Judith Clute

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Born1942
Edmonton, Alberta
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanada
Occupation
  • Painter
  • Graphic designer
  • Print-maker
  • Illustrator

Judith Clute (born 1942) is a Canadian painter,[1] graphic designer, [2] print-maker, [3] and illustrator.[4] who has British citizenship, and works in London. She is also a tour guide with the Original London Walks.[5]

In 1975, for New Worlds (magazine), Judith did an India ink illustration for "Daddy's Girl" by Joanna Russ .[6] It marked the beginning of the style Judith is known for: "constructing things from disparate elements".[7] For the next four decades, Judith continued to produce works in this style for various science fiction authors and magazines.

Life and career

Judith Rosanne Wood James was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1942, but grew up in Toronto and matriculated from Bishop Strachan School in 1961. In the same year she was invited to be a painting apprentice for two years in Vancouver with Françoise Andre and Charles Stegeman.[8] She married John Clute in 1964 and they moved to London in 1969.[8] From the beginning of her time in London, Judith became involved with the New Arts Lab. In June 1970, Judith participated in an exhibition with Pamela Zoline entitled "Judith Clute: Diagrams/Similes and Pamela Zoline: Things in the World" at the London New Arts Lab. In the exhibition's press release Judith's paintings were described as having "mounted campaigns against easy reading".[9]

In 1983, Judith was commissioned to design the cover of the book The Entropy Exhibition by Colin Greenland.[10] In 1985, Judith was commissioned by The Women's Press to do three book covers for the above mentioned writer, Joanna Russ: The Female Man,[11] Extra(ordinary) People [12] and The Adventures of Alex.[13] Then in 1989, two more Joanna Russ covers for the Women's Press: The Hidden Side of the Moon[14] and We Who Are About To....[15] In 1990, she designed the cover and all interior images for the science fiction magazine Interzone (magazine).[16] In 1995, Judith designed the for Look at the Evidence; Essays and Reviews by John Clute.[17] In 2000, she designed the cover for Uncommon Places: Poems of the Fantastic by Judith Kerman and Don Riggs.[18] In 2003, Judith designed the cover for Scores: Reviews 1993-2003 by John Clute.[19] In addition in Interzone 188, Judith's artwork was displayed on the cover, and her life and work was discussed in an article entitled "Still Turning Motif's Upside Down" by Paul Brazier.[20] In 2003, Judith acted in the film "A Short Film About John Bolton" directed by Neil Gaiman.[21] In 2005, Judith designed the cover for Surroundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. Wolfe.[22] In 2006, she did the cover and all interior illustrations for Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol by Elizabeth Hand.[23] In 2008, she created etchings for Henry Wessells, in his Temporary Culture publication of Forever Peace. Stop War by Joe Haldeman|Joe Haledeman.[24] Copies are held in the Morgan Library & Museum, Yale University Library and Duke University. In 2009 Judith designed the cover for Canary Fever: Reviews by John Clute.[25] In 2010, she designed the cover for Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001 by Gary K. Wolfe[26] and in 2011, the cover for Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006, also by Gary K. Wolfe.[27] In the same year she designed the cover Pardon This Intrusion: Fantastika in the World Storm by John Clute.[28] Also in 2011, her painting "Bone Scan" was used for the cover of the online magazine, Salon Futura, issue 5.[29] In 2014, she designed the cover for Stay by John Clute.[30] In 2017, Judith was commissioned to do a painting for Amanda Palmer which was used as the album cover for Amanda Palmer and Edward Ka-Spel's album "I Can Spin a Rainbow".[31] In 2018, Judith participated in the pop-up show 'An Arts Lab Continuum' at Spitalfields Studios, with six of the other artists who had been involved in the 1960s and early 1970s in the arts labs of Drury Lane and Robert Street.[32] In 2019, The New York Review of Books published an illustration by Judith Clute for an article entitled "A Universe of One's Own" by Nicole Rudrick reviewing The Future is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin.[33] The illustration was Judith's cover design for Joanna Russ's Female Man. In December 2019, Judith did a radio interview with Chiara Ambrosio for "The Raft, a London Story" on Resonance radio, 104.4 fm. [34]

Style and Influences

In 2006, Farah Mendlesohn compiled a festschrift for John and Judith Clute entitled Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute. In one of the essays contained in this work Candas Jane Dorsey describes Judith: "she sees the world with that fresh, slightly side-ways glance that imposes no filters and draws no foregone conclusions".[35]

In Judith Clute's Tantalizing 37th album Geoff Ryman noted in his comments on her one person show at Camden Images Gallery that "this is Judith Clute's 37th exhibition" and he described her work as follows. "You could call it expressionist except that works express calm, fluidity, balance, and elegance rather than rage of energy. Even when the content seems to be screaming."[36]

Awards

In 2017, Judith won the "Best Artist Award" delivered by the European Science Fiction Society.[37]

Selected Bibliography

The Association of Illustrators: 10th Annual, Rotovision, 1985, page 146, ISBN 2880460530

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Art Techniques, John Grant & Ron Tiner, Titan Books, 1996, page 163, ISBN 1852867027

