Judith Golden

Judith Golden
Born
Judith Walters Greene

(1934-11-29)November 29, 1934
Chicago, U.S.
DiedJanuary 27, 2023(2023-01-27) (aged 88)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
EducationSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA), University of California, Davis (MFA)
OccupationsPhotographer, educator, mixed media artist, book artist, printmaker, painter
Years active1973–2017
Known forConceptual portait photography
Children2
AwardsNEA Fellow (1979)

Judith Golden (née Judith Walters Greene; November 29, 1934 – January 27, 2023) was an American photographer and educator. She was known for her portraits of women, and her artwork dealt with themes of gender, identity, and media culture. She taught at the University of Arizona in Tucson for many years.

Life and career

Judith Golden was born on November 29, 1934, in Chicago. She was Jewish. Golden graduated with a BFA degree in 1973 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a MFA degree in 1975 from the University of California, Davis, where she studied under William T. Wiley, Manuel Neri, Roy De Forest, Wayne Thiebaud, and Robert Arneson.

From 1975 to 1979, Golden created a series of self-portraits in black-and-white with collage and hand-colored. Her cycle series from the mid-1980s were photographic portraits of "feral" children and adults blended into their environment. Her work in the retrospective traveling exhibition, Judith Golden: Myths and Masquerades (1986–1987), was focused on photographic self portraits in meticulously observed character roles.

Golden taught photography within the school of art at the University of Arizona, from 1981 until 1996.

She received a National Endowment for the Arts photography's fellowship in 1979; and an Arizona Foundation grant in 1984. She was a member of the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies from 1976 to 1979, and served as a trustee from 1977 to 1979.

Collections

Her work is in museum collections, including at the Fogg Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York; the University of Arizona in Tucson; the Minneapolis Institute of Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA).

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 1981 – Judith Golden: Portraits of Women, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • 1985 – Violation: Exhibition on Rape and Violence, Union Gallery, Student Union at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  • 1986 – Judith Golden: Myths and Masquerades, Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
  • 1987 – Judith Golden: Photography, 1972–1987, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
  • 1987 – Judith Golden: Myths and Masquerades, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • 1996 – Crossings: A Celebration of Judith Golden, Center for Creative Photography Library, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  • 2005 – Judith Golden: Elusive Realities, Temple Gallery, Tucson, Arizona

Group exhibitions

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. pp. 213–214. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  2. 1 2 3 Chesnick, Michael (July 8, 2025). "Remembering faculty member Judith Golden". School of Art. University of Arizona. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  3. ↑ Goodman, Helen. "The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: Photographers in the United States". Jewish Women's Archive.
  4. ↑ Bibber, Jack Van; Sonino, Michael (1982). California Artists Cook Book. Abbeville Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-89659-246-9 – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 Cauthorn, Robert S. (July 19, 1987). "Shows on exhibit are two studies in contrast". Arizona Daily Star (review). p. 21. Retrieved February 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 Montini, E. J. (June 30, 1985). "Skylight to the soul". Arizona Republic. p. 79. Retrieved February 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. 1 2 McDonald, Robert (March 28, 1986). "At The Galleries". The Los Angeles Times. p. 89. Retrieved February 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. 1 2 3 Regan, Margaret (September 12, 1996). "Review: A Life With Light (September 12 – September 18, 1996)". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  9. ↑ Lierz, Virginia Lee. "Judith Golden (American, 1934– )". Museum of New Mexico.
  10. ↑ Kao, Deborah Martin (1995). Chasing Shadows: Photographs from the Collection : Fogg Art Museum, 21 January–2 April 1995. Publications Department, Harvard University Art Museums. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Judith Golden". George Eastman Museum. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  12. ↑ "The Archive (University of Arizona. Center for Creative Photography), no. 14". Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. December 1, 1981.
  13. ↑ "Unititled". MIA. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Judith Golden". The Art Institute of Chicago. 1934. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Untitled, from Magazine Series". LACMA Collections. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Judith Golden". Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Untitled (Anne)". SFMOMA. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  18. ↑ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1987). Facets of the Collection. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-918471-11-6.
  19. ↑ Fischer, Hal (December 10, 1981). "Judith Golden". Artforum. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  20. ↑ "UA Gallery Exhibit on Rape Chillingly Effective". Arizona Daily Star. August 25, 1985. p. 87. Retrieved February 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ↑ "Et Cetera". Albuquerque Journal. October 30, 1987. p. 27. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Sketches". Arizona Daily Star. January 13, 2005. p. 57. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  23. ↑ "The Altered Photograph". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  24. ↑ The Phoenix Biennial: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, July 6 to August 4, 1985. The Phoenix Art Museum. 1985. ISBN 978-0-910407-16-8.
  25. ↑ Montini, E. J. (June 2, 1985). "Imperfect list". Arizona Republic. p. 81. Retrieved February 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ↑ Cullinan, Helen (February 22, 1985). "Polaroid instant art on view". The Plain Dealer. p. 74. Retrieved February 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ↑ "Attractions are scant at UA faculty show". Arizona Daily Star. November 13, 1988. p. 51. Retrieved February 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.