Judy Glantzman

Judy Glantzman is a New York-based artist and educator with a four-decade career spanning solo and group exhibitions in iconic galleries such as Civilian Warfare, Gracie Mansion, and Betty Cuningham Gallery. She is currently a Professor of Painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and a Professor of Drawing at the New York Studio School, where she has taught since the 1980s. Glantzman’s work, often exploring the psychological and societal undercurrents of war, human vulnerability, and emotional expression, is held in major collections including the Whitney Museum and Grey Art Gallery.

Educational Background:

• Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, 1978)

Glantzman’s artistic practice, rooted in self-portraiture and art-historical dialogue, has evolved to address global traumas through visceral imagery inspired by Goya, Picasso, and Winslow Homer. Her 2015 solo exhibition at Betty Cuningham Gallery, titled Dressing for the Carnival, engaged with Homer’s Civil War-era painting, while her 2013 series responded to Guernica, reflecting a pivot toward outward-facing social critique.

Scientific Awards & Grants:

• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (2001)
• Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Grant (1997)
• New York Foundation for the Arts Grant (1994)
• Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant (1992)
• Silver Medal from Royal Society of the Arts, London (1978)

As an educator, Glantzman has mentored at institutions like MICA and Purchase College, though no individual students are named in the provided texts. Her studio practice, particularly during the pandemic, focused on intimate plaster tablets painted as memorials, blending personal and collective grief.