JUDITH PECK, Ed.D.Professor emerita of art Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 | ||
57 Thunderhead Place Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 Telephone: 201‑529‑5105 | E-mail: judithpeck@optonline.net | |
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Historic Telephone Company building, Narragansett RI, Telephone
Ghetto Fighters Museum, Acco, Israel, Rahiti (I Saw)
The Reform Temple of Rockland, Nyack, NY, Shared Harvest
Yale Gallery of Art, New Haven, CT, Race
Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, One Man in Memory of Six Million, life size Holocaust memorial, bronze. Purchase by Yvonne Lorber in memory of the Manheim family
Citizens for Public Art, Ridgewood, NJ purchase for train station, bronze, The Blanket
City of West Palm Beach Public Library; life size bronze group, Reading Together
Teaneck, NJ Library Children’s Garden, for Teaneck Centennial celebration, life size bronze group Reading Together
Governor’s Mansion, West Virginia: Gov.& Mrs. Gaston Caperton (Conductor, Rachel Worby) Torso
Rockland Center for Holocaust Studies, Spring Valley, NY, bronze wall sculpture, Passage
Northshore Synagogue, Syosset, NY, Passage 2nd casting, Holocaust Memorial
Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ, over life size bonded bronze, Continuity
Temple Oheb Sholom, Baltimore, MD, over life size bonded bronze, Continuity 2nd casting
LOAN INSTALLATIONS, AWARDS
2026-2025 Warwick Winery NY: Reclining Woman and Falling Woman from the series, “Ladies of Steel”
2026- 2025 Fairlawn Library, NJ, Refugees
2024-2023 Closter, NJ, Refugees
2023-2022 Mahwah Library, NJ, Refugees
2025-2008 Erika and David Boyd Sculpture Garden, Leonia, NJ Several sculptures, various times: Joyful Company, Tsunami, Husband and Wife, Boy with Dog, Falling Woman, Isolation, Appalachia
2025-1999 Clifton Sculpture Park, NJ, City Hall, Resettlement, over life size family grouping, The Blanket, bronze
2019-2018 Meredith Sculpture Walk, New Hampshire, River Flow, life size welded steel, Reclining Woman Black.
2013 City of Stamford, CT Invitational, Appalachia and five large steel works
2019-2014 Havemeyer House Ramapo College of NJ Mahwah President’s home: Dog Walker, bronze; Cellist, alabaster. Reclining Woman Black, steel (on lawn)
2001-2000 Smith College, Northampton, MA, Refugees
1996-1992 Ramapo College of NJ, Moses
1998-1996 Christ Church, Ridgewood, NJ, Moses
1991-1989 Reform Temple of Suffern, NY, Moses
1988-1985 Yearly Partners Award commissioned by Arts Council of Rockland awarded to a corporation active in the arts, Two Fawns that are Twins of a Gazelle
1986:1988 Hopper House, Nyack, NY
1985 Ninex Corporation, Pearl River, NY
1988-1983 Metro Medical Downtown, Broadway, NYC, The Doctor
1984-1981 Sites in MD, NJ, NY, Resettlement
2012-1972 Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ One Man in Memory of Six Million
1969 First Prize in Sculpture NJ State Award, , Montclair Museum, NJ Art in the Park, Paterson, NJ
1969 Booth Theatre, NYC; life size figure created for “The Dozens”
1964 First Prize in Sculpture, Deaf Mute, New Jersey State Exhibition
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Mahwah Museum, Retrospective
2025 Pine Gallery, Fairlawn Library, Sculptural Stories in Bronze
2025-2024 Mahwah Museum, Retrospective
2023 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Gateway to the UN, NYC, 2nd invitational Ladies of Steel. Four large, welded steel figures, sponsored by NYC Department of Parks.
2014 Ramapo College of New Jersey, Judith Peck Sculpture: Empathy
2013 Pomona Cultural Center, NY, Ways of Seeing
2011-2012 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Gateway to the UN, NYC, Ladies of Steel, four life size welded steel figures, sponsored by NYC Department of Parks.
