Dates: October 7 – 30.
Artist Talk: Friday, October 7th @ 4 p.m.
Reception: Friday, October 7th, between 5-7 p.m.
Location: Hartnett Gallery, 201 Wilson Commons, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627.

Fundamental Filaments is a solo exhibition by sculptor Judith Modrak which weaves together her brain-inspired and emotionally charged figurative work. Modrak’s sculptures illuminate areas of the psyche that are revealed during unguarded moments or hidden in the recesses of our minds. The painted plaster cast figures, derived from human, biological, and organic forms, unmask larger themes of aging, family dynamics and neurological conditions.

Modrak observes that “decoding our internal physiological and emotive worlds has been an ongoing source of artistic inspiration and interest to me. Examining our similarities and differences led to a desire to understand the brain and the mechanisms responsible for triggering and regulating thought, action, and emotion”.

Fundamental Filaments* sheds light in sculptural form on the complex neural and psychological circuitry involved in bringing to life our memories and experiences.

*Fundamental Filaments comprised of select sculptures from the Dendrites, Standing, Ancestors and Vital Memories Series will be on display at the Hartnett Gallery October 7^th-30^th with an Artist Talk during Meliora Weekend on October 7^th at 4 p.m., followed by a reception from 5-7 p.m..

“Our Memories” at Colonels Row, Building 406, PorchB

Our Memories©, Judith Modrak’s first outdoor sculptural installation, is composed of three translucent sculptures cast in fiberglass resin. The sculptures will involve the audience in unexpected ways as viewers recall a powerful memory, then share the memory by placing a color-coded bibelot inside the sculpture. As the sculpture ages, it will take on the colors of the memories, transforming into a collective memorial piece.

My heartfelt thanks to all of you who contributed to this important project, unfortunately the Kickstarter goal was not achieved. Other means of funding are being identified.

HEART First is the World’s First Experiential Wellness ebook. It will help cancer patients, and all the people supporting them cope with and find real-time relief from the physical, mindful, soulful pain and stress the disease causes. I am one of a 75-person volunteer team of contributors united in one aim: to change the way we respect, view, and treat cancer caused suffering.

My contribution to this project is “You”, a sculptural contemplation of one’s imprint. The figure is emerging from rings symbolically representing a drop of water, the circles of life and the growth rings of a tree.

During the course of my involvement with this project, cancer has appeared in the lives of four people very near and dear to me, and sadly taken the life of one. 

The visionary behind the project, Jay Einbender, is himself a 3-time cancer survivor and an inspiration to all.