Judy Rifka
Judy Rifka (* 1945 in New York City ) is an American painter and multimedia artist .
life and work
Rifka was born in 1945 in New York City and studied at Hunter College , the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture and The Skowhegan School of Art. The Bachelor they gained at Empire State College , the Master at the Adelphi University . 1966 hitchhiked Rifka through France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Judy Rifka is rooted in Tribeca and the Lower East Side and is a member of the artist group Colab , which also includes Jean-Michel Basquiat , René Ricard, John Ahearn and Jenny Holzer .
Rifka's painterly work is known for canvases that are not mounted on stretcher frames, for collages and layers of paint and canvas that have been cut away.
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1981 Museum (Sub-) Culture, Berlin and Hamburg
Group exhibitions
- 1983 Whitney Biennial , New York City
- 1982 documenta 7 , Kassel
- 1980 Times Square Show , New York City
- 1975 Whitney Biennial, New York City
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog: documenta 7 Kassel ; Vol. 1: (visual biographies of the artists); Vol. 2: (Current works of the artists); S. 288, Kassel 1982 ISBN 3-920453-02-6
- ↑ Ro Gallery Judy Rifka, American (1945 -) accessed on March 27, 2015 (English)
- ↑ Hyperallergic, Jennifer Samet Beer with a Painter: Judy Rifka , accessed on March 27, 2015 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rifka, Judy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter and multimedia artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |