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Rorschach and the blood moon Ed. /3
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The Silent Parade Ed. /3
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Bequeath I Ed. /3
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Bequeath II Ed. /3
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Leave them all behind Ed. /3
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We surrendered to distant shorelines Ed. /3
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A Rumour Of Flight I Ed. /3
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A Rumour Of Flight Ii Ed. /3
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Ghostbride I Ed. /5
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Ghostbride II Ed. /5
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Ghostbride III Ed. /5
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Ghostbride IV Ed. /5
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Rochester to Penn I Ed. /3
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Rochester to Penn II Ed. /3
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Rochester to Penn III Ed. /3
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Our voices were drowned by the rolling tide Ed. /3
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A Gift From The Legible World Ed. /3
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Rorschach and the Sea Ed. /3
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At the furled edge of the sea Ed. /3
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A Name For Something Wanted Ed. /3
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Tempus Fugit I
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Tempus Fugit II
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Tempus Fugit III
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Tristan
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Isolde
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The weight of light I Ed. /10
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The weight of light III Ed. /10
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The weight of light IV Ed. /10
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The weight of light V Ed. /10
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Fragmented Spectres I Ed. /15
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Fragmented Spectres II Ed. /15
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Fragmented Spectres III Ed. /15
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Fragmented Spectres IV Ed. /15
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Fragmented Spectres V Ed. /15
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Fragmented Spectres VII Ed. /15
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Fragmented SpectresI VIII Ed. /15
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Fragmented Spectres IX Ed. /15
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Fragmented Spectres X Ed. /15
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Fragmented Spectres XI Ed. /15
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Fragmented Spectres XII Ed. /15
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We are sometimes haunted by the space we fill. I Ed. /3
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We are sometimes haunted by the space we fill. II Ed. /3
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# The Nightwatch II Ed. /5
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We must give them shapes and names Ed. /3
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The Last Engineer XXIII
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The Last Engineer XXIV
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about the artist

Judith is an Australian/Spanish expanded media artist whose creative practice explores collective and historical memory and the retelling of narratives though the use and interpretation of document, images and artefacts found in the archive.

She was awarded the State Library of Victoria creative fellowship at Baldessin Press in 2019/20. Judith has been artist in residence at Alfred University in New York, Cicada Press in Sydney, and Megalo Print Studio in Canberra. She has had exhibitions in galleries, museums, art fairs and cultural institutions both in Australia and in Spain. She has been a finalist in The Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award and The Megalo International Print Prize, highly commended in The Olive Cotton Award, and awarded the accésit prize for El Premio Internacional de Arte Gráfica Jesus Nuñez.

Judith is a PhD candidate at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, from which she also has a Master of Philosophy in Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Design. She is represented by the Lost Bear Gallery in Australia and La Factoria de Papel in Madrid.

Artist statement

My work alters fragments from the past to create a present. I try to tap into the unconscious mind and treat the layers of memory and thought as an archaeologist would a dig-site – I displace people from antique images and create new landscapes around them, exploring human identity and the notion of the individual through time and place.

The landscapes are stitched digitally from photographs I have taken in various locations, thus creating altered realities for my subjects to inhabit (exploring the notion of immigration, nostalgia and reinvention – something I am only too aware of as the daughter of immigrants).

As I rework these photographs of strangers, I develop an intimacy with them – they become part of my thought process, and I cannot help but create new narratives.

I feel sadness towards these anonymous figures – who were they and why has the memory of them been discarded? What comment are we making about our own identities as we dispense with such images?

There are different elements to my work – collecting, layering and (manual and digital) construction to create a visual map for people to follow. I experiment with different materials in the production of the large photo media works – the printing techniques I am currently using create an illusion of movement, adding a sense of gentle surrealism to the pieces. Although printed on metal there is a fluidity to the appearance of the work I create. This is achieved in the digital layering process, by playing with perspective and photographic depth of field.

