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    Judy Chicago is an American artist, author, and educator born in 1939 who has pioneered feminist art and education for over 5 decades, exhibiting internationally. She is known for monumental works like The Dinner Party that explore women's history and experiences, as well as later projects on Jewish heritage and the Holocaust. Chicago works in diverse media like needlework, paint, and porcelain to create symbolic and conceptual pieces addressing social and political issues.

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    Judy Chicago is an American artist, author, and educator born in 1939 who has pioneered feminist art and education for over 5 decades, exhibiting internationally. She is known for monumental works like The Dinner Party that explore women's history and experiences, as well as later projects on Jewish heritage and the Holocaust. Chicago works in diverse media like needlework, paint, and porcelain to create symbolic and conceptual pieces addressing social and political issues.

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    Judy Chicago

    Vanessa Havens
    Background
    July 20, 1939 - Chicago, IL
    Artist, author, feminist, and educator with career spanning 5 decades
    Exhibited in US, canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand
    Pioneered feminist art and art education at California State University,
    Fresno
    Background

    1948 - At 8 years old began attending the Chicago Art institute


    Junior School
    1961 - married to Jerry Gerowitz
    1963 - widowed, car accident
    - moved to Santa Monica
    1964 - enrolled in auto body school
    1970 - changed name to Judy Chicago
    Car Hood, 1965
    Education
    1962 University of California, Los Angeles, CA, Member, Phi Beta Kappa
    1964 University of California, Los Angeles, CA Bachelor of Art
    1992 Russell Sage College, Troy, NY Masters of Art

    Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, 2010 Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH


    Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, 2003 Duke University, Durham, NC

    Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, 2000 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA


    Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, 2000 Smith College, Northampton, MA
    Conceptual Inquiries

    1974 - turned attention to women's history


    The Dinner Party 74-79
    The Birth Project 80-85
    PowerPlay
    A growing interest in her Jewish Heritage
    The Holocost Project 93
    Feminist Studio Workshop and
    Woman’s Building
    Medium

    Colored Smoke, Dry Ice,


    Automotive Spray paint,
    Needlework, fabric, paints,
    lithography, porcelain, glass

    Purple Atmosphere (1969)


    The Dinner Party
    (1974-1979)
    A symbolic history of women in Western
    Civilization
    Wing Two from The Dinner Party
    The Dinner Party (1974-1979)
    First three Entryway banners
    Birth Project (1980-1985)

    The Creation (1984)


    In The Beginning (1982)

    Birth Trinity (1983)


    Birth Tear (1982)
    The Holocause Project: From Darkness Into Light (1993)

    Logo from Holocost Project (1992) Rainbow Shabbat (1992)


    The Fall (1993)

    Four Questions (1993)


    Powerplay (1982-1987)

    Rainbow Man (1984) Driving The World To Destruction (1985)


    The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction

    Bleached 2017 Smothered 2016


    Sources
    https://www.judychicago.com/

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