Born Tucson, AZ 

Lives and works in San Antonio, TX

EDUCATION

MFA University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, May 2006

BFA University of Houston, Houston, TX, May 2002

AA San Jacinto College, Houston, TX, May 1999

EXHIBITIONS

2010

Intense Concentration, University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX

Foretopia, David Shelton Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2009

It's Time, Cactus Bra Space, San Antonio, TX 78204 (September)

Drawing: Impromptu, JAC studio, San Antonio, TX

It's All Part of the Plan, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

Luminaria: Arts Night in San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Perceptible Systems, NYCAMS Gallery, New York, NY

2008

Chalk It Up 2008, Feature Artist, Artpace, San Antonio, TX (October)

What's In a Line?, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX (Two-person)

Cantanker: Transitions, Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX

Drawing Sketchbook Projects, Art House, Atlanta, GA

All School Exhibition 2008, Southwest School of Arts and Crafts, San Antonio, TX

ArtBall 2008, Sponsored by The Artist Foundation, San Antonio, TX

2007

Gel Meets Slope, Blue Star Art Center, San Antonio, TX (Solo Show)

Artists Looking at Art, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

Out of Generica, Drink, San Antonio, TX

2006

Insanely Sick, i2i gallery, San Antonio, TX

Pink Lemonade, i2i gallery, San Antonio, TX (Solo Show)

Just Gel with a little BiC, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX (Solo Show)

Unlocked, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX

The 22^nd Annual Student Art Exhibition, UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2005

UTSA Art Guild Show, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX

 "Timelines", Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Group showing with Linda Pace)

RAC National Juried Art Exhibition, RAC Gallery, San Antonio, TX

Face First, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX

Mostly BiC, Three Walls, San Antonio, TX (Solo Show)

39^th Annual National Drawing Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

2004

Revelations, Juan Yepes Studio Gallery, Big Tex Grain Mills, San Antonio, TX

Fire in the Belly, Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, TX

Opus, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX

2002

Summer 2002, Brittany Gallery, Pont-Aven-Brittany, France

Recent Work, Project Space, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2000

Clowns, NO-TSU-OH, Houston, TX

RESIDENCIES / STUDY ABROAD

Study Abroad, Berlin, Germany, Spring 2006

Study Abroad, Berlin, Germany, Spring 2005

Pont-Aven School of Art, Brittany, France, Summer 2002

ARTIST LECTURE/PROFESSIONAL

Lecture, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, August 2008

Portfolio Interview, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, October 2007

Slide Registry, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, May 2007

Lecture, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, July 2007

Lecture, Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX, Spring 2007

Lecture, Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX, Fall 2006

AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS

"Best in Show", All School Exhibition 2008, Mary Mikel Stump, Texas State University, April 2008

"CAM Artist's Choice", Pink Lemonade, Contemporary Art Month San Antonio, July 2006

"The Double Hickey Critics' Choice", Pink Lemonade, San Antonio Current, Contemporary Art Month, July 2006

Best in Show, The 22^nd Annual Student Art Exhibition, Curator: Rene Barilleaux, April 2006

Juror's Choice, UTSA Art Guild Show, Curator: Kathryn Kanjo, November 2005

Best in Show-Painting, Revelations, Curator: Bill Fitzgibbons, October 2004

Wai Ching Lam Endowment Award, April 2006

Study Abroad Scholarship; Berlin, Germany, Spring 2006

Art and Art History Graduate Art Scholarship, Fall 2005

Study Abroad Scholarship; Berlin, Germany, Spring 2005

Study Abroad Scholarship; Pont-Aven, France, Summer 2002

Edmonds Educational Scholarship, Spring 2002/Fall 2001

Flaxman Scholarship, Fall 2001

Franklin Maguire Scholarship, Spring 2001/Fall 2000

BIBLIOGRAPHY

John Ewing.  "Perceptible Systems, New York Center for Art & Media Studies", Art Lies Magazine, No. 62, Summer 2009

Scott Dickens.  "Four heads are bigger than one", San Antonio Contemporary Art Examiner, 26 July 2009

Rachel Hooper.  "Judith Cottrell and Alex Lopez: Lawndale Art Center", Art Lies Magazine, No. 60, Winter 2008

Leona Scull-Hons. "Transitions", Cantanker Magazine- Issue 6 Catalog, 30 August 2008, (Photo)

Meghan O. Hendley.  The Front Row- Houston Public Radio, (88.7 kuhf.fm), 25 August 2008 (Podcast)

Abra Schnur.  Out of Generica, CAM.  Culture Club, Texas Public Radio, Episode 010, August 1, 2007 (Podcast)

Jessica Belasco.  "Exhibit delves into art of perception", 210SA, V1, Issue 25 2007, (Review) (Photo)

David McCall Freeman. "Judith Cottrell: Pink Lemonade at i2i gallery", Voices of Art Magazine, V14.2 2006, (Review) (Photo) (Cover Photo)

Jennifer Mulnix. "Just Gel with a Little BiC: Judith Cottrell at UTSA Satellite Space", Voices of Art Magazine, V14.2 2006, (Review) (Photo)

Dan Goddard. "Art off the beaten path has interesting offerings", San Antonio Express News, 19 July 2006, (Review) (Photo)

Elaine Wolff.  "Pucker Up: Performance-art averse? You're gonna love it!", San Antonio Current, 19 July 2006, (Review) (Photo)

Catherine Walworth. "Pre-CAM razzle-dazzle with pen and lights", San Antonio Current, 14 June 2006, (Review) (Photo)

Jessica Elizararras, "Student exhibition success", The Paisano, 18 April 2006, (Review)

Catherine Walworth. "Art of women, by women, and for everybody", San Antonio Current, 10 March

2005, (Review) (Photo) Pete Cawthon. "UTSA students display talent", The Paisano, 8 Nov 2005