Judy Hill (American, b. 1953), Untitled

Aquatint, Xerox etching, and drypoint on chine collé, 1999, pencil signed, dated, and inscribed "10" to mount, matted and framed.

Image size 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 21 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.

The Contemporary Art Collection of Francine & Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Figurative artist, Judy Hill, received her BA from the Falmouth School of Art, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, and her MFA from Louisiana State University. Judy lives and works in Oregon, specializing in cast glass and ceramic sculptures, as well as printmaking. Her works are included in the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum.

In the catalogue of an 1996 exhibition of Hill's work at Marylhurst University, the essayist writes of Hill's message through her sculpture:

"Much of the work done by women artists over the past two decades has been concerned with society's expectations of women and, by extension, women's expectations of themselves. Many of these artists, particularly those working in glass and clay, have used the image of the vessel as a symbol and metaphor for women's bodies. It is a connection which has a long history, and Judy Hill continues the tradition. Hill's kiln cast glass and ceramic figures are vessels, and they are vessels of complex purpose. They are repositories of both conflict and dilemma: the conflict between expectation and realization, the dilemma of how to proceed. Hill is a master of subtle characterization. As she molds each figure, the nature of his or her predicament is revealed - through the wholeness or deficiencies of the body, its exterior and interior manifestations, gesture, dress, and simple props. Materials are used symbolically and metaphorically - glass is clear or colored, opaque or translucent. It is used to reveal the figure's inner life or to underline the fragility of a bond or offering. Ceramics are used to obscure and to conceal, and to represent the flesh. As the artist seeks to voice the complex truth of each figure's dilemma, we are convinced by the quiet care with which she articulates the questions."

She has had numerous solo exhibitions at Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, Washington, as well as Judy Hill: The Self Transparent, From the Collection of Driek and Michael Zirinsky at the Bellevue Arts Museum; NW Perspectives: Judy Hill at the Boise Art Museum; Judy Hill: Sculpture 1987–1996 at The Art Gym, and Judy Hill at the Kohler Arts Center.

Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts; Boise Art Museum; Turtle Bay Museum Art Gallery; Tacoma Museum of Art; Austin Museum of Art; the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan; Milwaukee Art Museum; Penland Gallery; and Portland Art Museum.

Hill was awarded the 2003 Artist of the Year award from the Contemporary Craft Museum, Portland (now Museum of Contemporary Craft), and she has received a WESTAF/NEA regional fellowship and an Oregon Arts Commission fellowship in sculpture.

Good estate condition; not examined out of frame.