Born 1939, Chicago, IL
1962, BA University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1964, MA University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1992, Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
2000, Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, Smith College, Northampton, MA
2000, Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
2003, Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, Duke University, Durham, NC
2010, Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH
Lives and works in Belen, NM
Solo exhibitions
2024
Herstory, LUMA, Arles, France [forthcoming]
Revelations, Serpentine, London, UK [forthcoming]
2023
Herstory, New Museum, New York, NY
2022
Making Advances, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
The Natural World, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2021
Judy Chicago: Human Geometries, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Judy Chicago: A Retrospective, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Judy Chicago: Cohanim, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Garden Smoke, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
2020
Chicago in Ink, Salon 94, New York, NY
Dior x Judy Chicago: The Female Divine, Musée Rodin Sculpture Garden
Confined, Through the Flower Art Space, Belen, NM
Judy Chicago: What if Women Ruled the World?, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY
2019
Judy Chicago, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Picturing Extinction: Studies for the End, Salon 94, New York, NY
The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. (forthcoming)
Judy Chicago, Beginnings, Jeffrey Deitch Inc, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2018
Judy Chicago: A Reckoning, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Judy Chicago Atmospheres, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
Born Again: Judy Chicago’s Birth Project, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
Power Play, Salon 49, New York, NY
2017
Judy Chicago’s Pussies, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Roots of “The Dinner Party”: History in the Making, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Judy Chicago: Fire Works, Cressman Center Gallery, Louisville, KY
Why Not Judy Chicago?, Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, Spain; traveling to CAPC Musee d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
2015
Star Cunts and Other Images, Riflemaker, London, United Kingdom
2014
Surveying Judy Chicago: 1970 – 2014, RedLine, Denver, CO
Judy Chicago’s Feminist Pedagogy and Alternative Spaces, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Heads Up, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Local Color: Judy Chicago in New Mexico 1984 – 2014, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Judy Chicago: A Butterfly for Oakland, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Chicago in L.A.: Judy Chicago’s Early Work, 1963–74, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Very Best of Judy Chicago. Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Judy Chicago: Through the Archives, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA
Surveying Judy Chicago: Five Decades, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Judy Chicago: Circa ’75, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2013
Judy Chicago, Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art, London, United Kingdom
2012
Judy Chicago: ReViewing PowerPlay, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Surveying Judy Chicago: 1970–2010, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Judy Chicago: Deflowered, Nye + Brown, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Judy Chicago Tapestries: Woven by Audrey Cowan, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2010
Surveying Judy Chicago: 1970–2010, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Chicago in Glass/en Verre, Le Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Judy Chicago in Glass, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2009
When Women Rule the World: Judy Chicago in Thread, traveling exhibition to Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Canada; The Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
2007
Judy Chicago: Jewish Identity, traveling exhibition to Hebrew Union College Art Museum, New York, NY; Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami Beach, FL
Birth Project, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2004
Judy Chicago: Minimalism, 1965 – 1973, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Judy Chicago: Fragments from the Delta of Venus & Other FemmErotica: A Thirty-five Year Survey, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2002
The Dinner Party, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Birth Project, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2000
Resolutions: A Stitch in Time, traveling exhibition organized by Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY; traveled to American Craft Museum, New York, NY; Skirball Museum and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA; The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN; Berman Museum, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
Birth Project, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1999
Trials and Tributes, traveling exhibition organized by Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; traveled to Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN; Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo FL; Winthrop University Galleries, Rock Hill, SC; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; New Mexico State University Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
1996
Sexual Politics: Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party in Feminist Art History, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Birth Project, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Sources and Collaboration, traveling exhibition organized by the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX; traveled to Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH; Siena Heights College, Adrian, MI; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1993
Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light, traveling exhibition to Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL; Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, MA; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; Tampa Bay Holocaust Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg, FL; Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL; Lehigh University Art Galleries, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
