, NY
Hauser & Wirth Gallery, The Historical Box, Zurich, SWTZ
Algus Greenspon Gallery, Invitation to the Voyage, New York, NY
2010
National Academy, 185th Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, New York, NY
The New Museum, The Last Newspaper Show, New York, NY
MoMA P.S.1, Greater New York - The Comfort of Strangers, New York, NY
Harris Lieberman Gallery, Behind the Green Door, New York, NY
2009
Galeria Gravura Brasileira & Belas Artes University Gallery, New York
Artists, Traveling print exhibition, (Catalogue), San Paolo, BRZL
Paul Kasmin Gallery, Naked, New York, NY
2008
Katzen Art Museum, American University, Claiming Space: The American Feminist Originators, Washington, D.C.
Bronx Museum, Making It Together: Women’s Collaborative Art + Community, New York, NY
Werkstatte Gallery, A.I.R. Gallery Retrospective: 1972-1979, New York, NY
Solo Impressions Inc., Print Edition, New York, NY
Solo Impressions Inc., Judith Bernstein Comedy Night, At AIR Print Show, New York, NY
Tracey Barry Gallery, New York University, A.I.R. History Exhibition: 1972-2008, Two-part exhibition, curated by Carey Lovelace, Dena Muller, and Katherine Griefen, New York, NY
Dinter Fine Art Gallery, How to Cook A Wolf: Part One, New York, NY
2007
Katzen Museum, American University, Claiming Space: The American Feminist Originators, Washington, D.C.
Tabla Rasa Gallery, Women’s Work: Homage to Feminist Art, curated by Cindy Nemser, New York, NY
2005
Mizel Center, Upstairs and Matriarchs: Jewish Women Artists and the Transformation of American Art, Denver, CO
Asian Art Center, Eviction, New York, NY 2004 Mitchell Algus Gallery, The ‘F’ Word/ Sex & Feminism, New York, NY
2003
Chelsea Art Museum & Berliner Kunstprojekt, Funky Fall Line, New York, NY / Berlin, GRM
2002
Guild Hall Museum, Personal & Political: Women’s Art Movement, 1969-1975, (Catalogue), East Hampton, NY
2000
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase End Papers: 1890-1900 and 1900-2000, (Catalogue), Purchase, NY
David McKee Gallery, Absolute Secret, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1998
Kingsborough College Gallery, A.I.R. 25th Anniversary Show, Kingsborough, NY
1997
A.I.R. Gallery, Generations, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Purchase College Gallery, Untitled, Purchase, NY
1996
UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Sexual Politics: Rewriting History, (Catalogue), Los Angeles, CA
1993
David Zwirner Gallery, Coming to Power, New York, NY
24 Hours for Life Gallery, Phallic Symbols: Images in Contemporary Art, curated by Hal Bromm, New York, NY
1992
Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Seeing Red, White and Blue—Censored in the USA, Anchorage, AL
Graham Modern Gallery, Man Revealed, New York, NY
UC Art Gallery, University of Colorado, 20th Anniversary of the Visiting Artist Program, Boulder, CO
1990
Yale Art Gallery/ Crocker Museum/ Blum Hellman Gallery, United States Information Agency Traveling Show, (Catalogue), New Haven, CT/ Sacramento, CA/ New York, NY
1989
Hillwood Art Museum/ National Museum of Women in the Arts, 100 Drawings by Women, Greenvale, NY/ Washington, D.C.
1987
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK
1986
Hillwood Art Museum, Drawing In-Situ,(Catalogue), Greenvale, NY
1985
Ackland Art Museum, Facets: Acconci, Bernstein, Feuerman, Glantzman, Lankton, Wegman, Chapel Hill, NC
Kenkeleba Gallery, The Gathering of the Avant-Garde: the Lower East Side, 1948-1970, New York, NY
1984
Franklin Furnace Gallery, Carnival Knowledge, New York, NY
Plexus Gallery, Group, New York, NY
Art Galaxy Gallery, Artist Call, New York, NY
Quando Gallery, Women Out Front, New York, NY
1983
Associated American Artists Gallery, New Work in Black and White: Bernstein, Borofsky, Diebenkorn, Longo, Rothenberg, Philadelphia, PA
1982
Kyoto International Art Center, International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto, JPN
1979
MOMA P.S.1, The Great Big Drawing Show, New York, NY
Hague Gemeentemuseum, Contemporary Art, Tour through Holland/ Belgium/ Germany
1978
Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Women Artists ’78, The Women’s Caucus for Art, New York, NY
Nobe Gallery, Solo/Solodkin Press, New York, NY
MOMA P.S.1, A.I.R. Five Year Retrospective, New York, NY
Women in the Visual Arts Foundation, International Women 1978, Holland
Palazzo Grassi, Venerezia-Revenice, Titian’s Forbidden Fruit, Venice Biennale, Venice, ITLY
1977
The New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Figuration: Bernstein, Close, De Andrea, Michaels, Neel, Pearlstein, Samaras, Segal, Cleveland, OH
Ohio State University Art Gallery, Contemporary Figuration, Columbus, OH
26 Federal Plaza, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY
Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Five Invited, Saratoga Springs, NY
Witkin Gallery, Carol Bellamy Art Auction, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Contemporary Women: Consciousness and Content, New York, NY
1976
Center of Art and Communication, Fifth International Open Encounter on Video, Antwerpen, BELG
The Gallery of July and August, Gestures, Woodstock, NY
Terrain Gallery, Big & Small, New York, NY
Colorado Center, Preparatory Notes—Thinking Drawings, Boulder, CO
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sixth International Open Encounter, Caracas, VE
1975
Galerie Gerald Piltzer, 5 Americaines a Paris, Paris, FRAN
Galleria Civica D’Arte Moderna, Third International Open Encounter on Video, Torino, ITLY
State University at Stony Brook Art Gallery, Eight at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Centro de Arte y Comunicacion, Fourth International Open Encounter, Buenos Aires, ARG
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Year of the Woman, New York, NY
1974
Hundred Acres Gallery, 63 Artists’ Objects, New York, NY
A.I.R. Gallery, 10-10-10, New York, NY
Smith College Art Gallery, 20 Artists’ Traveling, Northampton, MA
Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, FOCUS, Philadelphia, PE
1973
International Museum of Erotic Art, Untitled, San Francisco, CA
Feminist News, Cable TV, Judith Bernstein, New York, NY
Warren Benedek Gallery, Group, New York, NY
Gallery of Erotic Art, Visual Witticisms, New York, NY
Allan Stone Gallery, Erotica, New York, NY
1972
Henry Gallery, Survivors 1972, Seattle, WA
A.I.R. Gallery, A.I.R. Invites 20 Artists, New York, NY
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Encuentros, Pamplona, SPN
1971
St Marks on the Bowery, He Show, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery, Small Works, New York, NY
A.I.R. Gallery, Five at A.I.R, New York, NY
1970
Whitney Museum of American Art, Ray Johnson’s: Correspondance’ School, New York, NY
6 Judson Church, People’s Flag Show, New York, NY
West German TV Series, NY & San Francisco Avante-Garde, Berlin, GER
1968
Lund’s Konstall Museum, First International Exhibition of Erotic Art, Lund, SWDN