2012 Suffern Library Sculpture in Bronze, Suffern, NY
2009 Mount Beacon Fine Art, Beacon, NY
2008 Pearl Daddy Gallery, Beacon, NY
2005 Tycoon Gallery, Manasquan, NJ
2005 Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ “Sculpture in Bronze”
2001-2002 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Second Ave. and 47th St. “Four Ladies of Steel”
2001 Pelham Art Center, NY
2000 Robert Moses Plaza, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, 16 large sculptures
1999 Fordham University at Lincoln Center, Entrance Gallery
1999 New Jersey Botanical Gardens, Skylands, Ringwood, NJ
1992-1993 Montclair State University, Art Gallery, Upper Montclair, NJ
1992 Adelphi University, Swirlbul Library, Garden City, NY
1991 Lowenstein Library, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NYC
1990-1991 Fordham University at Lincoln Center: Robert Moses Plaza,NYC
1990-1991 Berkeley College of Business, Manhattan campus, NYC
1988 Fair Lawn Library, Fair Lawn, NJ
1987 Montebello Mansion, Suffern, NY
1986 Ramapo College Gallery Alternate Space
1985 College Misericordia, Dallas, Pa.
1984-1985 Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY: a sculpture series featuring solo exhibits by artists in this order: Botero, Henry Moore, Zuniga, Lucchesi, Judith Peck, William King, Chaim Gross, Hugo Robus.
1984 Hopper House, Nyack, NY
1983 Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY
1983 Modern Artists Guild Gallery, Paramus, NY
1982 Passaic Community College, Paterson, NJ
1981 Temple Oheb Sholom, Baltimore, MD
1981 North Jersey Y, Wayne, NJ
1978 Ramapo College of New Jersey Gallery, Mahwah, NJ
1978 New Jersey State Museum and Cultural Center, Trenton, NJ
1976 Unicorn Gallery, Soho, NYC
1975 Pease Gallery, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
1975 Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
1974 Macy Gallery, Columbia University, NYC
1972 Avanti Galleries, E.72 St., NYC
1969 Hartford Jewish Community Center, Hartford, CT
1965 Barzansky Galleries, Madison Avenue, NYC
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2026-2025 Paul Larsen Gallery, Saddle River, NJ
2008-2009 Lana Santorelli Gallery, 110 W. 26th St. NYC
1998-2002 Quietude Garden Gallery, East Brunswick. NJ (outdoor work)
1999-2004 The Sculpture Showcase, New Hope, PA
1985-1987 Gallerie Jean Andre, Paris, France
1978-1983 Reyn Gallery, Madison Avenue, NYC (after closing)
1976-1978 Hammer Galleries, 57th Street, NY
1965-1970 Barzansky Galleries, Madison Avenue, NYC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Sculptors Guild, Mora Museum, Jersey City, NJ
2021 The Sculptors Guild, Westbeth Gallery, NYC
2019 Belskie Museum of Art & Science: Judith Peck & Invited Artists
2018 Garner Arts Gallery, W. Haverstraw, NY
2017 Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, Art Biologic, The Forest
2009 Fieldstone Gallery, Ramsey, NJ
2008 Kresge and Pascal Galleries, Ramapo College of NJ
2008 Hopper House, Nyack, NY
2004 Alternate Space, Astoria, NY
2002-2003 Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY
2002 Sculpture Biennial, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2000, 1999 University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ Spring Arts Festival
2000 Faculty Exhibition, Galleries, Ramapo College of New Jersey
1997-1998 Lumina Gallery, Soho, NYC
1997 East Coast Artists,13 sculptors, Jersey City, NJ
1995 1st International Biennale of Art, Malta
1993 Bradford College, Bradford, MA
1989 Stoneleigh Artists Showcase, Briarcliff Manor, NY
1989 Special Olympics Benefit, Spring Valley, NY
1987 New Jersey Society of Architects, E. Rutherford, NJ
1987 Bergen Museum, invitational, Paramus, NJ
1987 Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, State Faculty Show
1984 Walters Art Gallery, Douglas College, New Brunswick, NJ
1983 Nabisco Brands USA Gallery, East Hanover, NJ
1981 New Jersey Society of Architects, Woodbridge, NJ
1981 Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC
1980 Artspace, Middlesex, Kendall Park, NJ
1979 New York International Sculpture Fair, NYC
1978 Genesis Gallery, 57th Street, NYC
1978 World Trade Center, NYC
1978 Noho Gallery, LaGuardia Place, NYC
1977 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ
1975 Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
1974 Sculpture in the Park, Paramus, NJ
1973 Morris Museum of Art and Science, Morristown, NJ