1990
Birth Project, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
1989
Birth Project, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1988
The Dinner Party, Royal Exhibition and Conference Center, Melbourne, Australia
Birth Project, traveled to Worcester Art and Craft Center, Worcester, MA; Northeastern University Art Gallery, Boston, MA; Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA; Fireside Fiber Arts, Port Townsend, WA; Multi-site exhibit sponsored by Women in Theater Festival, Boston, MA
1987
The Dinner Party, Schirn Kuntshalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Birth Project, traveled to Multi-site exhibit, Fresno, CA; Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester Student Union Gallery, Rochester, NY; Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA; Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI; Trinity College, Hartford, CT; Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO; Johnson County Arts Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1986
Birth Project, traveled to Central Missouri State University Art Center Galleries, Warrensburg, MO; Myers Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY at Plattsburg, Plattsburg, NY; Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI; Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL; Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY; Alberni Valley Museum, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada; Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR; Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Grass Growers Gallery, Erie, PA; Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA; R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL; Bergen Community College Gallery, Paramus, NJ; Hartford Theological Seminary Chapel, Hartford, CT; Santa Rosa Jr. College Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1985
The Dinner Party, The Warehouse, London, United Kingdom
Birth Project, traveled to Frederick S. Wight Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK; Paris Gibson Square Center of the Arts, Great Falls, MT; Ohio State University Gallery, Columbus, OH; Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Multi-site exhibit, Washington, D.C.; Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Hillmer Art Gallery, College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE; Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL; Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM; Marilyn Butler Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1984
The Dinner Party, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Birth Project, traveled to University of Maine, Farmington, ME; Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL; Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, WA; ACA Galleries, New York, NY; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, FL; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1983
The Dinner Party, Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA, sponsored by The Sculptural Arts Museum
Birth Project, traveled to Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Madison Civic Center, Madison, WI; Gallery Quan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moody Medical Library, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; Southeast Arkansas Art Center, Pine Bluff, AR; Multi-Cultural Art Institute, San Diego, CA
1982
The Dinner Party, traveled to Musee D’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Birth Project, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1981
The Dinner Party, traveled to Temple on the Heights, Cleveland, OH, sponsored by Ohio-Chicago Art Project; Franklin Building, Chicago, IL, sponsored by Roslyn Group for Arts and Letters
1980
The Dinner Party, traveled to University of Houston at Clear Lake City, Houston, TX; Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1979
The Dinner Party, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1977
Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1970
California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
1969
Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
1966
Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1965
Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected group exhibitions
2023
Forms, Jeffrey Deitch and Gagosian, Miami, FL [forthcoming]
Making Their Mark, Shah Garg Foundation, New York, NY
A Growing Season, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Inside Other Spaces: Environments by Women Artists, 1956-1976, Haus der Kunst, Munich, German
Shadow and Light, New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Everything is a Little Fuzzy, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
In First Person Plural, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Roma, Italy
Avant l’Orage, Pinault Collection, Paris, France
Think Pinker, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Parall(ells): A History of Women in Design, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Canada
less: minimalism in the 1960s, Acquavella Galleries, New York, NY
2022
Home/Work, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, CA
Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, Los Angeles, CA
Women’s Work, Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, NY
The Condition of Being Addressable, Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA
Balance: 1970-1990: Art, Society, Environment, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland
Womanhouse, Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Judy Chicago & Leda Catunda, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel Galería, São Paulo, Brazil
2021
We Are Here, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
2020
Liverpool Biennial: The Stomach and The Port, Liverpool, England
2019
The Toronto Biennial of Art, Toronto, Canada
The Condition of Being Addressable, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
#SHEROES, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2018
West By Midwest, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Moments of Being—An Exhibition Based on the Writings of Virginia Woolf,Fitzwilliam Museum, UK