Each piece, whether a photographic-montage or a hand-stitched mixed-media, pays respect to its borrowed subject.

Judith Martinez Estrada

Biography
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020/21. Revenant
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre. NSW, Australia
2019. The Displacement of Ghosts
Kudos Gallery, Paddington, NSW, Australia
2019. La luz que quedo
Alma Grafica Art Fair, invited featured artist, Oviedo, Spain
2019. Palimpsest
Lost Bear Gallery, Katoomba, Australia
2019. Espectros Fragmentados
Casa Municipal de Cultura, Llanera, Asturias, Spain
2018. The Apartment/El Apartamento
AD Space, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
2018. El Atlas de la Memoria/ The Memory Atlas
La Factoría de Papel, Madrid, Spain
2018. Fragmented Spectres
The Rocks Discovery Museum, Sydney, Australia
2017. Untitled
Lost Bear Gallery, Katoomba, Australia
2015. Trove
Lost Bear Gallery, Katoomba, NSW, Australia

SELECTED GROUPS EXHIBITIONS

2022. Semana Profesional de Arte Oviedo
Oviedo, Spain
2022 and 2014. Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Collection
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, Australia
2020. Black and Blue II
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, Australia
2020. From Me To You
Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2020. Megalo International Print Prize
Megalo, Canberra
2019. Festival Internacional de grabado. FIG Bilbao
(Fundacion CIEC gallery space), Bilbao, Spain
2018-20 and 2016. As Far as the Eye Can See
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, Australia Touring nationally across Australia
2018. Impact 10
Biblioteca Central, Santander, Cantabria
2018. In Time
Janet Clayton Gallery , Sydney, Australia Lost Bear Gallery, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
2014. Black and Blue
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, Australia
2014. Keepsake
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, Australia
2013. 7 Illustrators
The Everglades, Leura, NSW, Australia

COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS

2022. Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Collection
2020. Crowne Plaza, Melbourne. Atrium artwork 2018. Alfred University, New York, USA
2018. Jesús Núñez. Fundacion CIEC, A Coruña, Spain 2017. Crowne Plaza, Melbourne. Room & foyer artworks
2014. Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Collection
2013. BM International Hotel Management School

Prizes and Residencies

2022. Megalo Artist in Residence.
Megalo, Canberra, Australia
2021. Olive Cotton. Finalist
Highly commended Finalist.
Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia.
2021. Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award. Finalist
Prize Finalist Fremantle, WA, Australia
2020. Megalo International Print Prize. Finalist
Megalo, Canberra, Australia
2019/2020. State Library of Victoria Rick Amor
& Baldessin Press Residency Fellowship. Winner
State Library of Victoria, Australia
2019. XIII Premio Internacional
de Arte Gráfico J. Núñez. Scholarship recipient
Fundacion CIEC, A Coruña, Spain
2019. Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award. Finalist
Prize Finalist Fremantle, WA, Australia
2019. Mini Print Cantabria. Finalist
Santander, Cantabria, Spain
2018. Alfred University Artist in Residence. New York. USA
Expanded Media Department.
2018. XIII Premio Internacional de Arte Gráfico Jesús Núñez. Finalist Fundacion CIEC, A Coruña, Spain
2018. Meroogal Women’s Art Prize. Finalist
Prize Finalist, Nowra, NSW, Australia
2018. Mini Print Cantabria. Finalist
Santander, Cantabria,Spain
2015. City of Ryde Winter Art Festival. Finalist
Ryde, NSW, Australia
2008. National Trust Heritage Awards Winner
Strategy & Historical Interpretation Installations

EDUCATION

PHD CANDIDATE
UNSW, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture. 2021
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN FINE ARTS
UNSW, Art & Design. Awarded 2020
BACHELOR OF DESIGN
UNSW, College of Fine Arts. 1993-1996

Design

Practicing graphic designer 1997-present date.

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