Judith Schaechter

Judith Schaechter
Nationality American
Education Rhode Island School of Design
Known for Stained glass
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

Judith Schaechter is a Philadelphia-based artist known for her work in the medium of stained glass.[1] Her pieces often exhibit elements of parable, and her distorted faces and figures, along with her own self-professed atheism ironically clash with her medium's religious tradition.

Biography

Schaechter has served on the faculty of numerous art schools, such as the Rhode Island School of Design. She is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Crafts Department at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Adjunct Faculty at the New York Academy of Art in New York, New York.

She illustrated the cover for musician Andy Prieboy's 1991 album Montezuma Was a Man of Faith. Her work has been exhibited in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Schaechter's Bigtop Flophouse Bedspins appeared in the 2002 Whitney Biennial.

The Cold Genius, by Judith Schaechter, is on display in the Corning Museum of Glass.

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Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Parables in Glass: Stained Glass Artwork by Judith Schaechter". Missioncreep.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.

Further reading

Further reading

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