Judith A. Brust is an internationally known artist who works in various mediums: painting and drawing, both abstract and figurative, sculpture and most recently unusually large (4 ft. x 8 ft.) layered monoprints. Influenced by extensive readings in the works of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell and Gaston Bachelard, and inspired by the spiritual quality in the works of fellow painters and sculptors Mark Rothko, Paul Klee, Louise Bourgeois and Eva Hesse, Brust's art, especially the monoprints, deserves a commitment of time and attention on the part of any serious viewers.
Brust holds an MFA from the State University of New York in Albany and a BS from Pennsylvania State University. She has exhibited extensively in group and solo shows for over 30 years. Her work is in private and corporate collections throughout the U.S. including the permanent collection at the Mandarin Hotel in Boston, alongside artists such as David Hockney, Terry Winters and Frank Stella.
A resident of the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, she exhibits her work at Gallery at 4 India Street on Nantucket and L'Attitude Gallery on Newbury Street in Boston. Previously she owned galleryblue, which she managed from 2005 to 2010 in Nantucket and in Rochester, New York.
Her Nantucket studio--galleryblue--serves as the base for her creative work and is open by appointment throughout the year. Presently she serves as a board member of the Artists Association and the Nantucket Arts Council and actively supports the island's thriving artist community.
Selected solo and group exhibitions over the years include:
2012 Gallery at 4 India Street and Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Nantucket, MA
2011 L'Attitude Gallery, Boston, MA, The Gallery at 35 Main Street and Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2009 Modernism + ART 20, New York City, Birnam Wood Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Hun Gallery, Seoul, Korea, Levis Fine Art Modern Masters, Nantucket, MA, Gallery Meepyung, Seoul, Korea
2008 The White Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2005-2010 galleryblue, Nantucket, MA and Rochester, NY
2004 Dyer Art Center, Rochester, NY, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Ft. Myers, FL
2003 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2001 East Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2000 ZONE 1 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 State University of New York, Albany, NY
1992 Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
1991 South Wharf Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1990 Elysian Fields Gallery, Williamstown, MA, Artist Association of Nantucket, Nantucket, MA