Upcoming Show
JUDY TUWALETSTIWA :
FRACTI. TOTUM
August 30 - October 4, 2025
Opening Reception | Saturday, August 30, 4-6 pm
Artist Talk | Friday, September 12, 5-6:30 pm
Judy Tuwaletstiwa, Garden of Dreams I, 2024-2025, kiln fired glass on canvas, 86 x 96 in. (5 panels)
Join us for a significant exhibition presenting new works by acclaimed artist Judy Tuwaletstiwa alongside a selection of paintings from her iconic Chaco series, courtesy of Tia Collection. This comprehensive presentation features recent kiln-fired glass on canvas pieces, mixed media works, and monotypes created during her latest residency at Tamarind Institute.
The exhibition coincides with the release of Tuwaletstiwa's new book Chaco Series, published by Tia Collection, offering a unique opportunity to experience these celebrated works in person alongside her latest artistic innovations. Her distinctive visual language continues to explore themes of nature, memory, storytelling, and transformation through masterful combinations of traditional and experimental techniques.
An artist, writer, and teacher, Judy Tuwaletstiwa, received her BA in English Literature from UC, Berkeley in 1962, and her MA in Teaching English from Harvard University in 1963. A celebrated artist with a long career of residency fellowships, exhibitions, and collections to her name, she was the recipient of the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2023. Her art lives in private, public, and museum collections. Tuwaletstiwa's publications include The Canyon Poem (1997), Mapping Water (2007, Radius Books), Glass (2017, Radius Books) and Chaco Series (2025, Tia Collection). Special editions of her monographs reside in libraries such as the Corning Museum of Glass' Rakow Library and Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Judy Tuwaletstiwa, Fracti Totum (1), 2025, kiln fired glass on canvas 13 x 13 in.