Harminder Judge

Bootstrap Paradox

Jan 24-Jun 1, 2025

Harminder Judge, Untitled (crept upon leg) (detail) 2024. Plaster, polymer, pigment, scrim, oil, 203 x 198 x 4 cm. Photo: Blythe Thea Williams

Harminder Judge’s first museum exhibition in the U.S. presented at moCa Cleveland, opening January 24, explores themes of alchemy, spiritual processions, and the body’s transformation through death. Judge’s vibrant plaster and pigment works emerge from energetic lines and intuitive processes, where color is embedded into the material, merging sculpture and painting. Influenced by funeral rites and ceremonial burning, his large, dynamic pieces provide a space for powerful emotional responses while exploring the embodied connection between the physical and the spiritual. The exhibition invites viewers to engage with the power of form, color, and abstraction, prompting personal reflection and connection.

Major support provided by The Sunday Painter.

About the Artist


Harminder Judge. Photo: Sorina Reiber
Harminder Judge Harminder Judge (b.1982 Rotherham, UK) lives and works in London. He graduated from the Royal Academy Schools, London in 2021. Selected recent solo exhibitions include: Cliff and Cleft, Gathering, Ibiza, Spain, 2024; A Ghost Dance, Matt’s Gallery & The Sunday Painter, London, UK, 2024; Sea and Stone and Rib and Bone, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India, 2023; Frieze London with The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2022; Rising Skin from Rock and Chin, The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2022; Ankles Absorbing Ash, Humber Street Gallery, Hull, UK 2022; Mountains and Mercies, galeriepcp, Paris, France 2021. Selected recent group exhibitions include: It Never Entered My Mind, Curated by Michael Sherman, Sean Kelly Gallery, LA, USA 2024; Picnic at Hanging Rock Chapter I, Sargent’s Daughters, LA, USA 2024; Curated By: Glossary, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria 2023; The Reason for Painting, Mead Gallery, Warwick, UK 2023; Love Letter, Pace Gallery, New York City, USA 2023; And this skin of mine, Guts Gallery, London, UK 2022; New Beginnings, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, 2022; The Horror Show!, Somerset House, London, UK 2022; A Grain of Sand, The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2021; Am I Human To You?, Jugendstilsenteret & Kube Museum, Ålesund, Norway 2021; Tomorrow: London, White Cube, London, UK 2020; Our Ashes Make Great Fertilizer, Public Gallery, London, UK 2020; At Home In The Universe, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India 2019 and A Plot For The Multiverse, Indigo + Madder, London, UK 2019.

Harminder Judge. Photo: Sorina Reiber

Harminder Judge

Harminder Judge (b.1982 Rotherham, UK) lives and works in London. He graduated from the Royal Academy Schools, London in 2021. Selected recent solo exhibitions include: Cliff and Cleft, Gathering, Ibiza, Spain, 2024; A Ghost Dance, Matt’s Gallery & The Sunday Painter, London, UK, 2024; Sea and Stone and Rib and Bone, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India, 2023; Frieze London with The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2022; Rising Skin from Rock and Chin, The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2022; Ankles Absorbing Ash, Humber Street Gallery, Hull, UK 2022; Mountains and Mercies, galeriepcp, Paris, France 2021. Selected recent group exhibitions include: It Never Entered My Mind, Curated by Michael Sherman, Sean Kelly Gallery, LA, USA 2024; Picnic at Hanging Rock Chapter I, Sargent’s Daughters, LA, USA 2024; Curated By: Glossary, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria 2023; The Reason for Painting, Mead Gallery, Warwick, UK 2023; Love Letter, Pace Gallery, New York City, USA 2023; And this skin of mine, Guts Gallery, London, UK 2022; New Beginnings, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, 2022; The Horror Show!, Somerset House, London, UK 2022; A Grain of Sand, The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2021; Am I Human To You?, Jugendstilsenteret & Kube Museum, Ålesund, Norway 2021; Tomorrow: London, White Cube, London, UK 2020; Our Ashes Make Great Fertilizer, Public Gallery, London, UK 2020; At Home In The Universe, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India 2019 and A Plot For The Multiverse, Indigo + Madder, London, UK 2019.