Portrait of (Trans)cendental Poet at IBPC@WMOCA
(Trans)cendental (Trans)mutation: Portrait of the Poet
Honored to announce that my portrait of Poet, Willow Watson, known for her (Trans)cendental writing, has been accepted into the International Biennial Portrait Competition at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art. Her portrait, (Trans)cendental (Trans)mutation: Portrait of the Poet, will be showing at this gorgeous museum space in beautiful and vibrant downtown Wausau, Wisconsin until September 27th.
The title of this painting comes from Willow's own words:
"I am concerned with (trans)mutation as a praxis for encountering and consuming the deprave,
as a means towards integration, evolution, and (trans)cendence."
HER Space, HER Odyssey to Riffe Gallery
Ohio Arts Council 2025 Biennial Juried Exhibition…a first for me!
So psyched that my very very large triptych, HER Space, HER Odyssey was accepted to the Ohio Arts Council 2025 Biennial Juried Exhibition at the stunning Riffe Gallery in Columbus. First time I've ever been accepted to this very prestigious show!
Show dates: October 25th through January 9th
Gaea takes Top Juror’s Award At Erie Art Museum
Before the Beginning, Gaea Mothered Everything took one of five Top Juror's Awards at the Erie Art Museum 102nd Annual Spring Show
I'm honored to be asked to participate in a PechaKucha-style artist talk presentation on
Wednesday night, June 11th at 6:00 pm
What is PechaKucha you ask? Well I asked the same thing.
It's a storytelling format where a presenter shows
20 Powerpoint slides for 20 seconds per slide and I have 20 seconds to talk about each one.
My presentation lasts is a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds…I've never been so brief!
In any case, I'm totally up for the challenge and can't wait to do it…and to hear all the other artist speakers!
Please come early on Wednesday June 11th to check out the show first,
and then be in your seat by 6:00 for all the PechaKucha Action!
Show Continues through August 9th!
Three Fates win Second Place at Kaleidoscope
Three Fates Cut Ties showing at Summit Artspace
Three Fates Cut Ties will be showing through Election Day and beyond at the
Summit Artspace in Akron as part of Kaleidoscope, juried by Meg Harris Stanton
Show continues through December 14th!
Why Three Fates Cut Ties?
I’m psyched that my faintly veiled and politically charged painting has an audience…and an award… here at the Summit Artspace, right through the election season. The Three fates from Mythology control life, death and destiny for humans via a single thread spun from their spindle. When the thread is cut, the mortal’s life ends. My fates are wrestling with the iconic long red necktie and do not wish harm upon anyone. They, along with the artist, do however, emphatically believe that we as a nation must cut ties with those who promise to trample on human rights and overthrow democracy.
Best in Show at Ohio State Fair
Burden of Thalia Triptych takes top honor at Ohio State Fair
Thrilled to announce that my triptych was awarded Best in Show at the Ohio State Fair this past summer 2024.
Sincere thanks to jurors Tasha Beckwith and Stephanie Rond! It was a truly spectacular show and the honor was mine!
A New Book by Judy Takács
My Weapon of Choice: Judy Takács paints Reproductive Rights
In the best kind of double entendre,
figurative realist Judy Takács’ weapon of CHOICE is the paintbrush.
Her fourth book chronicles Ohio’s battle for abortion rights before and after
the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
This accessible, chronological, historical account is richly illustrated
with Takács’ Goddess and Pro-Choice paintings, and includes her Op Ed articles and letters to the editor;
all part of the artist’s feminist activism during this pivotal time in Ohio.
My Weapon of Choice
Judy Takács paints
Reproductive Rights
hardcover 8 x 10, with a dust jacket,
88 pages, 30 color images,
$75, available at judytakacs.com
15 Paintings Head to Infinity and Beyond!
Fifteen Judy Takács paintings saving the Universe…one world at a time!
Believe it or not, digital copies (not NFTs) of Fifteen of my paintings are included in the Lunar Codex Time Capsule and joining NASA’s scientific payloads on Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One!
Artists on the Moon is an initiative coordinated by physicist Dr. Samuel Peralta.
Approximately 32,000 artworks and books are digitally included in this time capsule to be archived on the moon via Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander, traveling on United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket.
How did my works get invited to make this historic ride?
They were all included in Beautiful Bizarre and Poets/Artists Magazines over the years,
and those were some of the many places Dr. Peralta looked when choosing art for the moon…
they were in the right place at the right time!
Some of these historic works are sold and some are still available.
All can be made into archival prints at the size of your choosing.
Check ’em out at my online shop now, under the category, Art to the Moon!
