This year’s work centers on an exploration of sacred geometry as a living,
emotional language rather than a fixed system. Through repetition, overlap,
scale, and subtle shifts in color, I investigate how geometric forms can hold
feeling—balance, tension, emergence, and quiet connection.
Rather than treating geometry as symbolic or decorative, I approach it as a
structure for listening: allowing intuition, paint, and process to guide each
piece. These works move between containment and release, order and atmosphere,
reflecting an ongoing search for resonance rather than resolution.
Art Education & Training
Visionary Art Intensive
Cathedral of the Sacred Mirrors (CoSM), New York — 2013
Instructor: Alex Grey
Continuing Art Education (Post-2011)
Putnam Arts Council — classes and member exhibitions
Ridgefield Guild of Artists — workshops, juried exhibitions, and member shows
Early Artistic Foundation
Lifelong practice of drawing and painting, beginning in childhood under the guidance of her mother
Professional Affiliations
Katonah Museum Artists’ Association (KMAA)
Ridgefield Guild of Artists
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Healing Hallways — Katonah Museum of Art, NY
2022
Color — Ridgefield Guild of Artists
Invitational Private Show — Sybil Building
2021
Bedlam — Ridgefield Guild of Artists
44th Annual Juried Exhibition — Ridgefield Guild of Artists
2019
Member Show — Ridgefield Guild of Artists
Juried Show — Ridgefield Guild of Artists
2018
Universe — Ridgefield Guild of Artists Member Show
Art Around Town — Northern Westchester Artists’ Guild
Art at the Farm — Muscoot Farm, NWAG
Katonah Museum Artists’ Association Show — Northern Westchester Hospital
All That Glitters — Ridgefield Guild of Artists Holiday Show
2017
Art Around Town — Northern Westchester Artists’ Guild
Art in the Workplace — Corporate installations, Westchester County
Contrasts and Similarities — Joint exhibition with Judika Lieberman, Hendrick Hudson Free Library Gallery, NY
2016
Art Around Town — Northern Westchester Artists’ Guild
Juried Show — Art and Sound Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2015–2012
Close to the Edge — Katonah Museum Artists’ Association Juried Show
Putnam Arts Council Member Show
Arts on the Lake Member Show
Paintings 3 (Three Artists) — Studio Around the Corner
Eye to Eye — Katonah Museum of Art
Animal Magnetism — Studio Around the Corner
Art & Cultural Study Through Travel
Extended travel through major European art centers including London, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam, and Rome — visits to leading museums and collections, some examples include:
London (National Gallery, Tate Modern, Victoria and Albert)
Munich (Alte Pinakothek, Lenbachaus)
Vienna (Kunsthistorisches, Leopold)
Amsterdam (Rijks, Van Gogh)
Rome (Vatican, Galleria Borghese)
Milan (Pinoteca Ambrosiana, Museum of Science- DiVinci Inventions)
Malta (St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valetta, Knights of Malta)
Education (Prior Professional Career)
Ph.D., Environmental Microbiology
New York University — 1991–1998
Selected Professional Experience (Condensed)
Public Health Sanitarian / Health Inspector
Westchester County Department of Health — 2002–2012
Inspected food establishments and public facilities; investigated food-borne illness
and responded to public health emergencies.
Assistant Professor
Manhattanville College — 1999–2001
Taught undergraduate and graduate-level science courses including Microbiology,
Biochemistry, Immunology, Environmental Science, and Nutrition.
Assistant Professor
Mercy College — 1995–1999
Taught lecture and laboratory science courses; advised students and conducted
academic research.
Artistic Practice
Judy Challis has maintained an active studio practice since 2011, following a
life-altering car accident that prompted a re-orientation toward visual art as both
inquiry and expression. Her work draws on structure, intuition, and lived experience,
merging disciplined investigation with emotional resonance.