“Judith Scott’s work — both delicate and monumental, replete with images of the wrapped parcel, the chrysalis, what’s both bound and free — is part of our cultural heritage of sculpture. Her life is also a testament to another heritage: big changes in American social history and in shifting ideas about personhood in modernity.”
- Sara Hendren, Author of What a Body Can Do
The work of Judith Scott has been categorized in many ways.
- JS is one of the most well known artists with Down syndrome
- her reach likely impacted how other artists with disabilities were positioned and respected in the art world
- outsider art, self-taught artist more informative
- mainstream professional art
- fiber art history in bay area & how js connects to that
- Arts and crafts movement -> The bay area -> CCAC-> fiber art -> craft -> wider artistic community -> 2nd wave feminism -> deinstitutionalization -> CG -> Judith Scott
- JS was here when Ed Roberts was doing his thing!!
Artwork by Judith.
Judith Scott’s work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in New York in a retrospective exhibition and is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian in Washington DC, among many others. She has also shown at Gugging, Austria; the Museum of Everything, London; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; White Columns, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Ricco Maresca, New York: and Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco.
Learn more about Judith's reach through a comprehensive curriculum vitae (CV).
COMPLETE CV OF JUDITH SCOTT
JUDITH SCOTT
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Inside: The Childhood of an Artist (virtual reality), produced by Sacha Wares and Trial & Error Studio, Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, UK.
https://bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/inside
2023
The Secret Within: The Art of Judith Scott, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, 2023–25. https://www.avam.org/exhibitions/past/the-secret-within%3A-the-art-of-judith-scott
Judith Scott, Edlin Gallery, New York, NY.
https://www.edlingallery.com/artists/judith-scott
Judith Scott, Gallery of Everything, Frieze Masters Fair, London, UK. https://www.gallevery.com/exhibitions/judith-scott-frieze-masters
Judith Scott, 35th Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil. https://35.bienal.org.br/en/participante/judith-scott/
2018
Judith Scott: Touchdown, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
2017
Twenty Sculptures, 1988–2004, curated by Christine Macel, Viva Arte Viva: 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. https://universes.art/en/venice-biennale/2017/viva-arte-viva/photos-arsenale-2/judith-scott
2016
Judith Scott: Bound and Unbound, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO. https://aspenartmuseum.org/exhibition/judith-scott-bound-and-unbound/
2014
Judith Scott: Bound and Unbound, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 2014–15. https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/judith_scott/
2011
Les objets secrets de Judith Scott, Collège des Bernardins, Paris, France. https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/arts-expositions/art-contemporain/les-objets-secrets-de-judith-scott-1118185/
Exhibition #4.1, Museum of Everything, London, UK. https://www.musevery.com/exhibition4/exhibition4-1.php
2010
White Room: Judith Scott, White Columns, New York, NY. https://whitecolumns.org/exhibitions/judith-scott/
Judith & Shields! – Judith Scott Meets Tribal Art, Museum Gugging, Gugging, Austria.
2009
Judith Scott Retrospective, Ricco Maresco Gallery, New York, NY. https://web.archive.org/web/20161024055142/http://www.gladstonegallery.com/derecon.asp?ID=685
2002
Cocoon: Judith Scott, Ricco-Maresca Gallery, New York, NY. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/03/arts/art-in-review-judith-scott-cocoon.html
2001
Fiber Art of Judith Scott, Musée de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Metamorphose, Joyce Palais Royal, Paris, France.
Judith Scott, The Shiseido Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
Judith Scott, Ricco-Maresca Gallery, New York, NY. https://www.riccomaresca.com/exhibitions/107-judith-scott/
2000
Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott, Intuit Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1999
Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
Group Exhibitions
2024
The House That Art Built, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA. https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/creative-growth-the-house-that-art-built/
Expanding the Canon: 50th Anniversary Spotlight, Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY. https://www.outsiderartfair.com/
2022
Multitudes, American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY. https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/multitudes/
Gesture of Lines, Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Through Line, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/svpda/art/exhibitions/through-line
2021
Figure Out: Abstraction in Self-Taught Art, Andrew Edlin Gallery / Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
https://www.edlingallery.com/exhibitions/figure-out-abstraction-in-self-taught-art
Super-Rough, curated by Takashi Murakami, Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY. https://www.outsiderartfair.com/
Coloring, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY. https://finearts.uky.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/coloring
2020
Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the Collection, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY. https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/out_of_place
Manifesta Biennial, Marseille, France.
https://manifesta.org/
2019
Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler, American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY. https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/memory-palaces-inside-the-collection-of-audrey-b-heckler/
The Doors of Perception, curated by Javier Téllez in collaboration with the Outsider Art Fair and Frieze Art Fair, New York, NY. https://www.outsiderartfair.com/oaf-press-releases/the-doors-of-perception-a-project-for-frieze-ny-in-collaboration-with-the-outsider-art-fair
Flying High: Women Artists of Art Brut, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria. https://christianberst.com/en/events/event-193
2018
Odradek, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden. https://malmokonsthall.se/en/utstallningar/odradek/
Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/outliers-and-american-vanguard-art
Untitled Art Fair, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Woman Outsider, Musée Visionnaire, Zurich, Switzerland. https://zero.eu/en/eventi/108403-woman-outsider,zurich/
Fundación ONCE Bienal, Madrid, Spain.
Process and Presence: Contemporary Disability Sculpture, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI.
RE/Configurations, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY.
2017
Outsider Art Fair, Paris, France.
Vive l'Art: Dan Miller and Judith Scott, 836M, San Francisco, CA. https://836m.org/exhibition/creative-growth/
Inextricabilia: Magical Mesh, La Maison Rouge / ABCD, Paris, France. https://archives.lamaisonrouge.org/en/exhibitions-past-detail/activities/inextricabilia-br-magical-mesh/
2016
Celebrating a Vision – Art and Disability, SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA, March 12–September 18. https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/celebrating-vision-art-and-disability
Radical Craft – Alternative Ways of Making, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, UK, March 12–June 12; traveling to seven further UK destinations, 2016–2017. https://craftspace.co.uk/radical-craft-alternative-ways-of-making-artists/
Drawing for Sculpture, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, New York, NY, January 8–February 14. https://www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com/ny-/-drawing-for-sculpture
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY, January 20–23.
2015
Forget Me Not: Judith Scott at Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA, August–December. https://www.kennesaw.edu/arts/academics/visual-arts/zuckerman/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/zma-forget-me-not.php
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June–August. https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter-curated-by-katy-grannan
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
Collection ABCD, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France. https://wsimag.com/art/11352-art-brut
2014
CREATE: Art by Artists Outside the Mainstream, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. https://museum.wsu.edu/exhibit/2014-create/
New Art Dealers Alliance Fair, Miami, FL.
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
Purple States, curated by Sam Gordon, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY.
Henrik Olesen: Abandon the Parents, curated by Christopher Müller, Henrik Olesen & Daniel Buchholz, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dan Miller and Judith Scott, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY, June 27–August 16.
2013
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
Dan Miller and Judith Scott: Creative Growth, curated by Matthew Higgs, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT.
Extreme Art, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/nyregion/a-review-of-extreme-drawing-at-the-aldrich-contemporary-art-museum.html
Ten Years, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY.
Decorum, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
Frieze Masters, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK.
Create, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
Create, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL. http://www.bocamuseum.org/index.php?submenu=exhibitionarchive&src=gendocs&link=ExhibitionArchive&category=Exhibitions
Creative Growth: Dan Miller and Judith Scott, Louisville, KY. http://www.kentuckyarts.org/creative-growth-dan-miller-and-judith-scott/
2012
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
Independent Art Fair, New York, NY.
Frieze Art Fair, White Columns, New York, NY.
Connivences Secrètes, Espace Topographie de l'art, Paris, France.
B. Wurtz & Co., curated by Matthew Higgs, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA. https://cdn.contemporaryartlibrary.org/store/doc/4749/docfile/original-013df3ab43f77894dc8c2ddbd12f58b4.pdf
Creative Growth, curated by Amie Scally, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY.
John Hiltunen +1, curated by Matthew Higgs, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA.
Rosemarie Trockel: un cosmos / A Cosmos, curated by Lynne Cooke and Rosemarie Trockel, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY. https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/exhibition/rosemarie-trockel-cosmos
CREATE: Part II, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. https://news.holycross.edu/stories/cantor-art-gallery-showcase-create-135-works-artists-disabilities
UNRAVELED, Creative Growth, Oakland, CA. https://web.archive.org/web/20161024055142/http://creativegrowth.org/exhibitions/unraveled/
DOWNrightART: A Celebration of World Down Syndrome Day, 28on27, New York, NY.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161022223436/http://alexandersangels.org/id25.html
Perfect Man, White Columns, New York, NY.
Everyday Abstract, Abstract Everyday, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY. https://www.jamescohan.com/exhibitions/everyday-abstract-abstract-everyday
2011
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
Create, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA. https://web.archive.org/web/20161024055142/http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/press/release/TXT0282
New Art Dealers Alliance Fair, Miami, FL.
Exhibition #4.1, Museum of Everything, London, UK. https://www.musevery.com/exhibition4/exhibition4-1.php
2010
Approaching Abstraction, American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY. https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/approaching-abstraction/
International VSA Exhibition, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC.
World Transformers, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. https://www.schirn.de/en/exhibition/world-transformers-2010-en/
Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, UK.
Creative Growth, White Columns, New York, NY.
2009
Creative Growth, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany, curated by Matthew Higgs.
Reformations, Van Every/Smith Gallery, Davidson, NC. https://web.archive.org/web/20150308120855/http://www2.davidson.edu/academics/acad_depts/galleries/reformations/artists/scott/bio.html
Bergdorf-Goodman 5th Ave. Window Display, New York, NY.
2008
Creative Growth, Galerie Impaire, Paris, France.
L'envers et l'endroit, Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Fabric of Myth, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK.
2007
Creative Growth, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY.
Creative Growth Art Center, abcd la galerie, Montreuil, France.
Perfect Man Show, White Columns, New York, NY, curated by Rita Ackermann.
Retrospective, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY.
2006
Dereconstruction, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY.
Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413111618/http://www.artbrut.ch/en/21004/1027/scott--judith
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
Forming Lines, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY.
2005
Leon Borensztein and his Friends, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, curated by Tom di Maria.
The Ricky Jay Broadside Collection, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/yerbabuena4.html
Intuit Fair, Chicago, IL.
Oakland Museum of California, at Oakland Airport, Oakland, CA.
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
2004
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY.
All People Are Me, Headfooters Gallery, Columbus, OH.
2003
Black Rainbow, Lucky Tackle, Berkeley, CA.
Down to Art, Japan Down Syndrome Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
2002
What did we learn?, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA.
2001
Marginalia, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA.
The News Gallery, New York, NY.
2000
Treasures of the Soul: Who is Rich?, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. https://www.avam.org/exhibitions/past/treasures-of-the-soul%3A-who-is-rich%3F
Indelible Ink, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
1999
25 Years: Between Reality and Make-Believe, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
1998
L'Aracine Art Brut Museum, Paris, France.
Downsize, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
1997
Selected Works from the Creative Growth Art Center, Ricco-Maresca Gallery, New York, NY.
1996
Ensemble, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
1995
Visions From the Left Coast, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA.
All the Women, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
1994
Windows on the Waterfront, Oakland, CA.
Brut and Beyond: New Works, Gallery II, Oakland, CA.
1993
Pairs, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
1992
The Whole Picture, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
1991
McCann-Erickson Corporation, San Francisco, CA.
Self-Contained: Shelters, Shrines and Vessels, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
1989
Crossed Parallels, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
Books
Joyce Scott, Brie Spangler, and Melissa Sweet (illus.). Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/588891
Joyce Wallace Scott. Entwined: Sisters and Secrets in the Silent World of Artist Judith Scott. Boston: Beacon Press, 2016.
https://www.beacon.org/Entwined-P1198.aspx
Catherine Morris (ed.) and Matthew Higgs (ed.). Judith Scott: Bound and Unbound. Munich / London / New York: Prestel; Brooklyn Museum; DelMonico Books, 2014. ISBN 978-3791353845.
https://delmonicobooks.com/book/judith-scott-bound-and-unbound/
Matthew Higgs. Creative Growth: Dan Miller and Judith Scott (brochure). Ridgefield, CT: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; Louisville: Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 2013.
Lynne Cooke (ed.). Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos. Texts by Lynne Cooke, Dore Ashton, Suzanne Hudson, and Anne M. Wagner. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; New York: The Monacelli Press, 2012.
Melissa Emery (ed.). The Museum of Everything: Exhibition #4.1 – Judith Scott. London: The Museum of Everything, 2011.
https://www.galleriesnow.net/product/judith-scott-exhibition-4-1/
Lawrence Rinder, with Matthew Higgs and texts by Kevin Killian. Create. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2011.
Johann Feilacher. Judith.! (zur Ausstellung "Judith I. & Shields." im Museum Gugging). St. Pölten, Austria: Residenz-Verlag, 2010.
Lucienne Peiry and Pascal Rabetz. On m'appelait Judith Scott. Lausanne: Collection de l'Art Brut, 2006.
Leon Borensztein (photographs), John M. MacGregor (essay), and Tom di Maria (introduction). One Is Adam, One Is Superman: The Outsider Artists of Creative Growth. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004.
John M. MacGregor. Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott; The Outsider Artist and the Experience of Down's Syndrome. Oakland: Creative Growth Art Center, 1999.
https://www.creativegrowth.org/art/4435001
Articles and Publications
2026
Bryan Martin, “Accessibility Should Be at the Center of Museum Education.” Hyperallergic, January 20, 2026.
https://hyperallergic.com/accessibility-should-be-at-the-center-of-museum-education/
2025
"The inside track on Outsider Art — the artists to know." Christie's, January 2, 2025. https://www.christies.com/features/Outsider-Artists-Hot-List-7598-1.aspx
Stephi Wild. "Multisensory BR Experience Brings Artist's Childhood to Life at Bristol Old Vic." Broadway World UK, September 18, 2025. https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Multisensory-BR-Experience-Brings-Artists-Childhood-to-Life-at-Bristol-Old-Vic-20250918
"An Interview with Sacha Wares on the origins of Inside: The Childhood of an Artist." Bristol Old Vic, September 18, 2025. https://bristololdvic.org.uk/blog/an-interview-with-sacha-wares-on-the-origins-of-inside-the-childhood-of-an-artist
2024
Julia Dixon Evans. "Art, disability and learning to hold on." KPBS, September 9, 2024. https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2024/09/09/art-disability-and-learning-to-hold-on-mcasd-for-dear-life
Katy Hessel. "How Judith Scott escaped a life in institutional isolation to become a great sculptor." The Guardian, April 29, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/apr/29/how-judith-scott-escaped-a-life-in-institutional-isolation-to-become-a-great-sculptor
Angelica Villa. "At New York's Outsider Art Fair, Under-Recognized Figures Come in from the Margins." ArtNews, March 1, 2024. https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/outsider-art-fair-2024-best-booths-1234698557/
Booth Moore. "How Fashion Changed the Perception of Disability Art." Women's Wear Daily, August 29, 2024. https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/fashion-disability-art-oakland-creative-growth-art-gallery-1236494084/
2023
Athena Stevens. "Being an Artist in an Ableist World: Lessons From Judith Scott." The Mighty, December 15, 2023. https://themighty.com/topic/disability/disability-lessons-from-judith-scott-artist-with-down-syndrome/
marv. "San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Shout Out to Creative Growth, Creativity Explored, and NIAD Art Center + Daily Art with Judith Scott." Folkartwork, October 23, 2023. https://folkartwork.art/2023/10/23/shout-out-to-creative-growth-creativity-explored-and-niad-art-center-daily-art-with-judith-scott/
Athena Stevens. "Specially Abled Artist Series: Judith Scott." Art for Wellbeing Everywhere, January 23, 2023. https://www.artforwellbeingeverywhere.com/schedule/2023/1/23/specially-abled-artist-series-judith-scott
Lauren Elkin. "Ucky Art: Judith Scott, Eva Hesse, and the visceral power of 'texxture.'" The Yale Review, November 6, 2023. https://yalereview.org/article/lauren-elkin-ucky-art
Melba Macias. "Get to Know Textile Artist Judith Scott." Enabling Devices, 2023. https://enablingdevices.com/blog/get-to-know-textile-artist-judith-scott/
Chiara Atoyebi. "Art Outside The Margins: Remembering The Inspiring and Introspective Work of Judith Scott." Women's Caucus for Art, July 19, 2023. https://nationalwca.org/art-outside-the-margins-remembering-the-inspiring-and-introspective-work-of-judith-scott/
"Judith Scott | Biography." Mutual Art, 2023. https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Judith-Scott/5956024F7E323A7A/Biography
Heather King. "A silent vocation: The art of Judith Scott." Angelus News, March 3, 2023. https://angelusnews.com/voices/judith-scott-art/
2021
Betsy Groban. "Weaving the amazing tale of fiber artist Judith Scott." Boston Globe, August 3, 2021. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/03/arts/weaving-amazing-tale-fiber-artist-judith-scott/
"Judith Scott: new record for an outsider artist." artprice.com, January 26, 2021. https://www.artprice.com/artmarketinsight/judith-scott-new-record-outsider
Sarah Cascone. "Judith Scott Defied Stereotypes About Down Syndrome and Became a Famous Sculptor. A Poignant New Children's Book Tells Her Story." ArtNet, August 25, 2021. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/judith-scott-childens-book-1996216
2020
Allise Nicole. "Judith Scott: Creative Minds Art History Project." Allise Nicole's Artistic Explorations, October 24, 2020. https://artistallisenicole.com/2020/10/24/judith-scott/
2019
Susan Wallner. "An Exhibition Spotlights Progressive Art Studios." Hyperallergic, March 29, 2019. https://hyperallergic.com/491197/an-exhibition-spotlights-progressive-art-studios/
Edward M. Gómez. "What Is 'Outsider' in Unthinkable Times?" Hyperallergic, January 12, 2019. https://hyperallergic.com/479092/outsider-art-fair-metropolitan-pavilion/
Sam Lefebvre. "'They're Walking All Over Us': Construction Disrupts Artists with Disabilities in Oakland." KQED (Arts & Culture), 2019. https://www.kqed.org/arts/13857372/theyre-walking-all-over-us-construction-disrupts-artists-with-disabilities-in-oakland
Tony Bravo. "Artists, celebs combine to make Beyond Trend a hot night in Oakland." San Francisco Chronicle, 2019. https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/artists-and-celebs-combine-to-make-beyond-trend-a-hot-art-night-in-oakland
2018
Western Bonime. "Creative Growth Where Great Art Has Become The Coolest Fashion Show In Town." Forbes, April 29, 2018. https://www.forbes.com/sites/westernbonime/2018/04/29/creative-growth-where-great-art-has-become-the-coolest-fashion-show-in-town/#5e1e8d3f182d
Matthew Rana. "Odradek: The Form Which Things Assume in Oblivion." Frieze, March 16, 2018. https://www.frieze.com/article/odradek-form-which-things-assume-oblivion-2018-review
