Artist Joan Giordano

Joan Giordano - Artist Statement

I have been working with encaustics for years juxtaposing it with other mediums. In my sculptural work, cast handmade paper that I make myself is fused with copper or aluminum sheet metal. It is worked into with encaustic.

The encaustic painted wood panels are an intense personal dialogue between process and image. I draw with wire that is metaphorically stitched into the panel containing the layered forms. These are somewhat biographical and reminiscent of childhood memories of my seamstress mother stitching together garments. Most of all they are sculptural landscapes that explore the world of essential natural forms that exist within all things big and small.

The first comprehensive contemporary exhibition of encaustic art in the United States, Waxing Poetic; encaustic Art in America” at the Montclair Museum of Art included my work. The exhibition traveled to the Knoxville Museum of Art. My work appears in the book “The Art of Encaustic Painting” by Joanne Mattera.

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Education

MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Fellowship Hunter College, New York, NY

BA Wagner College, Staten Island, NY

Exhibitions

Solo:

2006 A Mano, The Gallery at Chelsea Eye, New York, NY (3 person)

2005 The Blue Victorian Gallery, Jeffersonville, NY (2 person)

2005 Brambles & Pods, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY

2004 Transforming Textures, Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, NY

2004 Arrested Light & Texture, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Trenton, NJ

2003 Blue Heron Art Center, New York, NY

2002 New Work, DVAA Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY

2001 Skin: Structure & Form, Staten Island Institute of Arts Museum, Staten Island, NY

2000 New Work, The Art Center, St Petersburg, FL

2000 Work from Japan, The Robert Furst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

2000 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

1999 Museum Tour, Steel Angels, (catalogue)
1. Danville Museum of Art, Danville, VA
2. Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX
3. Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
4. Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WVA
5 Lamar Dodd Art Center & Museum, Lagrange College, Lagrange, GA
6 Gallery East, College of Eastern Utah

1998 The American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA

1997 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

1994 The Broom Street Gallery, New York, NY

1994 Benjamin Rosenthal Gallery, Queens College Art Center, New York, NY

1994 Contemporary Arts Center, New York University, New York, NY

2006 Gallery Beth El Invitational, St. Petersburg, FL

2005 SOHO 20 Gallery Invitational, New York, NY

2004-07 EXHIBITS USA, Paper Cuts: The Art of Contemporary Paper, Six National Museum Venues (catalogue)

2003 The World of Paper, Museo National Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile

2002 Sullivan County Museum, (2 person) Hurleyville, NY

2001 Waxing Poetic; Encaustic Art in America, The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ

2001 Waxing Poetic, The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (catalogue)

2001 3 From Artist Equity, Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY (3person)

2000 Paper Road, IAPMA International Assoc. of Hand Paper Makers & Artists,
1. Museo Del Corso, Florence, Italy (catalogue)
2. Santa Maria Della Scala, Siena, Italy
3. Abbazia Di Spineto, Sarteano, Italy

1999 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Fiberarts International, Pittsburgh, PA, Jurors’ Choice Award (catalogue)

1995 New Talent, Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

1995 Life, Color Form, Gallery Brocken, Tokyo Japan

1995 The Awagami Museum, The Hall of AWA, Tokushima, Japan

Fellowships and Awards

YADDO, Residency Saratoga Springs, NY

VCCA, Residency, Virginia Center For the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA

Awagami Paper International, Residency, Tokushima, Japan

Who’s Who of American Women

Grant: New York State Council on the Arts, NY

Juror Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY,

Juror Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY

Curator, Art of the NorthWest, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA

Curator, National Juried Exhibition, Staten Island Inst. Arts & Science, NY

Curator Exhibition Season, Rockland Center For the Arts, West Nyack, NY

Slide Lecture, IAPMA Congress Conference, International Association of Paper Maker Artists- Italy

Slide Lecture, Textile Study Group of New York, New York, NY

Slide Lecture, Paper Sculpture East West, FDA Hand-Papermaking Association, Portland, OR



