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An exhibit of new artwork by Judith Mogul and Tom Farnam, at the AVA Gallery in Chattanooga, TN. You are cordially invited to attend the...
Growing up just one hour north of New York City, in Mohegan Lake, New York, Mogul’s earliest influences include her paternal grandmother, a self taught artist and her great aunt, a painter, Emily Kravzov who married the painter and printmaker Emil Ganso. As Russian immigrants, they shared their value of both the fine and applied arts, music and poetry. Visiting their working studios forged strong childhood memories in Mogul’s psyche as well as the visualization of a woman’s life as an artist.
An undergraduate degree in art from SUNY New Paltz, brought Mogul in contact with the renowned painter and teacher Manuel Bromberg. Bromberg’s background as a New Deal artist, and his innovative sculptures, casts of Catskill Mountain cliffs, offered Mogul a strong traditional background and garnered her appetite for experimentation. With a growing interest to leave the North and live and learn about the American South, she left New York to attend graduate school at the University of Georgia. Here, in the 1980’s, amidst the dynamic cultural boom taking place in Athens, Georgia, particularly in music and film, Mogul brought all of her interests together. Her involvement with painting, performance art, puppetry and experimental film found strong support and fertile ground for development.
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Mogul has employed her fine art skills in the applied arts throughout her career. She worked as a costume painter and textile designer in New York City’s garment industry, as well as created window displays for department stores
across the country. Aware of the excitement and high level of aesthetics found in window displays in New York City, she used this public platform to both elevate the merchandise on display and engage the viewers in a gallery like experience. For her work in this field, she was recognized with the NADI award (National Association for Display Industries), the highest award in Retail Visual Marketing.
In 2013, Mogul assumed the position of Visual Arts Coordinator at AIM Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. AIM provides psychosocial rehabilitation for adults with severe mental illness. Here, she gained a new perspective on the relation between art and life. For the members at AIM Center, art is an unbridled means of self expression and communication. Their raw visions and intuitive approach has been revelatory to Mogul’s own work, which has been framed by art history and academic standards of pictorial representation.
Her most recent project undertaken with members of AIM Center is a book, One Hundred Views of Chattanooga, which presents the paintings created by members as they recorded their impressions and observations of sites around the city during field trips over a two year period.
Taking every life experience as an opportunity to expand her art and broaden her bandwidth, Mogul’s work continues to reflect her paths chosen and those she finds herself on.
Chattanooga Film Festival
Louisville Film Festival
Memphis Independent Film Festival
Festival deCine Internacional de Barcelona
Chicago Short Film Festival
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts
Alexandria Museum of Art
Wesleyan College
Hunter Museum of American Art
Tennessee State Museum
Georgia Museum of Art
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Southern Arts Federation Grant
Alternate Visions Grant
Ford Foundation Grant
Andy Warhol Foundation Grant
MakeWork Artist Grant
Arts Builds Communities Grant
Tennessee Arts Commission