1971 Sixty American Sculptors, Van Saun Park, Paramus, NJ
1971 Carlyle Hotel, NYC
1971 Rockland Foundation for the Arts Gallery, West Nyack, NY
1969 Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
1969 New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1968 Chapman Sculpture Gallery, Madison Avenue, NYC
1968 Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1967 Modern Masters Gallery, 8th Street, NYC
1966 Allied Artists of America, National Academy Gallery, NYC
1964 New Jersey State 33rd Annual, Montclair Art Museum, NJ
1963 Audubon Artists 21st Annual, National Academy Galleries, NYC
1960 Detroit Institute of Art 2nd Biennial of American Painting and Sculpture
1960 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 155th Annual, Philadelphia, PA
1958 Madison Square Garden, Art USA, NYC
1955 Baltimore Museum of Art 2nd Regional Exhibition, Baltimore MD
1955 Audubon Artists 13th Annual, National Academy Galleries, NYC
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2002 Design request for Ridgewood, NJ Train Station
2001 Design request for large bronze sculpture for corporate achievement awards, Seattle, WA
1999 Design request for large scale sculpture, Somerset Financial Center, NJ
1999 Design request for large scale sculpture, New City Jail, NY
1999 Acceptance to Iowa Summer Writing Festival
1999 Design request for Saddle River Millennium Memorial project
1996,1994 Director, Summer Study Abroad, Ramapo College: Studio Art in London
19931997 Acceptance to Fiction Writers Peer Group, the Writers Voice Project, NYC
19961985 Arts Council of Rockland Advisory Board
1996pres. American Art Therapy Association (professional status)
1994 Juror, Sculptor Affiliates of Northern New Jersey Annual Exhibit
1993 Design request for large scale sculpture, Rutgers University Law Library, Camden, NJ
1988 Distinguished Service Award, County of Rockland
1988 Certificate of Recognition, Rockland District Attorney
19821984 President, Arts Council of Rockland
1980pres. The Author’s Guild
19791983 American Association of Artists/Therapists (certified; registered)
19761984 Arts Council of Rockland, Board of Directors
19761978 President, The Modern Artists Guild
1976pres. Women’s Caucus for Art
19731978 The Architectural Review Board, Mahwah, NJ
19741980 College Art Association
SELECTED REFERENCES
2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
2015-1991 Who’s Who in American Art
2009-1991 Who’s of American Women
2009 Who’s Who in America
2008 Featured Artist, November, Santa Fe Art World
2008 Centerpoint Now, December Issue, United Nations journal, Ladies of Steel
2008 Peck represented in Hedwig Brenner’s book on Jewish artists (in German)
2007 The Record, feature
2005 New York Times, New Jersey Exhibitions
2005 Hackensack Chronicle
2001 Gallery & Studio: Review “Judith Peck’s Amazons Confront the Towers of Midtown”
2000 The Daily News: “Today in New York 3/15 feature: opening of Peck Fordham U. exhibition.
2000 Antiques and the Arts Weekly 3/10 This Life, Judith Peck at Fordham University at Lincoln Center.
1999 The Record
1996 Smithsonian Institution & the National Museum of American Art publication: “Designing Outdoor Sculpture”
1994 ABC News, AP, The Record
1988 New York Art Review
1985 The Times Leader, WilkesBarre, PA (Oct.18, 30)
1983 The New York Times (Dec. 18)
1983 The New York Times (Nov. 6)
1981 The Herald News (April 10)
1981 The Record (April 1)
1979/1977 UAColumbia Cablevision
1977 WW`DJ Radio
1977 The Record (Sept.4)
1976 New York Art Yearbook, Noyes Art Books
1976 Paterson Evening News (Dec.2)
1976 The Record (April 22)
1975 Early Years Magazine (March)
1975 The New York Times (Dec.31)
1974 The Paramus Post (April 3)
1973 The Journal News (April 29)
1972 New Jersey Music and Arts Magazine (March)
1971 The Ridgewood Sunday News (Jan. 29)
1971 The Record (Mar.7)
1965 Prize Winning Sculpture, Allied Publications
TEACHING
1971 – pres. Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ, Professor of art
2003 Salary Range Adjustment (merit) Award
1992 Promotion, Full Professor of Art
1984 Promotion, Associate Professor of Art
1975 Tenured; Assistant Professor of Art
1994 Rutgers University Graduate School of Education, E. Brunswick, NJ, Visiting Professor
19841985 Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY (sculpture)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1983 Ed.D. New York University, Art and Art Education