	Joan Giordano - Artist Statement I have been working with encaustics for years juxtaposing it with other mediums. In my sculptural work, cast handmade paper that I make myself is fused with copper or aluminum sheet metal. It is worked into with encaustic. The encaustic painted wood panels are an intense personal dialogue between process and image. I draw with wire that is metaphorically stitched into the panel containing the layered forms. These are somewhat biographical and reminiscent of childhood memories of my seamstress mother stitching together garments. Most of all they are sculptural landscapes that explore the world of essential natural forms that exist within all things big and small. The first comprehensive contemporary exhibition of encaustic art in the United States, Waxing Poetic; encaustic Art in America” at the Montclair Museum of Art included my work. The exhibition traveled to the Knoxville Museum of Art. My work appears in the book “The Art of Encaustic Painting” by Joanne Mattera. Resume Education MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Fellowship Hunter College, New York, NY BA Wagner College, Staten Island, NY Exhibitions Solo: 2006 A Mano, The Gallery at Chelsea Eye, New York, NY (3 person) 2005 The Blue Victorian Gallery, Jeffersonville, NY (2 person) 2005 Brambles & Pods, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY 2004 Transforming Textures, Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, NY 2004 Arrested Light & Texture, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Trenton, NJ 2003 Blue Heron Art Center, New York, NY 2002 New Work, DVAA Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY 2001 Skin: Structure & Form, Staten Island Institute of Arts Museum, Staten Island, NY 2000 New Work, The Art Center, St Petersburg, FL 2000 Work from Japan, The Robert Furst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 2000 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue) 1999 Museum Tour, Steel Angels, (catalogue) 1. Danville Museum of Art, Danville, VA 2. Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX 3. Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX 4. Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WVA 5 Lamar Dodd Art Center & Museum, Lagrange College, Lagrange, GA 6 Gallery East, College of Eastern Utah 1998 The American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA 1997 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue) 1994 The Broom Street Gallery, New York, NY 1994 Benjamin Rosenthal Gallery, Queens College Art Center, New York, NY 1994 Contemporary Arts Center, New York University, New York, NY Group: 2006 Gallery Beth El Invitational, St. Petersburg, FL 2005 SOHO 20 Gallery Invitational, New York, NY 2004-07 EXHIBITS USA, Paper Cuts: The Art of Contemporary Paper, Six National Museum Venues (catalogue) 2003 The World of Paper, Museo National Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile 2002 Sullivan County Museum, (2 person) Hurleyville, NY 2001 Waxing Poetic; Encaustic Art in America, The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ 2001 Waxing Poetic, The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (catalogue) 2001 3 From Artist Equity, Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY (3person) 2000 Paper Road, IAPMA International Assoc. of Hand Paper Makers & Artists, 1. Museo Del Corso, Florence, Italy (catalogue) 2. Santa Maria Della Scala, Siena, Italy 3. Abbazia Di Spineto, Sarteano, Italy 1999 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Fiberarts International, Pittsburgh, PA, Jurors’ Choice Award (catalogue) 1995 New Talent, Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY 1995 Life, Color Form, Gallery Brocken, Tokyo Japan 1995 The Awagami Museum, The Hall of AWA, Tokushima, Japan Fellowships and Awards YADDO, Residency Saratoga Springs, NY VCCA, Residency, Virginia Center For the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA Awagami Paper International, Residency, Tokushima, Japan Who’s Who of American Women Grant: New York State Council on the Arts, NY Juror Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY, Juror Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY Curator, Art of the NorthWest, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA Curator, National Juried Exhibition, Staten Island Inst. Arts & Science, NY Curator Exhibition Season, Rockland Center For the Arts, West Nyack, NY Slide Lecture, IAPMA Congress Conference, International Association of Paper Maker Artists- Italy Slide Lecture, Textile Study Group of New York, New York, NY Slide Lecture, Paper Sculpture East West, FDA Hand-Papermaking Association, Portland, OR





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