Resume – JUDY BALES

Judy Bales fiber installation/sculpture for the body/public art

Education 1983 MFA, University of Georgia
1975 BFA, University of Georgia
1969-72 Auburn University

Art Wear Events
2013 Fabricate, Guest artist and juror for runway show at Interface, International Conference for the Surface
Design Association, San Antonio, Texas
Art Wear in Motion, Costume/dance performance, part of Art in Motion, Fairfield First Fridays May Art Walk
Veil at the Vault, costume performance at opening of site specific installation sponsored by Teeple Hansen
Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
2012 Worlds Collide, performance event featuring 15 costumes by the artist
2011 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards Show, Wellington, New Zealand
Bodies of Water Runway Show, International Conference of the Surface Design Association
Flying Leap Art Center, Fairfield, Iowa: Runway Show of Sculptural Fashion

Commissions, Public Art and Consulting
2012 Western Route Trail Enhancements, Fairfield, Iowa
Steel designs for “pedestrian maze”, a safety structure at railroad crossing, also concrete seating
2011 Southern Route Trail Enhancements, Fairfield, Iowa
Design for enhancements to two bridges on the southern portion of Fairfield Loop Trail
Sculpture Visions 2011, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, year long temporary public art display
Artstop 2011 Project Spaces, Des Moines, Iowa, temporary public art display
2010 Matkin Plaza, Fairfield, Iowa
Design of seating and educational area adjacent to Matkin Bridge over Highway One
Private Residential Commission, Des Moines, Iowa , commissioned through Moberg Gallery
Old US-80 Highway Bridge at Gila River, Maricopa County, Arizona
Aesthetic consultant to engineer Jerry Cannon for elements to be added to historic bridge.
2009 Fairfield Ladies, Temporary Public Art Sculptural Installation
2008 35th Avenue and Salt River Bridge, Phoenix, Arizona.
Design for concrete rustication at piers, parapet and ends of replacement bridge. New bridge is 9 spans
and a total length of 1100′. Contracted by Cannon TranSystems.
Weave-Through, Blue Springs, Missouri
Indoor/outdoor sculptural installation at Vesper Hall in Rotary Park
2007-08 Aesthetic Consultant to Cannon TranSystems, Tucson, Arizona for Fourth Avenue Underpass, Tucson,
Arizona and proposed Woolford Road Bridge, Show Low, Arizona.
2007 Jefferson County Trails Council Bridges on the Cedar View Trail, Fairfield, Iowa
Enhancements to one existing and one new bridge. Additions of self-oxidizing steel and brick pavers.
Commissioned by the Jefferson County Conservation Board and Jefferson County Trails Council. Funded
in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
2005 Maryland Avenue Bridge Public Art Project, Phoenix, Arizona. Commissioned by the City of Phoenix,
through the Phoenix Arts Commission’s Public Art Program. Project began 2000. Artist collaborated
with engineering firm Cannon TranSystems to design superstructure, ramps, lighting and landscaping for
pedestrian overpass at I17 and Maryland Avenue. Artist also coordinated with local schools to involve
students in enhancements for the approaches to bridge. 2004 Jefferson County Trails Council Bridge over BNSF Railroad, Fairfield, Iowa
Artist designed steel cage for bridge and coordinated with local art students to design tiles for interior of
bridge. Commissioned by the Jefferson County Trails Council and funded in part by a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts.
1999 Sculptural commission for Amy O’Deen residence, Iowa City, Iowa
1992 Sculptural commission for Delores Stiles residence, Newport News, Virginia

Finalist Selection: Public Art Competitions
2012 Colorado Pedestrian Bridge, Denver, Colorado
2011 Symphony Lake Bridge, Cary, North Carolina
2008 Davis Road Bridge at Pixley Slough Project, Stockton, California
2007 El Dorado Street Bridge Project, Stockton, California
2006 Ankeny to Woodward Trail Art Project, Ankeny, Iowa
US/64 Pedestrian Greenway Bridge, Cary, North Carolina
2005 SH-102 Bridge Reconstruction over the Turner Turnpike, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Mt. Si Bridge Replacement Project, King County, Washington
Artist Designed Passenger Shelter, Banner Baywood Medical Center, Mesa, Arizona
2003 Los Angeles Fire Station #83, Los Angeles, California
Highway 7 Corridor Public Art Project, Blue Springs, Missouri
Des Moines East Village Storefront Public Art Project, Des Moines, Iowa

Grants/Awards for Solo and Collaborative Projects
2012 Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
Challenge America Fast Track Grant awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council to support
enhancements to trail crossing at BNSF Rail on western segment of Fairfield Loop Trail.
2011 Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
2010 Challenge America Fast Track Grant awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council to support
enhancements to portions of Fairfield Loop Trail, with Ms. Bales as lead artist.
Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
2009 Iowa Arts Council Major Grant awarded to the Jefferson County Trails Council for fabrication of art
elements designed by Ms. Bales for the Highway One Bridge approaches.
Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
2008 Iowa Arts Council Major Grant awarded to the Jefferson County Trails Council to hire Judy Bales as
project artist for new Trail Bridge over Highway One in Fairfield, Iowa.
Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
2007 Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
2006 Arizona Engineering Excellence Grand Award awarded to TranSystems for the Maryland Avenue
Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge Over I-17, Phoenix, Arizona. Awarded by the Arizona Council of Engineering
Companies.
2006 Challenge America Fast Track Grant awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council to support the design
and installation of public art by Judy Bales on the Cedar View Trail Bridges.
2002 Challenge America Fast Track Grant awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council to support the design by
Judy Bales of a decorative steel cage for the BNSF Trail Bridge and to involve the community in the public
art process.
1993 Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 Veil at the Vault, site specific installation sponsored by Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
2010 Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
2009 Adams Gallery, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee
2008 ICON Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, Iowa
2007 Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2006 Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University, Smithville, Tennessee
Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa
2002 Larson Art Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
1999 Len G. Everett Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
1990 Bank of Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee. Sponsored by Zimmerman Saturn Gallery

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Art Iowa\Inspired by the Landscape, Old Capitol Museum, Iowa City, Iowa
2009 Synecdoche, Quad City Arts, Rock Island, Iowa. Two person exhibition.
2005 Earth Bound, MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa. Two person exhibition.
Out of Fashion, Union Art Gallery, University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2004/05 Ready to Wear, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2003 Fiber Focus, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
2001 FIBERARTinternational2001, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2000 Foundation of a Century, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
1999 Iowa Artists 1999, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas
1998 Overtones!, Convergence, Atlanta, Georgia
Small Expressions, Atlanta International Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
Surface: New Form/New Function, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1997 Paper/Fiber XX, Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa Artists ’97, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
1995 Vessels, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York
1994 Wiggles and Spots, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi
1993 The Space Within: Contemporary Basketry in the Midwest, Waterloo Museum of Art,
Waterloo, Iowa
Paper/Fiber XVI, Iowa City, Iowa
Woven Vessels: Contemporary Baskets, Sheldon Memorial Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
1992 Needle Expressions ’92, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Influences>Innovations, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia
Iowa Artists ’92, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
1991 Basketry from All Directions, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Multimedia Basketry Invitational, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Contemporary Crafts, Farrell Collection, Washington, D.C.
1990 The Spirited Touch, Archetype Gallery, New York, New York
Basketweave ’90, Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, Ohio
Exploring Fiber Traditions, Views Gallery, Manayunk, Pennsylvania
1989 Iowa Artists 1989, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
Fast Forward, Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, New York
Fiber/Weavings, The Private Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
Personal Packaging, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York
Small and Curious Objects, Carega Foxley Leach Gallery, Washington, DC

Papers, Presentations and Articles Published
2012 Critical Interventions, Creating Again and Again, Fractal Patterns and Process in Improvisational African
American Quilts, No. 9/10, Spring, 2012
2010 Surface Design Journal, Thinking Inside the Box: Infinity Within the Finite Fall, 2010, Volume 35, No 1, by
Judy Bales
2009 Fractal Geometry in African American Quilt Traditions: Presented at the 4th Biennial Symposium of
the International Quilt Study Center & Museum: The Global Quilt: Cultural Contexts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2008 ICON Gallery Odd Thursday Presentation on fractal geometry and quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins
2007 ICON Gallery Odd Thursday Powerpoint presentation introducing African American quilt research
2007 Symposium Paper on the Maryland Avenue Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge by Jerry A. Cannon, Dave
Peterson & Judy Bales, presented at the 46th
IEEE Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA 2007
1995 The Flying Needle, Life and Art: An Artist’s Viewpoint, Judy Bales, 1995
1994 African American Quilt Traditions: Origins and Contrasts with Anglo American Quilt
Traditions, slide lecture, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa

Selected reviews or photos published
Surface Design Journal, Fall, 2009, Volume 34, No 1
The Big Fish: Consciousness as Structure, Body and Space, by Anna Bonshek, Rodopi, 2007
Surface Design Journal, Exposure, Fall, 2007, Volume 32
Surface Design Journal, Informed Source, Spring 2005, Volume 29
Fiberarts Design Book Seven, Lark Books, 2004
Ornament, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2003/04
Surface Design Journal, Exposure, Spring 2003
Fiberarts Magazine, Curtains, March/April 2003
Fiberart International 2001, exhibition catalog, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Fiberarts Design Book Six, Lark Books, 1999
Iowa Artists 1999, exhibition catalog, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, IA
Materials Hard and Soft, exhibition catalog, 1999, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
American Craft Magazine, Gallery, February/March, 1999
Fiberarts, New Works, September/October, 1997
Iowaartists97, exhibition catalog, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, IA
American Craft Magazine, Gallery, December/January, 1995
American Craft Magazine, Portfolio, December/January, 1993
Iowa Artists 1992, exhibition catalog, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, IA
American Craft Magazine, Gallery, October/November, 1990

Teaching and Residencies
1999-2012 Visiting artist presentations:
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin
Monmouth College, Monmouth Illinois
American Trails Symposium, Davenport, Iowa
Midwest Regional Conference for Women’s Caucus for the Arts and at the following institutions in Iowa
Central College, Cornell College, Mt. Mercy College and Maharishi University of Management.
1989 Resident Artist, Artpark, Lewiston, New York
1977/80 Art teacher, elementary and secondary schools, Putnam and Oglethorpe Counties, Georgia