1983 American Projective Drawing Institute, summer session
19771982 Doctoral Candidate, New York University
1975 Ed.M. Sculpture, Teachers College, Columbia University
1974 M.A. Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
1974 Leslie College, Boston, MA
19701972 Art Students League, NYC
19531955 Sculpture Center, NYC
1952 B.A. Fine Art, Adelphi University
19511953 Art Students League, NYC (Merit scholarship full year study, 1953)
SELECTED LECTURES/PAPERS/ PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCES
2007 Lecture “Seeing Inside the Picture,” The Decorative & Fine Arts Society, Bergen County, NJ
2006 Keynote speaker, Art Educators of NJ, at New Jersey Education Association Convention
2002-2003 Children’s Choice, East Brunswick, NJ – counselor training, multiple sessions
2002 NJ Dept. of Human Services Professional Development Conference, Rutgers U. – Speaker
2001 East Brunswick Adult Cultural Programs, Presenter
1999 Judith Peck 50 Years of Sculpture – Catalog organized by the Bergen Museum, Hackensack, NJ
1999 Mahwah Public Library, slide lecture
1998 New Jersey Education Association Convention, Atlantic City, NJ presenter
1996 Art Educators of New Jersey Conference, presenter, “Creating 3D Figures in Action”
1995 St. Petersburg, Russia, 3rd International Conference on Creativity and the Arts, presenter
1995 National Society for Experiential Education Conference, New Orleans, LA, presenter.
1994 Sculptor Affiliates, New Milford, NJ, lecture: “The Personal Power of Sculpture”
1994 American Association of University Women, New City, NY, lecture
1994 Passaic County Historical Society, lecture, “Contemporary Sculpture”
1992 Adelphi University, lecture: “Humanism in Sculpture”
1992 Bergen County Division on Aging, lecture “Art & the Elderly”
1992 Montclair State University, slide lecture: “Peck Sculpture”
1991 Art Education Delegate to the People’s Republic of China
1991 Association of Craftsmen and Artists, jurying and critique, Spring Valley, NY
1990 Artists for Mental Health, lecture, Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, Morris Plains, NJ
1989 William Paterson College 15th Annual Symposium on the Young Child, keynote speaker
1989 Fortyfirst Annual Conference, NY State Council for Children, Rye Brook, NY
1989 William Paterson College, Summer Institute in Early Childhood Education,
1988 Rockland Council for Young Children, Annual Conference
1988 Conference on Synagogue Art and Architecture, NYC
1987 Public Art in America National Conference, Philadelphia, PA
1987- 1983 Arts Council of Rockland, Arts Day: “Making the Head in Clay” various locations, yearly
1986 American Medallic Society, NYC “Fabricating in Wax”
1983 William Paterson College, “Using Imagery in Education”
1982 American Art Therapy Association National Convention, Philadelphia, PA “FigureMaking for Institutionalized Adults”
1982 Pratt Creative Arts Expo, Brooklyn, NY, “FigureMaking: Theory and Applications for Institutionalized Youth and Adults”
1982 National Convocation of Art Therapy Educators, Airlee Foundation, VA “Educational Materials”
1982 Fairleigh Dickinson University panel at Bloomingdale’s, Hackensack, NJ “Women in Careers.”
1981 Ramapo College Master Lecture (Celebration of American Culture) “Sculpture and American Society: Humanistic Connections.”
1981 Rotary Club, Ridgewood, NJ; Hadassah, Woodcliff Lake, NJ “Approaching Modern Art Through the Senses.”
1981 New Jersey Association for the Education of Young Children (Bergen Chapter; Sussex Chapter) “Learning through Dynamic Play.”
1980 Parents Advisory Group for the Gifted, Glen Rock, NJ
1980 American Association of University Women, Ramsey, NJ
1980 Bloomingdale’s, Hackensack, NJ “Understanding Modern Art.”
1979 Art Educators of New Jersey National Convention, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
1978 Women’s Caucus for Art, College Art Association National Convention, NYC “Artist at Work, Please do not Throw Peanuts.”
1975 National Art Education Association National Convention, Miami, FLA “Art in the Prisons.”
1973 N.J. Association of College and University Professors, Glassboro College, NJ “Learning through Imagery.”
1973 Morris Museum of Art and Science
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Peck’s sculpture is included in approximately 80 public and private collections
