Judith Cain 2018

JUDITH CAIN ASSAM TO BHUTAN - the space between

THACKERAY GALLERY Est 1968

Judith Cain in studio, 2018 frontispiece: Bhutan - Meconopsis/Red Fruit - acrylic on panel - 60 x 61cm

The Artist: Judith Cain was born in York in 1944. Having studied painting at Leeds College of Art, from 1960 to 1964, she went on to do a further year at Goldsmiths College, London University in 1965. In 1985, Judy accepted the post of Painting Co-ordinator in the Fine Art Department at Leeds Metropolitan University, where she worked, until her retirement in 2006.

Paintings made during the last six years have been fuelled by research trips to Northern India, Japan and most recently to Assam (bordering on the Himalayas in north east India) and Bhutan. Travel to these differing cultures has inspired three very distinctive bodies of work.

Whilst the interest in landscape, nature and plants is always evident in the paintings; colour, pattern and a close observation of traditional textile and other crafts together with a sense of cultural history have taken on increasingly significant roles in the development of ideas.

Judy has exhibited worldwide, and in 2004, was invited by the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London, to exhibit paintings that explored the flora of Kazakhstan. In 2008, Judy was commissioned to design 10 floor pieces for the new radiotherapy reception area of St James Hospital in Leeds, accompanied by a series of ten related paintings. The work is an integral part of the feeling of healing and rehabilitation in that wing of the hospital.

Judy has won numerous awards, most recently The Discerning Eye in 2010, as the Northern Regional Prizewinner. Her work can be found in Public, Private and Corporate Collections worldwide.

Judy Cain has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1991.

Assam - In the Village I acrylic on panel - 40 x 40cm

Assam - In the Village II acrylic on panel - 38 x 45cm

Assam - In the Village III acrylic on panel - 40 x 40cm

Assam - Kaziranga I acrylic on panel - 92 x 101cm

Assam - Kaziranga II acrylic on panel - 51 x 60cm

Assam - Kaziranga III acrylic on panel - 30 x 35cm

Assam - The One Horned Rhinos acrylic on panel - 40 x 40cm

Bhutan - In & Around Trashigang I acrylic on panel - 61 x 72cm

Bhutan - In & Around Trashigang II acrylic on panel - 51 x 60cm

Bhutan - Meconopsis acrylic on panel - 71 x 77cm

Bhutan - Meconopsis/Red Fruit acrylic on panel - 60 x 61cm

Bhutan - On the Road - Dzong acrylic on panel - 80 x 84cm

Bhutan - Red Bird acrylic on panel - 51 x 60cm

Bhutan - Stupas I acrylic on panel - 92 x 100cm

Bhutan - Stupas II acrylic on panel - 84 x 84cm

Bhtuan - The Journey I acrylic on panel - 31 x 35cm

Bhutan - The Journey II acrylic on panel - 60 x 61cm

Bhutan - The Weaving Villages I acrylic on panel - 38 x 45cm

Bhutan - The Weaving Villages II acrylic on panel - 71 x 90cm

Bhutan - The Weaving Villages III acrylic on panel - 30 x 35cm

Bhutan - The Weaving Villages, Cat acrylic on panel - 51 x 60cm

Bhutan - Through the Forest I acrylic on panel - 80 x 84cm

Bhutan - Through the Forest II acrylic on panel - 92 x 106cm

Bhutan - Through the Forest III acrylic on panel - 38 x 45cm

Bhutan - Trashigang I acrylic on panel - 28 x 40cm

Bhutan - Trashigang II acrylic on panel - 28 x 40cm

Bhutan - Trashigang III acrylic on panel - 71 x 77cm

Bhutan - Trashigang/Peach Blossom acrylic on panel - 30 x 35cm

Bhutan - Trashigang - Dzong acrylic on panel - 61 x 71cm

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BIOGRAPHY Judith Cain was born in Yorkshire in 1944. She studied Painting at Leeds College of Art, followed by London University, Goldsmiths College. From 1985 until 2006 Judith taught Fine Art at Leeds Metropolitan University.

She continues to live and work in Leeds today.

SOLO SHOW 1994 Thackeray Gallery, London 1995 Oriel Gallery, Welshpool; Eight Clifton Gallery, York 1996 Thackeray Gallery, London 1997 Leeds University Gallery, Leeds 1998 Thackeray Gallery, London; New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham 1999 Adam Gallery, Bath 2000 Thackeray Gallery, London 2001 Adam Gallery, Bath 2002 Thackeray Gallery, London; Linton Court Gallery, Settle 2003 Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery; Sanderson, George & Peach Gallery, Holmfirth;

Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington Arts Centre; Bruton Gallery, Leeds 2004 Thackeray Gallery, London; The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London 2005 Leeds City Art Gallery 2006 Chelsea Gallery, Palo Alto, California; Thackeray Gallery, London 2008 Thackeray Gallery, London 2009 Artco, Leeds 2010 – ‘18 Thackeray Gallery, London COMMISSIONS 2008 St James’s Hospital, Leeds: Floor pieces for the Radiotherapy Wing accompanied

by a series of 10 paintings.

SELECTED MIXED SHOWS 1993 Oxford Gallery, Oxford - Two Person 1994 Linton Court Gallery, Settle - Two Person 1995 Royal Academy, London ‘Summer Exhibition’; ‘Harewood Landscape Open’ Terrace

Gallery Prize Winner; ‘Laing Open’ Mercer Gallery, Harrogate Prize Winner; ‘Laing

Open’ Mall Galleries, London Prize Winner 1996 Royal Academy, London ‘Summer Exhibition’ 1997 Royal Academy, London ’Summer Exhibition’; Banqueting House, Whitehall, London ‘Northern Lights’ 1998 Six Chapel Row Gallery, Bath 2000 Bankside Gallery, London; ‘Royal Watercolour Society’, open competition; Bruton Gallery, Leeds 2002 Zoersel, Belgium, International Biennale, ‘A Riddle for Zoersel’ 12 International Artists 2003 Bruton Gallery, Leeds; ‘The Art Synthesis Road Show’ Uplands, Vasby, Sweden 2004 Sanderson George and Peach Gallery, Holmfirth 2005 Orange Street Gallery, Uppingham 2007 Royal Academy, London ‘Summer Exhibition’ 2008 Bradford Colour Museum, Two Person 2009 Atrium Gallery, Bexley Wing, St James’s Hospital, Leeds 2010 Mall Galleries, ‘The Discerning Eye’– Prize Winner PRIZES & AWARDS 1995 Laing Regional: 1st Prize 1995 Laing National: Major Prize 1995 Harewood Landscape Open: Harewood Award 2003 AHRB Award - Arts Council Award 2010 Mall Galleries, ‘The Discerning Eye Competition’ – N.England Regional Prize Winner

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