b. in 1945 in New York City, USA
lives and works in New York City, USA
Selected solo exhibitions
2019
Ionic Ironic, Core Club, New York, USA
2017
Selected Survey, Merage Gallery, at Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, USA
2016
Judy Rifka : Retro Active Retrospective, One-Woman Retrospective Exhibition, Jean-Paul Najar Foundation, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Judy Rifka's Retrospective, The Amstel Gallery at the Yard, New York, USA
2015
Comparative Retrospective with Jay Milder, The Amstel Gallery at the Yard, New York, USA
2014
Trestle Projects, BAS , New York, USA
2013
106 BLDG30, video show, New York, USA
2011
Art6 Gallery, Richmond, USA
2007
The Chocolate Factory, New York, USA
2001
Gallery X, New York, USA
1997
Alley Culture Gallery, Detroit, USA
1996
Hofstra University, Collins Gallery, New York, USA
1994
Judy Rifka, Information Gallery, New York, USA
Judy Rifka, Cade Tompkins, Bridgehampton, USA
1992
Bistro 100, Nations Bank Building, Charlotte, USA
1991
Real Art, New York, Judy Rifka Drawings 1980-1990, Brooke Alexander, New York, USA
Judy Rifka: Paintings and Works on Paper, Ratner Gallery, Chicago, USA
Galerie Tobias Hirshmann, Frankfurt, Germany
Ann Jaffee Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, USA
1989
Executive Reception Area, Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
Bistro 110, Chicago, USA
Saxon Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Piramide Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
1988
Union Square Cafe, New York, USA
Galerie Tobias Hischmann, Frankfurt, Germany
Gallery Ninety-Nine, Miami, USA
1987
Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Brooke Alexander, New York, USA
1986
Anna Friebe Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Judy Rifka Paintings, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Gallery Ninety-Nine, Miami, USA
1985
Standard Oil of Ohio, headquarters, Cleveland, USA
Brooke Alexander, New York, USA
Anna Friebe Galerie, New York, USA
Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, USA
1984
Judy Rifka: Major Works 1981-84:. Knight Gallery. Spirit Square Art Center, Charlotte, USA
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Galerie de France, Paris, France
Brooke Alexander, New York, USA
51x Gallery, New York, USA
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, USA
1983
Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, UK
Brooke Alexander, New York, USA
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1982
Brooke Alexander, New York, USA
Judy Rifka Paintings, Reed College, Portland, USA
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1981
Museum (Sub) Kultur, Berlin and Hamburg, Germany
1980
Printed Matter, New York, USA
1978
Jean Paul Najar, Paris Name Gallery, Chicago, USA
1977
Franklin Furnace, New York, USA
1976
Susan Caldwell, New York, USA
1975
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Artists Space, New York, USA
1974
John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, USA
Selected group exhibitions
2018
New York Studio School, New York, USA
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, USA
2016
Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton, USA
Greenpoint Film Festival, New York, USA
2015
Lost Cat, Cape Cod Museum, Dennis, USA
Amstel Yard, New York, USA
2014
Madness, Lodge Gallery, New York, USA
Colab Show, 4 Lodge Gallery, New York, USA
2013
Trestle Gallery, New York, USA
ASC Gallery Chelsea, New York, USA
2012
Beyond Bling, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, USA
2011
Herb and Dorothy Vogel Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, USA
Herb and Dorothy Vogel Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Portland, USA
2010
Herb and Dorothy Vogel Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, USA
Herb and Dorothy Vogel Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA
Herb and Dorothy Vogel Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York, USA
Herb and Dorothy Vogel Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, USA
Herb and Dorothy Vogel Exhibition, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, USA
Tom of Finland and Then Some, Feature inc, New York, USA
2008
Red Saw Gallery, Newark, USA
2007
Alley Culture, Detroit, USA
2006
The Downtown Show, Grey Art Gallery, New York, USA
Selections from the Collection, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, USA
2005
Red White Blue, Spencer Brownstone, New York, USA
Drawing Show, Alley Culture, Detroit, USA
The Continuous Mark, Studio School, New York, USA
2004
Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, USA
2003
Drawings, Alley Culture, Detroit, USA
2001
Extreme Exteriors, Gallery X Harlem, New York, USA
1998
Herb and Dorothy Vogel Exhibition, Washington, USA
1996
Nora Haime Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, USA
Vogel Collection; University of Atlanta Gallery, Georgia, USA
1995
Mint Museum, Charlote, USA
1994
Beyond the Pale, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Inaugural Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, USA
Charlotee Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, USA
Group Exhibition, Joel Kessler Fine Art, Miami, USA
Time Out Youth Auction & Exhibition, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, USA
Metrolina Aids Project Exhibition, Knight Gallery/Spirit Square Arts Center, Charlotte, USA
1993
Nature Morte: Alumni, New York Studio School Gallery, New York, USA
1992
Group Exhibitions, Jerald Melberg Gallery Inc., Charlotte, USA
Arts at Friends, Bitter Larkin Gallery, Friends Se, USA
A feast for the Eyes, Associated American Artists, New York, USA
1991
On the Move, Champion Gallery, Stamford, USA
Art for Your Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, USA