Update: The Rocket launched January 7th, and now is heading out into the Universe
for even more possibilities for discovery and education
BANS OFF awarded First Place at Kaleidoscope 2023
Taking the Top Award, BANS OFF on display at Summit Artspace in Akron
In its 21st year, the Kaleidoscope show has been a prestigious juried exhibition in Akron for over two decades.
Juried this year by Anderson Turner, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Kent State School of Art,
I was honored to win the top award for my very important right this minute Pro-Choice painting…BANS OFF.
Matthew 5:44 awarded First Place at Art of the Heartland
Dynamic Duo heads to Arkansas for Art of the Heartland
Recently renamed Matthew 5:44,
my Goddess Project painting returned home from showing this summer at the Ashtabula Arts Center.
Without skipping a beat this sweet pair of powerful ladies just returned from the Mena Gallery in Arkansas.
Thrilled to report they were awarded FIRST PLACE at the
Southwest Artists, Art of the Heartland Show!
Read about the crazy trajectory of this painting…and why I re-named her!
Matthew 5:44, The Holy Grail Second Place at ANJE @WMOCA
Awarded Second Place @ Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art
Matthew 5:44 is a triptych, and the two end pieces work together as a diptych!
Bolstered by the success of the center panel in Art of the Heartland (above), I submitted this dynamic duo to
the 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art in Wausau, Wisconsin!
Thrilled that not only was Matthew accepted, so were three other Goddess Project paintings!
The Goddess Apollo, Venus, She's Got It and Burden of Thalia, Reverie on the Right!
Lo and Behold, Matthew 5:44, The Holy Grail won the Second Place Award!
Read all about the fascinating history behind this triptych, and why I re-named her!
All works are for sale through Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art!
7th ANJE @ WMOCA continues through December 30th.
Watch Museum Director David Hummer talk about the show.
TOP AWARD for MASALA
MASALA takes First Place Prize at the Akron Society of Artists Members Show
With the election coming up, the timing couldn't be more perfect.
MASALA (Make Abortion Safe and Legal Again) won First Place, the top award at the
Akron Society of Artists Members Juried Exhibition.
Huge thanks to juror, John P. Smolko, for his beautiful words about my heartfelt painting.
Judy Takacs piece, MASALA (Make Abortion Safe and Legal Again), is a perfect example of Judy being an artist in her own time. This is a dynamic issue in our society, and it took an enormous amount of bravery for Mrs. Takacs to create it and exhibit it in this exhibition. It is a painting that individuals on both sides of the issue should see and appreciate. When I was teaching high school art, I told my students that they should create art that viewers will either love or hate. The kind of art that is not actually art at all, is art that elicits no response and has no soul. This painting has soul. You will either love it or hate it, but you will not be oblivious to its presence. Judy Takacs has created a painting that explodes on the wall and demands your attention. It is thought provocative, and we all will be voting on it this election. Picasso said, “No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It’s an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.”
Featured on Cool Cleveland!
Goddess Project makes ABC News!
Panel Discussion with the Women of The Ohio Innocence Project Makes the 6:00 News
So psyched that Cleveland ABC News5 came out to cover the Goddess Project: Innocents Panel Discussion March 20th!
It was an amazing event. I was honored and humbled to share the stage and meet these strong women who've been through more than we can imagine whether they were wrongfully incarcerated or loved someone who was. It is to their huge credit that they continue to work with the Ohio Innocence Project to help others who were wrongfully incarcerated
as they transition back into the world they have been robbed of for so long.
Thank you to Chagrin Arts for hosting the exhibit and the Panel Discussion.
Show continues through June 12th at Chagrin Arts in Downtown Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Three Portrait Society of America Honors
Judy Takács has been granted Portrait Society of America Signature Status
Signature Status recognizes those practicing and accomplished artists who are dedicated to the educational mission and high aesthetic standards of the Portrait Society of America. The artist's work must consistently demonstrate a high level of skill and sophistication of aesthetics.
Thrilled that my work and my contributions to the portrait and figurative art world are recognized by the
Portrait Society of America, and organization that I've been proud member of for over a decade.
Pictured above is, Madonna and Child and Child: A Portrait of Joy
one of the paintings submitted for my Signature Status Application.
ONE is a finalist in the Portrait Society of America Members Only Show!
Thrilled to announce that my painting, ONE, has been awarded finalist status at the Portrait Society of America Members Only Exhibition in the Non-commissioned Portrait Category! She was also very recently awarded an Honorable Mention at the Valley Art Center 50th Anniversary Show!
Lauralee wins Select Fifty Award in Portrait Society of America International Competition
After entering this holy grail of a prestigious Portrait competition for 12 years, I have finally achieved a placement among the stellar 100 chosen from over 2200 entries.
This is a huge first for me and I'm thrilled about it!