Lives and works in London
1978-79
Gulbenkian Rome Scholarship, British School at Rome
1977-78
Chelsea School of Art, MA Sculpture
1974-77
Sheffield Polytechnic, BA Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Angelica, Antonio Pasqualino Museum, Palermo, (curated by Rosario Perricone and Paola Nicita), catalogue – text by Paola Nicita, Rosario Perricone, Emily Labarge
2012
The Stuff of Dreams, Canary Wharf group: Sculpture in the Workplace, (curated by Ann Elliott), catalogue – text by Ann Elliott
2009
Finnegan’s Teeth, Public Project in Kings Cross, London, sites: Fish and Coal Building, Maiden Lane Canal Bridge, Goodsway (curated by Gill Hedley)
Finnegan’s Teeth, Project Launch, Book Launch and Film Screening, German Gymnasium, London (curated by Gill Hedley)
2006
Myself as other things, Erica Fiorentini Gallery, Rome (curated by Erica Fiorentini), catalogue – text by Erica Fiorentini
2005
from life, Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Rome (curated by Professor Simonetta Lux and Stella Santacatterina), book by Professor Simonetta Lux and Domenico Scudero
1998
present.....passing, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, touring to Newlyn Art Gallery (curated by Victoria Pomery and Beatrice Mayfield), catalogue – text Jean Fisher
1996
Passages & Incidents, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (curated by Michael Harrison), catalogue – text by Jean Fisher
1995
Sex, Birth, Sex, Death, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, catalogue – text by Barbara Tosi and Stella Santacatterina
1993
Water Rises, Camden Arts Centre, London, catalogue – text by Andrew Wilson
1992
a line of blue and a pool of red, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, catalogue – text by Michael Archer
1989
Judith Cowan: New Sculpture, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno touring to Oriel Gallery, Cardiff; Waterman’s Arts Centre, London; catalogue – text by Frances Morris
1985
Judith Cowan, Bernard Jacobson, London
1983
Ian Birkstead Gallery, London
1982
Spectro, Newcastle
1982
Judith Cowan: Sculpture, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, catalogue – text by Tom Bendhem
Group Exhibitions
2022
Making Your Mark: Prints and Drawings from the Hechinger Collection, Housatonic Museum of Art, 3 February - 25 March 2022, Bridgeport, USA
2021
ATLAS. The mobile Herbarium, Festival Filosofia Modena, Orto Botanico, Modena, 17 September - 3 October 2021, (curated by Claudia Zanfi)
2018
XLIII Festival of Morgana, Pupi Videodrome, Antonio Pasqualino Museum, Palermo, (curated by Rosario Perricone)
2015
Many a Slip, Marsden Woo Gallery, London, (curated by Alison Britton)
Green Island - Urban Hives, aMAZElab, Milan, (curated by Claudia Zanfi)
2014
/seconds. Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, (curated by Peter Lewis, Hoor Al-Qasimi)
2012
new foragers, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, (curated by Lucy Day and Eliza Gluckman)
2010
Tina B Festival, Czech Centre, Prague, Czech Republic (curated by Monika Burian)
The Collection, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby (curated by Jessica Morgan)
2009
The Rise of Women Artists, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, (curated by Dr. Laura MacCulloch)
2008
Golden Rain, Eigeroya lighthouse, Egersund, Norway (curated by Michael Petry), catalogue – text by Michael Petry
2004
Marks in Space, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, catalogue – texts by Judith Mottram and Alain Ayers
Tom Bendhem: collector, Contemporary Art Society, touring (curated by Ann Elliott), catalogue – text by Ann Elliott
2000
Anableps, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome (curated by Mario de Candia), catalogue – text by Mario de Candia
1999
FURNITURE, Richard Salmon Gallery, London, touring to John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Bluecoat Galleries, Liverpool (curated by Paul Heber-Percy and Joan Key), catalogue – texts by Paul Heber-Percy and Joan Key
1991
Persistence of Memory, Photography Biennale, Mishkan Leomanut Museum of Art,
Ein Harod, Israel (curated by John Stathatos), catalogue – text by John Stathatos
An English Summer, Palazzo Ruine, Reggio Emilia, Italy (curated by Kay Roberts)
1990
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1989
Ways of Telling, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, catalogue – text by Susan Beardmore
1988
Monumental Works, The Crypt, London (curated by Sharon Kivland and Ian Walker)
Fragments of False Houses, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London (curated by Sharon Kivland and Julia Little)
1987
On a Plate, Serpentine Gallery, London
Amanda Faulkner / Judith Cowan, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
A System of Support, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Operazione Libretti, Dopolavoro, Bologna, Italy, catalogue – text by Dario Trento
1986
Coloured Sculpture, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Human Zoo, Nottingham Castle Museum, catalogue – text by Neil Walker
Objects as Art, Plymouth Arts Centre, catalogue – text by Susan Butler
No Place Like Home, Cornerhouse, Manchester, catalogue – text by Susan Butler
1985
Animals, Edward Totah Gallery, London
Beyond Appearances, Nottingham Castle Museum, touring England and Wales
Nature Morte, Edward Totah Gallery, London
Craft Matters, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, touring
1984
Attitudes ‘84, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, catalogue – text by Waldemar Januszczak
Home and Abroad, Serpentine Gallery, London
What’s New in the Arts Council Collection?, Arts Council of Great Britain, touring
Sculpture: New Directions, Cleveland Gallery, catalogue text by Peter Davies
1983
The Sculpture Show, Hayward Gallery, London, Arts Council of Great Britain, catalogue – text by Fenella Crighton
Sculpture Drawings, Air Gallery, London
1980
The British School at Rome, Faculty of Sculpture, South London Art Gallery, catalogue – text by Penelope Curtis
The South Bank Show, South London Art Gallery
1979
Rassegna Internazionale di Scultura Contemporanea, San Marino, Italy, prize-winner (selected by Filiberto Menna)
ILEA Drawing Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1977
Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, prize-winner
1975
Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Awards, Commissions and Bursaries
1998
Henry Moore Foundation, Angel Row
1996
Henry Moore Foundation, Kettle’s Yard
1995
British Council, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome
1993
Elephant Trust / Henry Moore Foundation, Camden Arts Centre
1992
Henry Moore Foundation Bursary, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1991
Oxford Sculpture Project Bursary, Cowleaze Wood, Oxford
1985
Artist in Residence, Wingfield Primary School
1984
Fountain, West Ham Town Hall, Newham
1982
Greater London Arts Association Award
1980
Greater London Arts Association Award
1979
Rassegna Internationale di Scultura Contemporanea, San Marino, prize-winner
1978
Gulbenkian Rome Scholarship, British School at Rome
1977
Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, prize-winner
Public Collections
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Arts Council of Great Britain
Hechinger Collection, USA
Government Art Collection
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Leicestershire Education Authority
Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Rugby Museum & Art Gallery
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool