Joan began her formal artistic training at the University of Washington studying sculpture and printmaking. She went on to earn her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design where for 10 years she taught sculpture, foundation studies, and other disciplines.
Joan consistently focuses on the exploration of materials, processes, and images and how all three influence and affect each other and the viewers’ perceptions. She usually begins a series with a formal or conceptual problem and then lets the give and take of the process inform the final outcome.
Joan has exhibited her work in numerous group shows, both juried and invitational, around the country and was the recipient of the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. She is currently a member of the faculty at SUNY Ulster Community College and the Woodstock School of Art.
Joan lives and works in Malden-on-Hudson, New York.
Education
1995 BFA, Cum Laude, Sculpture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1997 MFA, Cum Laude, Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Selected Grants/Awards
1997 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
Selected Recent Shows
Mar 2023, “Members Show” WAAM, Woodstock NY
Feb 2023, “Exhibition I”, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock NY
Feb 2023, “Evolution”, Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston NY
Nov 2022, “WSA Instructors Exhibition”, Lockwood Gallery, Kingston NY
Oct 2022, “Small Works”, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
Oct 2022, “Men Argue, Nature Acts”, Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston NY
Sept 2022, “Monothon Exhibition”, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
Aug 2022, “The Sisterhood”, Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston NY
May 2022, “Title: TBD”, Pinkwater Gallery, Kingston NY
Mar 2022, “Forged in Ink”, Olive Free Library, Olive NY
Feb 2022, “Faculty Show”, Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge NY
Nov 2021, “Printmakers Show”, Lace Mill Gallery, Kingston NY
Aug 2020, “Monotype Modern”, Pinkwater Gallery (Juror – Anne Sanger), Kingston NY
May 2019, “Small Works”, WAAM (Erica Hauser – Juror), Woodstock NY
April 2019, “One Hundred”, WAAM (Rebecca Shea – Juror), Woodstock NY
April 2019, “Five”, ArtBar Gallery (Allison Constant – Juror), Kingston NY
Dec 2018, “Small Works” WAAM (Jen Dragon – Juror), Woodstock NY
Professional Experience
2019 – Present: Instructor of Fine Art, SUNY Ulster County Community College, NY
2016 – Present: Instructor, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
2006 – Present: Design Consultant, Ffolliott Design, Hudson Valley – NYC, NY
1997 – 2006: Instructor of Fine Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2000 – 2001: Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
1997 – 1999: Assistant Professor of Sculpture (Dept. Head), Sonoma State University, CA