Fantasy Art Masters: The Best In Fantasy and SF Art World Wide, Dick Jude, Harper Collins, 2002, page 38-49 inclusive, ISBN 0007137478

Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery, edited by Paul Barnett, Paper Tiger, 2002, pages 30-35 inclusive, ISBN 1855859572

Interzone #188, editor David Pringle, "Still Turning Motifs Upside Down", Paul Brazier, Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2003, pages 34-36 inclusive, ISSN 02643596

Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute, edited by Farah Mendlesohn, Old Earth Books, 2006. ISBN 1882968344

London's Arts Labs and the 60's Avant Garde, David Curtis, John Libbey Publishing, 2020, pages 117-118 inclusive, ISBN 0861967483

References

  1. ↑ Grant, John; Tiner, Ron (1996). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Techniques. Titon Books. p. 163. ISBN 1 85286 702 7.
  2. ↑ Montegomerie, Lee. "War and/or Peace". Interzone. No. 11: 9.
  3. ↑ "Judith Clute". Thames-Side Print Studio Shop. Retrieved October 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ The Association of Illustrators: 10th Annual. Rotovision. 1985. p. 146. ISBN 2 88046 053 0.
  5. ↑ "Old Camden Town". London Walks. Retrieved October 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Bailey, Hilary (ed.). "Daddy's Girl". New Worlds. 9. ISBN 0552100226.
  7. ↑ Barnet, Paul, ed. (2002). The Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery. Paper Tiger. p. 32. ISBN 1855859572.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jude, Dick (2002). Fantasy Art Masters: the best in fantasy and sf art worldwide. London: Collins. p. 38. ISBN 0 00 713747 8.
  9. ↑ Curtis, David (2020). London's New Arts Labs and the 60's Avant Garde. John Libby Publishing. pp. 117, 118. ISBN 0861967488.
  10. ↑ Greenland, Colin (1983). The Entropy Exhibition: Michael Moorcock & The British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction. Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 0710093101.
  11. ↑ Russ, Joanna (1985). The Female Man. The Women's Press. ISBN 0704339498.
  12. ↑ Russ, Joanna (1985). Extra(ordinary) People. The Woman's Press. ISBN 0704339501.
  13. ↑ Russ, Joanna (1985). The Adventures of Alex. The Women's Press. ISBN 0704339722.
  14. ↑ Russ, Joanna (1989). The Hidden Side of the Moon. The Women's Press. ISBN 0704341859.
  15. ↑ Russ, Joanna (1989). We Who Are About To... The Women's Press. ISBN 0704340852.
  16. ↑ "All Female Issue!". Interzone. 42: 30–35. 1990. ISSN 0264-3596.
  17. ↑ Clute, John (1995). Look at the Evidence: Essays and Reviews. Liverpool Press. ISBN 0853238200.
  18. ↑ Kerman, Judith; Riggs, Don (2000). Uncommon Places: Poems of the Fantastic. Mayapple Press. ISBN 0932412173.
  19. ↑ Clute, John (2003). Scores: Reviews. Beccon Publications. ISBN 1870824482.
  20. ↑ Brazier, Paul (2003). "Still Turning Motifs Upside Down". Interzone. 188: 34–36. ISSN 0264-3596.
  21. ↑ "A Short Film About John Bolton". IMBd. Retrieved November 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ↑ Wolfe, Gary K. (2005). Reviews: 1992-1996. Beccon Publications. ISBN 1870824504.
  23. ↑ Hand, Elizabeith (2006). Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol. Beccon Publications. ISBN 1870824490.
  24. ↑ "Forever Peace. To Stop War. Poem by Joe Haldeman. Etchings by Judith Clute". Temporary Culture. Retrieved November 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ↑ Clute, John (2009). Canary Fever: Reviews. Beccon Publications. ISBN 1870824571.
  26. ↑ Wolfe, Gary K. (2010). Reviews: 1997-2001. Beccon Publications. ISBN 9781870824583.
  27. ↑ Wolfe, Gary K (2011). Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006. Beccon Publications. ISBN 9781870824613.
  28. ↑ Clute, John (2011). Pardon This Intrusion: Fanstistka in the World Storm. Beccon Publications. ISBN 9781870824606.
  29. ↑ Morgan, Cheryl. "Issue #5". Salon Futura. Retrieved November 11, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  30. ↑ Clute, John (2014). Stay. Beccon Publications. ISBN 9781870824637.
  31. ↑ "I Can Spin a Rainbow". Bandcamp. Retrieved November 11, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ↑ Curtis, David. London's New Arts Lab and 60s Avant Garde. John Libby Publishing. pp. Appendix 1, 155. ISBN 0861967488.
  33. ↑ Rudick, Nicole (July 18, 2019). "A Universe of One's Own". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved November 11, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ↑ "RAFT on RESONANCE 104.4 fm Episode 20". RAFT - A London Story. Retrieved November 11, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  35. ↑ Mendlesohn, Farah, ed. (2006). Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute. Old Earth Books. p. 56. ISBN 1882968344.
  36. ↑ Judith Clute's Tantalizing 37th Album. Beccon Publications. 2019. p. 1. ISBN 9781870824651.
  37. ↑ "2010-2019". European Science Fiction Society. Retrieved November 11, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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