Judith Kohin is an artist living and working in Telluride, Colorado. She received her BA in Studio Art from Bates College and pursued graduate studies at Columbia University and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. After college she headed west seeking wilderness, and she found home in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
Judith was the executive director of the Ah Haa School for the Arts in Telluride, Colorado for 25 years. In 2021 Ah Haa completed a monumental expansion and new building in the heart of Telluride. With the future of Ah Haa secure, and following a long career of encouraging, promoting and supporting artists, Judith felt the time was right to embark on a new chapter and delve into her own creative work.
"My work is abstract and expressionistic. I juxtapose color, shapes and lines and use my intuition to build a painting. The process begins with “breakdown screen printing”, using thickened dyes to paint and screen print on cloth. Combining other media and techniques — paint, printmaking, collage, drawing, and encaustic wax — I strive to make art with energy and movement, and want the pieces to feel alive, like I do when I make them."
