Johna
Welsh Cronk – Artist Statement
Whenever
I walk through a museum and see artifacts from ancient cultures, I feel
the power of time. Time and the elements add mystery to the objects.
Artifacts have become fragments, surfaces have become eroded, colors
have become muted and I feel a sense of it’s journey. Images and
questions arise, which challenge and enrich me. Objects contain unspoken
narratives and I become connected with their humanity. As an artist
I am trying to incorporate this sense of magic I feel with the universal
simplicity of color, texture and form. I wish for the viewer to create
their own associations and to find their own questions and perhaps be
enriched by the experience.
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Education
1971 M.F.A., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1968 B.F.A., University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
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1995
Feature Artist Show, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
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1992
The Hand and the Spirit, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
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1992
Raddix Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
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1988
Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ
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1978
Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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1974
Art Gallery, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
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1974
Fine Arts Gallery/University of Idaho, Caldwell, ID
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1972
Artium Orbius Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
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2006
Rising From Instinct, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
- 1995 Arizona
Biennial, Tucson, AZ
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1988
Arizona Biennial, Tucson, AZ
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1988
Three Person Show, Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
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1988
Three Person Show, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
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1988
Two Person Show, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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1985
Women Who Create, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff,
AZ
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1984
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
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1982
Three Person Show, Dinnerware Artists Cooperative, Tucson,
AZ
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1980
Shapes as Ideas, Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle,
WA
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1980
University of Idaho Faculty Show, Fine Arts Gallery/U of I,
Moscow, ID
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1980
University of Idaho Alumni Show, Fine Arts Gallery/U of I,
Moscow, ID
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1979
Three Person Show, Fine Arts Gallery/U of I, Moscow, ID
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1976
Two Person Show, Fine Arts Gallery, Washington State University,
Pullman, WA
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1975
Four Person Group Show, Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID
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1980
32nd Spokane Annual, Cheney Cowels Memorial Museum, Spokane,
WA
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1979
1st Biennial Juried Exhibition for Idaho Artists, Boise Gallery
of Art, Boise, ID
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1976
Northwest Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Olin Art Gallery,
Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington
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1975
60th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, Seattle Museum
of Art, Seattle, WA
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1974
20th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN
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1974 Images on Paper, Springfield, IL
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1972
39th Annual Exhibition of Idaho Artists, Boise Gallery of Art,
Boise, ID
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1972
19th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN
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1972
37th Annual Exhibition of Idaho Artists, Boise, ID
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1972
2nd Annual Idaho Drawing and Print Exhibition, College of Idaho,
Caldwell, ID
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1972
24th Spokane Annual, Cheney Cowels Memorial Museum, Spokane,
WA
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1971
73rd Western Annual, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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1971
21st Annual Art Exhibition, Tucson Art Center, Tucson, AZ
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1970
Contemporary Art in Arizona, Tucson Art Center, Tucson, AZ
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1970
Southwest Annual Drawing Show, Tucson Art Center, Tucson, AZ
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1970
Annual Traveling Exhibition, Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix,
AZ
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1970
12th Annual Show for Arizona Artists, Phoenix Museum of Art,
Phoenix, AZ
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Charles
Clement Memorial Craft Purchase Award
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1995
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
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1990
Arizona Arts Award
Collections
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Tucson
Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
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Tucson
International Airport, Tucson, AZ
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Boise
Gallery of Art, Boise, ID
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Museum
of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Reviews
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1985
ArtSpace, pages 70-1, reviewed by Pamela Portwood
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1978
ArtsWeek, September 9, 1978, #29, p. 8. Reviewed by Ron Glowen
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