"Meijer Gardens fall exhibition celebrates contemporary disability sculpture." The Rapidian, August 20, 2018. https://therapidian.org/meijer-gardens-fall-exhibition-celebrates-contemporary-disability-sculpture
Tony Bravo. "Creative Growth's special needs clients seize the limelight at fashion show." San Francisco Chronicle, April 5, 2018. https://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/Creative-Growth-s-special-needs-clients-seize-12810750.php
2017
Gay Gassmann. "This Organization Is Helping Disabled Artists Show Everywhere from the Venice Biennale to Target Stores." Architectural Digest, September 26, 2017. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/creative-growth-artists
Louisa Buck and Jane Morris. "Venice Biennale triumphs and talking points." The Art Newspaper, June 12, 2017. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/06/12/venice-biennale-triumphs-and-talking-points
Lisa Slominski. "These Centers Are Helping Artists with Disabilities Break into the Mainstream (and the Market)." Artsy, December 1, 2017. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-centers-helping-artists-disabilities-break-mainstream-market
Jill Vyn. "Is There Space for Disabled Artists at Art Fairs?" Hyperallergic, November 17, 2017. https://hyperallergic.com/407650/is-there-space-for-disabled-artists-at-art-fairs/
Jennifer Levin. "Outsider comes in: Fiber art by Judith Scott." Pasatiempo: The Santa Fe New Mexican, October 13, 2017. https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/outsider-comes-in-fiber-art-by-judith-scott/article_790115f4-7960-573c-b0ef-0ed843b7ad26.html
Leah Garchik. "Work of Creative Growth artists selected for Venice Biennale." San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2017. https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/garchik/article/Creative-Growth-artists-selected-for-10949200.php
"La maison rouge presents an exhibition gathering works around the symbol of knot." ArtDaily, August 16, 2017. https://artdaily.com/news/97263/La-maison-rouge-presents-an-exhibition-gathering-works-auround-the-symbol-of-knot
Priscilla Frank. "The Beautiful Story Of An Artist With Down Syndrome Who Never Spoke A Word." Daily Good, September 21, 2017. https://www.dailygood.org/story/1702/the-beautiful-story-of-an-artist-with-down-syndrome-who-never-spoke-a-word-priscilla-frank/
016
Sarah Gottesman. "10 Pioneering Textile Artists, from Sheila Hicks to Nick Cave." Artsy, October 31, 2016. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-textile-artists-who-are-pushing-the-medium-forward
Rebecca Hurwitz. "Creative Growth Center: An unwavering community in an ever-changing Oakland." The Daily Californian, October 23, 2016. https://www.dailycal.org/2016/10/23/creative-growth-center-unwavering-community-ever-changing-oakland/
Fran Schechter. "There Is No Label for Artist Judith Scott." NOW Toronto, October 26, 2016. https://nowtoronto.com/art-and-books/art/there-is-no-label-for-judith-scott/
Ashlyn Edwards. "Finding Her Voice Through Fiber Sculptures: The Outsider Art of Judith Scott." Beacon Broadside, July 1, 2016. https://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2016/07/finding-her-voice-through-fiber-sculptures-the-outsider-art-of-judith-scott.html
Luanne Martineau. "Not an Outsider Artist: An Appreciation of Judith Scott." canadianart, October 13, 2016. https://canadianart.ca/features/judith-scott-luanne-martineau/
2015
Allison Meier. "Finding a Voice in Fiber, Judith Scott Was an Artist, Not an Outsider." Hyperallergic, January 8, 2015. https://hyperallergic.com/173531/finding-a-voice-in-fiber-judith-scott-was-an-artist-not-an-outsider/
Nathaniel Rich. "A Training Ground for Untrained Artists." The New York Times, December 16, 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/magazine/a-training-ground-for-untrained-artists.html
Martha Schwendener. "On the Margins, but Moving Toward the Center." The New York Times, January 29, 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/arts/design/outsider-art-fair-evolves-but-holds-fast-to-its-roots.html
Roberta Smith. "Review: In 'A Rare Earth Magnet' at Derek Eller, a Focus on Repurposed Materials." The New York Times, August 13, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/arts/design/review-in-a-rare-earth-magnet-at-derek-eller-a-focus-on-repurposed-materials.html?_r=0
Cynthia Cruz. "Words Fall Away: Judith Scott: Bound and Unbound." Hyperallergic, March 14, 2015. http://hyperallergic.com/190327/words-fall-away-judith-scott-bound-and-unbound/
Brienne Walsh. "Judith Scott." Art Review, 2015. https://artreview.com/jan-feb-2015-review-judith-scott/
"Highlights from New York's Outsider Art Fair, the Most Refreshing Show in Town." Vogue, January 30, 2015.
Christine Smallwood. "Outside In." New York Times, June 1, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/t-magazine/outsider-art-essay-christine-smallwood.html?_r=0
Tony Marcus. "Outsider Art: Judith Scott." Aesop.com, April 2015.
Jessica Holmes. "Boundless: Judith Scott at the Brooklyn Museum." Art Critical, March 2015. http://www.artcritical.com/2015/03/20/jessica-holmes-on-judith-scott/
Louise Kinross. "A twin's bond sparks brilliance." Bloom, March 2015. http://bloom-parentingkidswithdisabilities.blogspot.fr/2015/03/a-twins-bond-sparks-brilliance.html
Charles Russell. "Judith Scott: Embodied Meaning." Raw Vision, #85, Spring 2015.
Faye Hirsch. "Judith Scott at the Brooklyn Museum." Art in America, February 2015. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/judith-scott/
"Play Hide and Seek with Judith Scott at the Brooklyn Museum." Brooklyn News, January 2015.
