Judith Godwin (b. 1930, Suffolk, VA, d. 2021) studied at Mary Baldwin College, VA; College of William and Mary, VA; Art Students League, NY; and the Hans Hofmann School, NY. Her work was brought to international recognition following the exhibition Women of Abstract Expressionism at The Denver Art Museum, CO, in 2016, in which she was one of the few living artists celebrated. Following this Whitechapel Gallery, London, mounted Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of the Women of Abstraction 1940 – 1970 in 2023, which travelled to Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, and Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Godwin’s work is also currently included in Abstract Expressionists: The Women, a touring exhibition currently at Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VS, and a collection presentation at Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE. Godwin has also had solo exhibitions at Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Maryland, MD; Albany Museum of Art, NY; and Amarillo Museum of Art, TX.
Her museum collections include the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Yale University Art Gallery, CT; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; National Museum of Art, Osaka; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Female Artists of Mougins Museum; and Amarillo Museum of Art, TX, amongst others.