Kinship, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Boredom Killed, Sixties in SoCal, Le Consortium, Dijon, France, will travel to Villa Arson, Nice, France (forthcoming)
Laid Bare in the Landscape, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Thickets, Fresno City College Art Space Gallery, Fresno, CA
Way Bay, University of California, Berkeley Museum of Art, Berkeley, CA
Guarded Future, Downs & Ross, New York, NY
2017
Conversations with the Collections: Building/Environments, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
In the Eye of the Beholder, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
Between Two Worlds: Art of California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Feminist Avantgarde, Museum of Modern Art Vienna, Wien, Austria; traveling to Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
Womanhouse, La Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
2016
Evil: A Matter of Intent, Hebrew Union College, New York, NY
The Natural Order of Things, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
International Honor Quilt, River Discovery Center, in conjunction with Paducah Quilt Show, Paducah, KY
The Second Sex, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Capturing Women’s History: Quilts, Activism, and Storytelling, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Art AIDS America, Traveling exhibition organized by the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; traveling to Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA; Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
The World Goes Pop, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
2015
LA/MA: ‘60s Pop From Both Coasts, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
The Great Mother, Palazzo Reale, in conjunction with Expo Milano 2015, Milan, Italy
Arts & Foods, Triennale, in conjunction with Expo Milano 2015, Milan, Italy
Womanhouse, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
43rd International Glass Invitational Award, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Pretty Raw: After and Around Helen Frankenthaler, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Visualizing Albuquerque: Art of Central New Mexico, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2014
Surface to Air: Los Angeles Artists of the ‘60s, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, CA
The Very Last Plastics Show: Industrial L.A. 1965 to the Present, Nyehaus and Dorfman Projects, New York, NY
Shakti, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Pop Art Design, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
2013
Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974, Haus der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
2012
Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture in Los Angeles 1945-1970, Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
LA Invasion, The Gas Station, Berlin, Germany
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A.; 1945-1980, Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum, Berlin, Germany
L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
Pacific Standard Time at the Platt/Borstein Galleries, American Jewish University, Bel Air, CA
CA, Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981, The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
Doin’ It In Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman’s Building, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Goes Live: Exploring a Social History of Performance Art in Southern California, 1970-1983, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2009
Indomitable Women, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Rebelle. Art and feminism: 1969-2009, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands
2008
Time & Place: Los Angeles 1957-1968, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Forward Thinking: Building the MAD Collection, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2007
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Originals 2007, The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
A Batalla Dos Xeneros, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
ATTITUDE 2007, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. 45 years of Art & Feminism, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
2006
Into Me / Out of Me, Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V., Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Los Angeles 1955-1985, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2004
Expo CNAC, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO), Geneva, Switzerland
A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958-1968, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Naked Before God, The Museum of New Art, Parnu, Estonia
2002
Comer o no Comer (To eat or not to eat), Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
2001
Between Heaven and Earth: New Classical Movements in the Art of Today, Ostend Museum of Modern Art, Ostend, Belgium
2000
Made in California: Art, Image and Identity. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; The College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1995
Made in L.A.: The Prints of Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Division of Labor: “Women’s Work” in Contemporary Art – traveling exhibition organized by the Bronx Museum of Fine Arts, Bronx, NY
1993
Abject Art, Repulsion and Desire in American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1992
National Association of Women Artists: One Hundred Years, organized by Nassau City Museum of Fine Art. Toured by the Gallery Association of New York, NY
1991
Finish Fetish: LA’s Cool School, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1990
Alcove Show, New Mexico Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
1988
Committed to Print, Traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1987
Eloquent Object, Traveling exhibition organized by the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
1986
Por Encima Del Bloqueo, Second Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
1979
Works on Paper, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
1976
Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1975
Women in Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
1972
Visible/Invisible, Long Beach Museum of Art, Mills College, CA
Spray, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Color As Structure, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
1969
American Drawings, Fort Worth Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX
1968
West Coast Now, Traveling exhibition to the Portland Museum, OR; Seattle Museum, WA; San Francisco Museum, CA; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
1967
Sculpture of the Sixties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture of the Sixties, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1966
Primary Structures, Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Fireworks
2017
Be No More, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2014
A Butterfly for Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 2014
2012
The Deflowering of Nye+Brown, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
A Butterfly for Pomona, Pomona, CA, 2012
Sublime Environment, Santa Monica, CA, 2012
1974
A Butterfly for Oakland, Oakland, CA, 1974
1971
Woman and Smoke Series, various locations in California, 1971 – 1972
Smoke Holes, Northwest Coast Atmospheres, Northern California, Oregon, and Washington, 1971
Pink Atmosphere, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, 1971
1970
Campus White Atmosphere, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, 1970
Mount Baldy Atmosphere, Mount Baldy, CA, 1970
Multi-color Atmosphere, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA, 1970
1969
Santa Barbara Museum Atmosphere, Santa Barbara, CA, 1969
Trancas Beach Atmosphere, Trancas Beach, CA, 1969
Fresno State College Atmosphere, Fresno, CA, 1969
Desert Atmosphere, Palm Desert, CA, 1969
Purple Atmosphere, Santa Barbara, CA, 1969
Three Atmospheres; Brookside Park, Pasadena, CA, 1969
Collaborative works
1972
Womanhouse, Los Angeles, CA, 1972. Collaboration with members of the Feminist Art Program, California Institute of the Arts; Directed by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro
1969
Raymond Rose Ritual Environment, Pasadena, CA, New Year’s Eve, 1969. Collaboration with Lloyd Hamrol and Barbara Smith, as well as filmmakers, musicians and performers
1967
Dry Ice Environment, Century City Mall, Century City, CA, 1967. Collaboration with Lloyd Hamrol and Eric Orr
Dry Ice Environment #1, Century City, Los Angeles, CA, 1967. Collaboration with Lloyd Hamrol and Eric Orr
1965
Feather Room, Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1965. Collaboration with Lloyd Hamrol and Eric Orr
Publications by the artist
2014
The Dinner Party: Restoring Women to History. New York: Monacelli Press, 2014
Institutional Time: A Critique of Studio Art Education. New York: Monacelli Press, 2014
2010
Chicago, Judy and Frances Borzello. Face to Face: Frida Kahlo. New York: Prestel Publishers, 2010
2007
The Dinner Party from Creation to Preservation. London: Merrell Publishers, 2007
2005
Kitty City: A Feline Book of Hours. New York: Harper Design International, 2005
2004
Fragments from the Delta of Venus. New York: powerHouse, 2004
1999
Chicago, Judy and Edward Lucie-Smith. Women and Art: Contested Territory. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1999
1996
Beyond the Flower: The Autobiography of a Feminist Artist. New York: Viking/Penguin, 1996
The Dinner Party. New York: Viking/Penguin, 1996
1993
Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light. New York: Viking/Penguin, 199
1987
Judy Chicago: The Dinner Party. Germany: Atheneum, 1987
1985
Birth Project. New York: Doubleday/Anchor, 1985
1980
Embroidering Our Heritage: The Dinner Party Needlework. New York: Doubleday/Anchor, 1980
1979
The Dinner Party: A Symbol of Our Heritage. New York: Doubleday/Anchor, 1979
1975
Through the Flower: My Struggle as a Woman Artist. New York: Doubleday, 1975; New York: Anchor, 1977; Revised edition, 1982; Japan: Parco, 1979; England: Women’s Press, 1982; Germany: Verlag (neue frau), Dirch die Blume, 1984; New York: Penguin, 1993; Taiwan: Yuan-Liou Publishing Company, Ltd., 1997
1969
“Notes” as a catalogue for Judy Gerowitz, One-Woman Show at the Pasadena Art Museum, April 28 – June 1969
Selected essays by the artist
2012
“We women artists refuse to be written out of history.” The Guardian, October 10, 2012
“Women, Art and Society: A Tribute to Virginia Woolf.” Reproduced in print by The Black-E and Judy Chicago, Liverpool: A. Wood & Company. 2012
2011
“Made in California: Feminist Art Education” in Fields, Jill (ed.), Entering the Picture: Judy Chicago, the Fresno Feminist Art Program and the Collective Wisdom of Women Artists, New York: Routledge 2011
2010
“Women and Art” in Marohn, Stephanie (ed.), Goddess Shift, Santa Rosa: Elite Books, 2010
2009
“Why Study Feminism?” www.judychicago.com, 2009
1998
“A Journey of Discovery.” NCJW Journal, Spring 1998: 16-17
1973
Chicago, Judy and Miriam Schapiro, “Female Imagery.” Womanspace Journal 1, Summer 1973
1972
Introduction to Invisible/Visible exhibition. Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA [exh. cat.]
Chicago, Judy and Miriam Schapiro, Introduction and Statement in Womanhouse, Feminist Art Program, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA [exh. cat.]
“Woman as Artist.” Everywoman, vol. 2 no. 7, 1972: 24-25
1971
“What is Feminist Art?” Text for an illustrated print. Everywoman, 1971
Books and catalogues
2021
Judy Chicago: In the Making. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2021
2019
Judy Chicago: New Views. New York: Scala Arts Publishers, Inc, 2019
Gourbé, Geraldine. Judy Chicago: To Sustain the Vision. Nice, France: Shelter Press and Villa Arson, 2019
Judy Chicago: A Reckoning. ICA Miami. Germany: Prestel Publishing, 2019 [exh. cat.]
2017
Hegert, Natalie. Potent Pussy // Judy Chicago In Conversation. May, 2017
Roots of the Dinner Party: History in the Making. Brooklyn Museum. Produced by Salon 94, 2017 [exh. cat.]
2014
Judy Chicago: Heads Up, essay by Dr. Kathy Battista. David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2014 [exh. cat.]
2013
Gerhard, Jane. The Dinner Party: Judy Chicago and the Power of Popular Feminism, 1970-2007, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2013
2012
Deflowered: Judy Chicago, essays by Tim Nye and Lexi Brown. Nye + Brown, Los Angeles, CA, 2012 [exh. cat.]
Fields, Jill (ed.) Entering the Picture: Judy Chicago, The Fresno Feminist Art Program, and the Collective Visions of Women Artists. New York: Routledge, 2012
Judy Chicago: Reviewing PowerPlay, essay by Dr. Jonathan D. Katz. David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2012 [exh. cat.]
Judy Chicago, essays by Frances Borzello, Andrew Perchuk, Judy Batlion, Alexandra Kokoli and Diane Gelon. Ben Uri, The London Jewish Museum of Art, London, UK, 2013 [exh. cat.]
