1951 Charleston, South Carolina

1983 MFA, University of Georgia

1975 BFA, University of Georgia

1969-72 Auburn University

Commissions and Public Art

Trail Bridge Over Highway One, Fairfield, Iowa
Design for artistic enhancements to new bridge to be built over Highway One by the Jefferson County Trails Council.

Woolford Road Bridge, Show Low, Arizona
Consultant to Cannon TranSystems for aesthetic components of bridge to be built over Show Low Creek.

Old US-80 Highway Bridge at Gila River, Maricopa County, Arizona
Consultant to engineer Jerry Cannon for aesthetics for historic rehabilitation of the 1622-foot long, nine-span steel truss bridge.

35th Avenue and Salt River Bridge, Phoenix, Arizona.
Design for concrete rustication at piers, parapet and ends of replacement bridge. New bridge is 9 spans and a total length of 1100'. Contracted by Cannon TranSystems.

Reflections; Blue Springs, Missouri
Exhibition of public art sculpture with indoor and outdoor component for Vesper Hall at Rotary Park in Blue Springs. Sculptures were purchased for permanent public art display.

Jefferson County Trails Council Bridges on the Cedar View Trail, Fairfield, Iowa Artist designed enhancements for existing Cedar View Trail Bridge and for new bridge over the Fairfield Bypass.

Fourth Avenue Underpass, Tucson, Arizona Aesthetic consultant to Cannon TranSystems for redesign of Historic Fourth Avenue Underpass.

Maryland Avenue Bridge Public Art Project, Phoenix, Arizona.
Commissioned by the City of Phoenix, through the Phoenix Arts Commission’s Public Art Program. Project began 2000. Artist collaborated with engineering firm Cannon TranSystems to design superstructure, ramps, lighting and landscaping for pedestrian overpass at I17 and Maryland Avenue. Artist also coordinated with local schools to involve students in enhancements for the approaches to bridge.

Jefferson County Trails Council Bridge over BNSF Railroad, Fairfield, Iowa
Design for steel cage and interior enhancements to 250 foot trail bridge.

Sculptural commission for Amy O’Deen residence, Iowa City, Iowa

Sculptural commission for Delores Stiles residence, Newport News, Virginia

Finalist Selection: Public Art Competitions

Davis Road Bridge at Pixley Slough Project, Stockton, California

Los Angeles Fire Station #83, Los Angeles, California

Grants/Awards for Collaborative Projects

Challenge America Fast Track Grant awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council to support the design and installation of public art by Judy Bales on the Cedar View Trail Bridges.

Challenge America Fast Track Grant awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council to support the design by Judy Bales of a decorative steel cage for the BNSF Trail Bridge and to involve the community in the public art process.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Lux Center for the Arts; Lincoln, Nebraska

Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University, Smithville, Tennessee

Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa

Unity Gallery, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa

Larson Art Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, Iowa

Len G. Everett Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois

University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Adams Gallery, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee

Iowa State Bank, Fairfield, Iowa

Unity Gallery, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa

Fairfield Art Association Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa

Arts on Grand, Spencer, Iowa

Unity Gallery, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Bank of Nashville, Tennessee, sponsored by Zimmerman Saturn Gallery

Institute for Creative Arts, Fairfield, Iowa

Topan Gallery, Athens, Georgia

University of Georgia Botanical Gardens, Athens, Georgia

Selected Group Exhibitions

Earth Bound, MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa (two person exhibition)

Out of Fashion, Union Art Gallery, University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Judy Bales and Maureen Bardusk, Quad City International Airport, Moline, Illinois (two person exhibition)

Ready to Wear, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Fiber Focus, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

Constructed Surfaces, Textile Center of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Confluence I, II, III and IV, Gallery 51East, Fairfield, Iowa and Mt. Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (series of collaborative installations with sculptor Truly Ball)

FIBERARTinternational 2001, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Contemporary Baskets, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona

Telling Tales: Contemporary Narrative Teapots, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri (curated by Gail Brown)

Drama of the Ordinary, Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland

The Feel of Fiber, Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, Illinois

Craft Today, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, Tennessee

Foundation of a Century, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York

By Water’s Edge, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Woodland Sculpture Garden Invitational, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa

Sculpture and Fine Crafts, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, Missouri