Melissa McGlensey. "This Artist With Down Syndrome Was Institutionalized for 35 Years. Now, Her Work Is World-Renowned." The Mighty, 2015. http://themighty.com/2015/01/this-artist-with-down-syndrome-was-institutionalized-for-35-years-now-her-work-is-world-renowned/
Jeffrey Kastner. "Judith Scott." Artforum, March 1, 2015. https://www.artforum.com/events/judith-scott-2-209012/
Dan Weiskopf. "Review: Zuckerman Museum's 'Forget Me Not' another thoughtful, visually distinctive exhibit." ArtsATL, September 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160302131956/http://www.artsatl.com/2015/09/review-forget-not-zuckerman-museum/
2014
Ariella Budick. "Judith Scott: Bound and Unbound, Brooklyn Museum, New York – review." Financial Times, November 3, 2014. https://www.ft.com/content/30d7b556-6122-11e4-b935-00144feabdc0
Andrea K. Scott. "Wrap Star: Judith Scott, Bound and Unbound at the Brooklyn Museum." New Yorker, December 1, 2014. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/01/wrap-star
Holland Cotter. "Silence Wrapped in Eloquent Cocoons: Judith Scott's Enigmatic Sculptures at the Brooklyn Museum." New York Times Art & Design, December 5, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/arts/design/judith-scotts-enigmatic-sculptures-at-the-brooklyn-museum.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=2
Karen Rosenberg. "Wrapped in Complexity." New York Times Art & Design, October 19, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/arts/design/wrapped-in-complexity.html?_r=0
Jerry Saltz. "Matthew Higgs Is a National Treasure." Vulture, December 9, 2014. https://www.vulture.com/2014/12/matthew-higgs-is-a-national-treasure.html
Andy Beta. "Judith Scott Exhibit opens at Brooklyn Museum." Wall Street Journal, October 2014. http://www.wsj.com/articles/judith-scott-exhibit-bound-and-unbound-opens-at-brooklyn-museum-1413997947
Gloria Marchini. "Judith Scott." Outsider Art Now, May 4, 2014. https://www.outsiderartnow.com/judith-scott/
Lawrence Downes. "An Artist Who Wrapped and Bound Her Work, and Then Broke Free." New York Times, December 2, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/opinion/an-artist-who-wrapped-and-bound-her-work-and-then-broke-free.html
Ula Ilntzky. "The Work Of Outsider Artist Judith Scott Sheds Beautiful Light On Living With Disabilities." Huffington Post, October 2014.
Mark Leach. "What beauty have we missed?" National Right to Life News, December 2014.
James Derek Sapienza. "Found Object, Found Artist." Opening Ceremony, December 2014.
2013
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson. "Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory." NWSA Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, Fall 2002, pp. 1–32. Reprinted in The Disability Studies Reader, edited by Lennard J. Davis, 4th ed. New York: Routledge, 2013.
Martha Schwendener. "Drawing Evolves, Testing Its Boundaries." The New York Times, April 5, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/nyregion/a-review-of-extreme-drawing-at-the-aldrich-contemporary-art-museum.html
"Women Who Kick Ass." May 2013. http://womenwhokickass.tumblr.com/post/51796463562/judith-scott-why-she-%20%20kicks-ass-tw-ableism-she
Andrew Cheetham. "Whitworth Work of the Week." October 2013. http://whitworthworkoftheweek.tumblr.com/post/64872657468/work-8-musgrave-kinley-outsider-art-collection
Joe Pitchert. "Textile Artist Judith Scott: Uncovering Innate Talent." TextileArtist.org, October 18, 2013. http://www.textileartist.org/textile-artist-judith-scott-uncovering-innate-talent/
Sarah Boxer. "The Rise of Self-Taught Artists." The Atlantic, August 2013. http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/09/out-is-the-new-in/309428/
Trina Kleist. "Inside the life and works of Judith Scott." Tahoe Quarterly, July 17, 2013.
Lucienne Peiry. "Judith Scott." Notes d'Art Brut, Le Carnet, 2013. http://www.notesartbrut.ch/judith-scott/
Anny Shaw. "Outsiders no more." The Art Newspaper, Issue 247, June 2013. Published online May 24, 2013.
Joyce Scott (introduction). A Room of Golden Shells: 100 Works by Artists and Writers with Down Syndrome. Woodbine House, 2013.
Elsa Mora. "Judith Scott: Art is a Way." Blog, March 2013. http://www.artisaway.com/blog/judith-scott/
2012
Ken Johnson. "Creative Growth." The New York Times, July 5, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/arts/design/creative-growth.html
Amelia Rachel Hokule'a Borofsky. "Where Great Art Transcends Disability." The Atlantic, December 13, 2012. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/where-great-art-transcends-disability/266184/
"Scott trumps Trockel!" Artopianews, October 25, 2012. http://artopianews.blogspot.fr/2012/10/the-star-of-rosemarie-trockel-show-at.html
Michael H. Miller. "Outsider Art Fair Moves to Dia Building in Chelsea in 2013." Gallerist NY, May 31, 2012.
Lucienne Peiry. "Judith Scott." Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012.
Anonymous. "Outsider Art." Phototactics, October 2012.
2011
Joyce Scott. "Her Hands" (poem). Published in Museum of Everything, Judith Scott - Catalog and Writings, 2011.