2011
Judy Chicago Tapestries: Woven by Audrey Cowan, essay by David Revere McFadden. Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, 2011.
2010
Surveying Judy Chicago: 1970-2010, essay by Jenni Sorkin. ACA Galleries, New York, NY, 2010.
2009
Judy Chicago: The Toby Heads, essay by Laura Addison. LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, 2010 [exh. cat.]
2009
When Women Ruse The World: Judy Chicago in Thread, essays by Allyson Mitchell, Jennifer Sorkin, Sarah Quinton. Co-published by the textile museum of Canada, Toronto and the Art Gallery of Calgary, Canada, 2009 [exh. cat.]
Judy Chicago: A Survey of Important Works, essay by Virginia Eichhorn. Rouge Contemporary Projects, Toronto, Canada, 2009 [exh. cat.]
2007
History in the Making: The Dinner Party. LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, 2007 [exh. cat.]
Levin, Gail. Becoming Judy Chicago. New York: Harmony Books, 2007
2006
Chicago in Glass, essay by David McFadden. LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, 2006 [exh. cat.]
2004
Sorkin, Jenni. Judy Chicago: Minimalism, 1965-1973. LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, 2004 [exh. cat.]
2002
Sackler, Dr. Elizabeth A. (ed.) Judy Chicago. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2002
2001
Judy Chicago. Flanders, Minneapolis, MN, 2001 [exh. cat.]
2000
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Judy Chicago: An American Vision. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000
1996
Jones, Amelia (ed.) Sexual Politics: Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party in Feminist Art History. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996
1990
Wylder, Viki D. Thompson. Trials and Tributes. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1990 [exh. cat.]
1985
Harper, Paula. Powerplay. ACA Galleries, New York, NY, 1985 [exh. cat.]
1984
Butterfield, Jan. Judy Chicago 1973-1983. ACA Galleries, New York, NY, 1984 [exh. cat.]
Awards
2012
Lifetime Achievement Award, Palm Springs Art Fair
2011
38th Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Alice Paul Award, New Mexico Women’s Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
2004
Lion of Judah Award, Washington, DC
Visionary Woman Award, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
1999
UCLA Alumni Professional Achievement Award
1997
The Getty Grant Program, for a conservation study of The Dinner Party
1996
Proclamation, City of Albuquerque
1994
Service to the Field Award, Spertus Museum of Judaica
1993
Thanks Be to Grandmother Winifred Foundation
1992
International Friends of Transformative Arts
Streisand Foundation
1990
Vesta Award, Los Angeles Women’s Building
1988
Threshold Foundation
1984
California Arts Commission
Woman of Achievement of the World, Women’s Pavilion, Louisiana World Exposition
1977
National Endowment for the Arts; Individual Artist Grant
1976
National Endowment for the Arts; Services to the Field Grant
1973
Outstanding Woman of the Year, Mademoiselle Magazine
Teaching positions
2006
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, First Chancellor’s Artists in Residence with photographer Donald Woodman
2003
Pomona Arts Colony/Cal Poly Pomona/Pitzer College, Pomona and Claremont, CA, “Envisioning the Future,” an interdisciplinary and multi exhibition site project team-taught with photographer Donald Woodman
2001
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, Professor-in-Residence, 2001: “At Home”, an interdisciplinary project team-taught with photographer Donald Woodman
2000
Duke University and University of North Carolina, Durham and Chapel Hill, NC, Visiting Professor and Artist in Residence
1999
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Artist in Residence
1975
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, Artist in Residence, 1975
1973
Feminist Studio Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, Founder/Instructor, 1973 – 1974
1971
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, Faculty Member; Co-Founder with Miriam Shapiro, Feminist Art Program, 1971 – 1973
1969
California State University, Fresno, CA, Assistant Professor; Founded First Feminist Art Program, 1969 – 1971
1967
UC, Irvine Extension Program, Irvine, CA, 1967 – 1969
1964
UCLA Extension Program, Los Angeles, CA, 1964 – 1966
Public collections
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Arizona State University Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Birth Rites Collection, London, United Kingdom
The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (The Dinner Party is permanently housed in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum)
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Canada
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Frac Lorraine, Metz, France
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA The Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA
The Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Hartford Seminary, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Hebrew Union College Museum, New York, NY
Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
The Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, CA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Mills College Art Museum, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Musselman Library, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
National Gallery, Washington, DC
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Richard L. Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Northwestern Michigan University, Traverse City, MI
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
The Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
San José Museum of Art, San José, CA
Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Chicago, IL
St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Tate, London, UK
University of Canterbury at Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand
University of Houston–Clear Lake, Houston, TX
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