1989
At the Water's Edge: 19th Century American beach Scenes, Tampa Museum of Art Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, USA
At the Water's Edge: 19th Century American beach Scenes, Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, USA
At the Water's Edge: 19th Century American beach Scenes, Arkansas Arts Center, Litle Rock, USA
Skowhegan Retrospective 1975-1985, Portland Museum of Art, Maine, USA
Sounding The Depths: 150 Years of American Seascape, American Federation of Art, New York, USA
The Future Now, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, USA
1988
6 Contemporary Viewpoins in Painting and Sculpture, St. Paul's School, Concord, USA
1987
The Gleaning Eye: Sandy Seawright Collection, Rowe Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Borrowed Embellishments, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, USA
Group Show, Fashion Moda, Bronx, New York, USA
1986
Between Painting and Sculpture, Cultural Center, Palo Alto, USA
Painting and Sculpture Today: 1986, Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture since 1940, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, USA
1985
Correspondences: New York Art Now, Laforet Museum, Harajuku, Tokyo; traveled to Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya and Tagaki Hall Espace Media, Kobe, Japan
Anniottanta, Castel Sismondo, Pazazzina Mostre, Chiesa di Santa Maria ad Nives, Rimini, Italy
Kunst Mit Eigen-Sinn, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
1984
The Human Condition, Museum of Modern Art Biennial III, San Francisco, USA
American Neo-Expressionists, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgfield, USA
Painting and Sculpture Today: 1984, Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA
1983
Back to the USA, Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Schweiz; traveled to Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Biennial Exhibition, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
New York Painting Today, Carnegie Melton University, Pittsburg, USA
Painting, Sculpture, Totems and 3-D, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA
1982
The Image Scavengers, Insitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
Urban Kisses, Institute of Contmeporary Art, London, UK
Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany
New York Now, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
1981
Represent, Representation, Representative, Brooke Alexander, New York, USA
Stay Tuned, The New Museum, New York, USA
35 Artists Return to Artists Space, Artists Space, New York, USA
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
1980
Times Square Show, New York, USA
Collaboative Projects Theme Shows a Benefit at Brooke Alexander Inc., New York, USA
1979
Collaborative Projects Theme Shows, 591 Broadway, New York, USA
1978
Opening Exhibition,' Insitute for Art & Urban Resources at P.S.1, New York, USA
1975
Idea Warehouse, New York, USA
The Herbert and Dorothy Vogel Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
1975 Biennial Exhibition, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
1974
Bykert Gallery, New York, USA
Public collections
Academy Art Museum, Maryland, USA
Akron Art Museum, Ohio, USA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, USA
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina, USA
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, USA
Delaware Art Museum, Delaware, USA
Eli Broad Family Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
Fleming Museum of Art, Vermont, USA
Fogg Museum, Harvard, USA
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minnesota, USA
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
Harvard Art Museums, Harvard, USA
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, USA
Hood Museum of Art, New Hampshire, USA
Huntington Art Gallery, Texas, USA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA
Jean-Paul Najar Foundation, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, USA
Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA
New Mexico Museum of Art, New Mexico, USA
New York Public Library, New York, USA
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, USA
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma, USA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania, USA
Plains Art Museum, North Dakota, USA
Portland Museum of Art, Maine, USA
RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, USA
Seattle Art Museum, Washington, USA
South Dakota Art Museum, South Dakota, USA
Staatliches Museum, Berlin, Deutschland
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, USA
The Danheisser Foundation, New York, USA
The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Missouri, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, USA
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
University of Alaska Museum of the North, Alaska, USA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia, USA
Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Corporate Collections
ARCO, Los Angeles, USA
American Express, New York, USA
Bank of America, San Francisco, USA
Bear Stearns, New York, USA
The Boston Company, Inc., New York, USA
Chemical Bank, New York, USA
Exxon Corporation, New York, USA
Goldman Sachs, New York, USA
General Electric Company, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, USA
J.C. Penny, Stamford, Connecticut, USA
The Levy Organization, Chicago, USA
Standard Oil of Ohio, USA
Madison Square Garden Corporation, New York, USA
Merril Lynch, New York, USA
Nations Bank, Charlotte, USA
Needham, Harper & Speers, New York, USA
Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, USA
Readers' Digest, Pleasantville, New York, USA
Wadsworth Publishing Company, San Francisco, USA