E.H. "How Important Is Intent in Art?" The Economist, October 24, 2011. https://www.economist.com/prospero/2011/10/24/how-important-is-intent-in-art
"Judith Scott - Touching to Feel." Serendip Studio, Bryn Mawr College, April 2011.
Karen. "Fiber with a Difference: Judith Scott." Day In, Day Out, April 2011. http://dayindayout10.blogspot.fr/search?q=judith+scott
Nicola Anthony. "Wrapping, twisting, weaving – Judith Scott at Museum of Everything." Trebuchet Magazine, November 2011. https://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/photo-essay-judith-scott-at-museum-of-everything/
Emily Fragos. "Art Brut." Hostage: New and Selected Poems. Sheep Meadow Press, 2011.
2010
Belinda Hollyer. "Judith Scott & the World of Insider Art." How to be Happy Though Human, September 2010.
Ken Johnson. "Inside, Outside, All Around the Aesthetics." Review of "Approaching Abstraction" at the American Folk Art Museum. The New York Times, January 5, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/arts/design/05abstract.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Rick Mullin. "Sculpture." American Arts Quarterly, Fall 2010.
2009
Kate Taylor. "Communicating Across Barriers Few Could Imagine." The New York Times, April 16, 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/arts/design/19kate.html
David Maclagan. "Creativity, Institutions and Outsider Art." Escape into Life, November 27, 2009. http://www.escapeintolife.com/essays/creativity-institutions-and-outsider-art/
David Byrne. Bicycle Diaries. New York: Penguin/Viking, 2009.
Rick Mullin. "Sculpture" (poem), 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20141227154841/http://www.nccsc.net/legacy/sculpture
2008
Lucienne Peiry. "Judith Scott." Raw Vision, no. 62, Spring 2008, p. 63.
2007
Marcus Davies. "Judith Scott: A Heart Concealed." In On Outsider Art and the Margins of the Mainstream. Bibiomation, April 2007. https://www.ibiblio.org/frenchart/outsider-art/judith-scott-a-hejudith-scott-a-heart-concealedart-concealed/
2006
Cheryl Dunn. "Judith Scott." In "Creative Growth." ANP Quarterly, No. 6, 2006.
Anon. "Quenouilles." Profil Magazine, Geneva, May 2006.
Pascal Rebetz. On m'appelait Judith Scott. Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 2006.
2005
G. Thomas Couser. "Disability, Life Narrative, and Representation." PMLA, vol. 120, no. 2, March 2005, pp. 602–6.
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson. "Feminist Disability Studies." Signs, vol. 30, no. 2, Winter 2005, pp. 1557–87.
Tobin Siebers. "Disability Aesthetics." PMLA, vol. 120, no. 2, March 2005, pp. 542–46.
Jonathan Keats. "Indifferent To Art." San Francisco Chronicle, 2005.
Rona Marech. "Judith Scott — renowned for her fiber art sculptures." San Francisco Chronicle, March 19, 2005. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/judith-scott-renowned-for-her-fiber-art-2722083.php
2003
Rachele Kanigel. "Entwined." Readers Digest, August 2003, pp. 117–121.
2002
John M. MacGregor. "Judith Scott's Metamorphosis." Raw Vision, 2002, #38.
Rona Marech. "Accidental Artist." San Francisco Chronicle, July 12, 2002. http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/PROFILE-Judith-Scott-Accidental-artist-2811815.php#photo-2212951
Roberta Smith. "ART IN REVIEW; Judith Scott: 'Cocoon.'" The New York Times, May 3, 2002. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/03/arts/art-in-review-judith-scott-cocoon.html
"The Nature of Art." The Arclight Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 1, Winter 2002, pp. 41–43.
Yukiko Koide. "Artists with Down Syndrome 1: Judith Scott." JDS News: Bulletin of the Japan Down Syndrome Association, No. 351, April 4, 2002 (Japanese).
Mike Daniel. "Disabled artists at Webb Gallery." guidelive.com, The Dallas Morning News, July 12, 2002.
"Energiebündel." Neue Zürcher Zeitung, January 5, 2002, p. 60.
"Geheimnisvolle Kokons." Bolero, Zürich, January 1, 2002, p. 44.
2001
Edward M. Gomez. "Arts in America: Building a Refuge of Respectability for Art on the Fringe." New York Times, January 18, 2001. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/18/arts/arts-in-america-building-a-refuge-of-respectability-for-art-on-the-fringe.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Barbara Lee Smith. "Judith Scott: Finding a Voice." Fiber Arts Magazine, Summer 2001, pp. 36–39.
Dina Masouras. "A Hidden Treasure Discovered." Craftscene, October 2001.
Evelyn Nieves. "Artist Emerges with Works in a 'Private Language.'" New York Times, June 25, 2001. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/25/national/25JUDY.html?pagewanted=all
Marian Liu. "Berkeley Dream Weaver Steps Into Limelight." Cityside | InsideBayArea.com, April 23, 2001.
John MacGregor. "Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott." Common Ground Magazine, Issue 102, Summer 2001.
"Les Broderies Obsédantes de Judith." Profil Femme, December 29, 2001, pp. 11–12.
