Judy Bales has exhibited her fiber and mixed media works throughout the country for over 15 years in many national as well as international juried and invitational exhibitions. In 200l her work was selected for FIBERART INTERNATIONAL 2001, International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Fiberart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was one of 73 out of 769 artists from 35 countries whose work was chosen for this exhibition. Her work has been featured in national publications such as American Craft Magazine, Fiberarts Magazine and was included in Fiberarts Design Book Six, published in 1999.

Ms. Bales is an experienced arts educator. She taught art in public schools during the 1970’s, was a resident artist at Artpark in Lewiston, New York in 1989 and has given numerous slides presentations to college classes about her work and it’s influences. In 1991 and again in 1999 she successfully completed large sculptural installations for two private homes, one in Newport News, Virginia and one in Iowa City, Iowa. Both were completed within exacting time frames required by the clients.

In September of 2000 Ms. Bales was selected in a national competition as design team artist for the Maryland Avenue Bicycle Bridge Public Art Project in Phoenix, Arizona. This bridge will be located at Maryland Avenue and Interstate Highway 17 in Phoenix and will make an important east-west connection in the trail system for Phoenix. The bridge will be highly visible and will complement the series of landmark artist-designed bridges in Phoenix that receive national attention. This project is commissioned by the City of Phoenix, through the Phoenix Arts Commission’s Public Art Program. The artist is collaborating with engineering firm of Cannon and Associates for the design of the bridge superstructure, ramps, lighting and landscaping. The project team is presently at the 30% level of design development.