Judith Schaechter is a Philadelphia -based artist known for her work in the medium of stained glass . Her pieces often exhibit elements of parable, and her distorted faces and figures, along with her own self-professed atheism ironically clash with her medium's religious tradition.
Schaechter has served on the faculty of numerous art schools, such as the Rhode Island School of Design . She is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Crafts Department at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Adjunct Faculty at the New York Academy of Art in New York, New York.
She illustrated the cover for musician Andy Prieboy 's 1991 album Montezuma Was a Man of Faith . Her work has been exhibited in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution , the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City , the Victoria and Albert Museum in London , and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco . Schaechter's Bigtop Flophouse Bedspins appeared in the 2002 Whitney Biennial .
2010
"Beauty and the Beef", Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, New York "Judith Schaechter: A Relentless Pursuit of Perfection", Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile Alabama 2009
"Judith Schaechter: A Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" Taubman Museum, Roanoke Virginia 2008
"New Parables in Glass" Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, New York 2007
"Burning Inside", Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, New York
2005
"Seeing is Believing", Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, New York "Judith Schaechter: Selected Works 1988-2003", Arnot Museum, Elmira, New York "Judith Schaechter: Selected Works 1988-2003", Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington "Stained" Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri 2003
"Extra Virgin", Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, New York "Judith Schaechter: Selected Works 1988-2003", Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Florida, December 4, 2003 – March 7, 2004
2002
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2001
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia 2000
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1–30 Smalands Museum, Vaxjo Sweden 1999
Agni Fine Arts, The Hague, Netherlands 1998
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Morris Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1997
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1996
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 1995
"Judith Schaechter: Heart Attacks", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February 3-April 16 John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 1994
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1993
Helander Gallery, New York, New York Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1992
"Virtue Triumphs", La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1991
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1990
Challenge Show, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1988
"Beckoning Graves", Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1986
Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1984
Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008 United States Artists , Rockefeller Fellowship in Crafts 2005 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship 2003 Hauberg Fellowship. The Pilchuck Glass School 2000 Innovation in a Technique, UrbanGlass 1999 Leeway Foundation Award, crafts 1995 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award 1992 Pew Fellowship in the Arts, crafts 1990 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, fellowship in crafts 1989 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award 1988 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), fellowship in crafts 1986 National Endowment for the Arts, fellowship in crafts 1985 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, fellowship in crafts 
