Judith Huacuja » Ohio Artist Registry

Judith Huacuja is a painter, writer, and educator who holds a PhD in Latin American Art History from the University of California.  She is a Chicana artist who creates a variety of socially expressive landscapes. Using acrylic paint, photography, and mixed media on paper and canvas, her scenes depict troubling human impacts on the environment.  As well, Huacuja creates views onto sacred geographies that positively shape human consciousness.  Her art works have been shown in Houston (Diverse Works, Lawndale Art Center, and Blaffer Gallery), in Santa Barbara (University of California), in Dayton (Rosewood Art Center, The Co’s Art Fair, and Dayton Society of Artists), and places in between.  She has developed courses in, and has lectured extensively on Art Activism, Latin American, African American, and non-Western contemporary art histories.  As an arts scholar, she has researched across the disciplines of Chicano, Latino and African American art histories. Her published works explore the cultural and spiritual histories of African American and Latinx art of the Midwest. Her publications discuss the art of Willis Bing Davis, Curtis Barnes Sr., Los Dialoguistas, Yolanda Lopez, Celia Herrera Rodriguez, Robert Campbell, and others. Her research grants include the College Art Association, the Smithsonian Institution, UC MEXUS, Ohio Humanities Council, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Humanities Council, and CultureWorks.