Judy Radul (born in 1962 in Lillooet, British Columbia) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist, writer and educator. She is known for her performance art and media installations, as well as her critical writing.
Biography
She has exhibited her work around the world, and recently participated in the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst program in Berlin. She is currently a professor at Simon Fraser University, in the School for Contemporary Arts[1] and is represented by the Catriona Jeffries Gallery.
She received her BA in 1990 in Fine and Performing Arts from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, and her M.F.A. in 2000 (Visual and Media Arts) from Bard College, New York.
Her teaching career includes;
Professor, Simon Fraser University, [?]-present;
[Faculty/Guest Lecturer], The Banff Centre, 2010
Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University, 2000–[?];
Instructor, Simon Fraser University, 1999–2000;
Sessional Instructor, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, 1994–1999;
Radul's practice since the 1980s includes performance art, creative and critical writing, sound works, photography, film, video and multimedia installations. She has contributed significantly to Canadian art institutions such as the Banff Centre[2][3] and the Western Front. She has also been closely involved with The Kootenay School of Writing, a Vancouver-based writers' collective.
World Rehearsal Court is a large-scale installation that draws on Radul’s research into the role of theatricality and new technologies in the court of law. Based on trial transcripts from International Criminal Tribunals, the exhibition presents a series of pre-recorded courtroom scenes, an evidence room, objects, and a series of computer-controlled live cameras that feed to an array of monitors that turns the gallery into a theatrical and cinematic space.
The work serves as an example of Radul's long-running interest in art, technology and the law.[8] In explicitly identifying the performative aspects of the courtroom, the World Rehearsal Court questions the objective and immutable truth that the court process purports to uncover.[9]
Radul also exhibited at the 2014 Berlin Biennale[10][11]
Radul, Judy. People things enter exit. North Vancouver, BC: Presentation House Gallery, c2010. ISBN9780920293706.[3]
Judy Radul, Curriculum Vitae. Artist's File, Vancouver Art Gallery Library, Vancouver, B.C. (See Canadian Artists Files at the Vancouver Art Gallery for further information.)
