Joan with “100% Real Beef Corn Dog”, auctioned at the Winchester ABC, A Better Chance, 2007 fundraiser.

Bio

Joan has spent most of her adult life in Charlotte, N.C. but was originally from Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She lived for four years in London and Milan, but since 1995 has lived and worked in the Boston area. She graduated from Purdue University with a B.A. in art education and has supplemented her education in Charlotte and Boston, including courses at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Mass College of Art. Her studio is at River Street Artists, part of Waltham Mills Artists Association in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Since 2002 she has had three solo exhibits at Kingston Gallery in Boston and has been a participant in a variety of invitational and juried shows, such as Claiming the Sprit at Brandeis University.  In 2005 she was a participant in Close to Home, a juried exhibition at the Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, Connecticut. She has received many awards, including the exclusive finalist award in works of paper from the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Artist Grant Program in 1999 and has been reviewed extensively in the local press including a review in The Boston Globe in December, 2003 and the cover story of Middlesex Beat in April, 2004.

Joan’s work, which uses furniture to implicate human relationships, follows strong psychological themes from a female perspective. She’s very adept at capturing the moment of an emotional reaction. She says “I would describe my work as surreal with a sense of humor.”

Selected Solo/Invitational Exhibitions

KINGSTON GALLERY
One person show – The Furniture Outside – Boston 2007

KINGSTON GALLERY
One person show – Room Scenes – Boston 2005

KINGSTON GALLERY
One person show - A Look Inside - Boston - 2003

NEWTON FREE LIBRARY 
Solo - Furniture Interactions  - Newton Centre, MA, 2001.

ARLINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS 
Two person show - Females You Can Only Imagine - Arlington, MA, 2000

BRICKBOTTOM GALLERY 
Six person show - Persistent Inspirations, -  Somerville, MA, 1998

UNIVERSITY PLACE GALLERY 
Five person show - Dreamstuff, sponsored by Cambridge Art Association - Cambridge, MA. 1997

Selected Group Exhibitions

ARSENAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Outside Inside, Art in Nature – Watertown, MA, 2007

CREATIVE ARTS WORKSHOP
Close to Home – A National Exhibition - New Haven, CT 2005

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY 
Claiming the Spirit: A Juried Show at the Women’s Studies Research Center 2002

THE ART COMPLEX MUSEUM 
More Unique Seats - Duxbury, MA, 2000

NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW 
Sponsored by Cambridge Art Association - Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA, 1999 

HERA GALLERY 
Seeing Red  - Wakefield, RI, 1998, Gridworks  - Wakefield, RI, 1999

OANNES GALLERY 
Uncommon Furniture  - Tiverton, RI, 1999

BEACON HILL ART WALK 
Boston, MA, 1997

Selected Awards/Grants

RED, an open juried competition sponsored by Cambridge
Art Association JUROR'S AWARD, 2005

Mass.Cultural Council’s Artist Grant Program  FINALIST AWARD IN WORKS ON PAPER, 1999

Cahners Publishing -  GRAPHICS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE , 1993  EDITORIAL MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE, 1997

Beacon Hill Art Walk -  FIRST PRIZE, 1997

Purchasing Information

Some paintings and pastels in the gallery section of this website are for sale. For further information, send an email to Joan.

Joan's Work on Exhibit at the Kingston Gallery 2007