Florence Marguerat. "Luceine Peiry reprend les rênes de l'art brut." Le Courrier, Genève, October 20, 2001, pp. 22–23.
Stephane Gobbo. "Judith Scott, une femme araignée au Musée de l'art brut." La Liberté, Fribourg, October 20, 2001, pp. 37–38.
Luc Debraine. "Les sculptures textiles de Judith Scott suggèrent que l'art brut reste un art vivant." Le Temps, Genève, October 15, 2001.
2000
Joyce Scott. "Birth and Rebirth." The Outsider (published by Intuit), vol. 5, no. 1, Fall 2000, pp. 6–18.
Cara Jepsen. "Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott." Chicago Reader, September 8, 2000, vol. 29, no. 49, p. 4.
David Maclagan. "Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott (book review)." Raw Vision, no. 31, Summer 2000, pp. 71–72.
John MacGregor. "Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott." The Outsider, vol. 5, no. 1, Fall 2000, pp. 6, 10–18.
John MacGregor. "Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott." Visions: American Visionary Art Museum, 2000, vol. 6, pp. 14–18.
Michael O'Sullivan. "On Exhibit: Wealth Beyond Measure." Washington Post Weekend, October 13, 2000, pp. 59–60.
"USA: Judith Scott's Fiber Art Forms at Intuit." Raw Vision, no. 32, Fall 2000, p. 18.
1999
Joyce Scott. "Twins" (poem). Published in John MacGregor, Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott. Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, 1999.
Kimberly Chun. "Berkeley Woman Gains Fame as 'Outsider' Artist." San Francisco Chronicle: East Bay, March 26, 1999, p. EB 5.
Media
Helena Merriman and Sarah Kendal. Rescuing my twin, the famous artist we might never have known. BBC Outlook, July, 2024.
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct6wyq
Creative Growth Art Center in San Francisco Bay Area: Judith Scott. Art21, 2018. https://art21.org/artist/judith-scott/
Charlotte Dumartheray and Pascal Rebetez. On m'appelait Judith Scott, stage play, Lausanne, November 2013.
Buck Gooter. Judith Scott, music video, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgIh3NY8-OM
Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott. Icarus Films, June 2012.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/judithscott
Bruno Ciasca. Bottega di Fiber Art "Judith Scott", June 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEc9jPR2DcU
Judith Scott at The Museum of Everything. BBC Culture Show 2, 2011. https://youtu.be/46LdVzWoNhI?si=Z9aIynvTjwr2oEWV
Susan Owensby. Exhibition unwraps 'Secret Objects': An Interview of Creative Growth Executive Director Tom Di Maria, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20181104021219/http://en.rfi.fr/visiting-france/20111105-secret-objects-discover-paris
Tom DiMaria. Tactile Pleasures in the work of Judith Scott. Swissnex, San Francisco, May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20161024053841/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9_IMNwjo1Q
Scott Ogden and Malcolm Hearn (directors). Make. Lander, WI: Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2011. Duration: 69 minutes. https://rawvision.com/blogs/articles/articles-outsiders-screen | https://www.nytimes.com/video/multimedia/1194839584034/make.html | https://vimeo.com/79909068
La Terrible Vida y el Arte Puro de Judith Scott, 2009. https://youtu.be/uVH5vl4NuO8?si=SuadL0zY1ZdpKjQv
Betsy Bayha (director). Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott. Fanlight Productions, 2006. Duration: 26 minutes. https://reelabilities.org/films/115-outsider--the-life-art-of-judith-scott | Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO2_kc910vA
Phillipe Lespinasse (director). Les Cocons Magiques de Judith Scott (Judith Scott's Magic Cocoons). Lausanne: Collection de l'Art Brut; Bordeaux: Lokomotiv Films, 2005. Duration: 36 minutes. Color. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506233322/http://www.artbrut.ch/en/21037/149/films/judith-scott-s-magic-cocoons
Lola Barrera and Iñaki Peñafiel (directors). ¿Qué tienes debajo del sombrero? (What's Under Your Hat?). Produced by Julio Medem and Gemma Cubero del Barrio. Madrid: Alicia Produce, S.L., 2006. Duration: 75 minutes. Color. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F_gqM2WDac
San Francisco: Disabled artist's vision. CNN World News Special, September 19, 2002. https://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/09/18/accidental.artist/
Andrea Ciannavei. Art Outside, off-Broadway play, November 2002. https://www.theatermania.com/shows/new-york-city-theater/off-off-broadway/art-outside_18414/
Judith & Shields. theartVIEw, at Art/Brut Center, Gugging, 2001. https://vimeo.com/15628535?fl=pl&fe=sh
Collections
ABCD (Art Brut Connaissance & Diffusion) Collection, Paris, France and Prague, Czech Republic
American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
L’Aracine Musée d’Art Brut Collection, Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
The Museum of Everything, London, UK
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
When we observe Judith's finished artworks, we observe her meticulous, tightly wound nests with little idea of what may be inside each sculpture. Xrays taken in 2004 at Richmond Kaiser Hospital provide a sliver of evidence of what lays in these deep layers.
