Vote for Me…p-p-pleeeze?
Guardian Angel of the Good Death entered in the Jerry's Artorama Self-Portrait Competition
If you see fit, you can check out the competition and give her a yay vote…if you see fit!
To be an informed voter, read my blog about Guardian Angel of the Good Death here.
Showing Now!
The Mandel J Show
My painting, (left) Baby's in Black and I'm Feelin' Blue won an honorable mention at the Mandel J Show.
Open Now through May 5th
26001 South Woodland Blvd.
Beachwood, Ohio
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Members Show
Showing Now!
My tiny but mighty alla prima work, Red and Spectacular (right) is showing and available at this exhibit of small and affordable works by the illustrious members of the AAWR.
Thru May 3
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
1834 East 123rd Street
Cleveland, Ohio
Coming Soon to Chicago, Zhou B Gallery
Poets/Artists Secondary Meanings
Opening May 17th at the wildly popular monthly artwalk at the Zhou B Gallery in Chicago.
Curated by Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt and Steven Alan Bennett
My huge triptych…which, for now I will create a web of intrigue by letting remain a secret…
is thrilled to be showing as part of this luscious exhibition of contemporary figurative realism via diptychs and triptychs.
The Art of Realism at CLE Hopkins Airport
Quite thrilled that ten (TEN!) of my portraits of seniors, nuns and Celebrity Artists will be exhibited at the
at Cleveland Hopkins Airport!
The Art of Realism, a group exhibit, will include
high quality giclees of my paintings
Show dates April 12 and October 31st!
Giclees and selected originals will be for sale.
Inquire at judytakacs@me.com
Cleveland Hopkins Airport
Public Gallery Concourse A
Need plane ticket to pass through TSA
Check out all the artists here.
Published in Poets/Artists Adorn Me
Adorn Me
I have two paintings, The Last Marble (left) and
Shannon's Double Life (which I blog about here)
appearing in the stunningly beautiful
Poets/Artists Adorn Me issue,
curated by Carol Hodes.
Order this beautiful book of some of the finest figurative work being produced today…thrilled to be part of it.
News, and In the News
“Ephemera Collector” wins Grand Prize in Artist’s Magazine All Media Competition
She was featured in the September 2018 issue with a two page spread.
This painting has a lovely history of awards, in 2017 she was awarded Second Place at the Mandel J Show in Beachwood, Ohio, and, in June, she was awarded Best In Show at the 73rd Ohio Annual at the Zanesville Museum of Art!
Tell Me About Yourself at Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
My portrait of Cleveland's own iconic figurative painter, Shirley Campbell, entitled, "When I grow up I want to be Shirley Campbell,” has entered the permanent collection of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. Also archived are my portraits of Marsha Sweet, Lee Heinen, Kathleen McKenna and the late Marilyn Szalay. All were created in 2015 for the Majority Rising Show which I curated for the AAWR with the works of these masters.
I blog about each painting. Shirley, Marsha, Kathleen and Lee.
Fabulous Press and Amazing Reach for Chicks!
Meet the Artist Feature in Mimi Vanderhaven Magazine
I talk all about art, life and my Chicks with Balls project in Mimi Vanderhaven Magazine.
Secret Sister Wins Ridgewood Art Institute Award
Thrilled to announce that my painting, Titkos Tesvér (The secret sister who was sent away) was awarded the Ridgewood Art Institute Award at the Catharine Lorillard Wolf 122nd Juried Exhibition at the legendary National Arts Club in NYC in January 2019.
Titkos Tesvér (The secret sister who was sent away) is also among the paintings selected to appear on the
American Women Artists Spring Online Juried Exhibition for the next year.
Check out the whole collection here.
A Couple Historic Announcements
Judy Takács Elected as Member of Historic Salmagundi Club in New York City
This is so special because I basically grew up in art hearing about the Salmagundi Club in New York from my Portrait Teacher at the Cleveland Institute of Art, José Cintron. He spoke of it with a reverence for the artistic giants of portraiture who have also been members since it began in 1871. William Merrit Chase, Norman Rockwell, Childe Hassam, N.C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle…even Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Salmagundi Club positioned itself at that lovely crossroads between narrative, representational art and illustration, at a time when that was going out of favor, they carried the torch.
Judy Takács Elected as Full Member of the Historic Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Catharine Lorillard Wolf was a major collector and patron of the arts at the turn of the last century. The CLWAC was established to honor her legacy. Thrilled to announce that I am the newest elected member of this prestigious and selective 122 year old Organization.
Let me be the judge of that…
Bryn Du Art Show…Jurying in 2019
After taking First Place in 2017 and then Second Place in 2018, I was excited be asked to jury this fabulous National Show in the historic Bryn Du Mansion in Granville Ohio in 2019.
A resounding success with a jam-packed opening reception,
I had the enormously difficult task of whittling
569 entries down to 100 pieces in the show.
The show is down now, but the whole experience was a pleasure and an honor.
Get on the email list for the Call for Entry next year!
Check me out on Artsy.net!
Poets/Artists: The New Nude
An online exhibition from Poets/Artists magazine, featuring many stars of contemporary figurative realism. Check out the entire show here. All works are available through artsy.com, here's the link to my painting, "Reversal of Venus"
Affordable Small Works Available Through Abend Gallery
Three of my tiny but mighty alla prima paintings are available through Abend Gallery and on artsy.net for $595.
Clockwise, are Ms Magnolia, Charmed and the Orange Hoodie. Abend Gallery
Woman as Warrior
Woman as Warrior, curate by Didi Menendez and Sergio Gomez made its debut as an exhibition at the Zhou B Gallery in Chicago in 2017. This amazing collection of paintings and sculptures created to the theme of empowerment of women is also a Poets/Artists publication, available here. The entire show can be viewed on artsy and my painting, Lady in Waiting is available through Zhou B Gallery here.
Looking Ahead
Chicks with Balls: Judy Takács Paints Unsung Female Heroes…Continues
Zanesville Museum of Art. 2020.
Many details yet to come,
but suffice it to say, I'm pretty darn psyched!