Juxtaposition, Unity Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa (two person exhibition)

Iowa Artists 1999, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa

Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas

A Sense of Place: Revisioning the Regional, CSPS Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1999 Craft Gallery, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey

Constructed Images, CSPS Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (two person exhibition)

Overtones!, Convergence, Atlanta, Georgia

Small Expressions, Atlanta International Museum, Atlanta, Georgia

Surface: New Form/New Function, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Fiber Focus ’97, St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis, Missouri

Paper/Fiber XX, Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa Artists ’97, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa

Line, Color, Texture in Clay, Fiber, Paint, Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Judy Bales and Karen Schulz, Sculptures and Quilts, West Music, Coralville, Iowa (two person exhibition)

Showing Off, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Vessels, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York

Wiggles and Spots, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi (two person exhibition).

The Space Within: Contemporary Basketry in the Midwest, Waterloo Museum of Art, Waterloo, Iowa

Paper/Fiber XVI, Iowa City, Iowa

Woven Vessels: Contemporary Baskets, Sheldon Memorial Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, Nebraska

Needle Expressions ’92, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

Influences>Innovations, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia

Iowa Artists ’92, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa

Basketry From All Directions, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Multimedia Basketry Invitational, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Art Designed for Living, Archetype Gallery, New York, New York

Contemporary Crafts, Farrell Collection, Washington, D.C.

1st Anniversary Show, Perspectives Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Spirited Touch, Archetype Gallery, New York, New York

Basketweave '90, Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, Ohio

Exploring Fiber Traditions, Views Gallery, Manayunk, Pennsylvania

Just for Fun, The Craftsman's Gallery, Scarsdale, New York

Works in Progress, Archetype Gallery, New York, New York

Iowa Artists 1989, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa

Fast Forward, Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, New York

Fiber/Weavings, The Private Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio

Personal Packaging, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York

Small and Curious Objects, Carega Foxley Leach Gallery, Washington, DC

Three Iowa Artists, Theater Art Gallery, High Point, North Carolina

Tabletop Objects, Archetype Gallery, New York, New York

Publications

The Big Fish: Consciousness as Structure, Body and Space, by Anna Bonshek, Rodopi, 2007

Symposium Paper on the Maryland Avenue Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge by Jerry A. Cannon, Dave Peterson & Judy Bales, presented at the 46th IEEE Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA 2007

Surface Design Journal, "Exposure," Fall, 2007, Volume 32

Surface Design Journal, Spring 2005, Volume 29

Fiberarts Design Book Seven, Lark Books, 2004

Ornament, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2003/04

Surface Design Journal, "Exposure," Spring 2003

Fiberarts Magazine, "Curtains," March/April 2003

Fiberarts Design Book Six, Lark Books, 1999

Iowa artists 1999, exhibition catalog, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, IA

Materials Hard and Soft, catalog, 1999, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX

American Craft Magazine, "Gallery," February/March, 1999

Fiberarts, "New Works," September/October, 1997

Iowaartists97, exhibition catalog, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, IA

The Flying Needle, "Life and Art: An Artist's Viewpoint," Judy Bales, 1995

American Craft Magazine, "Gallery," December/January, 1995

The Bolivar Commercial, Cleveland, MS 1994

American Craft Magazine, "Portfolio," December/January, 1993

Second Nature, brochure for Potlach Corporation, 1992

Iowa Artists 1992, exhibition catalog, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, IA

American Craft Magazine, "Gallery," October/November, 1990

Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine, February, 1990

Syracuse New Times, Syracuse, New York, July 26-August 2, 1989

Teaching and Residencies

Visiting artist slide presentations include those given at University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin; Monmouth College, Monmouth Illinois; American Trails Symposium, and at the following institutions in Iowa: Central College, Cornell College, Mt. Mercy College and Maharishi University of Management, ICON Gallery.

"Dissonance/Resonance: Consciousness, Body and Place," panel presentation with Anna Bonshek, Ph.D., at Midwest Regional Conference for Women's Caucus for the Arts, CSPS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

"African American Quilt Traditions: Origins and Contrasts with Anglo American Quilt Traditions," slide lecture, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa

Resident Artist, Artpark, Lewiston, New York

Art teacher, elementary and secondary schools, Putnam and Oglethorpe Counties, Georgia